Best Covers ~Natsume Yujincho~ / Kousuke Atari / ベストカバーズ～夏目友人帳～ / 中孝介 / Best Covers ~Natsume Yujincho~ / Kousuke Atari

M-01
Composer: callin'
Lyricist: Takane Yamamoto
Sound produced & Arranged by Noboru Kinshicho
Strings Arranged by Harutoshi Ito
Piano: Yasunori Mochiduki
Programming: Yasuhiro Obata (Coalamode.)
Strings: Harutoshi Ito Strings

M-02
Composer: Keiichi Kudo
Lyricist: Osamu Takeuchi, Keiichi Kudo
Sound produced & Arranged by Keita Kawaguchi
Drums: Yoshinori Nishibu
All other instruments: Keita Kawaguchi

M-03
Composer: Toshiko Ezaki
Lyricist: Toshiko Ezaki
Sound produced & Arranged by Takefumi Haketa
Piano, Programming: Takefumi Haketa
Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa, Takashi Nishiumi
Percussion: Ikuo Kakehashi

M-04
Composer: Erika
Lyricist: Erika
Sound produced & Arranged by Keita Kawaguchi
Drums: Yoshinori Nishibu
All other instruments: Keita Kawaguchi

M-05
Composer: LONG SHOT PARTY
Lyricist: LONG SHOT PARTY
Sound Produced & Arranged by Kazunori Fujimoto
All other instruments: Kazunori Fujimoto

M-06
Composer: TAKUYA
Lyricist: Yoshiharu Shiina
Sound Produced & Arranged by Yasuhiro Obata (Coalamode.)
All other instruments: Yasuhiro Obata (Coalamode.)

M-07
Composer: Satoru Kosaki
Lyricist: Saori Codama
Sound Produced & Arranged by Kazunori Fujimoto
All other instruments: Kazunori Fujimoto

M-08
Composer: Makoto Yoshimori
Lyricist: Haruka Togawa
Sound Produced & Arranged by Noboru Kinshicho
Piano: Yasuhiro Obata (Coalamode.)

M-09
Composer: Makoto Yoshimori
Lyricist: Haruka Togawa
Sound Produced & Arranged by Noboru Kinshicho
Piano: Yasuhiro Obata (Coalamode.)
Acoustic guitar: Tatsuhiro Murayama (Kasarinchu)

M-10
Composer: Shingo Endo
Lyricist: Junji Ishiwatari
Violin: Emiri Miyamoto
Sound Produced & Arranged by Kazunori Fujimoto
Strings arrangement: Tatsuya Murayama & Kazunori Fujimoto
Strings: Tatsuya Murayama Strings
Piano: Jun Abe
Guitar, Bass & Programming: Kazunori Fujimoto
Violin direction: Shinichi Togami


All songs
Recorded by Takayuki Saito, Hiroya Takayama, Yuta Yoneyama
Mixed by Takayuki Saito
Except
  M-4 Recorded by Hiroto Kobayashi & Takayuki Saito
    Mixed by Toshihiko Miyoshi
  M-10 Recorded by Tomoo Suzuki, Takayuki Saito & Takeshi Hirata
    Mixed by Masashi Kudo (ZAPP)

Recorded at Sony Music Studios Tokyo, Epic Nogizaka studio
Mixed at Sound Arts

Mastered by Mitsuyasu Abe at Sony Music Studios Tokyo

Produced and Directed by Takashi Machihara (Epic Records Japan)

A&R: 吉峯英毅 (Ariola Japan)
A&R in Chief: Ryuichi Kashiwagi (Ariola Japan), Eiji Nishihara (Ariola Japan)
Media Promotion (Ariola Japan): 山本真理, 小林鋼, Naoko Kawamoto, Sayuri Tani, Mamiko Hiromatsu, Aoi Inoue, Kazuhiro Tanaka
Area Promotion (Sony Music Labels): 田中祐二 (general), Tomoya Suzuki (Sapporo), Taeko Kato (Nagoya), 持橋勇太 (Nagoya), Akihiro Kuroda (Osaka), 中道卓人 (Osaka), 岩井陽介 (Osaka), Yui Taniguchi (Osaka), 金屋恵里子 (Fukuoka)
Sales Promotion: 小澤貴文 (Sony Music Marketing), Yu Tsuzuki (Sony Music Marketing)
Digital Promotion: Mitsuki Hirabayashi (Sony Music Marketing)
International Marketing: Yurie Yamamoto (Sony Music Marketing)
Label Administration: Kenichi Nakada (Sony Music Marketing), Hiroshi Kawasaki (Sony Music Marketing), 田村友里 (Sony Music Marketing), 岩川裕子 (Sony Music Marketing), 野村玲奈 (Sony Music Marketing)
Business Affairs: 博多桃子 (Sony Music Marketing)

Artist Management: Taeko Nagashima (Epic Records Japan), Ichiro Shibata (OFFICE WALKER), 猪狩杏奈 (OFFICE WALKER)
Management Desk: Kumiko Sugita (Epic Records Japan), 高島美紀 (Epic Records Japan)

Executive Producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu (Sony Music Labels), Daisuke Katsurada (Sony Music Labels), Shunsuke Fujiwara (Ariola Japan), Satoshi Aoki (Epic Records Japan), Yasuhiro Hayashi (Epic Records Japan), 大谷勝己 (OFFICE WALKER), 岡本伸章 (OFFICE WALKER)

Art Direction & Design: Ryuichi Obana (MONSTERS,INC.)
Photograph: Masai Okeda (OKEDA MASAI PHOTOGRAPHY)
Movie Director: Daisuke Hayakawa (enomachi)
Movie Editor: 榎本祐紀 (enomachi)
Styling: Kyu (Yolken)
Hair & Make-up: 下山洋介 (Jaran Jaran)
Products Coordination: Yumi Ebata (Sony Music Communications), 前原那美 (Sony Music Communications), Maiko Tani (Sony Music Communications)

Special Thanks to
Marina Kawano, Shuhei Kita, callin', HOW MERRY MARRY, Hiiragi, LONG SHOT PARTY

Hakusensha, Shuka, "Natsume's Book of Friends" Production Committee, Shuko Yokoyama (Aniplex), Keiichi Tonomura (Sony Music Entertainment), Tomoko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo Music), Katsuhisa Miyamoto (Sony Music Publishing), Saori Takamoto (Sony Music Publishing), 安井仁奈 (Sony Music Publishing), Kentaro Yamada (Sony Music Labels), 原口知也 (Sony Music Labels), 四方田頼奈 (Sony Music Labels), Masaharu Yamanouchi (Aniplex), Kazuki Adachi (Aniplex)

A-MINOR.PROJECT, D-WAVE, ON THE LINE Inc., ROM SHARING INC., WESS, GIP, Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Ltd., HOT STUFF PROMOTION, CHUKYO TV INTERPRISE CO.,LTD., 株式会社ミューベンツ・ジャパン, KYODO OSAKA, DUKE, Yumebanchi Hiroshima, Kyodo Nishi Nippon, Yuichi Ichikawa, 今井岳

藤村育子 (M.I.O.), 若林雅人 (M.I.O.), 東海林慎太郎 (Yolken)

Hitoyoshi City Hall, Hitoyoshi Station, Tamachi Sugawara Tenmangu, Jufuku Shuzojo, Tenguhashi, Matsutani Tanada, Amamiya Shrine, Benitorioka Park, Haruyama Bus Stop, Okoba Station, Aoi Aso Shrine, Naraguchi Station

Kousuke Atari would like to thank
Everyone of YURAINCHU, everyone in Amami Oshima, thank you for your support!
[ゆらいんちゅの皆さん、奄美大島の皆さん、いつも応援ありがとうございます!]