Graduated member
Posted 15 December 2021 - 06:39 PM
^That's not too shabby. I don't know what will be the expectations for her from management. I mean she is no Airi, so I guess anything close to 5k (towards the end of the album life) is a success?
She did a 'live' stream on M-line Music youtube channel and she performed the acoustic "live" version for "Utautai no Ballad" (@ 22:05).
She sounds really good.
Risa also got back her IG account and did a "live" there. Here is the video for the acoustic "live" version "Far Away".
Aiolia's wife
Posted 15 December 2021 - 07:33 PM
Uni is taking all my time T.T I have so many exams this week. I missed evrything today.
I don't know what Management expected from the cover album but I hope the sales will be good anyway. #10 may be a little bit low.
I love the performances you shared. I'm annoyed it's Uta Utai no Ballad who won the twitter poll (I wanted one of the songs we had never heard before)
Also, CDJapan shipped my copy yesterday, I can't wait to have it!
~Peacefuldays
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Graduated member
Posted 18 December 2021 - 02:16 PM
Oricon daily at #26 for the 4th day.
https://www.oricon.c...2021-12-17/p/3/
The album charted outside top 30 for the 3rd day.
Aiolia's wife
Posted 18 December 2021 - 02:25 PM
Well we don't have any number so far but I assume the sales are not that great. I'm a little bit sad but I knew it would not be as huge as Airi's sales.
I'm so happy with the album though. I like most of the songs.
~Peacefuldays
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Graduated member
Posted 18 December 2021 - 04:30 PM
Well we don't have any number so far but I assume the sales are not that great. I'm a little bit sad but I knew it would not be as huge as Airi's sales.
I'm so happy with the album though. I like most of the songs.
Well, I am not expecting great figures considering Risa was never one of the top tier members in H!P in terms of popularity during her tenure as a H!P member despite being one of the front girls of Tsubaki. And also, considering the circumstances she left (which is not favourable), it could have hindered her in a way. Plus the promotion side of things is just the bare minimum, which is understandable as she is not going to score gigs/interviews on the TV shows to promote the album since she is not that popular. So this album is basically milking her own fanbase and likely for those who attended the MSMW concerts.
I am actually very surprised that the agency took a chance on her - letting her restart her activities 6 months after she left H!P with a scandal and giving her a solo cover album (when so many others who left H!P before her and are more popular didn't get a chance to do so). It will be great if the album sales meet (or even exceed) the expectations. Even not, I just hope the agency will continue to groom her and give her ample solo activities to hone her craft and build up her fanbase.
Just a bookworm
Posted 18 December 2021 - 04:59 PM
Honestly, the album is faring like I expected it to. To be fair, H!P albums sales aren't great either, I mean Tsubaki usually pulls 14k/15k with their albums. So if Risa gets a ninth of that, then it's already a success. Also, it's a cover album with no new and original material on it, so that's probably one of the factors impacting the sales.
I think this release serves the purpose of testing the waters with Risa as a soloist and giving her enough material to do solo concerts.
Graduated member
Posted 20 December 2021 - 12:38 PM
Oricon daily at #23 for the 6th day.
https://www.oricon.c...2021-12-19/p/3/
The album charted outside top 30 for the 5th day.
So far:
10 - 19 - ? - 26 - ? - 23
Aiolia's wife
Posted 20 December 2021 - 05:57 PM
^I can't wait to see the numbers at the end of the week.
ALSO, there will be a lot of events at COTTON CLUB in January for the promotion of the album.
From what I understand, these events will be talk and live events + there will be guests. Bitter & Sweet will be the MC.
01/11- guest: Fukumura Mizuki
01/12- guest: Suzuki Airi
01/13- guest: Suzuki Airi
01/19- guest: Miyamoto Karin
01/22- No guest
01/24- guest: Fukumura Mizuki
01/25- guest: Miyamoto Karin
I don't know why there is no guest on 01/22, maybe an announcement?
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I just received my copy! I love the Clearfile!
Here my thoughts on the album:
~Peacefuldays
K-A-T-T-U-N, K-A-T-T-U-N
Yes, we wish mata ashita mo yasashii hi ga noboru you ni~
Graduated member
Posted 21 December 2021 - 05:40 PM
From JPLOP:
Oricon Weekly Albums Sales Ranking
Ogata Risa "bon voyage! ~risa covers~"
1st Week
Weekly Rank #18
Total Sold 4,230
Edit: https://www.oricon.c...2021-12-27/p/2/
That's not too bad, so my prediction is not off.
Interestingly, she sold more than Riho's EP for the first week. Maybe not a fair comparison since it's a "mini-album" vs a full cover album, plus Riho is on her own label.
But there is nothing else to use as a performance gauge. Obviously, Risa is not going to do Airi's numbers.
Hopefully, the album will sell consistently. I am prepared there won't be a second weekly chart for the album though.
Just a bookworm
Posted 21 December 2021 - 06:24 PM
That's actually a great showing, super impressive! Hopefully this will lead to Risamaru's original music being released starting from next year.
Aiolia's wife
Posted 21 December 2021 - 07:19 PM
Wow!!! I'm so happy! I was expecting less, so I'm really happy.
I hope it means UF will give her a solo career.
~Peacefuldays
K-A-T-T-U-N, K-A-T-T-U-N
Yes, we wish mata ashita mo yasashii hi ga noboru you ni~
Graduated member
Posted 22 December 2021 - 08:39 AM
That is very good!!!
You can compare to tsubaki's latest album which was only earlier this year and it sold ~16.5K
Risa solo cover album has sold more than a quarter of that!!!
Probably not too relevant since it was a decade ago now (where has the time gone!!) but she is getting Manoeri level sales!!
Graduated member
Posted 22 December 2021 - 09:19 AM
Oricon Digital Sales: 298 (Rank - No. 22)
Source: 5ch
Billboard Japan Hot Album Chart: No. 19
https://billboard-ja...month=12&day=27
Billboard Japan Album Download Chart: No. 25
https://billboard-ja...month=12&day=27
Side Track: Is 5ch a very toxic place? I am using Google translate in some of Risa's threads, some of the comments are downright mean.
3rd gen member
Posted 22 December 2021 - 04:00 PM
Graduated member
Posted 22 December 2021 - 07:11 PM
Billboard Japan Top Album Sales Chart: No. 15 (Sales - 3,860)
https://www.billboar...month=12&day=27
Aiolia's wife
Posted 07 January 2022 - 08:38 PM
ALSO, there will be a lot of events at COTTON CLUB in January for the promotion of the album.
From what I understand, these events will be talk and live events + there will be guests. Bitter & Sweet will be the MC.
01/11- guest: Fukumura Mizuki
01/12- guest: Suzuki Airi
01/13- guest: Suzuki Airi
01/19- guest: Miyamoto Karin
01/22- No guest
01/24- guest: Fukumura Mizuki
01/25- guest: Miyamoto Karin
I don't know why there is no guest on 01/22, maybe an announcement?
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OCHA NORMA's Kubota and Yonemura are back dancers.
Goodies are up on UF Goods Land:
https://www.elineupm...09bc108d86033b/
~Peacefuldays
K-A-T-T-U-N, K-A-T-T-U-N
Yes, we wish mata ashita mo yasashii hi ga noboru you ni~
Aiolia's wife
Posted 12 January 2022 - 02:00 PM
Thanks to Amp on J-plop for this
"bon voyage!" in Cotton Club live 11/01
Cast: Risa + Bitter & Sweet and OCHA NORMA Yonemura, Kubota
Guest : Fukumura Mizuki
Setlist:
1 Mayonaka no Door~Stay with me
2 SEXY
3 Ruby no Yubiwa
MC
4 Romance (Hiromi Iwasaki)
5 Teion Yakedo (Acoustic ver)
6 Furari Ginza (Morning Musume) / Ogata + Bitter & Sweet and Yonemura, Kubota
7 Koi wa Magnet (Country Girls) / Ogata + Bitter & Sweet and Yonemura, Kubota
8 Samui ne (2020ver) (Angerme) / Yonemura and Kubota
9 Love Story wa Hajimaranai / Bitter & Sweet
MC / Bitter & Sweet.
10 Naimononedari / Bitter & Sweet - NEW SONG
Dance performance / Ogata, Yonemura, Kubota
11 Amaoto wa Chopin no Shirabe / Ogata + BD Yonemura, Kubota
12 Ai ga Tomaranai ~Turn it into Love~ with Fukumura Mizuki / Ogata, Fukumura
13 Kanade (Sukima Switch) / Ogata, Fukumura
14 Extra / Fukumura
15 Ai~Suite Room~ (V-u-den) / Ogata, Bitter & Sweet
16 Michi
17 Uta Utai no Ballad
MC/ Ogata, B & S, Yonemura, Kubota
18/ Furusato (Morning Musume) / Ogata, B&S, Yonemura, Kubota
ENCORE
MC
19 Inochi no Uta
Spoiler
Sukima Switch! Risa singing a song by Sukima Switch! I can't believe it! I'm so happy. The setlist is impressive, I was not expecting that. I assume we will see a footage of it on M-Line Music at some point.
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12/01
Guest : Suzuki Airi
1 Far Away
5 Fuwari Koi Dokei
12 Ai ga Tomaranai ~Turn it Into Love~ with Fukumura Mizuki / Ogata, Tasaki took Mizuki's parts
13 Mastu wa (Aming) / Ogata, Suzuki
14 Be Brave / Suzuki
15 Aisare Route A or B (Angerme) / Ogata, B&S
16 Tasogare my Love
17 Mayonaka no Door~Stay with me
13/01
Guest : Suzuki Airi
1 Mayonaka no Door~Stay with me
5 Teion Yakedo
12 Ai ga Tomaranai -> Hasegawa sings Fukumura's parts
13 Matsu wa (Aming) / Ogata, Suzuki
14 Be Brave / Suzuki
15 Ai~Suite Room~ (V-u-den) / Ogata, B&S
16 Michi
17 Uta Utai no Ballad
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19/01
Guest: Miyamoto Karin
1 Far Away
5 Fuwari, Koi Dokei
13 Mirai yoso zu II (Dreams come true) / Ogata, Miyamoto
14 Aishiteru no Kotoba dake de / Miyamoto
15 Aisare Route A or B? (Angerme) / Ogata, B&S
17 Mayonaka no Door ~SwM~
~Peacefuldays
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Yes, we wish mata ashita mo yasashii hi ga noboru you ni~
Aiolia's wife
Posted 25 January 2022 - 07:38 AM
~Peacefuldays
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Posted 25 January 2022 - 08:34 AM
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