piano & keyboards:yoko kanno (session in japan) drums:yasuo sano, akira sotoyama, yoshie hiragakura bass:hitoshi watanabe guitar:tsuneo imahori, hisaaki hogari, kenji fujii synthesizer manipulating:keishi urata(assisted by yosuke sugimoto, chikanari gokan, seiichi takubo), syunsuke sakamoto strings:masatsugu shinozaki group percussion:masaharu sato harp:tomoyuki asakawa flute:takashi asahi oboe:masakazu ishibashi clarinet:shoji togame horn:hiroyuki minami group all backing vocal:maaya sakamoto (session in italy) strings:orchestra di roma 1st violin riccardo pellegrino co-ordinated by:yoshio nakatani, teta pitteri (session in U.S.A) vocal:steve conte co-ordinated by:cherry kaoru hulsey, blue sun film(U.S.A)