Noriko Sakai discography

Noriko Sakai discography
Noriko Sakai discography
Studio albums	16
EPs	2
Compilation albums	17
Singles	36
Box sets	2

The discography of the Japanese entertainer Noriko Sakai consists of 16 studio albums, 17 compilation albums, and 36 singles released since 1987.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Information	Oricon weekly peak position^[1]
1987	Fantasia: Noriko Part I Released: July 1, 1987 Label: Victor Formats: LP, CD, cassette	19
1988	Yume Bōken: Noriko Special Released: January 1, 1988 Label: Victor Formats: LP, CD, cassette	15
	Guanbare: Noriko Part II Released: March 16, 1988 Label: Victor Formats: LP, CD, cassette	8
	Lovely Times: Noriko Part III Released: August 21, 1988 Label: Victor Formats: LP, CD, cassette	8
1989	Blue Wind: Noriko Part IV Released: June 21, 1989 Label: Victor Formats: LP, CD, cassette	9
1989	My Dear: Noriko Part V Released: December 16, 1989 Label: Victor Formats: LP, CD, cassette	13
1990	White Girl: Noriko Part VI Released: July 4, 1990 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	9
1991	Sweet 'n' Bitter: Noriko Part VII Released: January 21, 1991 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	8
1991	Magical Montage Company: Noriko Part VIII Released: July 21, 1991 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	22
1992	Mammoth: Noriko Part IX Released: July 22, 1992 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	26
1993	Anata ga Michite Yuku: Noriko Part X Released: July 21, 1993 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	40
1994	10 Songs: Noriko Part XI Released: July 21, 1994 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	58
1996	No Make Released: May 22, 1996 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	24
1996	In Snowflakes Released: December 18, 1996 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	15
1998	Work Out Fine Released: July 1, 1998 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	39

Extended plays

Year	Information	Oricon weekly peak position^[1]	Sales	RIAJ certification^[2]
2014	Namida Hitotsubu Released: January 22, 2014 Label: Space Shower Music Formats: CD, digital	109
2015	Truth (Tobenai Tori yo) Released: November 11, 2015 Label: Space Shower Music Formats: CD, digital	206

Cover albums

Year	Information	Oricon weekly peak position^[1]	Sales	RIAJ certification^[2]
2003	Moments Released: September 6, 2003 Label: Sound Mission Formats: CD	—

Compilations

Year	Information	Oricon weekly peak position^[1]
1990	Singles: Noriko Best Released: March 21, 1990 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	1
1991	CD File: Noriko Sakai Vol. 1 Released: February 1, 1991 Label: Victor Formats: CD	32
	CD File: Noriko Sakai Vol. 2 Released: February 1, 1991 Label: Victor Formats: CD	34
	CD File: Noriko Sakai Vol. 3 Released: February 1, 1991 Label: Victor Formats: CD	35
	Sentimental Best Released: December 5, 1991 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	47
1992	Singles: Noriko Best II Released: December 2, 1991 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	49
1994	Natural Best Released: February 2, 1994 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	50
1995	Watercolour Released: June 21, 1995 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	36
1995	Twin Best Released: July 12, 1995 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	84
1999	Pure Collection Released: June 23, 1999 Label: Victor Formats: CD, cassette	—
2000	Singles: Noriko Best III Released: April 5, 2000 Label: Victor Formats: CD	81
2005	Noriko Sakai Best Collection Released: March 24, 2005 Label: Victor Formats: CD	—
2005	Colezo! Twin: Noriko Sakai Released: December 16, 2005 Label: Victor Formats: CD	—
2007	Daisuki: My Moments Best Released: September 19, 2007 Label: Victor Formats: CD	73
2016	The Best Exhibition: Noriko Sakai 30th Anniversary Best Album Released: September 21, 2016 Label: Victor Formats: CD, digital	75
2017	Golden Best Released: February 22, 2017 Label: Victor Formats: CD, digital	—
2023	Premium Best Released: July 19, 2023 Label: Victor Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital	35

Box sets

Year	Information	Oricon weekly peak position^[1]	Sales	RIAJ certification^[2]
2002	Noriko Box Released: March 21, 2002 Label: Victor Formats: CD	—
2017	Noriko Box: 30th Anniversary Mammoth Edition Released: March 15, 2017 Label: Victor Formats: CD	192

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Date	Peak chart positions	Sales (JPN)^[3]	RIAJ certification^[2]	Album
Title	Date	Oricon Singles Charts ^[1]	Sales (JPN)^[3]	RIAJ certification^[2]	Album
"Otoko no Ko ni Naritai"	February 5, 1987	6	48,000		Fantasia: Noriko Part I
"Nagisa no Fantasy"	May 21, 1987	4	60,000		Fantasia: Noriko Part I
"No-re-na-i Teen-age"	August 25, 1987	4	65,000		Yume Bōken: Noriko Special
"Yume Bōken"	November 25, 1987	4	69,000		Yume Bōken: Noriko Special
"Guanbare"	February 24, 1988	7	82,000		Guanbare: Noriko Part II
"Ichioku no Smile (Please Your Smile)"	May 18, 1988	2	91,000		Lovely Times: Noriko Part III
"Happy Again"	September 21, 1988	4	87,000		Singles: Noriko Best
"Honki wo Dashite"	January 1, 1989	4	98,000
"Otoki no Kuni no Birthday"	February 14, 1989	6	46,000
"Love Letter"	April 26, 1989	5	91,000		Blue Wind: Noriko Part IV
"Sayonara wo Sugite"	August 2, 1989	8	82,000		Non-album single
"All Right"	November 21, 1989	10	50,000		My Dear: Noriko Part V
"Kōfuku Nante Hoshikunai wa"	February 21, 1990	10	64,000		White Girl: Noriko Part VI
"Diamond Blue"	May 21, 1990	9	51,000		White Girl: Noriko Part VI
"Hohoemi wo Mitsuketa"	August 21, 1990	9	52,000		Sweet 'n' Bitter: Noriko Part VII
"Eve no Tamago"	November 21, 1990	10	42,000		Sweet 'n' Bitter: Noriko Part VII
"Anata ni Tenshi ga Mieru Toki"	March 21, 1991	12	39,000		Magical Montage Company
"Montage"	June 21, 1991	16	35,000		Magical Montage Company
"Namida ga Tomaranai"	November 7, 1991	21	24,000		Non-album single
"Karui Kimochi no Julia"	March 4, 1992	19	27,000		Non-album single
"Nagisa no Pitecan Trops"	June 21, 1992	34	21,000		Mammoth
"Tabun Taboo"	November 6, 1992	54	10,000		Non-album single
"Anata ga Michite Yuku"	May 21, 1993	60	11,000		Anata ga Michite Yuku
"Egao ga Wasurerarenai"	November 21, 1993	89	7,000		Natural Best
"Sasowarete…"	June 22, 1994	65	6,000		10 Songs
"Oh Oh Oh (We Are the Winners)"	February 22, 1995	—			Non-album single
"Aoi Usagi"	May 10, 1995	5	997,000	2× Platinum	Watercolours
"Here I Am (Nakitai Toki wa Nakeba Ii)"	April 24, 1996	24	87,000		No Make
"Kagami no Dress"	October 9, 1996	9	447,000	Platinum	In Snowflakes
"Namida-iro"	September 24, 1997	20	118,000		Work Out Fine
"Yokogao"	May 13, 1998	30	86,000		Work Out Fine
"Pure"	April 1, 1999	50	11,000		Pure Collection
"Words of Love"	April 5, 2000	42	8,000		Daisuki: My Moments Best
"Miracle"	November 1, 2000	—
"Tenka Muteki no Ai"	June 23, 2004	—
"Sekaijū no Dare Yori Kitto"	August 22, 2007	44
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

International releases

Release date	Work	Label	Notes
November 1, 1994	"Wéixiào" (微笑, "Smile")	JVC	Chinese version of "Hohoemi wo Mitsuketa"
February 1, 1996	"Wǒ ài měirényú" (我愛美人魚, "I Love Mermaids")	JVC
May 22, 1996	"Yǒu yuán qiānlǐ" (有縁千里, "There Are Thousands of Miles Away")	JVC	Duet with Eric Suen
November 28, 1997	Asian Collection '97	JVC
October 1, 1998	Asian Tour Special: Asian Collection '98	JVC
October 1, 2000	Asia 2000: Words of Love	JVC
February 26, 2014	"Jìmò de xiǎo bì tù (Aoi Usagi)" (寂寞的小碧兔-碧いうさぎ-, "Lonely Little Blue Rabbit")	Office Nigun Niiba	Chinese version of "Aoi Usagi"

Other recordings

Release date	Work	Song	Notes
June 7, 1989	Gunbuster^[4]	"Active Heart"	OVA opening theme (eps. 1–3); ending theme (ep. 4)
June 7, 1989	Gunbuster^[4]	"Try Again...!"	OVA ending theme (eps. 1–3)

Footnotes

^ This includes the cover albums.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "酒井法子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "ゴールドディスク認定" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
^ "酒井法子(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
^ トップをねらえ！音楽大図鑑 at Discogs (list of releases)

External links

Official website

[1] This includes the cover albums.

[Oricon-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "酒井法子" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[RIAJ-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "ゴールドディスク認定" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[Yamachan_2-4] "酒井法子(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2021-08-09.

[5] トップをねらえ！音楽大図鑑 at Discogs (list of releases)

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