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Nagai\n  Keyboards: Shusei Tsukamoto\n  Drums: Kozo Suganuma\n  Chorus: cha cha maru, Shusei Tsukamoto,\n               Reizi from CRAP'S,\n               Kuma from NERVE,\n               Kyoji from CROSS\nM-06.\n  Lyrics by Ikki Matsumoto\n  Music by Toshi\n  Arranged by cha cha maru & Toshi\n  Guitars: cha cha maru\n  Bass: Toshimi Nagai\n  Keyboards: Shusei Tsukamoto\n  Drums: Kozo Suganuma\nM-07. 4th Single (New Arrangement)\n  Performed by Toshi with Night Hawks\n  Lyrics by Toshi\n  Music by Shuichi Aoki\n  Arranged by Shuichi Aoki\n  Guitars: Shuichi Aoki\n  Bass: Shuichi Aoki\n  Keyboards & Percussion: Shuichi Aoki\n  Pipeorgan: Shusei Tsukamoto\n  Drums: Tetsuya Kudo\n  Chorus: Shuichi Aoki\nM-08.\n  Lyrics by Toshi\n  Music by cha cha maru & Toshi\n  Arranged by cha cha maru & Toshi\n  A.Guitar: cha cha maru\n  Harp: Nobuo Yagi\n  Percussion: Kozo Suganuma\nM-09.\n  Lyrics by Toshi\n  Music by Toshi\n  Arranged by cha cha maru & Toshi\n  E.Guitar & A.Guitar: cha cha maru\n  A.Guitar: Toshi\n  Bass: Toshimi Nagai\n  Keyboards: Shusei Tsukamoto\n  Drums: Kozo Suganuma\n  Chorus: Maxayne Lewis\n               Marva King\n               Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey\nM-10. 2nd Single (New Mix)\n  Performed by Toshi with Night Hawks\n  Lyrics by Toshi\n  Music by Shuichi Aoki\n  Arranged by Shuichi Aoki\n  Guitar: Shuichi Aoki\n  Bass: Shuichi Aoki\n  Keyboards: Shuichi Aoki\n  Drums: Tetsuya Kudo\n  Chorus: Shuichi Aoki\nM-11.\n  Lyrics by Toshi\n  Music by cha cha maru\n  Arranged by cha cha maru & Toshi\n  Guitars: cha cha maru\n  Keyboards: Shusei Tsukamoto\n  Percussions: Kozo Suganuma\nProduced by Toshi\nCo-Produced and Mixed by Motonari Matsumoto\nA & R Director: Takeki Maeda (BMG Victor)\nVocals: Toshi\nGuitars: Yukihiro \"cha cha maru\" Fujimura\nBass: Toshimi Nagai\nKeyboards: Shusei Tsukamoto\nDrums & Percussions: Kozo Suganuma\nHarp: Nobuo Yagi\nStrings: Asuka Kaneko Unit\nChorus: Maxayne Lewis, Marva King, Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey,\n             cha cha maru, Shusei Tsukamoto,\n             Reizi, Kuma, Kyoji\nExcept \"Always and Looming\" Performed by Night Hawks\nAll Arranged by Yukihiro Fujimura & Toshi\nExcept \"Always and Looming\" by Shuichi Aoki\nRecording Engineer: Motonari Matsumoto\n                              Naoya Takahashi\n                              Hiroto Kobayashi (LA)\nSecond Engineer: Shinji Kobayashi, Masatoshi Mutou,\n                           Yasuyuki Hara, Tsuyoshi Asano,\n                           Patrick Karamian, Rob Groom\nMixed at SEDIC\nRecorded at SEDIC, ON AIR AZABU STUDIO, DEVONSHIRE STUDIO (LA)\nPipeorgan Recording: Akira Naruoka, Toshiyuki Hayashi (SCI)\nPipeorgan Recorded at Ishibashi memorial hall (Uenogakuen)\nMastered by Mitsukazu Tanaka\nMastered at Sony Shinanomachi\nHead of Promotion: Hiroshi Monji (BMG Victor)\n                             Masanobu Sano (Pro-Net inc.)\nArtist Manegement: d-point corporation;\n                              Masayuki Maeda, Nobuko Nakagawa,\n                              Tohru Watanabe, Eriko Nishizuka,\nLA Staff: Peter J. 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