Nandaka Kimi ga Koishikute

* Regular Ed.
* Limited Ed.

**Nandaka Kimi ga Koishikute** (なんだかキミが恋 (こい)しくて, *I Somehow Yearn For You*) is a mini-album released by Sayonara Ponytail. It was released on December 5, 2012.

The regular edition has 1 disc with 8 tracks, while the limited edition contains a bonus track.

## Background

Each song on *Nandaka Kimi ga Koishikute* was created by a different member of the band (exlcuding the bonus track); the album marked the songwriting debuts in Sayonara Ponytail for music team members Maumau, Kuroneko, and Megu, and vocalists Miina, Ayumin, and Nacchan. Before this, only Fukkun and 324P had written songs for the band.

## Personnel

* Nacchan - vocals and chorus; guitar, synthesizer etc.
* Ayumin - vocals and chorus; guitar, synthesizer etc.
* Fukkun - lyrics; composition etc.
* Maumau - bass; guitar; keyboard; drum; programming etc.
* 324P - lyrics; composition; mixing; synthesizer; programming etc.
* Megu - vocals and chorus; saxophone etc.
* Megane-kun - cheering (and so on)
* Yuritan - god
* Kuroneko - total production

**Ongaku to Mahou Staff (音楽と魔法スタッフ)**
* Hayashi-sensei (林先生)
* Manager Yamamoto (山本監督) (who is currently on a long-term business trip)

**Guest Musicians**
* Strings Arrangement: Toru Ishitsuka (VOICE&HEART) for M-1, 5
* Strings: Tokunaga Tomomi Strings for M-1, 5
* Synthesizer: Neko-HA for M-7, Drums: Neko-UT for M-7
* Bass: Neko-YA for M-7, Guiter: Neko-ME for M-7
* Guitar, Bass, Programming: Papa for M-8
* Piano: Keiko Sen-sei for M-9

**Recording**
* Mau Mau (Mau Mau Studio) & 324P (324P Studio)
* Hiroya Takayama (Sony Music Studios Tokyo), Atsushi Yamaguchi (MITSTUDIO)
* Hidenori Shin (NONEWYORK STUDIO), Tomohito Nomura (MOTHERSHIP STUDIO)
* Chifumi Karasawa (POPHOLIC), Yoshinori Morita (studioforesta)
* Mastering: Kentaro Kimura (KIMKEN STUDIO)

* A/R Director / Project Manager: Takaaki Taguchi (Epic Records Japan)
* Assistant Director: Shun Imai, Takumi Terao (Epic Records Japan)
* Artist Promotion Chief: Riko Machida (Epic Records Japan)
* Artist Promotion: Junichiro Kurihara, Keiko Yamato (Epic Records Japan)
* Media Promotion Chief: Masanori Uratsuka (Epic Records Japan)
* Media Promotion: Shinya Inoue, Mayuko Isebo, Yoshihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Ayako Nagatsuka, Akiko Itoh, Yuriko Konya (Epic Records Japan)
* Area Proomotion: Akiko Sato, Yuichiro Hisaizumi, Hiroki Hoshijima, Yuka Tsuda, Takako Yamamoto, Junichiro Kumahara, Kanako Saeki (Epic Records Japan)
* Multi Promotion Planning Chief: Masanobu Endo (Epic Records Japan)
* Multi Promotion Planning: Wataru Yamamoto, Naoki Sekine, Shinei Taku, Mari Yamada (Epic Records Japan)
* Label Administration Chief: Kumiko Sugita (Epic Records Japan)
* Label Administration: Katsuko Iida, Miki Takashima, Ai Ishikawa, Yasuki Haga, Takafumi Kitao (Epic Records Japan)
* Sales Promotion: Hiromi Kanehira, Dai Sugamata, Chie Arai, Natsuko Negishi (Sony Music Distribution)
* Web Promotion: Yasukazu Ko, Kazuko Suzuki, Yuki Takahashi, Akira Ushioda (Sony Music Network)
* Business Affairs: Ryota Katsuki, Hitomi Takano, Misato Numao (Sony Music Entertainment)
* Production Coordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications)
* Executive Producers: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hiromu Okada, Shunichi Kishimoto, Yasuhiro Hayashi (Epic Records Japan)

## Post-release

The album charted on the Oricon Albums Chart for 1 week and peaked at 99.

## Music Videos

Bokura no Kisetsu (Region Blocked: Japan Only)

## Gallery

contents of limited editioncreditsArtist photopromo

## Trivia

* Up until the release of Ginga, which contains a track composed by Miina, all songs composed by vocalists following *Nandaka Kimi ga Koishikute* were produced for their own solo units.

## External Links

* Streaming
	+ Apple Music: Romanized | Japanese
	+ OTOTOY
	+ Spotify
	+ YouTube
	+ YouTube Music

## References

1. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. Booklet. *Nandaka Kimi ga Koishikute*, Epic Records Japan, 2012.
2. ↑ etc. was originally「など]
3. ↑ originally「とか」
4. ↑ originally （長期出張中）
5. ↑ a misspelling of guitar
6. ↑ Official Oricon data via Wayback Machine