Ten-Sei
      
Ten-Sei (転生) is the 33rd studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in November 2005.
Like some previous albums 10 Wings, Hi -Wings- and Tsuki -Wings-, Tensei is composed of the songs Nakajima wrote for her experimental musical Yakai. All the materials appeared on the album were originally performed on Yakai Vol. 14: "24-Ji Chaku 0-Ji Hatsu" which was taken place at the Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon during January 2004. Except "The Mirage Hotel" which was already included on her 2003 Love Letter (Koibumi) album (Ten-Sei features newly arranged version of a song), most of the songs were appeared on the studio album for the first time.
From the album, "For Those Who Can't Go Home" was later released as a single (flip side was live recording version of "Relay of the Soul" which was taken from Yakai). It was featured as a theme song for the television drama Kemonomichi (adaptation of the novel written by Seicho Matsumoto) starring Ryoko Yonekura and aired on TV Asahi in 2006.[1] "Relay of the Soul" was also used in the drama series called On'na no Ichidaiki aired on Fuji TV during autumn 2005.[2]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miyuki Nakajima, arranged by Ichizo Seo
- "Lost and Found (遺失物預り所, Ishitsubutsu Azukarijo)" - 4:58
 
- "For Those Who Can't Go Home (帰れない者たちへ, Kaerenai Monotachi e)" - 5:19
 
- "The Scenery Off the Beaten Path (線路の外の風景, Senro no Soto no Fūkei)" - 4:22
 
- "The Twisting Möbius Band (メビウスの輪はねじれる, Mebiusu no Wa wa Nejireru)" - 5:10
 
- "Fortune Cookies (フォーチュン・クッキー, Fōchun Kukkī)" - 4:06
 
- "Shady Midnight Table (闇夜のテーブル, Yamiyo no Tēburu)" - 5:49
 
- "My Homeland is Beyond the Wind (我が祖国は風の彼方, Waga Sokoku wa Kaze no Kanata)" - 5:52
 
- "Relay of the Soul (命のリレー, Inochi no Rirē)" - 5:34
 
- "The Mirage Hotel (ミラージュ・ホテル, Mirāju Hoteru)" - 6:04
 
- "Salmon Dance (サーモン・ダンス, Sāmon Dansu)" - 5:21
 
- "Infinite Orbit (無限・軌道, Mugen Kidou)" - 6:25
 
Personnel
- Michael Thompson - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
 
- Nozomi Furukawa - Electric guitar, bouzouki
 
- Shūji Nakamura - Acoustic guitar
 
- Neil Stubenhaus - Electric bass
 
- Satoshi Nakamura - Soprano sax, alto sax
 
- Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
 
- Gregg Bissonette - Drums
 
- Matarou Misawa - Cymbals, timpani
 
- DJ Masterkey - Scratch
 
- Jon Gilutin - Keyboards, acoustic piano, hammond organ, strings pad
 
- Ichizo Seo - Computer programming, keyboards
 
- Shingo Kobayashi - Computer programming, keyboards
 
- Tomō Satō - Computer programming
 
- Yousuke Sugimoto - Computer programming
 
- Ittetsu Gen - Violin
 
- Crusher Kimura - Violin
 
- Sid Page - Violin (Concertmaster)
 
- Susan Chatman - Violin
 
- Mario De Leon - Violin
 
- Kirstin File - Violin
 
- Berj Garabedian - Violin
 
- Peter Kent - Violin
 
- Natalie Leggett - Violin
 
- Robert Matsuda - Violin
 
- Alyssa Park - Violin
 
- Cameron Patrick - Violin
 
- Robert Peterson - Violin
 
- John Wittenberg - Violin
 
- Takuya Mori - Viola
 
- Denyse Buffum - Viola
 
- Cheryl Kohfeld - Viola
 
- Carole Mukogawa - Viola
 
- David Stenske - Viola
 
- Masami Horisawa - Cello
 
- Tomoki Iwanaga - Cello
 
- Larry Corbett - Cello
 
- Maurice Grants - Cello
 
- Dan Smith - Cello
 
- Rudy Stein - Cello
 
- Suzie Katayama - Strings conducting and contracting
 
- Kazuyo Sugimoto - Harmony vocals
 
- Fumikazu Miyashita - Harmony vocals
 
- Julia Waters - Backing vocals
 
- Oren Waters - Backing vocals
 
- Maxine Waters - Backing vocals
 
- Tery Wood - Backing vocals
 
- Angie Jaree - Backing vocals
 
- Wendy Fraser - Backing vocals
 
- Carmen Carter - Backing vocals
 
- Jim Glistrap - Backing vocals
 
- Carmen Twillie - Backing vocals
 
- Jess Wilard III - Backing vocals
 
Chart positions
Album
| Year | 
Album | 
Chart | 
Position | 
Weeks | 
Sales | 
| 2005 | 
Ten-Sei | 
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300) | 
12 | 
15 | 
65,000+[3] | 
Single
| Year | 
Single | 
B-Side | 
Chart | 
Position | 
Weeks | 
Sales | 
| 2006 | 
"For Those Who Can't Go Home" | 
"Relay of the Soul" ['04 "Yakai" Version] | 
Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 200) | 
35 | 
7 | 
13,000[4] | 
Release history
|  Country | 
 Date | 
 Label | 
 Format | 
 Catalog number | 
| Japan | 
November 16, 2005 | 
Yamaha Music Communications | 
CD | 
YCCW-10017 | 
| December 3, 2008 | 
YCCW-10085 | 
References
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  |  | Studio albums |  | 
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  |  | Live and other albums | 
- Utagoyomi
 
- Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A.
 
- Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
  
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  |  | Videos | 
- A Film of Nakajima Miyuki
 
- Yakai 1990
 
- Yakai Vol.3 Kan-Tan
 
- Yakai Vol.4 Kinkanshoku
 
- Yakai Vol.5 "Hana no Iro wa Utsuri ni keri na Itazura ni Waga Mi Yo ni Furu Nagame Seshi Ma ni"
 
- Yakai Vol.6 "Shangri-La"
 
- Yakai Vol.7 "2/2"
 
- Film of Nakajima Miyuki II
 
- Yakai Vol.8 "Tou On'na"
 
- Yakai Vol.10 "Kaishou"
 
- The Film of Nakajima Miyuki
 
- Yakai no Kiseki 1989-2002
 
- Yakai Vol.14 "24-ji Chaku 0-ji Hatsu"
 
- Utahime: Live in L.A.
 
- Nakajima Miyuki Live at Sony Pictures Studios in L.A.
 
- Utatabi: Miyuki Nakajima Concert Tour 2007
  
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