Special! Best Mini ～2.5 Maime no Kare～

Infobox Album |
Name = Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~
Type = EP
Artist = Berryz Koubou


Released = December 7, 2005
Recorded = 2004—2005
Genre = Japanese pop
Length = 22:50
Label = Piccolo Town
Producer = Tsunku

Last album = "Gag 100 Kaibun Aishitekudasai"
(single)
(2005)
This album = "Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~"
(EP)
(2005)
Next album = "Jiriri Kiteru"
(single)
(2006)nihongo|"Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~"|スッペシャル!ベストミニ ～2.5枚目の彼～| is an extended play CD released by pre-teen Japanese pop band Berryz Koubou. It is the third of three releases issued by the band in the space of four weeks, along with their second album "Dai 2 Seichouki" and tenth single "Gag 100 Kaibun Aishitekudasai". "2.5" is pronounced as "nī ten go".

The EP contains five previously released tracks in the aforementioned tenth single's A-side, plus four earlier single sides. Only one track, "Arigatou! Tomodachi", is exclusive to the EP.

The EP's release is apparently tied to the Christmas gift-giving season, as the EP's outer tray liner and booklet back cover depicts the band members standing in a light snowfall, while the inside tray liner and the CD's label depicts a cartoon snowman.

Former band member Maiha Ishimura appears but is not credited on the four previously released closing tracks on the EP.

Track listing

# ギャグ100回分愛してください (Gag 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai)
# ありがとう！おともだち。(Arigatou! Tomodachi)
# スッペシャル ジェネレ～ション (Special Generation)
# ２１時までのシンデレラ (21ji made no Cinderella)
# ピリリと行こう！ (Piriri to Yukou!)
# あなたなしでは生きてゆけない (Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai)

Musical personnel

*Saki Shimizu - vocals and band leader
*Momoko Tsugunaga - vocals
*Chinami Tokunaga - vocals
*Miyabi Natsuyaki - vocals
*Maasa Sudou - vocals
*Yurina Kumai - vocals
*Risako Sugaya - vocals
*Maiha Ishimura - vocals (Tracks 3-6, uncredited)
*Yuichi Takahasi - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
*Kaoru Kubota] - backing vocals
*Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki - keyboard and MIDI programming, guitar
*Hiroaki Takeuchi - chorus
*Koji Makaino - keyboard and MIDI programming
*Shinsuke Suzuki - guitar
*Hideyuki Komatsu - bass
*Horishi Iida - percussion
*Masato Yamao - organ
*Tsunku - backing vocals
*Amazons - backing vocals
*Takao Konishi - keyboard and MIDI programming
*Yasuo Asai - guitar
*Yasushi Sasamoto - bass
*Masanori Suzuki - trumpet
*Yoshinari Takegami - saxophone
*Satoshi Mizota - trombone
*Shoichiro Hirata - keyboard and MIDI programming
*Keiko "Chibi" Furuya - backing vocals
*Akira - guitar, bass, keyboards, MIDI programming, backing vocals

Recording personnel

*Nobuyasu Umemoto - recording coordination
*Kazumi Matsui - recording engineer, mix engineer
*Ryo Wakizawa - recording engineer, mix engineer
*Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer
*Masakazu Kimura - mix engineer
*Naoki Yamada - mix engineer
*Yuji Yamashita - mix engineer
*Tsunku - mix engineer
*Yuichi Ohtsubo - 2nd engineer
*Hirofumi Hiraki - 2nd engineer
*Youhei Horiuchi - 2nd engineer
*Mitsuko Koike - mastering engineer