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Track 01
Words & Music by Toshinobu Kubota
Original Track Co-Produced by Camus Celli
Additional Productions Arranged by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Electric Guitars: Nile Rodgers, Yoichiro Kakizaki
Keyboards: Yoichiro Kakizaki
Bass: Carl James
Drums: Alex Alexander
Cuts: Miles Boglochain
Background Vocals: James "D-TRAIN" Williams, Craig Derry, Toshinobu Kubota, Audrey Wheeler

Track 02
Words, Music & Background Vocals by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged, Drums Programming & Keyboards by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Electric Guitar & Synthesizer Programming: Itaru Sakota

Track 03
Words & Music by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged, Drums Programming, Keyboards & Electric Guitar by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Acoustic Guitar: Jeff Mironov
Background Vocals: Toshinobu Kubota
Synthesizer Programming: Itaru Sakota

Track 04
Words by Masumi Kawamura
Music & Background Vocals by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged, Drum Programming & Keyboards by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Percussions: Bashiri Johnson
Synthesizer Programming: Itaru Sakota

Track 05
Words, Music, Electric Guitar & Background Vocals by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Drum Programming & Keyboards by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Whisper Rap: Naomi Campbell
Hand Claps: N.Y.C. Hand Jobbers

Track 06
Words & Music by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged by Camus Celli & Andreas Levin for C-N-A PRODUCTIONS
Drum Programming, Keyboards & Electric Guitars: Camus Celli & Andreas Levin
Keyboards: Eric Cody, Yoichiro Kakizaki
Background Vocals: James "D-TRAIN" Williams, Craig Derry, Toshinobu Kubota, Audrey Wheeler
Cuts: Miles Boglochain

Track 07
Words, Music & Background Vocals by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged, Drum Programming & Keyboards by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Acoustic Guitar & Guitar Solo: Jeff Mironov
Electric Guitar & Synthesizer Programming: Itaru Sakota
Percussions: Bashiri Johnson

Track 08
Words, Music, Arranged, Drum Programming & Keyboards by Toshinobu Kubota
Keyboards: Philip Woo
Electric Guitar & Background Vocals: Toshinobu Kubota
Cuts: DJ JAZZY JOYCE
Bass: Hideki Ninomiya
Synthesizer Programming: Kaz Hayashida

Track 09
Words, Music & Background Vocals by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged by Doug Deangelis & Philip Woo
Drum Programming: Doug Deangelis
Keyboards: Philip Woo, Yoichiro Kakizaki

Track 10: TV Anime "H2" Opening Theme
Words & Music by Toshinobu Kubota
Drum Programming, Keyboards & Electric Guitar: Yoichiro Kakizaki
Background Vocals: Toshinobu Kubota, Hideki Ninomiya

Track 11
Words & Music by Toshinobu Kubota
Arranged, Produced, Acoustic Piano & Keyboards by Yoichiro Kakizaki
Synthesizer Programming: Itaru Sakota


Produced by Toshinobu Kubota

Recording Engineers:
  David O'Donnell [Tr.01-04,06-07,09,11]
  Steve McLoughlin [Tr.01]
  Lolly Grodner [Tr.05]
  Hiroshi Miyauchi [Tr.06,10] (MIXER'S LAB)
  Bruce Miller [Tr.08]
  Doug Deangelis [Tr.09]

Assistant Engineers:
  Daniel Wierup (BATTERY STUDIOS NYC)
  Aldania Gonzalez (BATTERY STUDIOS NYC)
  Jed Hackett (BATTERY STUDIOS NYC)
  Matin Czembor (BATTERY STUDIOS NYC)
  Brian Vavertz (BATTERY STUDIOS NYC)
  Chinatsu Koizumi (MIXER'S LAB)
  Yuki Mitome (DELTA STUDIO)
  Naoyuki Fujita (PHAROS)

Mixing Engineers:
  Mick Guzauski [Tr.01-07,09,11]
  Bruce Miller [Tr.08]
  David O'Donnell [Tr.08]
  Tatsuya Morokaji [Tr.10] (SEDIC STUDIO)

Recording Studios:
  BATTERY STUDIOS NYC
  SONY MUSIC STUDIOS NYC
  WEST SIDE STUDIO
  DELTA STUDIO
  SUNRISE STUDIO (TOWER SIDE)

Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen (STERLING SOUND)

A&R: Masaru Seo (SONY RECORDS)
Director: Hideki Ninomiya
Assistant Director: Yutaka Kawana
Managers: Naoko Omori (FUNKY JAM), Junya Tanaka (FUNKY JAM)

Promotion Staff:
  Jumbo Sato (SONY RECORDS)
  Hisayoshi Uchida (SONY RECORDS)
  Yuji Tanaka "0" (SONY RECORDS)
  Hideki Tanaka (FUNKY JAM)

Sales Promotion: Masanori Yamaguchi, Takumi Kubota (SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)

Art Direction & Design: Mote Sinabel
Design Assistant: Toshiyuki Omiya, Keiko Ohta
Photographer: Hisashi Shimizu (KAY OFFICE)

Styling: Akemi Goto
Hair & Make Up: Yusuke Katsuki

Set Decorater: Ward Yoshimoto, Michael Thomas, Kelly Umberger
Location Manager: Vanessa Baran (P'2 Co./Mark Higashino Division)
Location Coordinator: Mitsuru Komori
Visual Coordinator: Yoko Yanase (SONY MUSIC COMMUNICATIONS)

Executive Producers: Naoko Omori (FUNKY JAM), Nori Nonaka (SONY RECORDS)

Presented by Funky Jam

Special Thanks to:
  Susan Morrison (BATTERY STUDIOS NYC)
  Kaz Hayashida (JAMMIN', FUNKY JAM N.Y.)
  Naomi Campbell
  Emi Yamazaki (SMILE SOUND)
  Emiko Tamura (BIG BROTHER)
  Kazuoki Ohnishi (SPACE CRAFT)