NEXT LEVEL / ayumi hamasaki [Limited Edition] / NEXT LEVEL / 浜崎あゆみ / NEXT LEVEL / ayumi hamasaki [Limited Edition]

Track 01
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music, Arrangement & Programming: Yuta Nakano
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 02
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: D·A·I
Arrangement: HΛL
Programming: HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu)
Additional Programming: Mayuko Maruyama
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
B.G. Vocal: Junko Hirotani
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 03
Music, Arrangement, Programming, Guitar & Bass: CMJK
Mixed by CMJK

Track 04
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: Yuta Nakano
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar: CMJK
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 05
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: Kazuhiro Hara
Arrangement, Programming, Guitar & Bass: CMJK
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 06
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: Yuta Nakano
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar: CMJK
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 07
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: Tetsuya Yukumi
Arrangement, Programming & Guitar: tasuku
Drums: Tom Tamada
Strings Arrangement: Gen Ittetsu
Strings: Gen Ittetsu Strings
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 08
Music, Arrangement, Programming, Guitar & Bass: CMJK
Mixed by CMJK

Track 09
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music, Arrangement & Programming: Yuta Nakano
Drums: Josh Freese
Bass: Chris Chaney
Guitar: Tim Pierce
Additional Guitar: KIKU, Ryota Akizuki
Additional B.G. Vocal: Stephanie Alexandra, Sharlott Gibson
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 10: Live Action Movie "DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION" Theme Song
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: Miki Watanabe
Arrangement: HΛL
Programming: HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu)
Additional Programming: Mayuko Maruyama
Drums: Tom Tamada
Bass: Junko Kitasaka
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 11
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music, Arrangement & Programming: Yuta Nakano
Guitar: KIKU
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 12
Music & Arrangement: HΛL
Programming: HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu)
Additional Programming: Mayuko Maruyama
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Mixed by HΛL

Track 13
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: Kunio Tago
Arrangement: HΛL
Programming: HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Takehito Shimizu)
Additional Programming: Mayuko Maruyama
Drums: Tom Tamada
Guitar: Takehito Shimizu
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Track 14
Words: ayumi hamasaki
Music: Kazuhiro Hara
Arrangement & Acoustic Piano: Yuta Nakano
Additional B.G. Vocal: Hiroko Nohara, Silica Nakajima, Fumiko Ishimori, Katsura Ohtsuka
Mixed by Koji Morimoto

Produced by max matsuura

Directed & Recorded by Koji Morimoto

A&R + Director: Hidetomo "KOME" Yoneda (avex trax)

Mastered by Shigeo Miyamoto at form THE MASTER

Recordist: Koji Morimoto, Satoshi Sasamoto (prime sound studio form), Yuichi Nagayama, John Paterno
2nd Engineer: Seiji Itabashi (prime sound studio form), Ryan Kennedy, Josh Gudwin (Record Plant Recording Studios, LA)
Recorded & Mixed at:
  Record Plant Recording Studios, LA, prime sound studio form, avex honolulu studios, Hawaii, Studio Sound DALI, Victor Studio
  Warner Music Recording Studio

Composer Management:
  Tadayoshi Matsuzaka, Shigeru Kajita, Yoshihiko Mototani (tearbridge production), Tomonori Takeda (Ryuken), Morihiko Aoyagi (SCOOP MUSIC)
  Takahide Azuchi, Hiroshi Kawano (True Song Music)
Players & Studio Coordination in LA: Mai Takamizawa (Plenty)
Players Coordination: Yoji Sugiyama (Witchcraft), Yasushi Horiguchi (HOT WAVE)
Studio Setup Assist: Noriko Yajima (prime sound studio form)
Additional Direction Support [Tr.14]: Yoshihisa Tokuda (avex entertainment inc.)

Team Ayu: Kazuki "Mr.KAZ" Okabe (avex management inc.)
Artist Management Chief: Kouji "Ouji" Hashimoto (avex management inc.)
Artist Management: Tadashi Urakami, Masaaki Gyobu (avex management inc.)

Artist Management Supervisor: Yasuto Hoyamatsu (avex management inc.)
Artist Brand Management: Hideki "Jackie" Endo (avex management inc.)

Visual Producer: Kiyoshi "Mizumo" Utsumi (avex group)
Media Promotion: Takeshi Mori & All Promotion Division Media Room, Hideki Hori & All Publicity Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
Media Promotion Supervisor: Yoshihiro Seki (avex entertainment inc.)
Sales Promotion: Tomohiro Miyauchi, Jun Yogi, Takashi Saigo, Miyuki Ono & All AMI Staff (avex marketing inc.)
Tie-up Coordination:
  Kenta Kobayashi, Seitaro Takagi, Yasushi Sakai, Hidenori Nishijima, Shuichi Kato & All Promotion Division Tie-up Room Staff (avex entertainment inc.)
Casting Coordination:
  Tatsuo Kodama, Tomoyasu Kimura, Shingo Kitagawa, Kazunari Ishii & All Promotion Division Casting Room Staff (avex management inc.)
Merchandising Director: Naomi Mayuzumi (avex marketing inc.)
Team Ayu Operation: Noriko Shiraishi (avex marketing inc.)
Web Designer: Yukiko Ito, Makiko Kotera (avex marketing inc.)
A&R Desk: Yuka Nakanishi (avex trax)
Management Desk: Mari Morita (avex management inc.)

A&R Chief: Kentaro Furusawa (avex trax)
A&R Supervisor: Hiroshi Ishimori (avex trax)
A&R Executive Supervisor: Jun Harada (avex trax)

General Producers: Shinji Hayashi, Takashi Araki, Ryuhei Chiba (avex group)


<Video Clip & Making Clip>
"Days" Directed by Takahide Ishii / Choreographer: Yusaku Zin
"GREEN" Directed by Kazuyoshi Shimomura / Choreographer: Miwako "Peco" Hamada, Yusaku Zin
"Rule" Directed by Takahide Ishii / Choreographer: Yusaku Zin, Subaru Tomita
"Sparkle" Directed by Kazuyoshi Shimomura
"NEXT LEVEL" & "Curtain call" Directed by Stanly Izumi Kim, Luis Hernandez
"Making Clips" Directed by Jin Koyanagi, Keisuke Onodera, Toshiyuki Misawa / Camera: Takami Mine

Location Support: Luis Hernandez (Day O Production,inc.), Stanly Izumi Kim (s.i.k.e.), Morton Nii, Akifumi "Koichi" Kojima (avex live creative inc.)

<LIVE CD from "PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE 2008-2009 A">
Musical Director: Shingo Kobayashi (Quark)
Band: Nobuo Eguchi, Yoshihiro Tomonari, Enrique, Yoshio Nomura, Yusuke Miyazaki, Miwako "Peco" Hamada, Yoko "Princess" Yamazaki
Mixed by Koji Morimoto
Mastered by Motohiro Tsuji at form THE MASTER
MA: Taketoshi Inoue (IMAGICA)

Photographer: Kazuyoshi Shimomura (AVGVST)
Assistant Photographer: Masayuki Kamo
Design: Tomokazu Suzuki (MOMOYA)

Hair: Kazuyoshi Takahashi (ZACC)
Assistant Hair: Hiroyuki "Koi-Pink" Kuramoto (ZACC)
Stylist: Kei "Okei" Ito (Two Culture Inc)
Assistant Stylist: Yuko "Dj" Honda (Two Culture Inc)
Costume Director: Akira Noda (Workaholik)
Nail Artist: Kanako "Bancho" Miura (Three Peace)
Assistant Nail Artist: Shingo "Minazo" Sano
Make Up: Jin "Gori" Kiyota (Rond.)
Trainer: So "kurisuteru" Nagashima (tune:up)

Set Support: NOMURA Co., Ltd.

Creative Coordination: Naoki Ueda (avex marketing inc.)
CG Treatment: Makoto Harikae, Hiroko Tanaka, Toru Sakuma (amana)
Quality Control: Masashi Shinabe, Toshiyuki Suzuki (avex marketing inc.)
DVD Authoring: Akihito Horikoshi (avex marketing inc.)
DVD Menu Design: Yohei Sato (avex marketing inc.)

Special Thanks:
  Junichi "nonchan" Kamitoku, Mika "mama♥" Noguchi, Tetsuya "Hige2" Hirakawa, Takako "Turico" Tsuriya
  Mizuho Sano, Satomi Masubuchi, Shouko Miki (ZACC), Keizo Kuroda, Kazuhisa Kurumizawa (Three Peace)
  Jun Yoshida (ISM), Ward Sexton, Katsutaka "Numacchi" Numakura (Office Lift), ANEKI, Bacchi,...and You!!!