BEST ~first things~ / Kumi Koda / ベスト ～first things～ / 倖田來未 / BEST ~first things~ / Kumi Koda

M1.01
words: Kumi Koda / Daisuke "D.I" Imai
music & arrangement: Daisuke "D.I" Imai
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M1.02
words: Kumi Koda
music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M1.03
words: Kumi Koda
music: Kazuhito Kikuchi
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Koji Morimoto

M1.04
words: Natsumi Watanabe
music: Miki Watanabe
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Takashi Sakane

M1.05
words: Kumi Koda
music: Yasuhiro Abe
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Koji Morimoto

M1.06
words: Kumi Koda
music: Tsukasa
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Tsuyoshi Inoue

M1.07
words: Kenn Kato
music: Hiroo Yamaguchi
arrangement: 813 & h-wonder
mixed by Koji Morimoto

M1.08 - PS2 Game "FINAL FANTASY X-2" Opening Theme
words: Kenn Kato
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M1.09 - PS2 Game "FINAL FANTASY X-2" Insert Song
words: Kazushige Nojima
music & arrangement: Takahito Eguchi & Noriko Matsueda
mixed by Toshiyuki Yoshida

M1.10
words: Kumi Koda
music & arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M1.11
words: Kenn Kato
music: D.A.I.
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M1.12 - TV Anime "Gilgamesh: Whose side are you on?" Opening Theme
words & music & arrangement: Miki Watanabe
mixed by Kaoru Akimoto

M2.01 - OVA "Re:Cutie Honey" & Live Action Movie "Cutie Honey" Opening Theme
words: Claude Q
music: Takeo Watanabe
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.02
words: Kumi Koda / Kazuhiro Hara
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.03
words: Kumi Koda / Kosuke Morimoto
music: Kosuke Morimoto
arrangement: Reo Nishikawa
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.04
mixed by Naoki Yamada
words & music & arrangement: Miki Watanabe

M2.05
words: Kumi Koda
music: Katsumi Ohnishi
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.06
words: Kumi Koda / KM-MARKIT
music & arrangement: Daisuke "D.I" Imai
mixed by Naoki Yamada
KM-MARKIT appears by the courtesy of UBG Records / PONY CANYON INC.

M2.07
words: Kumi Koda
music & arrangement: Miki Watanabe
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.08
words: Yoshi
music & arrangement: Y@suo Ohtani
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.09
words: Kumi Koda
music & arrangement: Daisuke "D.I" Imai
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.10 - NDS Game "URUSEI YATSURA: Endless Summer" Theme Song
words: Kumi Koda
music: Kosuke Morimoto
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Naoki Yamada

M2.11 (Bonus Track)
words & music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: h-wonder
mixed by Koji Morimoto


MUSIC VIDEO STAFF

M3.01
Director: Masashi Muto (to max)
Producer: Sumitaka Fushimizu (to max)

M3.02
Director: Ken Sueda (SeP)
Producer: Ishikawa Kazumi, Kiyohisa Nakamura

M3.03
Director: Toru Morimoto, Yuki Saito
Producer: Tsuyoshi Takizawa

M3.04,05
Director: Takashi Tadokoro (EXFLARE)
Producer: Masaki Shinozuka (G-gravity Inc.)

M3.06,10,11
Director: Tetsuo Inoue (COLOURFIELD Inc.)
Producer: Noriko Kuwabara (COLOURFIELD Inc.)

M3.07
Director: Tetsuo Inoue (COLOURFIELD Inc.)
Producer: Noriko Kuwabara (COLOURFIELD Inc.)
CG Movie: Ⓒ2003 SQUARE CO.,LTD.All Rights Reserved.
Main Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura
Alternate Costume Design: Tetsu Tsukamoto

M3.08
Director: Takahide Ishii
Producer: Sumitaka Fushimizu (to max), Surayuth Sritrakui (Thailand)

M3.09
Director: Takashi Tadokoro (EXFLARE)
Producer: Kazutoshi Fuku (SeP)

M3.12
Director: Hideaki Sunaga
Producer: Keiichi Toyomura (SeP)

M3.13
Director: Takashi Tadokoro (EXFLARE)
Producer: Kazuyuki Takaba, Masaki Shinozuka (G-gravity Inc.)

M3.14
Director: Ippe~ Morita (saloon)
Producer: Yujiro Noda (no max)

M3.15
Director: Ippe~ Morita (saloon)
Producer: Sumitaka Fushimizu (to max)

M3.16,17 / M3.19 (Bonus Clip)
Director: Shigeaki Kubo
Producer: Hayato Murakoshi (SeP)

M3.18
Director: Takashi Tadokoro (EXFLARE)
Producer: Yu-suke Fujitate (G-gravity Inc.)


A&R Direction: Natsuko Fukuzoe (rhythm zone)
Chief A&R: Masatoshi Uchida (rhythm zone)
A&R Assistant: Aiko Kuwabara, Fukiko Saito, Kae Kobayashi, Keiko Kaneko (rhythm zone)

Artist Management: Yoshiyuki Shibosawa, Masayuki Suzuki (AEI)
Management Adviser: Masato Iijima, Ryoichi Sumitani, Kumi Watanabe (AEI)
Management Desk: Yasuka Ono (AEI)

Media Promotion: Koki Sato, Masataka Muro (AEI) & All Media Promotion Room Staff of AEI
Tie-up Coordination: Tatsuo Kodama, Daisuke Ogi (AEI) & All Casting Section Staff of AEI
Sales Promotion: Atsushi Nishimoto, Norio Miyazaki (AMC) & All AMC staff
Area Promotion: Rui Maeda, Tomoyasu Kimura (AMC) & All AP team of AMC
Web Direction: Yoko Eguchi (ANI)
"playroom" Direction: Kaoru Kato, Daisuke Takase (ANI)

Recording Direction: Shigeru Kajita (tearbridge production)
Mastered by: Rena Koyanagi (avex studio) at avex studio
DVD Authoring: Yuka Matsuki (ANI)
DVD Menu Design: Naoya Munemura (ANI)

Art Direction & Design: Toshiyuki Suzuki
Design: Jun Hirota
Photography: Osami Yabuta
Styling: Tetsuro Nagase (Image)
Hair & Makeup: Akemi Nakano
Nailist: Akiko Akkui (ORIENTAL NAIL)
Digital Work: Akiko Maruta, Naoto Yamashita, Shogo Ito (CUORE inc.)
Creative Coordinator: Kanako Shino (AMC)

Artist Brand Management & A&R Supervisor: Yoshihiro Seki (rhythm zone)
Advisory Producer: Masaomi Takagi, Motohiro Abe, Akira Akutsu (AEI), Hiroaki Ito (tearbridge production), Kenichiro Hori (ANI)
General Producer: Ryuhei Chiba (AEI), Takashi Araki (AGHD), Shinji Hayashi (AMC)
Executive Producer: Masato Matsuura (avex group)

Special Thanks
much appreciation to all the staffs who lent their expertise and skills to Koda Kumi
nuff respect to family & friends who always back up KUU
and...special love to all fans, without YOU, any dreams couldn't have come true


CD M2.11 and DVD M3.19 are only included with the first pressing of the album.