Up-and-coming vocalist Asaka revealed she will be releasing her very first album October 7 titled Heart Touch. What makes October 7 so special is that it will be Asaka’s twentieth birthday. The leading song on the album will be “Raise Your Heart”  which was composed by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN’s Tomoya Tabuchi and arranged by PENGUIN RESEARCH’s Shota Horie, with lyrics co-written by Asaka and Tomoya Tabuchi. Also on the album will be Asaka’s previously released singles which were all used in various anime productions.

Heart Touch is being released in two editions, a standard edition and a limited edition. The standard edition will incluldeh a CD and will feature a randomly selected autographed photo (from five variations). The limited edition will include a CD, Blu-ray, and one of the randomly selected autographed photos. The Blu-ray will feature a music video and Making Of for “Raise Your Heart” along with footage from Asaka 1st One Man Live -graduate from LJK-, and Asaka 19th Birthday LIVE -Make It Happen LTB-. CDJapan has an exclusive “2L-size portrait w/ autograph & comment” and you can claim your copy of Heart Touch here.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Also, in honor of Asaka’s birthday and her new album, there will be a live show October 6 at EX THEATER ROPPONGI, Tokyo which will be titled Asaka 20th Birthday Live ～EVE～.

You can check out Asaka’s single “「この世の果てで恋を唄う少女」” (“Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo”) in the video posted below.