Speed Star (album)

Speed Star
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2009
Recorded2008–2009
GenreJ-pop
Length49:50
LabelLantis
Aya Hirano chronology
Riot Girl
(2008)
Speed Star
(2009)

Speed Star is the second studio album by Japanese singer/voice actress Aya Hirano, released by Lantis on November 18, 2009. On September 1, 2009, the album was announced to be released, on her official website.[1]

The album includes her three singles "Unnamed World", "Set Me Free/Sing A Song!" and "Super Driver", but does not include her collaboration single with Tsunku, "Namida Namida Namida". The single from the album, "Super Driver" was used as the opening theme of the 2009 anime adaptation of Suzumiya Haruhi series.

The first-press limited edition came with a DVD which included the music video of its title tune "Speed Star". The album sold over 20,000 copies in its initial week, debuting at No. 4 on the Oricon weekly album charts.[2]

  1. ^ 平野綾、ニューアルバムを11/18に発売. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  2. ^ "Oricon Weekly Album Charts for the fifth week of November 2009" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2010-06-23.