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Track 01
Lyrics & Composed by John Newton
Arranged, Pf, Hammond B3, Sound Produced & Arranged by Chie Ayado
Recorded & Mixed by Teruhiko Hirokane
Vocal Treatment: Tomohiro Ohya

Track 02
Lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
Composed by Daisuke Kawaguchi
Arranged, Background Vocals Arranged, Instruments, Treatment, Sound Produced & Arranged by Keiichi Tomita
Strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings
Flugel Horn: Futoshi Kobayashi
Flutes, Alto Flutes: Takuo Yamamoto
Background Vocals: Keiichi Tomita, Mika Nakashima
Recorded by Lyuta Mazda, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Keiichi Tomita

Track 03
Lyrics by Takashi Matsumoto
Composed by Hiroaki Oono
Arranged, Programming, Instruments, Sound Produced & Arranged by Yoshito Tanaka
Background Vocals & Arranged by ASATO
Strings Arranged by Norihisa Ochiai
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
E.Piano: Keiji Matsumoto
Percussion: MATARO
Recorded by Eiichi Nishizawa, Masashi Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Shiotsuki & Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Yoshiaki Onishi

Track 04
Lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto
Composed by Daisuke Kawaguchi
Arranged, Background Vocals, Instruments, Treatment, Sound Produced & Arranged by Keiichi Tomita
Strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings
Flutes, Alto Flutes: Takuo Yamamoto
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Background Vocals: ASATO, Mika Nakashima
Recorded by Lyuta Mazda, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Lyuta Mazda

Track 05
Lyrics by Yasushi Akimoto, Mika Nakashima
Composed by Seikou Nagaoka
Arranged, Sound Produced & Arranged by COLDFEET
Background Vocals Arranged by Seikou Nagaoka, Lori Fine
Programming & Instruments: Watusi
Keyboards: Lori Fine
Horn Arranged by Satoshi Sano (Bacchus)
Flugelhorn: Shiro Sasaki (Bacchus)
Trombone: Satoshi Sano
Background Vocals: Aiko Haino, Lori Fine
Recorded by Yoshiaki Onishi, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Yoshiaki Onishi

Track 06
Lyrics & Composed by H
Arranged, Background Vocals Arranged, Programming, Instruments, Sound Produced & Arranged by shinya
Piano: Atsuo Katayama
Strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings
Background Vocals: Mika Arisaka, Mika Nakashima, Aiko Haino
Recorded by Hiroyuki Shiotsuki, Atsushi Fujita & Hiroki Yamada
Mixed by D.O.I

Track 07
Lyrics by Mika Nakashima
Composed, Arranged, Background Vocals Arranged, Sound Produced & Arranged by Shinichi Osawa
Strings, Horn & Jazz Band Arranged by Brian Lynch
Drums: Jun Saito
Bass: Hitoshi Tanabe
Piano: Keiichi Shibata
Trumpets: Brian Lynch
Trombone: Renald Jorge
Tenor Sax: Makoto Oka
Strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings
Background Vocals: Mika Arisaka
  Brian Lynch plays Yamaha trumpets
Recorded by Osamu "shu" Imamoto, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Osamu "shu" Imamoto

Track 08
Lyrics by Mika Nakashima
Composed by Lori Fine (COLDFEET)
Arranged, Sound Produced & Arranged by Ken Shima
Background Vocals Arranged by Lori Fine
Piano: Ken Shima
Drums: Masayuki Muraishi
Bass: Hideki Matsubara
Guitar: Hirokazu Ogura
Percussion: MATARO
Strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings
Background Vocals: Lori Fine, Mika Nakashima
Recorded & Mixed by Shunichi Kogai

Track 09
Lyrics by Satomi
Composed, Arranged, Programming, Sound Produced & Arranged by Ryoki Matsumoto
Strings Arranged by Tatsuya Murayama
Drums: Masayuki Muraishi
Bass: Takeshi Taneda
Guitar: Naoki Hayashibe
Piano: Masaru Suzuki
Organ: Jun Abe
Percussion: MATARO
Trumpet: Koji Nishimura
Trombone: Yoichi Murata by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Sax: Takuo Yamamoto
Strings: Murayama Kiriyama Strings
Recorded by Maki Kosugi, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Maki Kosugi

Track 10
Lyrics by Mika Nakashima
Composed by Lori Fine (COLDFEET)
Arranged, Sound Produced & Arranged by COLDFEET
Keyboards: Lori Fine
Programming & Instruments: Watusi
Clavinet, Rhodes & Acoustic Piano: Takahiro Watanabe
Electric Guitar: Terrassy
Conga, Bongo & Caxixi: Tomo Yamaguchi
Background Vocals: Lori Fine, Mika Nakashima
Recorded by Yoshiaki Onishi, Atsushi Fujita & Watusi
Mixed by Yoshiaki Onishi

Track 11
"Oborozukiyo"
  Lyrics by Tatsuyuki Takano
  Composed by Teiichi Okano
  Arranged by Taro Hakase
"Inori"
  Lyrics byMika Nakashima
  Composed & Arranged by Taro Hakase
Produced by Taro Hakase
Co-Produced by Makoto Yamaki
Strings Arranged by Hiroki Kashiwagi
Violin: Taro Hakase
Koto: Mieko Miyazaki
Guitars: Kiyotsugu Amano
Strings: Kashiwagi Strings
Background Vocals: Mika Nakashima
Recorded by Makoto Yamaki, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Yoshiaki Onishi

Track 12
Lyrics by Mika Nakashima
Composed by Yasunari Okano
Arranged, Sound Produced & Arranged by COLDFEET
Keyboards & Background Vocals: Lori Fine
Programming & Instruments: Watusi
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Recorded by Lyuta Mazda, Atsushi Fujita & Naoto Tanemura
Mixed by Yoshiaki Onishi

Track 13
Lyrics & Composed by Minako Kawae
Arrnged, Piano, Sound Produced & Arranged by Satoshi Takebe
Bass: Takeshi Taneda
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Synthesizer Programming: Masafumi Yamanaka
Recorded by Atsushi Fujita, Suguru Aoki
Mixed by Toshihiko Miyoshi

Track 14: Live Action Movie "NANA" Theme Song
Lyrics by AI YAZAWA
Composed & Sound Produced by HYDE
Arranged by HYDE, KAZ
Guitar: KAZ
Bass: JU-KEN
Drums: Ryu
Background Vocals: Mika Nakashima
Recorded by Uni Inoue, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Uni Inoue


Mastered by Stuart Hawkes (Metropolis Studios)
London co-ordination: Hinako Walter (Treasure House London)

Art Direction & Design: TYG (Tycoon Graphics) for Graphickers
Photograph: Kazunali Tajima for MILD inc.
Styling: Haruhisa Shirayama
Hair & Make up: Tsukushi Ichikawa for MILD inc.