On May 29, 2024, “EMI” label released “Carnival”, the seventh Ringo Sheena studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2024, and was produced by Ringo Sheena, Neko Saito and Yoichi Murata.

Personnel:

• Ringo Sheena – vocals, programming, conductor
• Yukio Nagoshi – guitars
• Masaki Hayashi – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Ichiyo Izawa – piano, clavichord, Wurlitzer electric piano, guitars, organ
• Yoshiaki Sato – accordion, organ
• Masayuki Hiizumi – clavichord, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Keisuke Torigoe – bass, double bass, tubular bells
• Yoshinobu Takeshita – double bass
• Shun Ishiwaka – drums, percussion, glockenspiel
• Midori Takada – timpani, tubular bells
• Uni Inoue – clapping, percussion, tambourine
• Takashi Ohi – vibraphone 
• Kei Suzuki – alto saxophone
• Osamu Koike – tenor saxophone
• Takuo Yamamoto – saxophone, tenor and baritone saxophone
• Koji Nishimura – trumpet
• Sho Okumura – trumpet
• Hitomi Niida – trumpet
• Azusa Toujyou – trombone
• Katsuhisa Asari – trombone
• Shinsuke Torizuka – trombone
• Yoichi Murata – trombone, euphonium
• Hideyo Takakuwa – flute
• Naka Hidehito – clarinet 
• Yuka Takashi – clarinet
• Michiyo Morikawa – flute
• Izumi Kohki – horn 
• Otohiko Fujita – horn
• Kaname Hamaji – horn
• Mayuko Morieda – oboe 
• Satoshi Shoji – oboe
• Akira Ishikawa – bassoon
• Yuka Sakai – bassoon
• Jo Kuwata – violin
• Akiko Maruyama – violin
• Akane Irie – violin
• Kanako Higashiyama – violin
• Kanako Sakata – violin
• Great Eida – violin
• Haruko Yano – violin
• Masahiro Miyake – violin
• Takayuki Oshikane – violin
• Yumi Negoro – violin
• Keiko Shiga – violin
• Kioko Miki – violin
• Ado Matsumoto – violin
• Akiko Maruyama – violin
• Hijiri Kuwano – violin
• Mari Asai – violin
• Nagisa Kiriyama – violin
• Yukinori Murata – violin
• Takashi Hamano – violin
• Akiko Shimauchi – violin
• Yui Kaneko – violin
• Ayumu Koshikawa – violin
• Yuki Nakajima – violin
• Mayu Takashima – viola 
• Yuji Yamada – viola
• Amiko Watabe – viola
• Go Tomono – viola
• Hirohito Furugawara – viola
• Ayano Kasahara – cello 
• Erika Makioka – cello
• Yoshihiko Maeda – cello
• Masao Watanabe – cello
• Yuki Shinozaki – cello
• Junpei Hayashida – cello
• Tomoyuki Asakawa – harp 
• Great Eida Strings – strings
• Kevin Lin – concert master
• Robert Ziegler – conductor
• Neko Saito – conductor
• London Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
• Daoko – vocals
• Momo – vocals
• Ikkyu Nakajima – vocals
• Ai – vocals
• Nocchi – vocals
• Hikaru Utada – vocals
• Atarashii Gakko! – vocals
• London Voices – chorus
• Ben Parry – chorus master
• Terry Edwards – chorus master
• Ringo Sheena – recording arrangements
• Neko Saito – recording arrangements
• Yoichi Murata – horn arrangements, string arrangements, recording arrangements
• Masahito Komori – engineer
• Simon Rhodes – engineer
• Uni Inoue – engineer, mixing

Track listing

All tracks by Ringo Sheena, except where noted.

1. Offering Sake
2. I’m Free
3. A Procession of the Living
4. As a Human
5. IRKO
6. Open Secret
7. The Sun & Moon
8. Closed Truth
9. FRDI
10. Bye Purity
11. A Grand Triumphant Return
12. Toogood
13. Cheers Beer