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  names:
    en: Jimmy Jam
- link: artist/43871
  names:
    en: Terry Lewis
- names:
    en: for Flyte Tyme Productions
- names:
    en: Inc.
- link: artist/1742
  names:
    en: Hikaru Utada
    ja: 宇多田ヒカル
- link: artist/9614
  names:
    en: Akira Nishihira
    ja: 西平彰
- link: artist/8717
  names:
    en: Kei Kawano
    ja: 河野圭
- link: artist/13528
  names:
    en: Shinichiro Murayama
    ja: 村山晋一郎
- link: artist/4464
  names:
    en: Yuichiro Honda
    ja: 本田優一郎
- names:
    en: Alex Richbourg for ABR Productions
- names:
    en: Inc.
- names:
    en: Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Entertainment
barcode: '4988006172098'
catalog: TOCT-24601
categories:
- Live Action
category: Live Action
classification: Vocal, Remix
composers:
- link: artist/1742
  names:
    en: Hikaru Utada
    ja: 宇多田ヒカル
- names:
    en: Takuro Kubo
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discs:
- disc_length: '64:00'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      Japanese: Wait & See ~リスク~
      Romaji: Wait & See ~Risk~
    track_length: '4:47'
  - names:
      Japanese: Can You Keep A Secret?
      Romaji: Can You Keep A Secret?
    track_length: '5:07'
  - names:
      Japanese: DISTANCE
      Romaji: DISTANCE
    track_length: '5:29'
  - names:
      Japanese: サングラス
      Romaji: Thanks
    track_length: '4:45'
  - names:
      Japanese: ドラマ
      Romaji: Drama
    track_length: '4:34'
  - names:
      Japanese: Eternally
      Romaji: Eternally
    track_length: '4:44'
  - names:
      Japanese: Addicted To You [UP-IN-HEAVEN MIX]
      Romaji: Addicted To You [UP-IN-HEAVEN MIX]
    track_length: '5:17'
  - names:
      Japanese: For You
      Romaji: For You
    track_length: '5:20'
  - names:
      Japanese: 蹴っ飛ばせ!
      Romaji: Kettobase!
    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      Japanese: Parody
      Romaji: Parody
    track_length: '5:24'
  - names:
      Japanese: タイム・リミット
      Romaji: Time Limit
    track_length: '4:53'
  - names:
      Japanese: 言葉にならない気持ち
      Romaji: Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi
    track_length: '5:01'
  - names:
      Japanese: HAYATOCHI-REMIX
      Romaji: HAYATOCHI-REMIX
    track_length: '4:10'
link: album/108731
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2021-02-02T11:13
  edited_date: 2025-11-09T09:02
  fetched_date: 2026-01-10T17:39
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1724
name: distance / Hikaru Utada
names:
  en: distance / Hikaru Utada
  ja: distance / Hikaru Utada
  ja-latn: distance / Hikaru Utada
notes: 'M-01

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc.

  arranged by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. and Hikaru
  Utada

  drum programming: Xavier Smith

  guitar: Dave Barry

  all other instruments: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Steve Hodge at Flyte Tyme Studios,Edina,MN

  vocal recorded by Mitsuhiro Indoh and Masaaki Ugajin at Studio Terra

  mixed by Steve Hodge at Flyte Tyme Studios,Edina,MN

  M-02 - Live Action Drama "HERO" Theme Song

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Akira Nishihira

  pre-production arrangement: Yuichiro Honda

  keyboards and programming: Akira Nishihira

  synthesizer programming: Nobuhiko Nakayama

  guitar: Yuji Toriyama*

  finger snap: Sking

  additional keyboards: Yuichiro Honda, Philipe Saisse

  additional programming: Yutaka Nakamura

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Goh Hotoda, Masashi Kudo, Masaki Ugajin

  recorded at The Hit Factory,NY, Bunkamura Studio

  mixed by Goh Hotoda at The Hit Factory,NY

  *by the courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment(Japan)Inc.

  M-03

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Kei Kawano and Hikaru Utada

  keyboards and programming: Kei Kawano

  synthesizer programming: Kazuhide Tsunemi

  guitar: Kei Kawano

  horns: Yokan

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Masaaki Ugajin, Syuichi Watanabe

  recorded at Toshiba EMI Studio, Bunkamura Studio

  mixed and additionally recorded by Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio

  M-04

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Shinichiro Murayama

  keyboards and programming: Shinichiro Murayama

  guitar: Kenji Suzuki

  additional keyboards: Philippe Saisse

  additional programming: Yutaka Nakamura

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Goh Hotoda

  additionally recorded by Masaaki Ugajin

  recorded at Bunkamura Studio, The Hit Factory,NY, Studio Terra

  mixed by Goh Hotoda at The Hit Factory,NY

  M-05

  music: Hikaru Utada and Takuro Kubo

  lyrics: Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Yuichiro Honda

  keyboards and programming: Yuichiro Honda

  synthesizer programming: Daisuke Kikuchi

  guitar: Yuichiro Honda

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Syuichi Watanabe, Masaaki Ugajin

  recorded at Studio Terra, Bunkamura Studio

  mixed and additionally recorded by Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio

  M-06

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Shinichiro Murayama

  string arrangement: Kei Kawano

  keyboards and programming: Shinichiro Murayama

  acoustic piano: Kei Kawano

  strings: Yuichiro Goto Strings

  percussion: Bashiri Johnson

  additional keyboards: Philippe Saisse

  additional programming: Yutaka Nakamura

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Syuichi Watanabe at Bunkamura Studio

  strings and vocal and additional recorded by Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio, The
  Hit Factory,NY

  mixed by Goh Hotoda at The Hit Factory,NY

  M-07

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. and Alex Richbourg
  for ABR Productions, Inc.

  arranged by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc. and Alex Richbourg
  for ABR Productions, Inc.

  drum programming: Alex Richbourg

  keyboards: Darnell Davis

  all other instruments: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Steve Hodge at Flyte Tyme Studios,Edina,MN

  remixed by Jeff Taylor at MADJEF Productions,Brooklyn Park,MN

  M-08

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Kei Kawano

  keyboards and programming: Kei Kawano

  synthesizer programming: Takahiro Iida

  guitar: Kei Kawano

  tape scratch: Masaaki Ugajin

  talking modulator: Hidenobu Okita

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Masaaki Ugajin at Studio Terra

  mixed by Goh Hotoda at Electric Lady Studios,NY

  M-09

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Akira Nishihira and Hikaru Utada

  synthesizer programming: Nobuhiko Nakayama

  guitar: Yuji Toriyama*

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Goh Hotoda, Masashi Kudo

  recorded at The Hit Factory,NY, Bunkamura Studio

  mixed by Goh Hotoda at The Hit Factory,NY

  *by the courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment(Japan)Inc.

  M-10

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Kei Kawano

  keyboards and programming: Kei Kawano

  synthesizer programming: Takahiro Iida

  additional programming: Kazuhide Tsunemi

  drums: Tony Royster Jr.

  drums: John Blackwell

  bass Mitsutaka Saito

  guitar: Michael Scott

  guitar: Hironori Akiyama

  turntable: DJ Uppercut

  shaker: Goh Hotoda

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Goh Hotoda

  vocal recorded by Masaaki Ugajin

  recorded at Studio Groove,Osaka, Bunkamura Studio, Studio Terra

  mixed by Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio

  M-11

  music: Hikaru Utada and Takuro Kubo

  lyrics: Hikaru Utada

  produced by Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Entertainment

  arranged by Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Entertainment and Hikaru Utada

  all music programmed by Rodney Jerkins

  rap: Rodney Jerkins

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Rodney Jerkins and Harvey Mason Jr. at Darkchild Studios,pleasantville,NJ

  mixed by Dexter Simmons at The Hit Factory Criteria,Miami,FL

  pro-tools editing: Paul Foley and Harvey Mason Jr.

  M-12

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Akira Miyake and Teruzane Sking Utada

  arranged by Shinichiro Murayama

  keyboards and programming: Shinichiro Murayama

  additional keyboards: Kei Kawano

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Masaaki Ugajin at Studio Terra

  mixed by Goh Hotoda at Bunkamura Studio

  M-13 (Bonus Track)

  written by Hikaru Utada

  produced by Hikaru Utada

  arranged by Hikaru Utada

  keyboards and programming: Hikaru Utada

  先生+additional programming: Kei Kawano

  synthesizer programming: Kazuhide Tsunemi

  all vocals: Hikaru Utada

  recorded by Masaaki Ugajin at Toshiba EMI Studio, Bunkamura Studio

  mixed by Hikaru Utada and Goh Hotoda at The Hit Factory,NY'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/700
  names:
    en: EASTWORLD
    ja: EASTWORLD
    ja-latn: EASTWORLD
  role: label
- link: org/19
  names:
    en: Toshiba EMI Ltd.
    ja: 東芝EMI株式会社
    ja-latn: Toshiba EMI Ltd.
  role: publisher
performers: []
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platforms:
- Series
products:
- names:
    en: HERO
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: TOCT-24559
  date: '2001-03-07'
  link: album/25524
  names:
    en: HERO ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: フジテレビ系ドラマ「HERO」オリジナル・サウンド...
    ja-latn: HERO ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: live
- catalog: TOCT-26327
  date: '2007-09-05'
  link: album/146339
  names:
    en: HERO TV Series ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: フジテレビ系ドラマ「HERO」TVシリーズ オリジナル...
    ja-latn: HERO TV Series ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: live
- catalog: TOCT-26326
  date: '2007-09-05'
  link: album/146356
  names:
    en: HERO the Movie Original Soundtrack
    ja: 「HERO」映画版 オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: HERO the Movie Original Soundtrack
  type: live
- catalog: AVCL-25876
  date: '2015-07-15'
  link: album/146370
  names:
    en: HERO 2015 Original Soundtrack
    ja: HERO 2015 劇場版 オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: HERO 2015 Original Soundtrack
  type: live
release_date: '2001-03-28'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3059.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/108731?perpage=99999
votes: 0
