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Maaya Sakamoto's 9th album.

M-01
words & music: Maaya Sakamoto
arrangement: Zentaro Watanabe
chorus arrangement: Maaya Sakamoto & Zentaro Watanabe

guitars & programming: Zentaro Watanabe
drums: Noriyasu "Kasuke" Kawamura
strings: Yasuko Murata Strings
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

mixing engineer: Shojiro Watanabe
recording engineer: Gregory Germain

M-02 - TV Anime "Sekai Seifuku ~Bouryaku no Zvezda~" Opening Theme
words: Maaya Sakamoto
music: the band apart
arrangement: the band apart & Ryo Eguchi
strings arrangement: Ryo Eguchi & Toru Ishitsuka

the band apart are
guitar: Takeshi Arai
guitar: Koichi Kawasaki
drums: Eiichi Kogure
bass: Masakazu Hara

keyboards & programming: Ryo Eguchi
tambourine: Hiroyuki "PxOxN" Watabe
strings: Tomomi Tokunaga Strings
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

the band apart appears by the courtesy of asian gothic label

mixing engineer: Takayoshi "Dr." Yamanouchi
recording engineer: Hiromitsu Takasu (Victor Studio)

M-03
words: Maaya Sakamoto
music & arrangement: Katsutoshi Kitagawa
strings arrangement: Yoji Makino

guitar & programming: Katsutoshi Kitagawa
drums: Masayuki Muraishi
bass: Manabu Chigasaki
guitar: Jun Matsue
acoustic piano: Hanako Suenaga
programming: acane_madder
strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

recording & mixing engineer: Masashi Yabuhara
recording engineer: Masakazu Kimura

M-04 - TV Anime "Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha." Ending Theme
words & music: Syoko Suzuki
arrangement: Ryuji Yamamoto

acoustic piano, hammond organ, celesta & tambourine: Ryuji Yamamoto
drums: Hiroshi Yabe
bass: Yuji Okiyama
guitar: Hiroomi Shitara
strings: Yu Manabe Strings
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

recording & mixing engineer: Shojiro Watanabe

M-05
words: Shintaro Sakamoto
music & arrangement: Keigo Oyamada
performed by Maaya Sakamoto, Cornelius

all music by Cornelius
vocal & backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

programming: Keigo Oyamada

Cornelius appears by the courtesy of Warner Music Japan Inc.

mixing & mastering engineer: 高山 微 (Switchback Studio)
recording engineer: Toyoaki Mishima (3-D Studio)
recording engineer: Shohei Kasuya (Victor Studio)

M-06 - OVA "Code Geass: Akito the Exiled" New Theme Song
words: Yuho Iwasato
music & arrangement: Yoko Kanno

acoustic piano & keyboards: Yoko Kanno
drums: Yasuo Sano
programming: Keishi Urata
                          Shunsuke Sakamoto
strings: Koichiro Muroya Strings
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

recording & mixing engineer: Masashi Yabuhara

M-07 - TV Anime "Koufuku Graffiti" Opening Theme
words: Yuho Iwasato
music & arrangement: Rasmus Faber

keyboards & programming: Rasmus Faber
bass: Mad Midget
strings: Claudia Bonfiglioli
guitar: Jimmy Wahlsteen
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

sound produced, recorded, mixed & mastered by Rasmus Faber
vocal recorded by Takahiro Okubo (Victor Studio)
production coordinated by Hirofumi Iwanaga for Victor Music Arts, Inc

M-08 - TV Anime "Tamayura ~more aggressive~" Opening Theme
words & music: Taeko Onuki
arrangement: Toshiyuki Mori

acoustic piano, rhodes, organ & programming: Toshiyuki Mori
drums: Tatsuo Hayashi
bass: Masato Suzuki
guitar: Hirokazu Ogura
shaker: Lenny Castro
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto
                             Taeko Onuki

recording & mixing engineer: Nobumasa Yamada

M-09 - Anime Film "Tamayura ~Sotsugyou Shashin~" Ending Theme
words, music & chorus arrangement: Maaya Sakamoto
arrangement: Shin Kono

acoustic piano & programming: Shin Kono
wood bass: Yoshinobu Takeshita
acoustic piano: Masayoshi Furukawa
percussion & glockenspiel: Izumi Misawa
flute: Hideyo Takakuwa
harp: Yuko Taguchi
strings: Yu Manabe Strings
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

mixing engineer: Toshihiko Miyoshi (HAL Studio)
recording engineer: Hiromitsu Takasu (Victor Studio)

M-10 - TV Anime "The Asterisk War" Ending Theme
words, music & arrangement: Rasmus Faber
strings arrangement: Rasmus Faber & Martin Persson

keyboards & programming: Rasmus Faber
strings: Martin Persson, Claudia Bonfiglioli, Andrei Power & Fredrik Syberg
drums: JR Robertson
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

sound produced, recorded, mixed & mastered by Rasmus Faber
vocal recorded by Hiromitsu Takasu (Victor Studio)
production coordinated by Hirofumi Iwanaga for Victor Music Arts, Inc

M-11
words: Yuho Iwasato
music & chorus arrangement: Caoli Cano
arrangement: Zentaro Watanabe

guitars & programming: Zentaro Watanabe
drums: Yasuo Sano
bass: Yuji Okiyama
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

mixing engineer: Shojiro Watanabe
recording engineer: Gregory Germain

M-12
words: Maaya Sakamoto
music & arrangement: h-wonder

programming: h-wonder
drums: Yasuo Sano
wood bass: Masato Suzuki
acoustic guitar: Masato Ishinari
acoustic piano: Kento Ohgiya

recording & mixing engineer: Nobumasa Yamada

M-13 - TV Anime "M3 ~Sono Kuroki Hagane~" 2nd Opening Theme
words: Maaya Sakamoto
music & arrangement: Takahito Uchisawa (androp)
strings arrangement: Takahito Uchisawa (androp) & Toru Ishitsuka

guitars & programming: Takahito Uchisawa (androp)
drums: Noriyasu "Kasuke" Kawamura
bass: Ichiro Yoshida
strings: Tomomi Tokunaga Strings
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

Takahito Uchisawa (androp) appears by the courtesy of Warner Music Japan Inc.

recording & mixing engineer: 高山 微 (Switchback Studio)
recording engineer: Toshihiko Miyoshi (HAL Studio)

M-14
words: Shintaro Sakamoto
music: Yu Sakai
arrangement: Shin Kono

acoustic piano & rhodes: Shin Kono
drums: Yasuo Sano
wood bass: Hitoshi Watanabe
guitars: Nozomi Furukawa
trombone: Yoichi Murata
                    Fuyuki Tsuji
bass trombone: Katsuhisa Asari
trumpet: Masahiko Sugasaka
                Sho Okamura
backing vocals & whitsle: Maaya Sakamoto

mixing engineer: Toshihiko Miyoshi (HAL Studio)
recording engineer: Shohei Kasuya (Victor Studio)
recording engineer: 山崎晃寛 (HAL Studio)

M-15
words & music: Maaya Sakamoto
arrangement: Syoko Suzuki
wind instruments arrangement: Syoko Suzuki & Takuo Yamamoto
chorus arrangement: Maaya Sakamoto & Syoko Suzuki

sound produce, acoustic piano & drums: Syoko Suzuki
cello: Tomoki Tai
oboe: Satoshi Shoji
clarinet: Chikako Kondo
horn: Otohiko Fujita
basset horn: Masashi Togame
contra fagotto: Masamichi Sasazaki
conductor: Takuo Yamamoto
backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto • Syoko Suzuki

mixing engineer: Shojiro Watanabe
recording engineer: Gregory Germain


STAFF
produced by maaya

a & r director: Masao Fukuda (FlyingDog)
artist manager: Hideki Kawaguchi (fortunerest)
executive producer: Shiro Sasaki (FlyingDog)
musicians coordinator: Fumio Miyata (Face Music)

promoter: Kei Masuko (FlyingDog)
                  Shosei Ito (FlyingDog)
sales planner: Kaoru Umemoto (Victor Entertainment)
a & r desk: Yoko Iwata (FlyingDog)
official fan club desk: 山崎ひろみ (fortunerest)

mastering engineer: Hiroshi Kawasaki (FLAIR)
recording studio: Victor Studio, 3-D Studio,
                               Sound City Annex
mixing studio: Victor Studio, amp' box recording studio,
                          Sound Inn, Switchback Studio, HAL Studio

art direction & design: Masaru Nakagawa (N/Y inc.)
photographer: 酒井孝生 (aosora)
hair & make-up: Yumi Narai
styling: Hideyuki Hayashi
art: 水島伸樹
coordinator: 福成寺美保
editor: Nami Fujita (Victor Entertainment)

special thanks to
Masayuki Watanabe (power box),
掛川正義 (asian gothic label),
兵戸 均 (Stay Music), 高橋 努 (3-D),
祥見知生, Kohji Satoh (scoop music),
末吉俊博 • 加嶋千紗子 (respire),
Masato Koyama (Office Augusta),
藤原 満 (zerone records),
江原慎太郎, OKNACK INC.,
岸野浩美 • Chie Nakajima (Victor Studio),
The Asterisk War Partners, SUNRISE Music Publishing,
MICHIKO (MICHIKO's Vocal Therapy),
Miwako "Peco" Hamada (Moris), Koji Ohara (traffic),
Shiho Miyai • Megumi Tooyama • 森下和人 (fortunerest),
ビタミンM (bayfm), from everywhere. (JFN),
Maaya Sakamoto IDS! (comdoors)