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  names:
    en: Zentaro Watanabe
    ja: 渡辺善太郎
- link: artist/39101
  names:
    en: Taichi Nakamura
    ja: 中村太知
- names:
    en: (bluesofa
barcode: '4988010019730'
catalog: ESCL-3045
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Vocal, Original Work
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- link: artist/15006
  names:
    en: Yoshiki Mizuno
    ja: 水野良樹
- link: artist/15704
  names:
    en: Hotaka Yamashita
    ja: 山下穂尊
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  name: ''
  tracks:
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      Japanese: 花は桜 君は美し
      Romaji: Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushi
    track_length: '4:24'
  - names:
      Japanese: 最後の放課後
      Romaji: Saigo no Houkago
    track_length: '4:47'
  - names:
      Japanese: 花は桜 君は美し -instrumental-
      Romaji: Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushi -instrumental-
    track_length: '4:24'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/136
  names:
    en: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックディストリビューション
    ja-latn: Sony Music Distribution (Japan) Inc.
  role: distributor
link: album/108956
lyricists:
- link: artist/15006
  names:
    en: Yoshiki Mizuno
    ja: 水野良樹
- link: artist/15704
  names:
    en: Hotaka Yamashita
    ja: 山下穂尊
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2021-02-10T23:06
  edited_date: 2026-01-13T14:00
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T16:35
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1389
name: Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushi / IKIMONOGAKARI
names:
  en: Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushi / IKIMONOGAKARI
  ja: 花は桜 君は美し / いきものがかり
  ja-latn: Hana wa Sakura Kimi wa Utsukushi / IKIMONOGAKARI
notes: 'M01

  Lyricist, Composer: Yoshiki Mizuno

  sound produced & arranged by Zentaro Watanabe

  additional musicians

  drums: Masaya Hiraoka (BOO BEE BENZ)

  bass: Yuji Okiyama

  piano: Mikio Sakai

  bass, guitars, tambourine & programming: Zentaro Watanabe

  strings: Kinbara Strings

  recorded & mixed by Toshiro Kai (P I C S)

  recorded at Sony Music Studios Tokyo, STUDIO GREENBIRD

  mixed at Sony Music Studios Tokyo

  assisted by Masaki Mori, Nobuyuki Murakami, Hiroshi Abe (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

                   Yu Aoki (STUDIO GREENBIRD)

  M02

  Lyricist, Composer: Hotaka Yamashita

  sound produced & arranged by Taichi Nakamura (bluesofa)

  additional musicians

  drums: Tom Tamada

  percussion: Hideaki "Lambsy" Sakai

  bass: Hiroyuki Yamada

  piano & organ: Sae Konno

  guitars & programming: Taichi Nakamura

  recorded & mixed by Toshiro Kai (P I C S)

  recorded at Sony Music Studios Tokyo, STUDIO GREENBIRD

  mixed at Sony Music Studios Tokyo

  assisted by Hiroya Takayama, Shuhei Ikeda, Hiroshi Abe (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

                   Shinya Yamazaki (STUDIO GREENBIRD)

  ikimono-gakari

  Vocal: Kiyoe Yoshioka

  Guitar & Background Vocal: Yoshiki Mizuno

  Guitar, Harmonica & Background Vocal: Hotaka Yamashita

  mastered by Mitsuyasu Abe (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

  mastered at Sony Music Studios Tokyo

  directed by Hiromu Okada, Takaaki Taguchi (Epic Records Japan)

  artist promotion: Junichiro Kurihara (Epic Records Japan)

  chief A&R: Shogo Tamada (Epic Records Japan)

  artist manager: 加藤正朗, 國府田かおり (cube)

  management chief: Masayoshi Ikeda (cube)

  executive producers: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Yorio Isshi (Epic Records Japan)

                                 Hiroyuki Kitamaki, Noriko Takahashi (cube)

  sales promotion: Keitaro Hayashi, Kentaro Yamada (Sony Music Distribution)

  web promotion: Satoshi Matsui (Sony Music Network)

  art direction: Toshiyuki Suzuki (united lounge tokyo)

  design: Ryoko Kawagishi (united lounge tokyo)

  photography: 大橋仁

  styling: Masaaki Mitsuzono

  hair & make-up: 米倉小有吏, 高山明日香

  location coordination: 山崎隆志, 中村敦 (Sunplanet inc)

  products coordination: Yukiko Takata (Sony Music Communications)

  special thanks

  渡辺雅之 (RAINBOW ENTERTAINMENT)

  Masahiro Akiyama, Ai Morihara (bluesofa)

  佐藤由佳 (P I C S)

  Yumi Hanada, Akemi Goto (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

  Nao Hirata (LEGATO MUSIC)

  中山幸徳 (YOMIKO ADVERTISING)'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/648
  names:
    en: Epic
    ja: Epic
    ja-latn: Epic
  role: label
- link: org/760
  names:
    en: Epic Records Japan Inc.
    ja: 株式会社エピックレコードジャパン
    ja-latn: Epic Records Japan Inc.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/10828
  names:
    en: IKIMONOGAKARI
    ja: いきものがかり
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2008-01-30'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 1020.0
reprints: []
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votes: 0
