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M01
Lyrics, Composition: John Newton
Sound Produced & Arranged by Chie Ayado
pf/Hammond B3: Chie Ayado
Recorded & Mixed by Teruhiko Hirokane
Vocal Treatment: Tomohiro Ohya

M02
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
Composition: Daisuke Kawaguchi
Sound Produced & Arranged by Keiichi Tomita
Background Vocals Arranged by Keiichi Tomita
Instruments, Treatment: 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

M03
Lyrics: Takashi Matsumoto
Composition: Hiroaki Oono
Sound Produced & Arranged by Yoshito Tanaka
Background Vocals & Arranged by ASATO
Programming & Instruments: Yoshito Tanaka
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

M04
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
Composition: Daisuke Kawaguchi
Sound Produced & Arranged by Keiichi Tomita
Background Vocals Arranged by Keiichi Tomita
Instruments, Treatment: Keiichi Tomita
Strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings
Flugel Horn: Futoshi Kobayashi
Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa
Background Vocals: ASATO, Mika Nakashima
Recorded by Lyuta Mazda, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Lyuta Mazda

M05
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, Mika Nakashima
Composition: Seikou Nagaoka
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

M06
Lyrics, Composition: H
Sound Produced & Arranged by shinya
Background Vocals Arranged by shinya
Programming & Instruments: 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

M07
Lyrics: Mika Nakashima
Composition: Shinichi Osawa
Sound Produced & Arranged by Shinichi Osawa
Strings, Horn & Jazz Band Arranged by Brian Lynch
Background Vocals Arranged by Shinichi Osawa
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

M08
Lyrics: Mika Nakashima
Composition: Lori Fine (COLDFEET)
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 by Shunichi Kogai
Mixed by Shunichi Kogai

M09
Lyrics: Satomi
Composition: Ryoki Matsumoto
Sound Produced & Arranged by Ryoki Matsumoto
Programming: 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
Sax: Takuo Yamamoto
Strings: Murayama Kiriyama Strings
  Yoichi Murata by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.
Recorded by Maki Kosugi, Atsushi Fujita
Mixed by Maki Kosugi

M10
Lyrics: Mika Nakashima
Composition: Lori FIne (COLDFEET)
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

M11
"Oborozukiyo"
  Lyrics: Tatsuyuki Takano
  Composition: Teiichi Okano
  Arrangement: Taro Hakase
"Inori"
  Lyrics: Mika Nakashima
  Composition, Arrangement: Taro Hakase
Produced & Arranged 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

M12
Lyrics: Mika Nakashima
Composition: Yasunari Okano
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

M13
Lyrics, Composition: Minako Kawae
Sound Produced & Arranged by Satoshi Takebe
Piano: 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

M14 - Live Action Movie "NANA" Theme Song
Lyrics: AI YAZAWA
Composition: HYDE
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)