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Wagamama na Actress
Studio album by Miho Nakayama
Released	June 23, 1993 (1993-06-23)
Recorded	1993
Studio	Westlake Recording Studios Carve Studio M'Bila Studio Studio 56 Studio 55 Ground Control Jennie's Studio Sedic Studio Free Studio Delta Studio Nichion Studio
Genre	J-pop pop rock R&B dance-pop
Length	50:32
Language	Japanese
Label	King Records
Producer	Miho Nakayama Masato Ohsumi Ken Shiguma Akira Fukuzumi
Miho Nakayama chronology
Dramatic Songs (1993) Wagamama na Actress (1993) Blanket Privacy (1993)

Wagamama na Actress (わがままな あくとれす, Wagamama na Akutoresu, lit. Selfish Actress) is the 15th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 23, 1993, it is Nakayama's fifth studio release (after One and Only, Mind Game, Merry Merry, and Dé eaya) to not feature a single. It was also Nakayama's second album (after Mellow) to be self-produced and recorded in Los Angeles.

The album peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart. It also sold over 145,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Miho Nakayama, except where indicated

Personnel

• Miho Nakayama – vocals
• Rob Pfeifer – programming (1, 7)
• Ken Shiguma – programming (11)
• Atsushi Umehara – programming (11)
• Jeff Pfeifer – keyboards (1, 7)
• Ian Prince – keyboards, programming (2, 6)
• Tom Keane – keyboards, programming (4, 9)
• Bill Meyers – keyboards, programming (5, 8)
• Reggie Turner – keyboards, programming (10)
• Hidetoshi Yamada – keyboards (11)
• Randy Waldman – piano, bass (3)
• Michael Landau – guitar (1–2, 5–9)
• Bruce Gaitsch – guitar (3)
• David Williams – guitar (4)
• John Peña – bass (6)
• Mike Porcaro – bass (9)
• Carlos Vega – drums (9)
• Andre Williams – drums (10)
• Keith Williams – drums (10)
• Chris Trujillo – percussion (1, 5, 7–8)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1, 4, 8)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (1, 4, 8)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1, 4, 8)
• Dan Higgins – saxophone (1, 4), flute (7)
• Brandon Fields – saxophone (3)
• Dave Koz – saxophone (6, 9)
• Kim Hutcheroft – saxophone (8)
• Jake H. Concepcion – saxophone (11)
• Tetsuya Ochiai – strings (11)
• Hiroki Kashiwagi – strings (11)
• Jackie – backing vocals (1)
• Misa Nakayama – backing vocals (1)
• Joey Johnson – backing vocals (2)
• Warnel Johns – backing vocals (2)
• Yuiko Tsubokura – backing vocals (4, 8)
• Keiko Wada – backing vocals (4, 8)
• Junko Hirotani – backing vocals (5–6, 11)
• Kiyoshi Hiyama – backing vocals (5–6)
• Yasuhiro Kido – backing vocals (6)
• Cindy – backing vocals (10)
• Jacque Mastin – backing vocals (10)
• Don Jeffries – backing vocals (10)

Charts

Certification

References

1. "中山美穂". Idol.ne.jp. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
2. "中山美穂 / わがままなあくとれす [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
3. "わがままなあくとれす | 中山美穂". Mora. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
4. ^ "わがままなあくとれす | 中山美穂". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
5. "中山美穂". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
6. "Japanese certifications – 中山 美穂 – わがままな あくとれす" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-08-07. Select 1993年7月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• Official website
• Wagamama na Actress at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Wagamama na Actress at Discogs

• 1993 albums
• Miho Nakayama albums
• 1990s Japanese-language albums
• King Records (Japan) albums