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Hiro is wearing more little for this PV... Unlike wearing long sleeve shirt for other PV, she wore as little as possible... Showing that she has really grown up, no more a baby spice in Speed...

The following is the song list for Hiro's 2nd album titled 'Naked And True'... The album will also include 'Mitsumete Itai' and 'Your Innocence' which are from 'Toys Factory'... There are 8 new tracks in this album...

01.ME AND YOU (Rinding Waves)
02.Confession
03.Notice my mind
04.Day After Day
05.Seaside Holiday & The Sun
06.Naked and True
07.CRAZY
08.Your innocence
09.For a Long Night
10.Eternal Place
11.love you
12.ナミダ
13.見つめていたい (DJ Hasebe remix)
14.しあわせの道 (Album Version)
15.ON MY WAY

This is the cover of Hiro's 2nd Album named 'Naked And True'... She looks as if it was 'Bright Daylight'...

Hiro isn't doing very well for this first half of the year... Her 6th single which is 'Love You', released on 17/04/02 sold only 117,200 copies in Japan, listing 64th on the top 100 singles of first half of the year... Her 7th single named 'Eternal Place', released on 05/06/02 sold on 85,500 copies and was listed 94th on the top 100 chart... Anyway, 'Eternal Place' sold another 3000 copies last week pushing the sales to 88,500 copies... Hiro's highest ranking on the top 100 is 32nd with 'Treasure'. Eriko and Takako couldn't make it on the chart...

Since Speed's disband, the sales of the members are getting lesser and lesser... On a recent newspaper article, it mentioned that not only Eriko and Takako, Hiro's sales are getting from bad to worse... Eriko's 3rd single named 'In the Name Of Love' sold over 140,000 copies but 'Don't stop the Music' only sold about 40,000 copies... Takako's 4th single named 'Sweet Dreams' sold only 30,000 copies... While Hiro, whose 'Treasure' sales was 810,000 copies fell to 180,000 for 'Confession' and 110,000 for 'Love You'... 'One More Dream' only sold about 150,000 copies... But lets hope for some luck for Hitoe, Hiro and Takako's new singles coming real soon...

09/07/02 - 9th | 10/07/02 - 11th | 11/07/02 - 12th
12/07/02 - 15th | 13/07/02 - 18th | 14/07/02 - Out

In the first week of release, Eriko sold 13700 copies of the single which isn't a very good sign indeed...

The name of Hiro's 2nd album is confirmed with 'Naked And True' and will be released on 08/08/02 instead of 31/07/02... and 'Your Innocence' will be included in the album again.... Don't forget that Hiro's 9th single named 'ADVANCE' that will be released on 21/08/02...

Hitoe's 57 Move will be back with its 2nd Maxi Single on 26/09/02 but not yet titled (AVCD-16023) since the previous single three years ago... This single will still be very Hitoe's 57 Move style with R&B... But before that, Takako will be releasing her 7th single on 19/09/02 and also not yet titled (AVCD-16024)

Hiro's 2nd album name may be named as 'Naked And True'... This is the latest promotional photo of Hiro... seems undressed and naked but actually she is wearing a tube top... This is her new single's photo... This is a breakthrough for Hiro as she has never worn so 'little'... The following is an extract from other websites...

にニューアルバム『Naked and True』がリリースされます。なお、TVstation17号(７／31発売)で、hiroのインタビューを掲載します。ニューアルバムのレコーディングの合間を縫ってのインタビューだったのですが、hiro自身がアルバムタイトルを決定した瞬間に立ち会えました！　お楽しみに。

The tracks in Hiro's 7th single are:
1) Notice My Mind
2) More Close, More Feel
3) Notice My Mind (Instrumental)
4) More Close, More Feel (Instrumental)

'Notice My Mind' will be the theme song of a new drama about detective files that will debut on 13/07/02... Both songs lyrics are penned by Hiro and 'Notice My Mind' will be a R&B song... Hiro will sing in a very sexy voice... says CD DATA...