NARUTO Best Hit Collection / NARUTO ベストヒットコレクション / NARUTO－ナルト－Best Hit Collection [通常盤]

Compilation album of opening and ending theme songs from NARUTO.

Track 01: 1st Opening Theme
Artist: HOUND DOG
Words by Yukio Matsuo
Music & Arrangement by Hitoshi Minowa

HOUND DOG are:
  Vocal: Kohei Otomo
  Guitar: Jun'ichi Yashima, Takeshi Nishiyama
  Keyboards: Hitoshi Minowa
  Bass: Hideki Samejima
  Drums: Shoji Hashimoto

Track 02: 1st Ending Theme
Vocal, Words, Music & Piano by Akeboshi
Guitar: Taichi Ohira
Bass: Haruo Owada
Drums: YU-KI
Violin: Naoki Kita
Cello: Yasuyo Higuchi
Tin Whistle: Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi

Track 03: 2nd Opening Theme
Artist: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
Words & Music by Masafumi Goto
Produced by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION & Katsuhisa Ogawa
Recorded & Mixed by Jun-ya Iwata

Track 04: 2nd Ending Theme
Artist: RYTHEM
Words & Music by RYTHEM
Arrangement by CHOKKAKU
A&R Director: Motomu Goto, Ippei Haino (Sony Music Associated Records)
Head Promoter: Hiroshi Fujiyoshi, Yumi Suzuki (Sony Music Associated Records)

Track 05: 3rd Opening Theme
Artist: little by little
Words by tetsuhiko
Music by tetsuhiko & Tomoji Sogawa
Arrangement by tasuku

little by little are:
  Vocal & Backing Vocals: hideko
  Backing Vocals: tetsuhiko

Produced by tetsuhiko, Hirohito Shinohara (Sony Music Entertainment (Japan))
Directed by Kazuma "Shiro" Jo (jc united), Taku Sugawara (jc united)
A&R: Eiichi Maruyama (Sony Music Records)
Chief A&R: Yoshio Konno (Sony Music Records)
Artist Management: Misako "ORYU" Saito (STAR DUST MUSIC Inc.)

Track 06: 3rd Ending Theme
Artist: ORANGE RANGE
Words, Music & Arrangement by ORANGE RANGE
Produced by Satori Shiraishi
A&R by Nakamura B (gr8!records)

Track 07: 4th Ending Theme
Artist: RAICO
Words by hidemix, Haru
Music & Arrangement by RAICO
Executive Producer: Isaku Sakanishi (Sony Music Entertainment (Japan))
Director: Keisuke Nakamura (Sony Music Entertainment (Japan))
Artist Management: Kazuhiro Hirao (Sony Music Entertainment (Japan))
A&R: Shinjiro Ozawa (Sony Music Associated Records)

Track 08: 4th Opening Theme
Artist: FLOW
Words by KOHSHI
Music by TAKE
Arrangement by FLOW & Seiji Kameda
A&R Direction: Junichi Maekawa (Ki/oon Records)
Management: Nobuhiro Chiba (Amuse), Naruki Takimoto (Amuse)

Track 09: 5th Ending Theme
Artist: The Mass Missile
Words & Music by Yoshiki Takagi
Arrangement by The Mass Missile
Co-Produce: Tatsunori Toyama (SMALL WORLD)
Recorded & Mixed by Michifumi Onodera
Mastered by Mitsukazu "QUINCY" Tanaka (Bernie Grundman MASTERING)
A&R: Ryo Fujikura (MASTERSIX FOUNDATION)
A&R in Chief: Masaya Hayashi (MASTERSIX FOUNDATION)


Executive Producer: Koichiro Natsume
Producer: Hideo Katsumata
Sound Produced by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
Products Manager: Ai Abe
Co-Produced by Takato Tomonari (TV TOKYO MUSIC)
Mastering Engineer: Machiko Suzue (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
Design: Tetsu Yamamoto (Pierrot)
Illustration: Hirofumi Suzuki
Products Co-ordination: Mikio Igarashi (Pierrot), Akio Ito (Pierrot), Azusa Naitoh (SMC)
Special Thanks:
  Kosuke Yahagi (SHUEISHA), Tomoko Gushima (TV Tokyo), Takashi Harada (TV Tokyo)
  Ken Hagino (Pierrot), Naoji Hoonokidani (Pierrot), Masato Takami (Pierrot)