Adapted from LP liner notes:^[1]

• 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)

Tower of Power

• Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
• Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
• Steve Kupka – baritone saxophone
• Greg Adams – trumpet, horns arrangement (1, 4, 5)
• Mic Gillette – trumpet

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