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16/04/2026

Masaru Imada "A Day In The Paradise" (1983) -Jazz Fusion / City Pop-



Label : Full House Records


Japon Side A

01 - Morning Dance (Masaru Imada)
02 - Water Wonderland (Masaru Imada)
03 - Love Lagoon (Masaru Imada)
04 - Sky Sailing (Masaru Imada)

Side B

01 - Sunbird (Masaru Imada)
02 - Mermaid Princess (Masaru Imada)
03 - Samba Domingo (Masaru Imada)
04 - Blue Sunset (Masaru Imada)


A Fullhouse Recording
Recorded & Mixed by Doug Epstein at Media Sound Studios, New York, N.Y., April 21 through May 3, 1983
Assistant Engineers : Steve Rinkoff & Michael Christopher
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York, N.Y.
May 4 & 5, 1983

All Selections Written & Arranged by Masaru Imada


Side A

01 - Morning Dance

Masaru Imada : Keyboards
David Sanborn : Alto Sax (Solo)
Kazumi Watanabe : Guitar (Solo -Les Paul)
Will Lee Bass
Steve Gadd Drums
Guilherme Franco : Congas & Voice

02 - Water Wonderland

Masaru Imada : Keyboards (Solo - Rhodes 88)
Randy Brecker : Flugelhorn (Solo)
Kazumi Watanabe : Guitars
Will Lee Bass
Steve Gadd Drums
Guilherme Franco : Windchimes, Tambourine, Mac, Percussion

03 - Love Lagoon

Masaru Imada : Keyboards (Solo - Acoustic Piano)
Kazumi Watanabe : Guitar (Solo -Les Paul)
Will Lee Bass
Steve Gadd Drums
Guilherme Franco : Congas, Cowbell

04 - Sky Sailing

Masaru Imada : Keyboards
David Sanborn : Alto Sax (Solo)
Randy Brecker : Flugelhorn (Solo)
Kazumi Watanabe : Guitars
Will Lee : Bass
Steve Gadd : Drums
Guilherme Franco : Gogo, Bells, Cowbell (R)
Anthony MacDonald : Cowbell (C)

Side B

01 - Sunbird

Masaru Imada : Keyboards (Solo - Rhodes 88)
Kazumi Watanabe : Guitars (Solo -Les Paul)
Will Lee Bass
Steve Gadd Drums
Guilherme Franco : Congas, Cuca (Solo)

02 - Mermaid Princess

Masaru Imada Keyboards
Kazumi Watanabe : Acoustic Guitar (Solo)
Will Lee : Bass (Solo)
Steve Gadd : Drums 
Guilherme Franco : Guro
Anthony MacDonald : Cowbell

03 - Samba Domingo

Masaru Imada : Keyboards (Solo - Dynomy)
Randy Brecker : Flugelhorn (Solo)
Kazumi Watanabe : Guitars
Will Lee Bass
Steve Gadd : Drums (Solo)
Guilherme Franco : Pandeiro, Gogo, Bells, Congas (Solos)

04 - Blue Sunset

Masaru Imada Keyboards
Kazumi Watanabe : Guitars (Solo - Guild Fretless)
Will Lee Bass
Steve Gadd Drums
Guilherme Franco : Cowbell (R)
Anthony MacDonald : Cowbell (L)

14/04/2026

Minako Yoshida "愛は思うまま (Let's Do It)" (1978) -City Pop / Pop Soul / Disco-



Label : Alfa Records


Japon 1

01 - 愛は思うまま (Minako Yoshida)
02 - 恋の手ほどき (Minako Yoshida & Tatsuro Yamashita)
03 - 時よ (Minako Yoshida)
04 - 海 (Minako Yoshida)
05 - アイッド・ラーザー・リーヴ・ホワイル・アイム・イン・ラヴ (Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen)

2

01 - 愛の炎 (Minako Yoshida & Tatsuro Yamashita)
02 - 猫 (Minako Yoshida)
03 - 雲のゆくえに (Minako Yoshida & Tatsuro Yamashita)
04 - 影になりたい (Minako Yoshida & Ryuichi Sakamoto)


Personnel :
Drums : Ed Greene, Alvin Taylor
Bass : Scott Edwards, Eddy Watkins
Guitar : David T. Walker, Wah Wah Watson, Tim May
Keyboards : Sylvester Rivers, Greg Phillinganes
Percussion : Eddie 'Bongo' Brown
Strings : Harry Bluestone (Concertmaster)
Trumpet : Ollie Mitchell, Chuck Findley, Oscar Brashear
Sax : Jackie Kelso, Plas Johnson
Trombone : Dick Nash, Alan Kaplan, Tommy Shephard
Background vocalsMinako Yoshida, Oma Drake, Terry Young, Elisecia Wright

Produced by Billy Page & Gene Page for Alfa Records, Inc.
Arranged by Billy Page
Vocal Tracks Produced by Miki Curtis
Vocal Tracks Engineered by Hank Cicalo
Executive Producer : Kunihiko Murai
Engineered by Sye Mitchell
Assistant Engineer : Michael Carnevale
Re-mixing Engineer : Hank Cicalo
Second Engineer : Terry Becker
Recorded at Filmways / Heider Recording, Hollywood, California
Remixed at Crimson Sound, Santa Monica, California

27/03/2026

IX・IX "IX・IX No.1" (1989) -City Pop / AOR-



Label : Moon Records


Japon 01 - Take Me With You (?)
02 - Turning Back (?)
03 - Laughter In The Sun (?)
04 - Dreaming (?)
05 - Moon Blue (?)
06 - Heartbeat (?)
07 - My Way My Love (?)
08 - Oh! Lady (?)
09 - Gypsy Girl (?)
10 - Faces (?)


Produced, Arranged & Performed by IX・IX
Except 03, 07 Arranged by IX・IX & Shigeru Suzuki

Shinichi Yamamoto : Guitars, Vocals, Background vocals 
Komei Yamamoto : Drums, Percussion, Background vocals
Iruse Yamamoto : Keyboards, Vocals, Background vocals

Additional Musicians :
Shingeru Suzuki : Guitars on 03, 07
Steve Lukather : Guitars on 02, 05, 09
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion on 02, 04, 06
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass on 02, 08, 10
Brandon Fields : Sax on 08
Glen Garrett : Sax on 06
Hiroyuki Namba : Electric & Acoustic Piano on 07
Tohru Shigemi : Electric & Acoustic Piano on 03
Tetsuo Ishikawa : Synthesizer Operation on 03
Ryuta Fukuda : Synthesizer Operation on 03, 07
Hideyuki Hayashi : Synthesizer Operation on 07
Carmen Mosier : Acoustic Guitar on 04
Rick Riso & Tim Hosman : Background vocals on 02, 04, 10

Mixing Engineers
Toshiro Ito : 01, 06, 09 & 10
Yasuo Sato : 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08
Recording Engineers : Mark Jackson, Peter Woodford, David Glover, Brian Soucy, Tatsuya Nakamura, Yasuo Sato
Assistant Engineers : Tatsuya Nakamura (Smile Garage), Katsumi Muro (Smile Garage), Fumiaki Koseki (Smile Garage), Yoshinoki Kaji (Onkio Haus), Masashi Matsubayashi (Magnet Studio)
Recording Studios :
Fingers On Fire Studio, Mission Hills, CA
Sunset Sound Studio, Hollywood, CA
Magnet Studio
Onkio Haus
Alfa Studio 'A'
Smile Garage
Disk Mastering Engineer : Mitsuru Kasai (CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio)
Executive Producers : Atsushi Kitamura, Seiji Murata, Ryuzo Kosugi

26/03/2026

Eikichi Yazawa "東京ナイト = Tokyo Night" (1986) -AOR / City Pop-



Label : Warner Pioneer Corporation


Japon Side A

01 - Tokyo Night (?)
02 - 風芝居 (?)
03 - Island Hotel (?)
04 - Believe In Me (?)
05 - Yoko (?)

Side B

01 - さまよい (?)
02 - 傘 (?)
03 - エイシャン シー (?)
04 - 止まらないHa Ha (?)
05 - めざめたら (?)


Players 
Eikichi Yazawa : Lead vocals
Andrew Gold : Guitars, Synthesizers, Keyboards, Drum & Synthesizer Programming, Solos, Background vocals 
Jeff Lorber : Synthesizer Programming
Alan Pasqua : Synthesizer Programming
Dann Huff : Guitars Solos
Bob Glaub : Bass
Neil Stubenhaus : Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Cornelius Bumpus : Tenor & Soprano Saxophones
Liza Edwards, Debbie Pearl, Nicolette Larson, Kenny Edwards, Brock Walsh, Kim Carnes : Background vocals 

Produced by Andrew Gold & Eikichi Yazawa
Engineered by Csaba Petocz, Andrew Gold, Darren Klein
2nd Engineers : Richard McKernan, Jesse Peck, Darren Klein
Mastered by Bernie Grundman in Hollywood, California
Recorded & Mixed at Conway Recording, Hollywood, California
Feb 3rd thu March 16th 1986

21/03/2026

Yasuko Agawa "Amizade" (1994) -City Pop / Jazz Pop / Latin Pop-



Label : Invitation


Japon 01 - Camaleao (Ivan Lins, Victor Martins & Aldir Blanc)
02 - Let Go (Ivans Lins & Randy Goodrum)
03 - The Universe Is Calling You (Ivan Lins & Brenda Russell)
04 - Love Dance (Ivan Lins, Gilson Peranzzetta & Paul Williams)
05 - More And More (Roque Pantoja & Chris Trujillo)
06 - So Many Stars (Sergio Mendes, Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
07 - Please, Felipe (Ivan Lins, Victor Martins & Brenda Russell)
08 - Forevermore (Ivan Lins, Victor Martins & Michelle Hart)
09 - Some Morning (Ivan Lins & Brock Walsh)
10 - If Ever (Dori Caymmi & Tracy Mann)


Produced by Ivan Lins
Arranged  & Assistant Produced by Rique Pantoja
Strings Arranged & Conducted by Dori Caymmi
Co-Produced by Toshifumi Kanamaru (Wings Co., Ltd)
Executive Produced by Tetsu Hoshika
Co-Executive Produced & Production Coordinated by Michelle Hart (Sweethart Productions)
Recorded & Mixed by Moogie Canazio
Additional Vocals Recorded by Joel Stoner
Assistant Engineered by Bill Smith, Leslie Ann Jones, Wolfgang Ashulte, Craig Doubet, Michael Aarvold, Charles Nasser
Mastering Engineered by Hiroshi Kawasaki
Recorded at Capitol Studios (May 31 - Jun 14-20, 1994)
Recorded & Mixed at Castle Oaks Studios (Jun 14-20, 1994)
Additional Mixed at Saturn Studios (Jun 21, 22, 25, 1994)
Mastered at JVC Aoyama Studios (Jun 30, 1994)

Musicians :
Ivan Lins : Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
Rique Pantoja : Keyboards, Background vocal
Alex Acuña : Drums, Percussion
Joel Taylor : Drums
John Peña : Bass
Randy Tico : Bass
Peter Sprague : Guitars
Steve Tavaglione : EWI, Soprano Sax
Marcello Ciribelli : Cavaquinho
Michaelina Veith : Background vocal
Sandy Howell : Background vocal

Strings Conducted & Arranged by Dori Caymmi
Songs : ("Forevermore", "Love Dance", "If Ever", "So Many Stars")
Contractor : Suzie Katayama
Concertmaster : Ralph Morrison
Violins : Ralph Morrison, Barbra Porter, R.F. Peterson, Gwenn Heller, Michael Markman, Peter Kent, Harris Goldman, Vladimir Polimatidi, John Wittenberg, Joy Lyle, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian
Violas : Herschel Wise, Renita Koven, Cynthia Morrow, Suzanna Giordano
Cello : Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Daniel Smith, Steve Richards

18/02/2026

Hiromi Ohta "海が泣いている" (1978) -City Pop-



Label : CBS / Sony Records


Japon Side A

01 - スカーレットの毛布 = You And Me (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
02 - 振り向けばイエスタディ = Good-Bye Yesterday (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
03 - 茉莉の結婚 = Marry's Marriage (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
04 - Nenne (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
05 - 街の雪 = Silent City (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)

Side B

01 - 海が泣いている = Platonic (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
02 - ナイーブ = Naive (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
03 - 水鏡 = Reflection (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
04 - 女優(ヒロイン)= Heroine (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)
05 - ∞(アンリミテッド)= ∞(Unlimited) (Kyohei Tsutsumi & Takashi Matsumoto)


Arranged by Mitsuo Hagita (A-01, 03, 04, B-01, 05), Jimmie Haskell (A-02, 05), Ben Benay (B-02, 03, 04)
Produced by Ryuzo Shirakawa (CBS/Sony), Masashi Hara (Watanabe Music Publisher)
Recorded at United Western Studio & Warner Brothers Studio
Recording Engineered by Richie Schmitt, Edward Perry, Lloyd B. Puffet
Recording Date : August 29th - September 16th, 1978


Side A

01 - スカーレットの毛布 = You And Me 

Electric Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Drums, Percussion : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Solina : Randy Kerber
Trumpet : Steve Madaio, Richard Hurwitz
Trombone : Ernie Carlson, Dick Slyde Hyde
Chorus : Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Venetta Fields

02 - 振り向けばイエスタディ = Good-Bye Yesterday 

Electric Guitar Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Electric Piano : Randy Kerber
Horn : Richard Perissi, David Duke
Chorus Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Venetta Fields
Strings : Sid Sharp (Concert Master)

03 - 茉莉の結婚 = Marry's Marriage 

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Drums, Percussion : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Electric Piano, Hammond Organ : Randy Kerber
Acoustic Guitar : Ben Benay
Flute : David Shostac, Diane Chassman
Chimes, Bell : Don Williams
Strings : Sid Sharp

04 - Nenne 

Electric Guitar Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Acoustic Piano, Synthesizer : Randy Kerber
Trumpet : Steve Madaio, Richard Hurwitz
Alto Sax : Bill Green, John Yoakum
Strings : Sid Sharp

05 - 街の雪 = Silent City 

Electric Guitar Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Electric Piano : Randy Kerber
Horn : Richard Perissi, David Duke
Strings : Sid Sharp

Side B

01 - 海が泣いている = Platonic 

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar : Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Acoustic Piano : Randy Kerber
Flute : David Shostac, Diane Chassman
Alto Flute : Bill Green
Oboe : John Yoakum
Harp : Gayle Levant
Strings : Sid Sharp

02 - ナイーブ = Naive 

Electric Guitar Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Electric Piano : Randy Kerber
Acoustic Guitar Ben Benay
Strings : Sid Sharp

03 - 水鏡 = Reflection 

Electric Guitar Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Electric Piano : Randy Kerber
Acoustic Guitar Ben Benay
Vibraphone : Don Williams
Flute David Shostac, Diane Chassman
Clarinet : Bill Green
Oboe : John Yoakum
Strings : Sid Sharp

04 - 女優(ヒロイン)= Heroine 

Electric Guitar Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Electric Piano : Randy Kerber
Acoustic Guitar : Ben Benay
Flute : David Shostac, Diane Chassman
Alto Sax : John Yoakum
Baritone Sax : Bill Green
Chorus Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Venetta Fields
Strings : Sid Sharp

05 - ∞(アンリミテッド)= ∞(Unlimited)

Electric Guitar Lee Ritenour
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Dave Parlato
Acoustic Piano, Clavinet, Arp Odyssey : Randy Kerber
Chorus Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Venetta Fields
Strings : Sid Sharp

Akiko Kobayashi "City Of Angels" (1988) -City Pop / Soft Rock-



Label : Fun House Records


Japon Side A

01 - Rainbow, Rainbow (Akiko Kobayashi)
02 - Put Another Memory On The Fire (Joe Curiale, Barbara Rothstein, Jack Keller & Jill Colucci )
03 - Hold Me (Joey Carbone)
04 - How Could I Ask For More? (John Bettis & Richard Carpenter)
05 - Beg, Borrow & Steal (Robin Lerner & Tom Harriman)

Side B

01 - Let's Fall In Love Forever (Pamela Phillips Oland & Randall Rumage)
02 - Suddenly Love (Pamela Phillips Oland)
03 - China River (Akiko Kobayashi)
04 - Only The Angels Know (Dean Pitchford & Michael Gore)
05 - The Reply (Pamela Phillips Oland & Richard Carpenter)


Produced & Arranged by Richard Carpenter
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Cherokee Recording Studios, Westlake Recording Studios, Hollywood California & The Evergreen Scoring Stage, Studio City, California
Recording Engineer : Roger Young
Assistants : Dan Nash, Bob Vogt, Brian Scheuble, Tom Banghart, Alvin Broussard, Mike Bosley, James Johnson, Dennis Stefan & Mike Hatcher
Mixed at A&M Recording Studios
Mixing Engineer : Roger Young (A-03, 04, 05 ; B-03, 05), Tony Peluso (A-01, 02 ; B-01, 02, 04)
Assistant : Dan Nash
Mastered by Arnie Acosta at A&M Mastering Studios
Concert Master : Jimmy Getzoff
Executive Producer : Hiroshi Shigemi


Side A

01 - Rainbow, Rainbow 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

02 - Put Another Memory On The Fire 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

03 - Hold Me 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

04 - How Could I Ask For More? 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

05 - Beg, Borrow & Steal 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Alto & Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

Side B

01 - Let's Fall In Love Forever 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Tenor Sax : Joel Peskin
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

02 - Suddenly Love 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

03 - China River 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizer Programming : Jim Cox
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

04 - Only The Angels Know 

Bass : Joe Osborn
Drums : Paul Leim
Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Guitars : Tim May
Flute : Joel Peskin
Flugelhorn : Ron Gorow
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Backing vocals : Richard Carpenter & Akiko Kobayashi

05 - The Reply

Keyboards : Richard Carpenter
Oboe : Earl Dumler
Backing vocals : Akiko Kobayashi

12/02/2026

Kotaro Yamamoto "California Brunch" (1979) -City Pop-



Label : Jane Records


Japon Side 1

01 - Good Bye Winter (Kotaro Yamamoto & Ichizo Seo)
02 - Over The Mountain Pass (Kotaro Yamamoto)
03 - My Homesick Town (Kotaro Yamamoto & Alice Shiraishi)
04 - Swayin' To The Music (Kotaro Yamamoto & Ichizo Seo)
05 - Sailor's Lulluby (Kotaro Yamamoto & Ichizo Seo)

Side 2

01 - Heart Break Highway (Kotaro Yamamoto & Ichizo Seo)
02 - Sentimental Afternoon (Sumio Wakabayashi & Hiroshi Morinaga)
03 - Fall In (Kotaro Yamamoto)
04 - Twilight Time (Kotaro Yamamoto & Yoko Narakino)
05 - Dream Chaser (Kotaro Yamamoto, Ichizo Seo & Yoko Narakino)


Producer : Ichizo Seo
Director : Akihiro Mino, Jun Kiyose
Engineer : Steve Mitchell
Assistant Engineer : Greg Folken
Mastering Engineer : Bob Carbone
Arranger : Ichizo Seo

Drums : Rick Shlosser, Gary Ferguson
Bass : Dennis Belfield, Kerny Lewis
Keyboards : Mark T. Jordan
Guitars : Fred Tackett, Paul Barrere, Marty Walsh, John Wheelock
Synthesizer : Michael Boddicker
Percussion : Steve Forman
Background vocals : Tom Kelly, Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin
Saxes : Ernie Watts
Concertmaster : Charles Veal
Conductor : David Campbell

Recorded at A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi "Hold Your Last Chance" (1984) -City Pop-



Label : Express Records


Japon Side 1

01 - Sha-La-La (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi)
02 - 言わんこっちゃないさ(Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi)
03 - Time Goes Around (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi)
04 - Wake-Up! It's Morning (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi & Yasushi Akimoto)
05 - Come Back To My Heart (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi)

Side 2

01 - 孤独なハート (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi & Yasushi Akimoto)
02 - スローダウン (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi)
03 - ファイティングポーズ (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi)
04 - Hold Your Last Chance (Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi)


ProducerTsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Mixed by Greg Ladanyi
Director : Shun-ichi Jinyama, Go Yamazato (Yamaha), Toshio Kimura (Fun House)
Recording Engineer : Ryoichi Ishizuka
Assistant Mixer : Niko Bolas, Richard Bosworth

Musicians :
Tokyo
Drums : Koyoshi Tanaka, Toshinobu Takimoto on "Lonely Heart"
Bass : Shigeru Okazawa, Chiharu Mikuzuki on "Lonely Heart"
Guitar : Seiji Omotani, Toru Aoyama on "Lonely Heart", Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Acoustic Guitar : Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, Go Yamazato
Steel Guitar : Ritsu Murakami
Keyboards : Yoshiaki Kagawa, Ichizo Seo, Maki Yajima, Akira Nishimoto
Percussion : Pecker
Mouth Harp : Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
Sax : Jake Conception
Chorus : Yoshimi Hamada, Yoshiaki Kagawa, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi

Los Angeles
Additional Guitar : Mark Goldenberg
Bass : Scott Chambers
Horn Section :
Sax : Phil Kenzie
Trombone : Bill Lamb
Chorus : Doug Haywood, Debbie Pearl, Tampa Lann, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Carmen Twillie

Recorded at Epicurus, Sound Inn & Roppongi Sony (Tokyo), Cherokee Records One & Kendun Recorders (L.A.)
Executive Producer : Genichi Kawakami, Yutaka Gotoh

10/02/2026

Makoto Matsushita "First Light" (2012) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-



Label : Warner Music Japan


Japon 01 - First Light (Makoto Matsushita)
02 - One Hot Love (Makoto Matsushita & Akiko Matsushita)
03 - Resort For Blue (Makoto Matsushita)
04 - September Rain (Makoto Matsushita)
05 - Lazy Night (Makoto Matsushita)
06 - This Is All I Have For You (Makoto Matsushita & Akiko Matsushita)
07 - I Know... (Makoto Matsushita)
08 - Love Was Really Gone (Makoto Matsushita & Judy Anton)
09 - Sunset (Makoto Matsushita)

Bonus Track

10 - September Rain (Japanese Version) (Makoto Matsushita)


Produced by Makoto Matsushita & Toshio Oguri for "Uni Japan Music" Inc.
Engineered & Mixed by Eiji Uchinuma & Stuff of "Mixers' Lab"
JVC Digital System N°1010 Mastered
Recorded & Mixed at Nichion Studio, Tokyo, Japan
December 24, 1980 through May 19, 1981
Cutting by Shizuo Nomiyama

Musicians :
Makoto Matsushita : Lead vocal, Chorus & Guitar
Kazuo Nobuta : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Prophet 5 & Chorus
Hidetoshi Yamada : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano & Chorus
Haruo Matsuda : OBX, Sound Effects & Programming
Masato Matsuda : Fender Rhodes
Yasuo Tomikura : Fender Bass & Hargustrum Fretless Bass
Masahiro Miyazaki : Ladwig & Yamaha Drums
Makoto 'Kimuchi' Kimura : Percussion
Susumu Kazuhara : Flugelhorn
Eve, Eiji Kawamura & Toshio Oguri : Chorus
Joe Kato Group : Strings (Concert Mastered by Joe Kato)
Naochika Yamamoto : Conductor
Yuji Oyamada : Synthesizer Programming

Makoto Matsushita "First Light" (1982) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-



Label : Air Records


JaponSide 1

01 - First Light (Makoto Matsushita)
02 - One Hot Love (Makoto Matsushita & Akiko Matsushita)
03 - Resort For Blue (Makoto Matsushita)
04 - September Rain (Makoto Matsushita)
05 - Lazy Night (Makoto Matsushita)

Side 2

01 - This Is All I Have For You (Makoto Matsushita & Akiko Matsushita)
02 - I Know... (Makoto Matsushita)
03 - Love Was Really Gone (Makoto Matsushita & Judy Anton)
04 - Sunset (Makoto Matsushita)


Produced by Makoto Matsushita & Toshio Oguri for "Uni Japan Music" Inc.
Engineered & Mixed by Eiji Uchinuma & Stuff of "Mixers' Lab"
JVC Digital System N°1010 Mastered
Recorded & Mixed at Nichion Studio, Tokyo, Japan
December 24, 1980 through May 19, 1981
Cutting by Shizuo Nomiyama

Musicians :
Makoto Matsushita : Lead vocal, Chorus & Guitar
Kazuo Nobuta : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano, Prophet 5 & Chorus
Hidetoshi Yamada : Fender Rhodes, Acoustic Piano & Chorus
Haruo Matsuda : OBX, Sound Effects & Programming
Masato Matsuda : Fender Rhodes
Yasuo Tomikura : Fender Bass & Hargustrum Fretless Bass
Masahiro Miyazaki : Ladwig & Yamaha Drums
Makoto 'Kimuchi' Kimura : Percussion
Susumu Kazuhara : Flugelhorn
Eve, Eiji Kawamura & Toshio Oguri : Chorus
Joe Kato Group : Strings (Concert Mastered by Joe Kato)
Naochika Yamamoto : Conductor
Yuji Oyamada : Synthesizer Programming

30/01/2026

Manna "Chabako Trick" (1979) -City Pop-



Label : Epic Records


Japon Side A

01 - Yellow Magic Carnival (Haruomi Hosono)
02 - 黒船 (Tetsuya Chiaki & Kyohei Tsutsumi)
03 - 椰子の木陰で (Kuranosuke Hamaguchi)
04 - ほろほろ草紙 (Tetsuya Chiaki & Kyohei Tsutsumi)
05 - スフィンクスを追って (Tetsuya Chiaki & Kyohei Tsutsumi)

Side B

01 - Gotanda (Akiko Yano)
02 - からくり半分 (Tetsuya Chiaki & Kyohei Tsutsumi)
03 - 昨日はちょっぴり(Kuranosuke Hamaguchi)
04 - Waiting (Kuranosuke Hamaguchi)
05 - Happy Talk / Bali Hai (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein)


Producer : Tatsuo Hayashi (Produce House Amuse), Jynn Maeda
Record & Remix Engineer : Steve Mitchell
Assistant Engineer : Ron Borawski, Skip Cottrell
Mastering Engineer : Bernie Grundman
Coordinator : Shinji Take & Nori Inoue (Take Associates, Los Angeles)
Recording Manager : Hachiro Shoji & Shuivhi Odagiri
All Songs Arrangement : Yu Imai & Manx

All Songs Sing by Manna

Manx :
Yu Imai : Acoustic Piano, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Synthesizer, R.M.I. & Back Ground Vocal
Naoki Watanabe : Electric Bass & Back Ground Vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar & Back Ground Vocal
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums, Syndrum & Percussion
Steve Forman : Percussions on A-02, 04, 05, B-05)
Mike Berment : Steel Drums on A-02, 03
Cal Tjader : Vibraphone on B-01
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer on A-05, B-03, 05
Red Rhodes : Steel Guitar on A-03
Synthesizer Programming by Michael Boddicker

26/01/2026

Hiroshi Sato "Super Market" (1976) -City Pop / Soft Rock-



Label : Wave Concept 


Japon Side 1

01 - 私の彼氏は200歳 (?)
02 - レインボー・シーライン (?)
03 - F. W. Y. (?)
04 - 用意はいいかな (?)
05 - Night In L.A. (?)

Side 2

01 - High Times (?)
02 - いとしのマリー (?)
03 - スーパー・マーケット (?)
04 - パラダイス (?)
05 - For Jun (?)


Produced by Hiroshi Sato, Takashi Kiwahara
Recording : Chance Marker T.P.A.
Sound Producer : Hiroshi Sato
Recording Engineer : Roger Mayer & Bruce Morgan 
Recording Director : Takashi Yamamoto
Recording Manager : Takashi Chikamoto
Executive Staff : Shinichi Agata (Nipeon Colulbia Co., Ltd.)
Recorded March 8th to March 29th, 1976 at Electra Studio, California
Music & Arrangement : Hiroshi Sato

Musicians :
Lead vocal : Hiroshi Sato 
Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano, Solina, Organ & Acoustic Guitar : Hiroshi Sato 
Drums : Joe Carrero
Electric Guitar : Dan Sawyer, Bill House, Amos Garrett, Chris Pinnick
Acoustic Guitar : Chris Pinnick, Tim Ray
Electric Bass : Marty David
Percussion : Joe Lala
Mellotron : Frank Skip Konte
Strings : Ricky Geroing
Saxophone, Flute : Dennis Dreith
Trombone : Bob Rayne
Trumpet : Joe Romano
Saxophone : Bob Crosby
Marimba : Steve Forman
Harmonica : Stanley Behrens
Background vocal : Laila Jacobs
Synthesizer Programmer : Jay Graydon

08/12/2025

Reimy "Speed Of Light" (1988) -Westcoast Pop / City Pop-



Label : Sixty


Japon 1

01 - Speed Of Light (U.S.A. Remix) (Debbie Gibson)

2

01 - Letters From The Road (Trevor Veitch & Greg Mathieson)


From the Album 'Smooth Talk' (1988)
Produced by Trevor Veitch

Synthesizers : Programmed & Played by John Phillip Shenale for A.E.M.P.
Additional Synthesizers : Trevor Veitch
Guitars : Paul Jackson Jr., Michael Landau, Peter Hume, Lee Ritenour & Trevor Veitch
Bass : Cliff Hugo
Drums : Rick Shlosser & Carlos Vega
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa & Lenny Castro
Piano : Tom Salisbury
Horns : John Liotine, James Zavala, Sam Domingo, Tom Scott, Brad Silwood & John Bonine
Harmonica : James Zavala & Ron Kalina
Background vocals : Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Phil Perry, Lil Perry & Trevor Veitch

26/11/2025

Shōgo Hamada "Home Bound" (1980) -City Pop / AOR-



Label : CBS / Sony Records


Japon Side A

01 - 終りなき疾走 (Shōgo Hamada)
02 - 東京 (Shōgo Hamada)
03 - 丘の上の愛 (Shōgo Hamada)
04 - あばずれセブンティーン (Shōgo Hamada)
05 - 傷心 (Shōgo Hamada)

Side B

01 - 今夜こそ (Shōgo Hamada)
02 - 反抗期 (Shōgo Hamada)
03 - ガラスの部屋 (Shōgo Hamada)
04 - 明日なき世代 (Shōgo Hamada)
05 - 家路 (Shōgo Hamada)


Produced by Mikiharu Suzuki
Directed by Akira Sudoh
Arranged by Kimio Mizutani
Chorus Arrangement : Kanji Choshi
Recorded & Mixed by Erik Zobler
Assistant Engineer : Ray Corey
Recording Studio : West Lake Audio, Los Angeles
Mastering Studio : Allen Zents Recording
Recording Co-Ordinators : Kuni Misawa & Bobuhiko Takahashi


Side A

01 - 終りなき疾走 - Owarinaki Shissou

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass : Scott Chambers
Guitar Steve Lukather, Steve Sykes, Joey Brasler
Acoustic Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Hammond Organ : Greg Mathieson
Sax : Larry Williams
Solo Guitar : Steve Lukather
Chorus Kanji Choshi

02 - 東京 - Tokyo

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass John Pierce
Guitar : Steve Lukather, Steve Sykes
Acoustic Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Synthesizer Michael Boddicker
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Solo Guitar : Steve Lukather
Chorus : Kanji Choshi

03 - 丘の上の愛 - Okanoue-No Ai

Drums Mike Baird
Bass : Scott Chambers
Guitar : Fred Tackett
Acoustic Piano, Solina, Fender Rhodes & Wurlitzer Electric Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Solo Guitar : Fred Tackett
Chorus Kanji Choshi

04 - あばずれセブンティーン - Abazure Seventeen

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass : Scott Chambers
Guitar Steve Sykes, Joey Brasler
Wurlitzer Electric Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Brass Section : Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams, Bill Green, Al Vizzuti
Solo Guitar : Joey Brasler
Chorus : Shogo Hamada

05 - 傷心 - Shoshin

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass Scott Chambers
Guitar : Steve Sykes
Fender Rhodes : Nicky Hopkins
Synthesizer Michael Boddicker
Harmonica : Tommy Morgan

Side B

01 - 今夜こそ - Konyakoso

Drums Mike Baird
Bass : Scott Chambers
Guitar Jeff Baxter, Steve Sykes, Joey Brasler
Guitar Synthesizer : Jeff Baxter 
Acoustic Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Hammond Organ : Greg Mathieson
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Brass Section : Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Green, Al Vizzuti
Solo Guitar : Jeff Baxter
Chorus : Shogo Hamada & Kanji Choshi

02 - 反抗期 - Hankouki

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass Scott Chambers
Guitar : Jeff Baxter, Steve Sykes, Joey Brasler
Acoustic Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Hammond Organ : Greg Mathieson
Solo Guitar : Steve Lukather
Chorus : Kanji Choshi

03 - ガラスの部屋 - Glass-No Heya

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass : Scott Chambers
Guitar : Steve Sykes
Acoustic Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Hammond Organ : Greg Mathieson
Solo Guitar : Jeff Baxter
Chorus : Kanji Choshi

04 - 明日なき世代 - Asunaki-Sedai

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass : Scott Chambers
Guitar : Steve Sykes, Joey Brasler
12st. Guitar : Mark Goldenberg
Acoustic Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Hammond Organ : Greg Mathieson
Solo Guitar : Steve Sykes
Chorus : Shogo Hamada & Kanji Choshi

05 - 家路 - Ieji

Drums : Mike Baird
Bass Scott Chambers
Guitar : Steve Lukather, Steve Sykes
Acoustic Piano : Nicky Hopkins
Hammond Organ : Greg Mathieson
Solo Guitar : Steve Lukather

Hitomi Tohyama "Watch Out ! 気をつけろ" (1988) -City Pop-



Label : Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.


Japon 01 - It All Comes Down To Love~愛しい人~(?)
02 - North Shore~シェイヴ・アイスの少年達~(?)
03 - September Rainの下で (?)
04 - Only One (?)
05 - You Are My Reason To Be~愛は瞳の中に~(?)
06 - Watch Out (For That Lady (?)
07 - Hitokoto (?)
08 - You Are Ecstasy (?)
09 - 愛しい人~It All Comes Down To Love~(?)


Produced by Hikaru 'Flash' Kanematsu
Co-Produced by Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama
Directed by Shinya Nagai (Nippon Columbia)
Mixed by David Rideau, Kaz Masumoto, Tommy Vicari
Engineered by David Rideau, Jeff Lorber, Lesly Ann Jones, Karen Siegel, Kazuhiro Tokieda (Nippon Columbia)
Studios : Mad Hatter Studio, Jeff Lorber Studio, Cherokee Studio

Musicians :
Drums : Alex Acuña, Jun Shimizu
Bass : Randy Jackson
Guitar : Eric Gale, David Williams, Nobuya Kohara, Grant Geissman
Keyboards : Richard Tee, Tom Keane, Jeff Lorber, Steve Deutsch, Seiichi Kyoda, Hiroyuki Nanba
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Alto Sax : Brandon Fields
Horn : Jerry Hey Horn Section
Strings : Tomoda Group
Background vocals : Waters Sisters, Moshe Brakha

15/11/2025

Kingo Hamada "Manhattan In The Rain" (1980) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-



Label : Air Records


Japon Side A

01 - May Sick (Takashi Matsumoto & Kingo Hamada)
02 - Hotel Surf-rider (Takashi Matsumoto & Kingo Hamada)
03 - Midnight Boxer (Kazuko Kobayashi & Kingo Hamada)
04 - Modern Times (Takashi Matsumoto & Kingo Hamada)

Side B

01 - Game Is Over (Kazuko Kobayashi & Kingo Hamada)
02 - Lonely Wind (Kazuko Kobayashi & Kingo Hamada)
03 - Rainyday Cowboy (Takashi Matsumoto & Kingo Hamada)
04 - Holiday (Kazuko Kobayashi & Kingo Hamada)
05 - Sunrise-Sunset (Kazuko Kobayashi & Kingo Hamada)


Keyboards : Gerald Alters, Pat Rebillot, Hidetoshi Yamada A-04, B-04, 05
Guitars : Jeff Mironov, Jeff Layton, Kingo Hamada A-04, B-04, 05, Teiji Mihata A-04, B-04, 05
Bass : Francisco Centeno, Getao Takahashi A-04, B-04, 05
Drums : Ron Zito, Toshiaki Hayashi A-04, B-04, 05
Percussion : Jimmy Maelen
Trumpets : Marvin Stamm, Lew Soloff, Danny Cahn
Trombones : Wayne Andre, David Taylor (Bass)
Reeds & Sax Soloist : Dave Tofani
Violins : David Nadien (Concertmaster), Stan Pollock, Barry Finclair, Richard Sortomme, Max Ellen, Marvin Morgenstern
Violas : Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi
Cello : Jonathan Abramowitz, Charles McCracken
Background vocals : Yvonne Lewis, Christie Wiltshire, Norma Garbo, Hidetoshi Yamada A-04, B-04, 05, Kingo Hamada A-04, B-04, 05

Recorded at :
Mediasound, New York
Onkio Haus, Tokyo
RCA, Tokyo
(Aug. - Sep. '79)
Engineered by Alex Head, Kazuyuki Masumoto
Assisted by Lincoln Clapp, Don Wershba, Carl Beatiy, Greg Mann, Craig Winterson
Mixed by Alex Head
All New York tracks Arranged & Conducted by Gerald Alters
All Tokyo tracks A-04, B-04, 05 Arranged by Hidehoshi Yamada & Kingo Hamada 
"Sunrise-Sunset" Strings Arranged & Conduced by Jimmy Biondolillo
Associate Producer, Contractor & Session Coordinator : Jimmy Biondolillo
Produced by Ryuzo Kosugi

Kingo Hamada "Hotel Surf-Rider" (1980) -City Pop-



Label : Air Records


Japon Side 1 

01 - Hotel Surf-Rider (Kingo Hamada & Takashi Matsumoto)

Side 2

01 - Lonely Wind (Kingo Hamada & Kazuko Kobayashi)


From the Album 'Manhattan In The Rain' (1980)
Produced by Ryuzo Kozuki
Arranged by Gerald Alters

Keyboards : Gerald Alters, Pat Rebillot
Guitars : Jeff Mironov, Jeff Layton
Bass : Francisco Centeno
Drums : Ron Zito
Percussion : Jimmy Maelen
Trumpets : Marvin Stamm, Lew Soloff, Danny Cahn
Trombones : Wayne Andre, David Taylor (Bass)
Reeds : Dave Tofani
Violins : David Nadien, Stan Pollock, Barry Finclair, Richard Sortomme, Max Ellen, Marvin Morgenstein
Violas : Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi
Cellos : Jonathan Abramowitz, Charles McCracken

11/11/2025

Masayoshi Takanaka Featuring Pauline Wilson "Covers" (1995) -City Pop / Vocal Jazz / Funk Jazz-



Label : Eastworld / Toshiba-EMI Limited


Japon 01 - Day Dreaming (Aretha Franklin)
02 - Nagisa (Ririka Shinzato & Masayoshi Takanaka)
03 - Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
04 - You (Marlena Shaw)
05 - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
06 - Blue Lagoon (Masayoshi Takanaka / English Lyrics by Tom Fitzgerald)
07 - Getaway (Beloyd Taylor & Peter Cor)
08 - Night Birds (Roger Odell & William Sharpe)
09 - Ready To Fly -Live Version- (Masayoshi Takanaka)
10 - When You Wish Upon A Star (Leigh Harline & Ned Washington)


Produced by Masayoshi Takanaka 
Recorded & Mixed by Shep Lonsdale at Media Complex Studios, West L.A., CA
Assistant Engineers : Roland Alvarez, Liz Magro 
Mastered by Joe Gaswirth at Oceanview Digital Mastering, West L.A., CA
Assistant Mastering : Ramón Bretón 


01 - Day Dreaming

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard

02 - Nagisa

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard
Rap : Bro' Benji

03 - Purple Haze

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard
Wah Guitar : Toshi Yanagi

04 - You

GuitarMasayoshi Takanaka
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard

05 - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Drums : Tris Imboden
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard

06 - Blue Lagoon

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard
English Lyrics : Tom Fitzgerald
Rap Sample : Dani Spencer

07 - Getaway

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard

08 - Night Birds

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Vocal : Pauline Wilson
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard

09 - Ready To Fly 

Live Version
Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Drums : Tris Imboden
Bass : Bob Glaub
Keyboard : Jaï Winding
Percussion : Kevin Ricard

10 - When You Wish Upon A Star

Guitar : Masayoshi Takanaka
Vocal : Pauline Wilson

Goro Noguchi "Goro In New York" (1977) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-



Label : Polydor Records


Japon A

01 - 異邦人 (?)
02 - 二死満塁の青春 (?)
03 - 愛撫 (?)
04 - 24時間の恋人 (?)
05 - 夕凪海岸 (?)

B

01 - From Tokyo To New York (?)
02 - 暖流 (?)
03 - エアポート・ストーリー (?)
04 - マンハッタン・スクランブル (?)
05 - ドライ・フラワー (?)
06 - 傷心スピード・ウェイ (?)

C

01 - New York Report (?)


Vocal : Goro Noguchi

(Playing) New York Super Session
Drums : Andy Newmark
E. Bass : Tony Levin (Side A - 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 / Side B - 01, 03), Will Lee (Side B - 02, 04, 05, 06)
E. Guitar : John Tropea (Side A - 01, 02, 03 (G. Guitar), 04, 05 / Side B - 01, 02 (G. Guitar), 03), David Spinozza (Side A - 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 / Side B - 01, 03), Jeff Layton (Side B - 02, 04, 05, 06), Joe Caro (Side B - 02, 04, 05, 06)
Keyboards : Kenny Ascher
Latin Percussion : Jim Maelen
Trumpet : Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Marvin Stamm
Trombone : Urbie Green, Wayne Andre, Gerald Chamberlain, Alan Raph
Alto Sax : David Sanborn
Tenor Sax : Michael Brecker
Baritone Sax : Soh Schlinger
Flute : Joe Farrell
French Horn : James Buffington, Ray Alonge
Harp : Gloria Agostino
Strings Concert Master : Gene Orloff
Female Chorus : Marlewe Verplamk, Maeretha Stewart, Vivian Cherry

Producer, Conductor & Arrangement : Kyohei Tsutsumi
Music Co-ordinator : Chet Amsterda
Executive Producer : Itsuro Nakamura / NP Music Publishing Co. Ltd
Director : Norihito Sawada
Engineer : Godfrey Diamond
Recorded & Remixed at Media Sound Studio, New York