She has great respect for her Ouran co-star Maaya Sakamoto, and calls the older lady "Onee-sama" (お姉さま, a very respectful way of saying "elder sister").
In addition, the vocal tracks were performed by her frequent collaborator, Maaya Sakamoto, with lyrics for one of the songs by Chris Mosdell.
In his time working as a music producer and project developer he's helped launch the careers of musicians, Yoko Kanno, Yuki Kajiura, May'n and singer and voice actress, Maaya Sakamoto.
She is known to be a close friend (in working field) of Miki Imai, Yoko Kanno, Akino Arai and also Maaya Sakamoto.
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Maaya Sakamoto songs were simply moved by her writings started around year 1996 with the release of "Yakusoku wa Iranai" (I don't need a Promise), a simply lovely song sang by a lovely person, composed by Yoko Kanno and written by her.
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The supervising animation director and character designer was Sachiko Kamimura and featured Maaya Sakamoto as the title character.