Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushi / ikimono-gakari / 花は桜 君は美し / いきものがかり / Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushi / ikimono-gakari

M01
Lyricist, Composer: Yoshiki Mizuno

sound produced & arranged by Zentaro Watanabe

additional musicians
drums: Masaya Hiraoka (BOO BEE BENZ)
bass: Yuji Okiyama
piano: Mikio Sakai
bass, guitars, tambourine & programming: Zentaro Watanabe
strings: Kinbara Strings

recorded & mixed by Toshio Kai (P I C S)
recorded at Sony Music Studios Tokyo, STUDIO GREENBIRD
mixed at Sony Music Studios Tokyo

assisted by Masaki Mori, Nobuyuki Murakami, Hiroshi Abe (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
                 Yu Aoki (STUDIO GREENBIRD)


M02
Lyricist, Composer: Hotaka Yamashita

sound produced & arranged by Taichi Nakamura (bluesofa)

additional musicians
drums: Tom Tamada
percussion: Hideaki "Lambsy" Sakai
bass: Hiroyuki Yamada
piano & organ: Sae Konno
guitars & programming: Taichi Nakamura

recorded & mixed by Toshio Kai (P I C S)
recorded at Sony Music Studios Tokyo, STUDIO GREENBIRD
mixed at Sony Music Studios Tokyo

assisted by Hiroya Takayama, Shuhei Ikeda, Hiroshi Abe (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
                 Shinya Yamazaki (STUDIO GREENBIRD)


ikimono-gakari
Vocal: Kiyoe Yoshioka
Guitar & Background Vocal: Yoshiki Mizuno
Guitar, Harmonica & Background Vocal: Hotaka Yamashita


mastered by Mitsuyasu Abe (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
mastered at Sony Music Studios Tokyo

directed by Hiromu Okada, Takaaki Taguchi (Epic Records Japan)

artist promotion: 栗原淳一郎 (Epic Records Japan)
chief A&R: Shogo Tamada (Epic Records Japan)

artist manager: 加藤正朗, 國府田かおり (cube)
management chief: 池田正義 (cube)

executive producers: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Yorio Isshi (Epic Records Japan)
                               北牧裕幸, 高橋典子 (cube)

sales promotion: Keitaro Hayashi, 山田研太郎 (Sony Music Distribution)
web promotion: 松井俊 (Sony Music Network)

art direction: Toshiyuki Suzuki (united lounge tokyo)
design: Ryoko Kawagishi (united lounge tokyo)
photography: 大橋仁
styling: Masaaki Mitsuzono
hair & make-up: 米倉小有吏, 高山明日香
location coordination: 山崎隆志, 中村敦 (Sunplanet inc)
products coordination: Yukiko Takata (Sony Music Communications)

special thanks
渡辺雅之 (RAINBOW ENTERTAINMENT)
秋山雅宏, 森原愛 (bluesofa)
佐藤由佳 (P I C S)
花田由美, 後藤朱美 (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
Nao Hirata (LEGATO MUSIC)
中山幸徳 (YOMIKO ADVERTISING)