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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.[1][2][3]

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)

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.[4][5]

Track listing

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

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]	4

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[6]	Gold	200,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

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

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