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First press contains Access card with serial number ("ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 ~do it again~" Making・Full movie・Streaming)

M-01: PS3 Game "Tales of Xillia2" Insert Song
Words by ayumi hamasaki
Music, Arrangement, Programming & Strings Arrangement by Yuta Nakano
Additional Drums: Tom Tamada
Bass: Chiharu Mikuzuki
Guitar: Phil X
Additional Guitar: Ryota Akizuki
Strings: Suzie Katayama & The Strings
Additional Violin: Yuko Kajitani
Mixed by David Reitzas

M-02
Feat. NAOYA URATA
Words by ayumi hamasaki
Music, Arrangement & Programming by Yuta Nakano
Mixed by Jaycen Joshua for the Penua Project
Innersound Management at Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood CA
Assisted by Jesus Gamica

M-03
feat. JUNO
Words by ayumi hamasaki
Music by Kazuhiro Hara
Arrangement, Programming & Strings Arrangement by Yuta Nakano
Drums: Tom Tamada
Guitar: Ryota Akizuki
Violin: Yuko Kajitani
Additional B.G.Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

M-04
Words by ayumi hamasaki
Music by Yasuhiko Hoshino
Arrangement, Programming & Strings Arrangement by Yuta Nakano
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Bass: Chris Chaney
Guitar: Ryota Akizuki
Violin: Yuko Kajitani
Mixed by David Reitzas

M-05
Words by ayumi hamasaki
Music by Timothy Wellard
Arrangement, Programming & Strings Arrangement by Yuta Nakano
Strings: Yuko Kajitani Strings
B.G.Vocal: Yumi Kawamura
Additional B.G.Chorus: Timothy Wellard
Mixed by Koji Morimoto


Produced by max matsuura

A&R + Director: Hidetomo "KOME" Yoneda (avex trax)

Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at form THE MASTER

Recordist: Koji Morimoto (prime sound studio form), Yuichi Nagayama, David Reitzas, Jaycen Joshua, Steve Churchyard
2nd Engineer:
  Seiji Itabashi (prime sound studio form), Mike Houge, Ian Findley (Record Plant Recording Studios, LA)
  Alejandro Barajas (Westlake Recording Studios, LA), Jesus Garnica (Larrabee Sound Studio, LA)
Recorded & Mixed at:
  Record Plant Recording Studios, LA, prime sound studio form, Westlake Recording Studios, LA.
  Larrabee Sound Studio, LA, Victor Studio, Warner Music Recording Studio, avex studio, avex studio azabu

Composer Management: Tomonori Takeda (Ryuken), Tadayoshi Matsuzaka, Yuki lwabuchi (tearbridge production), Itaru Niimi (SCOOP MUSIC)
Players, Engineers & Studios Coordination in LA: Mai Takamizawa (Plenty)
Players Coordination: Yoji Sugiyama (Witchcraft)
Studio Setup Assist: Noriko Yajima (prime sound studio form)

Artist Management Chief: Kouji "Ouji" Hashimoto (avex management inc.)
Artist Management: Tadashi Urakami, Shingo "Minazo" Sano, Takahiro "SUGI" Sugiue (avex management inc.)
Artist Management Supervisor: Yasuto Hoyamatsu (avex management inc.)
Artist Brand Management: Hideki "Jackie" Endo (avex management inc.)

Visual Producer: Kiyoshi "Mizumo" Utsumi (avex group)
Product Coordination:
  Tr.02: Shinsuke Kubo, Takayuki Kurihara (avex management inc.), Yoshihisa Tokuda
  Kazuki Kumagai (prime direction), Takuji Koga, Junichiro Kawata (avex entertainment inc.)
  Tr.03: Yoshimi Watanabe, Toshio Fujiwara, Kasumi Aosaki, Yoshiyuki Takino (avex entertainment inc.), Ying Ye (MGA)
Media Promotion: Shigenobu Hoshino & All Promotion Division Media Room and Publicity Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
Sales Promotion: Norio Udaka, Takashi Saigo (avex entertainment inc.) & All AMI Staff (avex marketing inc.)
Tie-up Coordination:
  Kenichiro Kimura, Masatomo Takagi, Kenta Kobayashi, Hidenori Nishijima, Shohei Tanishi
  Kensuke Fujihara & All Tie-up Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
Casting Coordination: All Casting Room Staff (avex management inc.)
Merchandising Director: Naomi Mayuzumi (avex management inc.)
Team Ayu Operation: Yosuke Hojo (avex marketing inc.)
Web Designer: Yukiko Ito, Daisuke Kikuchi (avex marketing inc.)
A&R Desk: Hanako Kimura (avex trax)
Management Desk: Kyoko Yoshioka (avex management inc.)

A&R Assistant: Jiro Nakagiri (avex trax)
A&R Chief: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
A&R Supervisor: Tetsuya Saito, Masatoshi Uchida (avex entertainment inc.)
A&R Executive Supervisor: Yoshihiro Seki (avex entertainment inc.)
Executive Supervisor: Hiroshi Inagaki (avex entertainment inc.)

General Producers: Shinji Hayashi, Shigekazu Takeuchi, Ryuhei Chiba (avex group)

<Video Clip & Making Clip>
progress, "ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA" & "Why ... feat. JUNO"
Directed by Masashi Muto
beloved & "BRILLANTE"
Directed by Leslie Kee
All Making Clips Directed by Keisuke Onodera


Photographer: Leslie Kee (super sonic)
Assistant Photographer: Ryan Chan, Alex Onizawa
Art Direction & Design: Takuma Noriage (brg), Ayumi Hamasaki

Stylist: Kei "Okei" Ito (ab fab)
Costume Designer: Daichi Miura (DOSQA), Hirosumi Saito
Costume Designer Assistant: Naho Murata
Hair: Jun Yoshida (ISM), Yoshiyuki Sukegawa (Allure)
Assistant Hair: Mika Momose (ISM)
Make Up: Jin "Gori" Kiyota (Rond.)
Assistant Make Up: Tomonori "Kanie" Nagai
Nail Artist: Shingo "Minazo" Sano
Trainer: So "kurisuteru" Nagashima (tune:up)

Location Support: Stanly Izumi Kim (s.i.k.e.)
Costume Support: DOSQA

Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex entertainment inc.)
Quality Control: Yoichi Arai, Masaya Ishida, Hiroki Ishikawa (avex marketing inc.)
DVD Authoring & Menu Design: Yohei Sato, Akihito Horikoshi (avex marketing inc.)

Special Thanks to All my family, All my friends... and YOU♥