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Track 01: TV Anime “Inuyasha” 3rd Ending Theme
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by CREA, D·A·I
Arrangement & Keyboards by Naoto Suzuki
Programming: Takahiro Iida
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Additional B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Noriki Inada

Track 02
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by Tomoya Kinoshita
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by CMJK
Drums: Shojiro Konishi
Additional Guitar: Shigekazu Aida
Bass: Chiharu Mikuzuki
Piano: Yuta Saito
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 03
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by BOUNCEBACK
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by HΛL
Additional B.G. Vocal: Yoko Yamazaki
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 04
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by CREA, D·A·I
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by CMJK
Additional B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Yasuo Matsumoto

Track 05
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by Tetsuya Yukumi
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by HIKARI
Additional B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 06
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by CREA, D·A·I
Arrangement & Programming by HΛL
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Mixed by Yasuo Matsumoto

Track 07
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by CREA
Arrangement by CMJK, Junichi Matsuda
Strings Arrangement: Naoto Takahashi
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 08
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by BOUNCEBACK
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by HΛL
Additional B.G. Vocal: Kaori Nishina
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 09
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by tasuku
Drums: Tom Tamada
Mixed by Shojiro Watanabe

Track 10
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by BOUNCEBACK
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by HΛL
Additional Programming: Mayuko Maruyama
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 11
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by Miki Watanabe
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by HΛL
Drums: Nobuo Eguchi
Additional B.G. Vocal Arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 12
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by CREA, D·A·I
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar by tasuku
Additional B.G. Vocal: D·A·I chorus family
Mixed by Satoshi Kumasaka

Track 13
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by CREA
Arrangement, Programming, Guitar & Keyboards by CHOKKAKU
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 14
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music & Guitar by Kazuhito Kikuchi
Arrangement & Programming by Yuta Nakano & KZB
Piano & Additional B.G. Vocal Arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi
Strings Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Additional B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani, Kaori Nishina
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 15
Words by Ayumi Hamasaki
Music by Tetsuya Yukumi
Arrangement & Programming by HΛL
Additional Programming: Mayuko Maruyama
Drums: Nobuo Eguchi
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Mixed by Koji Morimoto


Produced by max matsuura
Mastered by Brian “Big Bass” Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

A&R: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
A&R Direction: Hidetomo Yoneda (avex trax)

Artist Management: Kouji Hashimoto, Tadashi Urakami (avex entertainment inc.)
Artist Brand Management: Hideki Endo (avex entertainment inc.)

Visual Producer: Kiyoshi 'Utsumizm' Utsumi (avex group)
Making Off-shot Producer: Kazuki 'Mr' Okabe (avex entertainment inc.)
Media Promotion: Takeshi Mori & All Media Division Promotion Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
Media Promotion Supervisor: Akira Akutsu (avex entertainment inc.)
Sales Promotion: Jun Yogi, Taishi Nomura & All AMC Staff (avex marketing communications inc.)
DVD Authoring: Yohei Sato (avex network inc.)
Contents Coordination: Shunsuke Abe (avex network inc.)
Web Designer: Yukiko Ito (avex network inc.)
A&R Desk: Miki Endo (avex entertainment inc.)
A&R Supervisor: Hiroshi Ishimori, Takashi Okuda (avex trax)
A&R Executive Supervisor: Jun Harada (avex trax)

Advisory Producers: Motohiro Abe (avex entertainment inc.), Yoshihisa Nagata (avex live creative inc.)
General Producers: Shinji Hayashi, Takashi Araki, Ryuhei Chiba (avex group)

Art Direction & Design: Shinichi Hara
Art Design: Tomokazu Suzuki (momoya)
Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex marketing communications inc.)
CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae, Hiroko Tanaka, Hiroki Yura (amana)
Quality Control: Shuichi Takahashi, Toshiyuki Suzuki (avex marketing communications inc.)

Photographer: Kazuyoshi Shimomura (AVGVST)
Assistant Photographer: Satoko Mitomi
Stylist: Kei 'Okei' Ito (ab fab)
Costume creator: Akira Noda (Workaholik)
Nail Artist: Kanako 'Bancho' Miura (Three Peace)
Assistant Nail Artist: Shingo 'Minazo' Sano
Hair: Mika Momose (ISM)
Assistant Hair: So 'Otochan' Tsuchie (ISM)
Make Up: Jin 'Gori' Kiyota (Rond.)
Assistant Make Up: Shoichi 'Sho' Nakamura
Stand In: Takami 'Poroko' Desaki

Support:
  Keizo Kuroda, Kazuhisa Kurumizawa (Three Peace), Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Satomi Masubuchi, Kayoko Kishishita
  Hiroyuki Kuramoto (ZACC), Takehide Fumimori, Miki Kakinuma, Koji Matsumoto, Stanley Izumi Kim, Luis Hernández
  Ward Sexton, Katsutaka 'Numacchi' Numakura (Office Lift), Jun Yoshida (ISM)

Special Thanks:
  Junichi 'nonchan' Kamitoku, Mikajohn, Tetsuya 'Hige' Hirakawa, Natsuki, Furu, Yossy, Ryuji, Naokun, Yusuke, Kotaro, Turico, Tomomi, Kyoko
  Ai, ryo, Keiko, Jun, Kumako, Keiichi, my family & my honey, all of you who participated this album...and you♥