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 錦糸町昇
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 [西部好範]
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 錦糸町昇
Piano: Yasuhiro Obata (Coalamode.)

M-09
Composer: Makoto Yoshimori
Lyricist: Haruka Togawa
Sound Produced & Arranged by 錦糸町昇
Piano: Yasuhiro Obata (Coalamode.)
Acoustic guitar: Tatsuhiro Murayama [村山辰浩] (Kasarinchu [カサリンチュ])

M-10
Composer: Shingo Endo [遠藤慎吾]
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: 戸上眞一


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 [平田岳史]
    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 [町原崇] (Epic Records Japan)

A&R: 吉峯英毅 (Ariola Japan)
A&R in Chief: Ryuichi Kashiwagi [柏木竜一] (Ariola Japan), Eiji Nishihara [西原永二] (Ariola Japan)
Media Promotion (Ariola Japan): 山本真理, 小林鋼, Naoko Kawamoto [川本直子], Sayuri Tani [谷小百合], Mamiko Hiromatsu [廣松真実子], Aoi Inoue [井上葵], Kazuhiro Tanaka [田中一弘]
Area Promotion (Sony Music Labels): 田中祐二 (統括), 鈴木友也 (Sapporo), 加藤妙子 (Nagoya), 持橋勇太 (Nagoya), 黒田明寛 (Osaka), 中道卓人 (Osaka), Yui Taniguchi [谷口ゆい] (Osaka), 金屋恵里子 (Fukuoka)
Sales Promotion: 小澤貴文 (Sony Music Marketing), 都築侑 (Sony Music Marketing)
Digital Promotion: Mitsuki Hirabayashi [平林満己] (Sony Music Marketing)
International Marketing: Yurie Yamamoto [山本ゆりえ] (Sony Music Marketing)
Label Administration: Kenichi Nakada [中田研一] (Sony Music Marketing), 川崎宏 (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: 長嶋妙子 (Epic Records Japan), Ichiro Shibata [柴田一郎] (OFFICE WALKER), 猪狩杏奈 (OFFICE WALKER)
Management Desk: Kumiko Sugita [杉田久美子] (Epic Records Japan), 高島美紀 (Epic Records Japan)

Executive Producer: Shunsuke Muramatsu [村松俊亮] (Sony Music Labels), Daisuke Katsurada [桂田大助] (Sony Music Labels), 藤原俊輔 (Ariola Japan), 青木聡 (Epic Records Japan), 林育大 (Epic Records Japan), 大谷勝己 (OFFICE WALKER), 岡本伸章 (OFFICE WALKER)

Art Direction & Design: Ryuichi Obana [尾花龍一] (MONSTERS,INC.)
Photograph: Masai Okeda [桶田雅威] (OKEDA MASAI PHOTOGRAPHY)
Movie Director: Daisuke Hayakawa [早川大介] (enomachi)
Movie Editor: 榎本祐紀 (enomachi)
Styling: Kyu [九] (Yolken)
Hair & Make-up: 下山洋介 (Jaran Jaran)
Products Coordination: Yumi Ebata [江畑有美] (Sony Music Communications), 前原那美 (Sony Music Communications), Maiko Tani [谷舞衣子] (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, 横山朱子 (Aniplex), Keiichi Tonomura [外村敬一] (Sony Music Entertainment), Tomoko Kobayashi [小林朋子] (TV Tokyo Music), Katsuhisa Miyamoto [宮本勝久] (Sony Music Publishing), Saori Takamoto [高本さおり] (Sony Music Publising), 安井仁奈 (Sony Music Publishing), Kentaro Yamada [山田研太郎] (Sony Music Labels), 原口知也 (Sony Music Labels), 四方田頼奈 (Sony Music Labels), Shinji Yamauchi [山内真治] (Aniplex), 足立和紀 (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
ゆらいんちゅの皆さん, Amamio Oshima no Minasan [奄美大島の皆さん], Itsumo Ouen Arigatou Gozaimasu! [いつも応援ありがとうございます!]