KJ1 F·T·O (KJ1 Funky Town Osaka) is the first full-length album released by the Japanese boyband Kanjani Eight.The album features a full 14 tracks that dabble in generic pop, rock, and Enka. Majority of the songs off of the album split the group in units, such as "Hatenaki Sora" being a Shota Yasuda/Ryo Nishikido duet and "Carnival" being a Ryuhei Maruyama/Tadayoshi Okura duet, among others.

KJ1 F·T·O
Limited Edition Cover
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 15, 2006
Recorded2005
GenrePop, Enka
Length58:57 (Limited Edition)
LabelTeichiku Records
ProducerJohnny H. Kitagawa
Kanjani Eight chronology
Kansha ni Eight
(2004)
KJ1 F·T·O
(2006)
KJ2 Zukkoke Dai Dassō
(2007)
Singles from KJ1 F·T·O
  1. "Osaka Rainy Blues"
    Released: March 2nd, 2005
  2. "Sukiyanen, Osaka/Oh! Enka/Mugendai"
    Released: September 14, 2005
  3. "Osaka Obachan Rock/Osaka Romanesque"
    Released: June 7, 2006

Musically, the album is almost completely pop with only two songs passing off into the Enka/Kayokyoku genre of Japanese music. Despite this, the album was categorized as an Enka album and as such the album ranked on the Oricon's general music charts as well as the Enka/Kayokyoku charts. This allowed the group to achieve a record of being the first Enka artist to have two consecutive releases reach the top 5 of the Enka/Kayokyoku charts and be the first Enka artist in 32 years to reach the top 3 general music charts.[1]

CD Track listing

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Limited Edition

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangedLength
1."F·T·O"Higuchi RyouichiHiguchiCHOKKAKU4:45
2."Kanashii Koi" (悲しい恋 Sorrowful Love)MASAMakaino KoujiMakaino3:52
3."Osaka Romanesque" (大阪ロマネスク)Aida TakeshiTanimoto Arataha-j4:45
4."Taiyou no Kodomo" (太陽の子供 Children of the Sun)MASAMakainoNagaoka Seikou4:49
5."Carnival"MakainoMakainoMori Toshiyuki5:09
6."Mugendai [KJ1 Mix]" (無限大 Infinity)MASAMakainoMakaino4:26
7."Hatenaki Sora" (果テナキ空 Endless Sky)Kubota YoujiIida TakehikoNagaoka5:02
8."Heat Is On"Narumi KazutoNarumiSuzuki Yuya4:28
9."Misetekure" (ミセテクレ Show Me)Iioka Takashi
Yasuda Shota (Rap)
IiokaShimizu Akio4:28
10."Oh! Enka [KJ1 Mix]" (桜演歌(Oh!ENKA))MASAKoujiKouji3:56
11."Sore de Ii n' ja Nai" (それでイイんじゃない Isn't this fine?)NarumiNarumiIshizuka Tomoki4:33
12."ONE"SUBARUYasuda ShotaSubaruBAND3:56
13."Osaka Rainy Blues [ver KJ1]" (大阪レイ二ーブルーズ)MASAKoujiKouji4:58
14."Sukiyanen, Osaka." (好きやねん、大阪。)IijimakenIijimakenYoshioka Taku3:50

The limited edition release of F·T·O also featured a DVD showcasing the backstage footage from their F·T·O.N concert tour.

Regular Edition

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The regular edition of the album contained the tracks listed for the limited edition release, as well as two additional tracks from the sub-unit, SanKyouDai

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Purin" (プリン Pudding)YuuChipa 
2."Onigishi" (オニギシ)YuuChipa 

Charting

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Chart Peak
position
Sales/
shipments
Oricon General Album Top 10 2 161,985[2]
Oricon Enka/Kayokyoku Album Top 10 2[3] N/A

References

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  1. ^ [1] 2009.12.22
  2. ^ [2] Archived 2009-01-14 at the Wayback Machine 2009.12.22
  3. ^ [3] 2009.12.22