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Axia (album)

AXIA
Cover of the studio album "Axia" by Yuki Saito.
Studio album by Yuki Saito
Released June 21, 1985 (1985-06-21)
Genre J-pop
Length 43:03
Label Canyon Records
Producer Kazuhiro Nagaoka
Yuki Saito chronology
AXIA
(1985)
The Special Series: Saito Yuki
(1985)The Special Series: Saito Yuki1985
Singles from Axia
  1. "Sotsugyō"
    Released: February 12, 1985
  2. "Shiroi Honō"
    Released: May 21, 1985

Axia (アクシア, Akushia, usually stylized AXIA) is the debut studio album from Yuki Saito, released on June 21, 1985 by Canyon Records. It reached #6 on the Oricon charts, and has been repackaged and rereleased twice. It contains six original songs and four which had previously been released as singles.

Axia was released on LP and cassette on June 21, 1985 by Canyon Records. The album was released two weeks later on CD on July 5, 1985. The album collects four songs released previously as singles as well as six additional songs. It reached #3 on the Oricon charts and sold 287,000 copies.

"Sotsugyō" (卒業, lit. "Graduation"), released as a single with "Seishun" (青春, lit. "Youth"), reached #6 on the Oricon charts, and #6 on The Best Ten chart. "Sotsugyō" was composed by Kyōhei Tsutsumi, arranged by Satoshi Takebe, with lyrics by Takashi Matsumoto. It was used as the theme song for the first Sukeban Deka television drama series, in which Saito also starred as the main character, Saki.

The B-side, Seishun (青春, lit. Youth), was composed by Tsutsumi, arranged by Masataka Matsutoya, with lyrics by Matsumoto. "Seishun" was used in commercials for the home video release of the Fuji TV 1985 drama series Yakyū-kyō no Uta (野球狂の詩) in which Saito starred.


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