Adapted from LP liner notes:
- Masayoshi Takanaka – guitar, string arrangement (4), composer
- Lee Ritenour – guitar
- Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (1, 4, 6)
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 7)
- Patrice Rushen – keyboards (1–4, 6, 7)
- Jun Fukamachi – keyboards (3, 5), string arrangement (2)
- Harvey Mason – drums (1, 3–6)
- Ed Greene – drums (2, 7)
- Shuichi Murakami – drums (4)
- Motoya Hamaguchi – percussion (1, 3–5)
- Steve Forman – percussion (1, 3–6)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 3, 5, 7)
- Elise Krentzel – lyrics (1)
- Roy Alfred – lyrics (4)
- Julia Tillman Waters – backup vocals (1, 4, 6)
- Maxine Willard Waters – backup vocals (1, 4, 6)
- Maxine Anderson – backup vocals (1, 4, 6)
- Jim Gilstrap – backup vocals (4)
- Katz Hoshi – string arrangement (7)
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Tower of Power (1, 4, 5)
Additional personnel and production
- Katsuya Yasumuro – executive producer
- Tokio Shibata – production manager
- Bob Stone – recording
- Teruaki Kitagawa – recording, mixing
- Isao Sakai – design
- Masayoshi Sukita – photography
- Hiroshi Tanaka – management
- Naomi Niimura – coordinator
- Olivia Page – coordinator
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