All Music Composed, Arranged and Produced by Yoko Kanno Voice of Naoto ora : KO SHIBASAKI (Track 1) Voice of Naotora (Child) : MIU ARAI (Track 1) Buddhist Chant : Shinsuke Hosokawa (Ryuunnji Temple), Tatsuya Kondo, Hiroki Sakamoto (Track 1) *Ko Shibasaki by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment MIDORI, Violin (Tracks 7,15,22) LANG LANG, Piano (Track 24) PAAVO JARVI, Conductor (Track 24) NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, TOKYO (Track 24) Nyankei : Chibi (Special Appearance Track 24) *Lang Lang appears co courtesy of Sony Classical, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Kaeko Mukoyama Strings (Cello Solo : Kaeko Mukoyama) Concertmaster : Masahiro Morita Violin I : Rintaro Omiya, Tsutomu Yamagishi, Yuraka Tanaka, Toshihiko Sakai, Kyoko Une, Tamaki Kobayashi, Takao Furihata, Nana Miyagawa, Toshihiro Takai Violin II : Nobuko Obayashi, Akiko Tanaka, Kenji Matano, Toshiyuki Kimata, Haruhiko Mimata, Yosuke Niwa, Masamichi Yokoshima Violin 1 & II : Yuki Naoi, Koichi Yokomizo Viola : Hiroto Tobisawa, Ryo Muramatsu, Gentaro Sakaguchi, Hironori Nakamura, Mayumi ni Taniguch chi, Maiko Takimoto Cello : Kacko Mukoyama, Shunsuke Yamanouchi, Hiroya Ichi, Kenichi Nishiyama, Erika Makioka Contrabass : Masanori Ichikawa, Eiji Inagawa, Yoko Yanai Koichiro Muroya Strings Concertmaster : Koichiro Muroya Violin : Mariko Aikawa, Kyoko Ishigame, Aya Ito, Hanako Uesato, Yuichi Endo, Shoko Oki, Rina Odera, Shizuka Kawag guchi, Eaisung Shin, Tomomi Tokunaga, Mika Naramura, Ayaka Notomi, Takashi Hamano, Birman Sohei, Ado Matsun moto, Yuya Yanagihara, Koichi Yokomizo Viola : Shoko Mabuchi ,Gentaro Sakaguchi, Saori Oka. Mikiyo Kikuchi, Tomoko Shimaoka, Yuri Matsumoto Cello : Masan mi Horisawa a, Takayoshi Okuizumi, Yuki Shinozaki, Masaru Tamagawa, Yoshito Omiya Contrabass : Kazuhiro Tanabe, Ippei Kitamura, Hirofumi Taniguchi Rintaro Omiya Strings Concertm Violin I : Hiroyuki Matsuda, Yuki Naoi, Nana Miyagawa naster : Rintaro Omiya Violin II : Haruhiko Mimata, Koichi Yokomizo, Masamichi Yokoshima Viola : Gentaro Sakaguchi, Yuya Minorikawa Celle : Shunsuke Yamanouchi, Hiroya Ichi Contrabass : Jun Okamoto Harp : Risako H Hayakawa, Rino Kageyama Percussion : Hideki Ikegami, Ryoichi Kayatani Flute, Piccolo : Junichiro Taku, Kazuhiro Kajiwara Oboe : Bunkichi Arakawa, Kanami Araki, Clarine t : Kei Ito, Kimie Shigematsu, Hidehito Naka, Daisuke Katsuyama Fagotto : Toshicsugu Inoue Contra Fagotto : Masamichi Sasazaki Horn : Hitoshi Imai, Nobuaki Fukukawa, Naoki Ishiyama, Yasushi Katsumata, Shigeaki Hisanaga, Yoshiyuki Vema, Hirofumi Wada, Kazuko Nomiyama, Shunsuke Kimura, Yusuke Saito, Yu Sakuma Trumpet : Tomonori Sato, Ottaviano Cristofoli, Kazuya Honma, Kenichi Tsujimoto, Tomoki Ando, Cheonho Yo oon, Yasuhito to Ota, Kenta Uruma Trombone : Hikaru Koga, Shinsuke Torizuka, Koh Aoki, Izumi Nakanishi Bass Trombone : Shunji Yamaguchi, Keiichiro Sato Acoustic Guitar : Tsunco Imahori Percussion : Yoichi Okabe Drums : Yasuo Sano Zurna : Yasuhiro Kasa samatsu Ryuteki : Akinori Inaba Taiko : Masaki Otawa Chorus : The Little Singers of Tokyo Synthesizer Manipulator : Keishi Uraca Piano & Keyboards : Yoko Kanno ramming : Yosuke Sugimoto Synthesizer Programn Conducted by : Yoko Kanno Recording & Mixing Engincer : Tetsuya Hasuc Recording & Mixing Engineer : Masashi Yabuhara Mixing Engineer : Koji Suzuki Assistant Engineers : Yoshiharu Moriyama, Hiroki Soshi Scudio : NHK CR-506, 509, 604 Studio, NHK Publishing UDAGAWA Studio, Sony Music Studios Tokyo Piano Tuner : Hirobumi Ohashi (H. Matsuo Mu usical Instrun uments Co., Led.) Morikado Kurokawa (H. Matsuo Musical Instruments Co., Led.) Copyist : Ichiro Sasaki Recording & Musician Coordinator : Noriko Sekiya (Face Music) Music Production : Kazuki Nishi (Meow on the Bridge Inc.) Artist Managemen nt of Lang Lang : Jean-Jacques Cesbron (CAMI Music, LLC) Artist Management of Paavo Jarvi : Jennifer Spencer (Harrison Parroct Ltd) Artist Management of Midori : OFFICE GOTO CO., LTD. Mastering Engineer : Ted Jensen (STERLING SOUND) Mastering Coordinator : Tsuyoshi Niwa (STERLING SOUND)