Akiko Infinity Kokia: Balance
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Personnel
- Takeshi Arai – guitar (#2)
- Katsuhiko "Chara" Asano – mixing engineer (#7, #9)
- Toshihiko Fujimi – publicist
- Takashi Furuta – drums (#10)
- Yuya Haraguchi – acoustic/electric guitars (#1)
- Shigeyuki Hirano – director, mixing engineer (#1, #3-5, #8)
- Noriko Inose – photographer
- Hiroko Ishida – violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
(#9) - Nao Ishizaka – hair designer
- Ayako Karasawa – cello (#9)
- Emiko Kato – licence management
- Atsushi Kawahata – piano (#8)
- Hiroshi Kawasaki – mastering engineer
- Kokia – arranger (#3-6, #8), design/styling, songwriter, piano (#3), producer, vocal chorus arrangement, vocals
- Masahiro Kuniyoshi – download sales
- Kazuhiro Matsuo – acoustic guitar (#4), guitar (#10)
- Tsuyoshi Miyagawa – drums (#2)
- Kaori Mori – make-up
- Ryōsuke Nakanishi – arrangement/programming (#7)
- Kenji Nozaki – package sales
- Hiroyasu Okada – sikuSiku (panpipe)The Siku , is a traditional Andean panpipe. This instrument is the main instrument used in a musical genre known as the Sikuri. It is traditionally found all across the Andes but is more typically associated with music from the Kollasuyo, or Aymara speaking regions around Lake Titicaca...
(#5) - Mio Okamura Strings (#2)
- Yoshikazu Sasahara – mizing engineer (#2, #6, #10-11)
- Katsuhiko Sato – acoustic guitar (#9)
- Shigeki Selizawa – washtub bassWashtub bassThe washtub bass, or "gutbucket", is a stringed instrument used in American folk music that uses a metal washtub as a resonator. Although it is possible for a washtub bass to have four or more strings and tuning pegs, traditional washtub basses have a single string whose pitch is adjusted by...
(#9) - Shin Eai-Sung – violin (#9)
- Ryoji Takai – washtub bass (#2, #10)
- Gen Tanabe – acoustic/electric guitar (#5), noise guitar (#1, #5)
- Tetsuya Toyama – guitars (#7)
- Hanako Uesato – violin (#9)
- Kiyohide Ura – arrangement (#2, #10-11), keyboard (#2, #10), piano (#6, #11), saxophone (#10)
- Yasuhisa Yamamoto (Usatrene Records) – arrangement (#1, #5, #12), cymbols (#5), mixing engineer (#1, #5), percussion/recording (#1, #12)