title: Under the Sun (Yosui Inoue album)
text: # Under the Sun (Yosui Inoue album)
  
  Under the Sun is the 16th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yōsui Inoue, released in September 1993.
  
  Two songs "Gogatsu no Wakare" and "Make-Up Shadow" were released as a single prior to the album, and the latter became a massive hit.
  
  "Make-Up Shadow" was featured as the theme song for Subarashikikana Jinsei, a television drama aired on Fuji TV. The music was composed by Jun Sato (who used the pseudonym Utsuru Ayame), and Inoue wrote the lyrics. The song became the highest-charting single for Inoue, reaching number-two on the Japanese Oricon Weekly Singles charts, selling in excess of 800,000 copies. Sato also arranged the song, and his arrangement won him a prize at the 35th Japan Record Awards.
  
  The album debuted at the number-one on the Japanese Oricon, and became his fifth chart-topping non-compilation album since 9.5 Carats released in 1984.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs written and composed by Yosui Inoue (except where indicated)
  
  * "Be-Pop Juggler" - 3:10
  * "Eleven" - 4:43
  * "Mizugameza no Yoru (水瓶座の夜)" - 4:37
  * "Power Down" - 4:42
  * "Make-up Shadow" (Utsuru Ayame/Inoue) - 4:07
  * "Canadian Accordion (カナディアン アコーデオン, Kanadian Akōdeon)" (Kyouhei Tsutsumi/Inoue) - 5:34
  * "Kagi no Kazu (鍵の数)" (Inoue/Natsumi Hirai) - 4:28
  * "Stoic (ストイック, Sutoikku)" (Inoue/Jun Satō/Yasushi Akimoto) - 5:50
  * "Go-gatsu no Wakare (5月の別れ)" - 5:06
  * "Under the Sun" - 5:41
  * "Nagai Hanashi (長い話)" (Inoue/Banana-UG-Kawashima) - 4:06
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Yosui Inoue - Lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar
  * Jun Sato - Piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals
  * Banana-UG-Kawashima - Synthesizer, piano
  * Yoshinobu Kojima - Organ, piano
  * Yasuharu Nakanishi - Piano
  * Yasuhiro Kobayashi - Accordion
  * Tsuyoshi Kon - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
  * Susumu Osada - Electric guitar
  * Haruo Kubota - Electric guitar
  * Koki Ito - Bass guitar
  * Chiharu Mikuzuki - Bass guitar
  * Hiroshi Igarashi - Auto harp, banjo, steel drums
  * Motoya Hamaguchi - Percussion, kalimba
  * Nobu Saito - Percussion
  * Hideo Yamaki - Drums
  * Jun Aoyama - Drums
  * Shin Kazuhara - Trumpet
  * Jake H. Conception - Saxophone
  * Taro Kiyooka - Trombone
  * Hidefumi Toki - Clarinet
  * Aska Strings (conducted by Aska Kaneko) - Strings
  * Ma*To - Computer programming
  * Keishi Urata - Computer programming
  * Hideki Matsutake - Computer programming
  * Naoki "Taro" Suzuki - Drums programming
  * Seri - Background vocals
  * Nisa - Background vocals
  * Anna - Background vocals
  * Eve - Background vocals
  
  ## Production
  
  * Arranger: Yosui Inoue (#1,4), Jun Sato (#5,6,8,9), Tsuyoshi Kon (#2), Banana-UG-Kawashima (#3,11), Yasuharu Nakanishi (#7), Haruo Kubota (#10)
  * Composer: Yosui Inoue (All tracks except #5,6), Utsuru Ayame (#5), Kyohei Tsutsumi (#6), Natsumi Hirai (#7), Jun Sato (#8), Banana-UG-Kawashima (#11)
  * Lyricist: Yosui Inoue (All tracks except #9), Yasushi Akimoto (#9)
  * Mixing Engineer: Tamotsu Yoshida, Jun Tendo, Takayoshi Yamanouchi, Yuta Kagema
  * Recording Engineer: Jun Tendo, Junichi YAmazaki, Takayoshi Yamanouchi, Yuji Kuraishi, Kazuya Yoshida, Kazuya Miyazaki
  * Session Support Engineer: Kenji Igarashi, Yutaka Uematsu, Motoyoshi Komine, Junichi Hohrin, Yuko Suzuki, Hajime Nagai, Kenji Matsunaga, Kaoru Matsuyama
  * Mastering Engineer: Toru Kotetsu, Masayoshi Nakajo
  * Art/Styling: Sachico Ito
  * Photographer: Kenji Miura
  * Artwork producer: Noriko Shimoyama
  * Artwork designer:Shuzo Hayashi
  * Artwork supervisor: Tomio Watanabe
  * Artwork: Hiroshi Shoji
  * Promotion Staff: Mitsuo Sakauchi, Yasuhide Sasa
  * Production Coordinator: Sei Sato, Takashi Yokoo, Yasuko Makino, Chiharu Senoma
  * Production Manager: Nao Funatsu
  * Production Assistant: Hidenori Muto, Rie Nishioka, Satoko Ishizaki
  
  ## Chart positions
  
  ### Album
  
  | Year | Chart | Position | Sales | RIAJ Certification |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1993 | Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 100) | 1 | 370,000 | Platinum |
  
  ### Singles
  
  | Year | Single | B-Side | Chart | Position | Sales | RIAJ Certification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1992 | "Gogatsu no Wakare" | "Be-Pop Juggler" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 27 | 89,000 | Gold |
  | 1992 | "Make-Up Shadow" | "Present" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 2 | 817,000 | 3× Platinum |
  | 1992 | "Canadian Accordion" | "Hikiage Mono no Uta" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 35 | 24,000 | — |
  
  ## Release history
  
  | Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Japan | September 15, 1993 | For Life Records | CD | FLCF-30220 |
  | Japan | September 15, 1993 | For Life Records | Audio cassette | FLTF-28040 |
  | Japan | March 25, 2009 | For Life Music Entertainment/BMG | SHM-CD | FLCF-5013 |
  