Bertemu

Bertemu
Bertemu
Studio album by Megumi Hayashibara
Released	November 1, 1996
Genre	J-Pop
Length	61:32
Label	Starchild
Megumi Hayashibara chronology

Bertemu (stylized in lower case; Indonesian for 'meet, converge'; stylized in lower case) is the eighth studio album by Japanese voice actress and recording artist Megumi Hayashibara, released on November 1, 1996, by Starchild.

Background and release

Many tracks on Bertemu originated as theme songs or insert songs from anime. Notable inclusions are "Give a Reason" (opening for Slayers Next); the Ayanami versions of "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" and "Fly Me to the Moon" associated with Neon Genesis Evangelion and its character Rei Ayanami, along with other anime-related or original material.

The album was issued in both a standard and a limited edition that included a cardboard sleeve and a hardcover photobook. It has been re-released on March 16, 2005. The album was often marketed at the time as her first "best-of album", though it includes many new recordings and alternate takes rather than being a pure compilation.

Commercial performance

Bertemu peaked at number 3 on the Oricon weekly albums chart, making it Hayashibara's highest-charting studio album at the time. It charted for eight weeks and sold approximately 222,860 copies in Japan, earning a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan in November 1996.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Give a Reason"	Satomi Arimori	Hidetoshi Sato	Tsutomu Ohira	4:25
2.	"Touch Yourself"	Megumi Hayashibara	Sato	Keiji Soeda	5:06
3.	"Hanarete Ite mo" (はなれていても, lit. 'Even If We Are Apart')	Ritsuko Okazaki	Okazaki	Nobuyoshi Mitsumune	4:13
4.	"A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (Ayanami version)	Yuko Oikawa	Hidetoshi Sato	Toshiyuki O'mori	4:15
5.	"Midnight Blue"	Arimori	Sato	Sho Goto	5:31
6.	"Matsuri Uta" (まつりうた, lit. 'Festival Song')	Hayashibara	Kenji Kawai	Kawai	4:24
7.	"Shakunetsu no Koi" (灼熱の恋, lit. 'Scorching Love')	Arimori	Sato	Atsushi Onozawa	3:58
8.	"-Life-"	Okazaki	Okazaki	Masaki Iwamoto	4:04
9.	"Fly Me to the Moon" (Ayanami version)	Bart Howard	Howard	O'mori	4:31
10.	"Shining Girl"	Arimori	Sato	Goto	4:12
11.	"Nostalgic Lover"	Arimori	Mitsumune	Mitsumune	4:27
12.	"Too Late" (new version)	Miho Matsuba	Ohira	Ohira	4:31
13.	"Going History"	Arimori	Sato	Onozawa	4:32
14.	"Cherish Christmas"	Megumi	Mitsumune	Mitsumune	5:30
Total length:					61:32

Charts

Weekly charts


Chart (1996)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	3

Year-end charts


Chart (1996)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	129

Certifications


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

References

1 2 林原めぐみ / ブルトゥム [廃盤] (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 March 2026.
1 2 3 林原めぐみ / ブルトゥム [限定][廃盤]. CD Journal (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 March 2026.
1 2 bertemu | 林原めぐみ. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
1 2 3 オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 March 2026.
↑ "Japanese album certifications – Megumi Hayashibara – Bertemu" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 30 March 2026. Select 1996年11月 on the drop-down menu

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[CDJ-1-1] 1 2 林原めぐみ / ブルトゥム [廃盤] (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 March 2026.

[CDJ-2-2] 1 2 3 林原めぐみ / ブルトゥム [限定][廃盤]. CD Journal (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 March 2026.

[Oricon-3] 1 2 bertemu | 林原めぐみ. Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 30 March 2026.

[youtaiju-4] 1 2 3 オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 [Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Taiju']. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 March 2026.

[JapanMegumi_HayashibaraBertemualbumCertRef-5] "Japanese album certifications – Megumi Hayashibara – Bertemu" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 30 March 2026. Select 1996年11月 on the drop-down menu

v t e Megumi Hayashibara
Studio albums	Pulse Bertemu Irāvatī
Singles	"Get Along" "Midnight Blue" "Give a Reason" "Successful Mission" "Don't Be Discouraged" "Infinity" "Sakura Saku" "Over Soul" "Brave Heart" "Northern Lights" "Plenty of Grit" "Shūketsu no Sono e"