arrangers:
- link: artist/40951
  names:
    en: Tomoji Sogawa
    ja: 十川知司
- link: artist/2004
  names:
    en: Tatsuya Nishiwaki
    ja: 西脇辰弥
- link: artist/3497
  names:
    en: Seiji Kameda
    ja: 亀田誠治
- link: artist/2094
  names:
    en: Hiroshi Shinkawa
    ja: 新川博
- link: artist/6930
  names:
    en: Osamu Totsuka
    ja: 戸塚修
- link: artist/3051
  names:
    en: Motoyoshi Iwasaki
    ja: 岩崎元是
- link: artist/73521
  names:
    en: Hideo Kinoshita
    ja: 木下秀郎
- link: artist/755
  names:
    en: Yasunori Iwasaki
    ja: 岩崎文紀
- link: artist/1514
  names:
    en: Masaki Iwamoto
    ja: 岩本正樹
- link: artist/3697
  names:
    en: Yasutaka Mizushima
    ja: 水島康貴
- link: artist/1447
  names:
    en: Kenichi Mitsuda
    ja: 光田健一
barcode: '4988003211578'
catalog: KICS-7610
categories:
- Game
- Animation
- Radio/Audio Drama
- Live Action
category: Game
classification: Vocal, Live Event, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/3498
  names:
    en: Miki Matsubara
    ja: 松原みき
- link: artist/1515
  names:
    en: Tomoko Tane
    ja: 種ともこ
- link: artist/8423
  names:
    en: Toshio Kamei
    ja: 亀井登志夫
- link: artist/28977
  names:
    en: Yumi Arai
    ja: 荒井由実
- link: artist/3099
  names:
    en: Takeshi Ike
    ja: 池毅
- link: artist/1562
  names:
    en: Seiya Murai
    ja: 村井聖夜
- link: artist/1513
  names:
    en: Maron Nagatsuki
    ja: ながつきまろん
- link: artist/3867
  names:
    en: Katsuki Maeda
    ja: 前田克樹
- link: artist/1513
  names:
    en: Maron Nagatsuki
    ja: ながつきまろん
- link: artist/161
  names:
    en: Konami Kukeiha Club
    ja: コナミ矩形波倶楽部
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discs:
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  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: If Only I Were an Angel
      Japanese: 私が天使だったらいいのに
    track_length: '4:48'
  - names:
      English: Rain and then Special
      Japanese: 雨のちスペシャル
    track_length: '4:42'
  - names:
      English: The Wind Does Not Stop -TV Size Version-
      Japanese: 風がとまらない－ＴＶサイズバージョン－
    track_length: '3:32'
  - names:
      English: I am Using an Ear Pick
      Japanese: みみかきをしていると
    track_length: '5:55'
  - names:
      English: The Dream is Not Just for One
      Japanese: 夢はひとりみるものじゃない
    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      English: I Love you with a Smiling Face
      Japanese: 笑顔で愛してる
    track_length: '5:04'
  - names:
      English: Machibuse
      Japanese: まちぶせ
    track_length: '4:08'
  - names:
      English: MOMENT
      Japanese: MOMENT
    track_length: '4:28'
  - names:
      English: Final Promise
      Japanese: 最後の約束
    track_length: '4:59'
  - names:
      English: Love Story Manual (1) The Fundamentals of the Fundamentals
      Japanese: 恋愛物語入門 (1)初歩の初歩
    track_length: '5:46'
  - names:
      English: KISS
      Japanese: KISS
    track_length: '3:46'
  - names:
      English: PURE -Live Version-
      Japanese: Pure -LIVEバージョン-
    track_length: '5:15'
  - names:
      English: Our Beauty
      Japanese: 僕らのステキ
    track_length: '4:01'
  - names:
      English: Happy! Happy! Happy!
      Japanese: Happy!Happy!Happy!
    track_length: '3:39'
  - names:
      English: Horizon -Radio Version-
      Japanese: Horizon-Radioバージョン-
    track_length: '5:49'
  - names:
      English: Twin Memories -Live Version-
      Japanese: Twin memories-Liveバージョン-
    track_length: '4:24'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/1251
  names:
    en: King Record Co., Ltd.
    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: distributor
link: album/15388
lyricists:
- link: artist/8426
  names:
    en: Yoshiko Miura
    ja: 三浦徳子
- link: artist/2021
  names:
    en: Mariko Kouda
    ja: 國府田マリ子
- link: artist/1515
  names:
    en: Tomoko Tane
    ja: 種ともこ
- link: artist/6752
  names:
    en: Masami Tozawa
    ja: 戸沢暢美
- link: artist/28977
  names:
    en: Yumi Arai
    ja: 荒井由実
- link: artist/6748
  names:
    en: Miyu Yuzuki
    ja: 柚木美祐
- link: artist/4573
  names:
    en: Masanori Oouchi
    ja: 大内正徳
- link: artist/14037
  names:
    en: WINBEE
    ja: ウィンビー
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2009-09-19T07:41
  edited_date: 2025-07-19T21:23
  fetched_date: 2026-06-08T13:24
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 5528
name: My Best Friend / Mariko Kouda
names:
  en: My Best Friend / Mariko Kouda
  ja: マイベストフレンド / 國府田マリ子
  ja-latn: My Best Friend / Mariko Kouda
notes: 'Mariko Kouda''s first best-of compilation album.

  M-01. 3rd Single / Radio Drama "Twinbee PARADISE 3" Ending Theme

    Lyricist: Yoshiko Miura & Mariko Kouda

    Composer: Miki Matsubara

    Arranger: Tomoji Sogawa

  M-02. 7th Single / NHK Program "Minna no Uta" Oct-Nov 1997 Broadcast Song

    Lyricist: Mariko Kouda

    Composer: Miki Matsubara

    Arranger: Tatsuya Nishiwaki

  M-03. 6th Single (TV version)

    Lyricist/Composer: Tomoko Tane

    Arranger: Seiji Kameda

  M-04. 2nd Single

    Lyricist: Masami Tozawa

    Composer: Toshio Kamei

    Arranger: Tatsuya Nishiwaki

  M-05. 4th Single / Fuji TV Program "Mouretsu Asia Taro" Ending Theme

    Lyricist: Mariko Kouda

    Composer: Miki Matsubara

    Arranger: Tomoji Sogawa

  M-06. 5th Single / Radio Program "CLUB db STATION" 1st Ending Theme

    Lyricist/Composer: Tomoko Tane

    Arranger: Tatsuya Nishiwaki

  M-07. 3rd Single B-side / Yumi Arai Cover / NTV Program "TV Oja Manbou" Ending Theme
  Arrangement

    Lyricist/Composer: Yumi Arai

    Arranger: Hiroshi Shinkawa

  M-08. TV Anime "Marmalade Boy" Insert Song

    Lyricist: Miyu Yuzuki

    Composer: Takeshi Ike

    Arranger: Osamu Totsuka

  M-09. TV Anime "Marmalade Boy" Insert Song

    Lyricist: Miyu Yuzuki

    Composer: Takeshi Ike

    Arranger: Osamu Totsuka

  M-10. CD Drama "Tokimeki Memorial featuring Ayako Katagiri" Character Song for Megumi
  Juichiya

    Lyricist: Masanori Oouchi

    Composer: Seiya Murai

    Arranger: Motoyoshi Iwasaki

  M-11. Song from Animage Voice Actor Series Collection 1: "KISS"

    Lyricist: Mariko Kouda

    Composer: Naoki Inui

    Arranger: Hideo Kinoshita

  M-12. Song from 1st Album "Pure" (live version from Mariko Kouda Concert Tour ''95~''96
  "Owaranai Encore")

    Lyricist: Mariko Kouda

    Composer: Maron Nagatsuki

    Arranger: Yasunori Iwasaki

  M-13. 1st Single, Radio Drama "Twinbee PARADISE 2" Opening Theme, Arcade Game "TwinBee
  Yahho!: Fushigi no Kuni de Ooabare!!" Opening Theme

    Lyricist: Masami Tozawa

    Composer: Katsuki Maeda

    Arranger: Masaki Iwamoto

  M-14. Song from 3rd Album "Happy!Happy!Happy!"

    Lyricist: Mariko Kouda

    Composer: Maron Nagatsuki

    Arranger: Yasutaka Mizushima

  M-14. Song from 1st Album "Pure" (radio version) / Radio Program "Mariko Kouda''s
  GM" Ending Theme

    Lyricist: Mariko Kouda

    Composer: Maron Nagatsuki

    Arranger: Kenichi Mitsuda

  M-15. PS1 Game "Twinbee Battle Puzzle Dama" Theme Song (live version from Mariko
  Kouda Concert Tour ''95~''96 "Owaranai Encore")

    Lyricist: WINBEE

    Composer: Konami Kukeiha Club

    Assistant Composer, Arranger: Kenichi Mitsuda

  Produced & Directed by Michael Maezawa (KONAMI)

  Produced & Performed by Mariko Kouda

  Mastered by Yasuji Maeda (Bernie Grundman MASTERING)

  Mastering St.: Bernie Grundman MASTERING

  Assisted by Fumie Aoyagi (KONAMI)

  Producer: Shigeru Fukutake (KONAMI)

                 Fujio Sakai (King Records)

  A&R: Yukihiko Yamaguchi (King Records)

           Akio Mishima (King Records)

  Promotion: Takayuki Ogura (KONAMI)

                   Yasuyuki Tanaka (KONAMI)

                   Yasushi Watanabe (Tetrapod Office)

                   Tadahisa Kameda (KONAMI)

                   Junko Yamamoto (KONAMI)

                   Kazuo Iwasaki (King Records)

                   Yoko Morisawa (King Records)

                   Aki Yoshida (King Records)

  Sales Promotion: Yutaka Watanabe (King Records)

  Artist Producer: Kenichiro Iijima (AONI Pro.)

  Artist Management: Akiko ''HARAMI'' Kitazawa (AONI Pro.)

  Art Direction & Design: Junichi Nakamura (GRADES)

  Photograph: Hideaki Imamoto

  Hair&Make: Hideaki Minamida (Der GLANZ)

  Styling: Ikuko Abe

  Art work co-ordination: CITROEN Matsuda (KONAMI)

                                     Junko Koike (KONAMI)

  Special Thanks to:

  Tomoko Okada, Fumiaki Sato, Tsutomu Kanetomo,

  Tokuma Japan Communications, Toei Doga,

  Bandai Music Entertainment, Takashi Sasugano, Kazuyoshi Senzaki,

  UNI Inoue, Ken Tsutsui, Keiichiro Nakahara, Tasuku Tsukada,

  Takaaki Tomisawa, Taizo Endo & Musical Station,

  Yutaka Onaga, Masami Tozawa, Miki Matsubara,

  Minoru Obokata, Manami Kage, Junna Sugito, Kaorin'',

  Takuya Sato, Ottacky Sasaki, Atsumi Okada, JCM, QR, OBC, MBS,

  members of Mariko BAND, Happy!Happy!Happy!,

  my family, friends & my radio program listeners & staff, magazine staff'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2246
  names:
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    ja: KONAMI
    ja-latn: KONAMI
  role: label
- link: org/72
  names:
    en: Konami Co., Ltd.
    ja: コナミ株式会社
    ja-latn: Konami Co., Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/2021
  names:
    en: Mariko Kouda
    ja: 國府田マリ子
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platforms:
- Arcade
- Series
- Sony PlayStation
products:
- link: product/3977
  names:
    en: Twinbee PARADISE 3
    ja: ツインビー PARADISE 3
    ja-latn: Twinbee PARADISE 3
- link: product/19648
  names:
    en: Minna no Uta
    ja: みんなのうた
    ja-latn: Minna no Uta
- names:
    en: Mouretsu Asia Taro
- names:
    en: CLUB db STATION
- names:
    en: TV Oja Manbou
- link: product/4447
  names:
    en: MARMALADE BOY
    ja: ママレード・ボーイ
    ja-latn: MARMALADE BOY
- link: product/5390
  names:
    en: Tokimeki Memorial
    ja: ときめきメモリアル
    ja-latn: Tokimeki Memorial
- link: product/3976
  names:
    en: Twinbee PARADISE 2
    ja: ツインビー PARADISE 2
    ja-latn: Twinbee PARADISE 2
- link: product/3966
  names:
    en: 'TwinBee Yahho!: Fushigi no Kuni de Ooabare!!'
    ja: ツインビーヤッホー! ふしぎの国で大あばれ!!
    ja-latn: 'TwinBee Yahho!: Fushigi no Kuni de Ooabare!!'
- names:
    en: Mariko Kouda's GM
- names:
    en: Twinbee Battle Puzzle Dama
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1998-02-25'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3059.0
reprints: []
stores:
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  name: Amazon.co.jp
- link: http://product.rakuten.co.jp/product/-/260715103a9a5c50e75f3b6609b6299d/
  name: Rakuten
- link: http://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/120000781
  name: Surugaya
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votes: 0
websites:
  Reference:
  - link: https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/my-best-friend/1198030982
    name: CDJournal
  - link: https://www.discogs.com/release/21498577
    name: Discogs
  - link: https://musicbrainz.org/release/bc9d042d-c19c-47b2-8507-dc003f235bad
    name: MusicBrainz
  - link: http://www.usagi.org/doi-bin/Viphone.pl?/seiyuu/cd/kouda/mybestfriend.html
    name: Seiyuu Database
  - link: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Best_Friend_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A0)
    name: Wikipedia (JP)
