arrangers:
- link: artist/17223
  names:
    en: Masaaki Ohmura
- link: artist/5262
  names:
    en: Kei Wakakusa
    ja: 若草恵
- link: artist/842
  names:
    en: Nobuyuki Shimizu
    ja: 清水信之
catalog: CAR-1133
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/3403
  names:
    en: Koji Makaino
    ja: 馬飼野康二
- link: artist/23528
  names:
    en: Mariya Takeuchi
    ja: 竹内まりや
- link: artist/8433
  names:
    en: Yuji Ozeki
    ja: 尾関裕司
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discs:
- disc_length: '18:21'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English/Japanese: I My Me Mine
      English/Romaji: I My Me Mine
    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: Non Stop Summer
      English/Romaji: Non Stop Summer
    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: ラブレター
      English/Romaji: Love Letter
    track_length: '4:02'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: アプローチ
      English/Romaji: Approach
    track_length: '3:29'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: 帰れない
      English/Romaji: Kaerenai
    track_length: '4:13'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: 夏のヒロイン
      English/Romaji: Natsu no Heroine
    track_length: '3:59'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: 夏はSEXY
      English/Romaji: Natsu wa SEXY
    track_length: '2:55'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: ペパーミント・サマー
      English/Romaji: Peppermint Summer
    track_length: '3:43'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: Please Please Please
      English/Romaji: Please Please Please
    track_length: '4:11'
  - names:
      English/Japanese: もうすぐSeptember
      English/Romaji: Mousugu September
    track_length: '3:33'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/35
  names:
    en: NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.
    ja: 日本コロムビア株式会社
    ja-latn: NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.
  role: distributor
link: album/151731
lyricists:
- link: artist/9513
  names:
    en: Machiko Ryu
    ja: 竜真知子
- link: artist/23528
  names:
    en: Mariya Takeuchi
    ja: 竹内まりや
- link: artist/8736
  names:
    en: Akira Itoh
media_format: Cassette
meta:
  added_date: 2025-08-01T13:43
  edited_date: 2025-08-01T13:43
  fetched_date: 2026-06-08T10:36
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 157
name: SUMMER HEROINE / NAOKO KAWAI
names:
  en: SUMMER HEROINE / NAOKO KAWAI
  ja: サマー・ヒロイン / 河合奈保子
  ja-latn: SUMMER HEROINE / NAOKO KAWAI
notes: 'Some prints came with "Color Photocards" (and are mentioned by a sticker on
  slipcase front or on slipcase sides).

  Notes from Parent Album:

  Naoko Kawai''s 4th Original Studio Album

  PRODUCED BY

  TOSHIYA KOIKE (Nippon Columbia) &

  MINORU MASUDA (Gei-ei)

  Directed by Toshiya Koike (Nippon Columbia)

  Recording Engineered by Eiji Uchinuma,

          Jun Wakao and Chuji Satoh

  Recorded at Sound City, Onkio Haus,

          Hitokuchizaka Studio and Nichion Studio

  Mixed at Nichion Studio by Eiji Uchinuma

  Mastered at Columbia Studio by

      Yujiro Kasai (Nippon Columbia)

  Design: Kuniharu Muromachi (Nippon Columbia)

  Coordinator: Susumu Satoh, Meiri

  Executive Producer: Yozaburo Kagawa

  All songs published by Gei-ei Music Publishers

  [M-01]

  Lyrics by Machiko Ryu

  Music by Koji Makaino

  Arranged by Masaaki Ohmura

  Drums: Yoshinobu Takimoto

  Bass: Yasuo Tomikura (from KEEP)

  E. Guitar: Shigeru Suzuki

  A. Guitar: Toshiaki usui

  Keyboards: Akira Nishimoto/Masaaki Ohmura

  Percussions: Pecker

  Trumpets: Koji Hatori, Hitoshi Okano

                  Toshio Araki

  Trombones: Eiji Arai, Yasuo Hirauchi

                    Harumi Mita, Sumio Okada

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Michiko Ogata

                          Hiroshi Koide

                          Masakazu Togo

  [M-02]

  Lyrics by Machiko Ryu

  Music by Koji Makaino

  Arranged by Kei Wakakusa

  Drums: Eiji Shimamura

  Bass: Shogo Kindaichi

  E. Guitar: Fujimaru Yoshino

  A. Guitar: Kohichi Tani

  Keyboards: Haruo Togashi

  Percussions: Eiji Narushima

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Feeling Free

  [M-03]

  Lyrics by Machiko Ryu

  Music by Koji Makaino

  Arranged by Kei Wakakusa

  Drums: Shiroh Itoh

  Bass: Shogo Kindaichi

  E. Guitar: Fujimaru Yoshino

  A. Guitar: Hiromi Yasuda

  Keyboards: Hidetoshi Yamada

  Percussions: Eiji Narushima

  Trumpets: Shin Kazuhara

                  Masahiro Kobayashi

                  Hitoshi Yokoyama

  Trombones: Eiji Arai, Yasuo Hirauchi

                    Sumio Okada

  Strings: JOE group

  Backing Vocals: Hiroshi Koide

                          Masakazu Togo

  [M-04]

  Lyrics by Mariya Takeuchi

  Music by Mariya Takeuchi

  Arranged by Nobuyuki Shimizu

  Drums: Shuichi Murakami

  Bass: Yasuo Tomikura (from KEEP)

  E. Guitar: Tohru Aoyama

  Keyboards: Nobuyuki Shimizu

  Percussions: Motoya Hamaguchi

  Backing Vocals: Etsuko Yamakawa

                          Hiroshi Narumi

  [M-05]

  Lyrics by Machiko Ryu

  Music by Koji Makaino

  Arranged by Masaaki Ohmura

  Drums: Eiji Shimamura

  Bass: Kenji Takamizu

  E. Guitar: Masaki Matsubara

  A. Guitar: Toshiaki Usui

  Keyboards: Hidetoshi Yamada

  Percussions: Motoya Hamaguchi

  Alto Saxphone: Jake Concepcion

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Etsuko Yamakawa

  [M-06]

  Lyrics by Machiko Ryu

  Music by Koji Makaino

  Arranged by Kei Wakakusa

  Drums: Eiji Shimamura

  Bass: Shogo Kindaichi

  E. Guitar: Fujimaru Yoshino

  A. Guitar: Kohichi Tani

  Keyboards: Haruo Togashi

  Percussions: Eiji Narushima

  Trumpets: Shin Kazuhara

                  Masahiro Kobayashi

                  Toshio Araki, Junichi Kanesaki

  Trombones: Eiji Arai, Yasuo Hirauchi

                    Harumi Mita, Sumio Okada

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Eve

  [M-07]

  Lyrics by Akira Itoh

  Music by Yuji Ozeki

  Arranged by Kei Wakakusa

  Drums: Eiji Shimamura

  Bass: Shogo Kindaichi

  E. Guitar: Fujimaru Yoshino

  A. Guitar: Kohichi Tani

  Keyboards: Haruo Togashi, Nobuo Kurata

  Percussions: Eiji Narushima

  Saxphone: Jake Concepcion

  Flute: Takashi Asahi

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Feeling Free

  [M-08]

  Lyrics by Akira Itoh

  Music by Yuji Ozeki

  Arranged by Kei Wakakusa

  Drums: Eiji Shimamura

  Bass: Shogo Kindaichi

  E. Guitar: Fujimaru Yoshino

  A. Guitar: Kohichi Tani

  Keyboards: Haruo Togashi, Nobuo Kurata

  Percussions: Eiji Narushima

  Harp: Keiko Yamakawa

  Trumpets: Shin Kazuhara, Masahiro Kobayashi

                  Junichi Kanesaki, Hitoshi Yokoyama

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Hiroshi Koide

                          Masakazu Togo

  [M-09]

  Lyrics by Machiko Ryu

  Music by Koji Makaino

  Arranged by Masaaki Ohmura

  Drums: Eiji Shimamura

  Bass: Kenji Takamizu

  E. Guitar: Masaki Matsubara

  A. Guitar: Toshiaki Usui

  Keyboards: Hidetoshi Yamada

  Percussions: Motoya Hamaguchi

  Timpany: Kenji Shiraishi

  Horn: Yasuhiro Okita, Shin Nagaoka

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Hidetoshi Yamada

  [M-10]

  Lyrics by Machiko Ryu

  Music by Koji Makaino

  Arranged by Masaaki Ohmura

  Drums: Eiji Shimamura

  Bass: Kenji Takamizu

  E. Guitar: Takeshi Kon

  A. Guitar: Toshiaki Usui

  Keyboards: Hidetoshi Yamada

  Percussions: Motoya Hamguchi

  Alto & Tennor Saxphone: Jake Concepcion

  Trumpet: Shin Kazuhara

  Strings: Ohno group

  Backing Vocals: Hiroshi Koide

                          Masakazu Togo

  Hiroshi Koide, Masakazu Togo appears through the courtesy of RVC Corporation

  Fujimaru Yoshino appears through the courtesy of MOON RECORDS (ALFA RECORDS INC.)

  Takeshi Kon appears through the courtesy of CANYON RECORDS INC.

  Yasuo Tomikura (from KEEP) appears through the courtesy of TRIO RECORDS INC.

  Shuichi Murakami, Toru Aoyama, Nobuyuki Shimizu appears through the courtesy of
  WARNER-PIONEER Corporation

  ★ Photo Provider: Myojo Magazine / Heibon Magazine / WANI BOOKS / Shogakukan'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2192
  names:
    en: Columbia
    ja: Columbia
    ja-latn: Columbia
  role: label
- link: org/35
  names:
    en: NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.
    ja: 日本コロムビア株式会社
    ja-latn: NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers: []
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/13/151731/151731-2a1bfcce751c.jpg
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1982-07-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2800.0
reprints:
- catalog: AF-7133
  link: album/151730
  note: ''
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/151731?perpage=99999
vocals:
- link: artist/13993
  names:
    en: Naoko Kawai
    ja: 河合奈保子
votes: 0
