Yoake Mae

For Tōson Shimazaki's historical novel, see Before the Dawn (novel).

Yoake Mae
Studio album by Chara
Released	March 19, 2003
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	Downtempo, ambient pop, alternative pop
Length	59:51
Label	Sony Music Japan
Producer	Chara
Chara chronology
Madrigal (2001) Yoake Mae (2003) A Scenery Like Me (2004)
Singles from Yoake Mae
"Hatsukoi" Released: October 9, 2002 "Mieru wa" Released: February 8, 2003

Yoake Mae (夜明けまえ, Before the Dawn) is the ninth studio album by Chara, which was released on March 19, 2003. It debuted at #17 on the Japanese Oricon album charts, and charted in the top 300 for 5 weeks. It eventually sold 47,000 copies.

The entire album was produced and written by Chara. It was her last original album release on Sony.

Two singles were released from the album: Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love) and Mieru wa (みえるわ, I Can See!).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chara, unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Beautiful Day"		4:14
2.	"Mieru wa (みえるわ, I Can See!)"		5:01
3.	"Sweetie (スウィーティー)"		4:07
4.	"Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love)"		4:41
5.	"Shinpi no Ie (神秘の家, House of Mystery)"		3:24
6.	"Utsukushii Machi (うつくしい街, Beautiful Town)"		3:24
7.	"Heart ni Hi o Tsukete (ハートの火をつけて, A Fire Burns in My Heart)"		5:10
8.	"Hello (ハロー)"		6:17
9.	"Ocean (オーシャン)"		4:27
10.	"Kokoro ni Konai (心にこない, Doesn't Come to My Heart)"		5:37
11.	"Beautiful Scarlet"		4:56
12.	"I Wanna Freely Love You"	Chara, Toru Yamazaki	7:49

Singles

Date	Title	Peak position	Weeks	Sales
October 9, 2002	"Hatsukoi"	16 (Oricon)	3	12,410
February 8, 2003	"Mieru wa"	71 (Oricon)	2	2,844

Japan sales rankings

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Sales total
March 19, 2003	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	17	19,742	46,812
	Soundscan Album Top 20	17	22,382