Akina Nakamori
, often translated as Strange or Mysterious, is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori, released on August 11, 1986 through Warner Pioneer. It divided fans upon release, but is today her best-known studio album. Nakamori claimed to have been influenced by Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" (1973), though the album has also drawn comparisons to Cocteau Twins and Siouxsie and the Banshees.