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List Of Pokémon Theme Songs
This is a list of Pokémon theme songs that includes the media and release information, which is original Japanese and English dubbed opening and ending themes of ''Pokémon'' anime. They are as follows. Japanese theme songs Opening themes Ending themes Special themes Pokémon Get☆TV Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon Pocket Monsters (2019) Pocket Monsters Legends: Arceus anime Pokémon☆Sunday Pokémon Smash! Meet Up at the Pokémon House? English theme songs Opening themes Ending themes Note: "Pokémon Theme" was used as the end credit theme song in the dub, starting from "Pokémon: Indigo League" Episode 1: Pokémon - I Choose You! to Episode 57: The Breeder Center Secret, shortened theme songs were used as the end credit theme songs in the dub, from "Pokémon: Indigo League" Episode 52: Princess vs. Princess to "Pokémon: Advanced Battle" Episode 145: Pasta la Vista, shortened instrumenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokémon (TV Series)
abbreviated from the Japanese title of and currently branded in English as is a Japanese anime television series, part of The Pokémon Company's ''Pokémon'' media franchise, which premiered on TV Tokyo in April 1997. The anime franchise consists of eight sequential series in Japan, each based on a main installment of the ''Pokémon'' video game series. In the international broadcasts, these series are split across 27 seasons. The show originally followed Ash Ketchum, a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon. Joined by his partner Pokémon Pikachu and a rotating cast of human characters, Ash goes on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master", traveling through the various regions of the Pokémon world and competing in various Pokémon-battling tournaments known as the Pokémon League. Starting with the 26th season, a new cast is featured, with new protagonists Liko and Roy. The anime series is accompanied by spin-off programming; including '' Pokémon Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondo (music)
is a type of Japanese folk music genre. Etymology and description The literal translation of "ondo" is "sound head." Kanji, or the Chinese characters used in the Japanese language, often have literal and abstract meanings, here the kanji for "sound" (音-on) having a more abstract meaning of "melody" or "music," and the kanji for "head," (頭) having a more abstract meaning of "beat," "base pattern." Hence "ondo" probably refers to a kind of "sound" or "beat pattern." There are other names used to describe older Japanese genres of music. For example, "fushi" or " bushi" (節), with its literal meaning of "node," "knuckle," or "joint," refers to the nodes found in bamboo, usually found at a steady sequence. Thus "fushi" can also have the abstract idea of "sequence" to refer to notes and beats in a sequence, i.e., a melody. An "ondo," however, usually refers to a kind of song with a distinct swung 2/2 rhythm. This "swing" can be referred to as " ukare" in Japanese. "Ondo" is a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoiro Clover Z
is a Japanese idol girl group, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or . The four members of MCZ are known for energetic performances, incorporating elements of ballet, gymnastics, and action movies. MCZ is notable for being the first female group to hold a solo concert at National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo), National Olympic Stadium in Japan, as well as providing theme music for anime television series such as ''Sailor Moon'', ''Dragon Ball,'' and ''Pokémon (anime), Pokémon''. In 2013, the group grossed the fourth highest total sales revenue by a music artist in Japan, with over Japanese yen, ¥5.2 billion. During 2016, about 636,000 people attended their live concerts, the most ever for a Japanese female group. MCZ was ranked as the most popular female Japanese group from 2013 to 2018, and 2020 to 2022. MCZ has collaborated with other performers, including a 2015 recording with American hard rock band Kiss (band), KISS, marking KISS's first collaborative recording. In 2016, their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takeshi Tsuruno
is a Japanese actor, tarento, and musician. Early life Tsuruno is originally from Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. Career Tsuruno is known for his roles as Shin Asuka/Ultraman Dyna in ''Ultraman Dyna'' and as the leader of the musical units Shuchishin and Aladdin. As a member of Shuchishin and Aladdin, he appears regularly on the variety show ''Quiz! Hexagon II''. Tsuruno is currently represented with Ohta Production. Personal life Tsuruno married his former stylist in 2003. They have two sons named an unnamed son (born June 6, 2016) and three daughters named , , and . He named his albums after his daughters, and after recording his first album and before the birth of his third daughter he mused naming an album after his son such that it was called . Filmography TV dramas Discography Albums Singles Personal life Tsuruno is a Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoko Nakagawa
is a Japanese tarento, media personality, singer, actress, Voice acting in Japan, voice actress, illustrator, YouTuber, and cosplayer. Also known by her nickname , she is best known as the presenter of ''Pokémon Sunday'', and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime ''Gurren Lagann''. Biography Born and raised in Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo metropolitan area to her father, Katsuhiko Nakagawa, actor and musician, and her mother Keiko Nakagawa, a great-granddaughter of :ja:伊藤一隆, Kazutaka Ito, who is known for introducing and promoting the salmon and trout hatchery business. Her father died of leukemia on September 17, 1994 when she was 9. Nakagawa found escape from bullies by connecting with ''Pokémon'' when she was in 5th grade. "When I was a kid, I didn't have friends, but I did have ''Pokémon''." In the 2006 book , she wrote that her legal name was rather than , which she had been using for most of her life. At the time of her birth, she and her mother had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Mizuhashi
, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese pop singer, songwriter, dancer, model and costume designer from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Originally a member of a music group, Mizuhashi found fame posting videos on the Japanese website Niconico, and later gained viral popularity in Mainland China in 2018 after posting a dance video of her 2016 single " Gokuraku Jodo" on Bilibili. She is currently part of the pop rock duo Garnidelia. Biography Mizuhashi began her career as a member of the music group Harajuku BJ Girls, later known as the Chix Chicks. While a member of the group, Mizuhashi performed a number of opening and ending themes for different anime series, such as "Brand New Morning", which was used as the opening theme to the 2006 anime television series ''Kamisama Kazoku'', , which was used as the ending theme to the 2007 anime television series '' Dōjin Work'', and , which was used as the second ending theme to the 2007 anime television series '' Pokémon: Diamond a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori (voice Actress)
KAORI. (川奈 翠 Kawana Midori born 28 February 1976) is a freelance Japanese voice actress and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was previously employed by Contemporary Music Society and Aksent. Career Until around 1999, KAORI. worked under the stage name and then at an entertainment agency, but due to a merger with the agency she belonged to, she couldn't use "Kawana Midori" anymore, so she worked under the stage name for a brief period. The stage name KAORI., which she used since 2000, is a portmanteau of Kawana Midori. In 2008, when she appeared in '' Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl'', she changed her stage name to , though she continued to use "KAORI." when singing. She is also a member of the rock band Spunky Strider, in which she was a vocalist. As of 2012, she has stopped singing, either as a solo artist or with a band, due to vocal cervical dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia). She had signs of vocal problems starting in 2007, prior to her return as Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiko Ezaki
is a Japanese musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer from Kyoto, Japan. While she recently released her 5th CD, ''Arbol Grande'', she is better known for having written and sung songs for '' Pokémon: Advanced Generation''. Ezaki has composed many songs for well-known Japanese artists, including Kosuke Atari and Misaki Usuzawa, and has sung background vocals for several more. She has also composed music and done vocals on many television and radio commercials, and has created instrumental pieces both internationally and in Japan. In 2002, Ezaki was put in charge of composing the music and singing the ending theme song for the animated cartoon series Pocket Monsters (or ‘Pokémon’). Her songs included "Because the Sky is There" and "Smile". In 2012, she composed and sang background vocals on Pokémon's ending theme song, "Seven-colored Arch". In addition to her compositions, Ezaki produces CDs for indie artists on her own label, Moss Green Records, works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Iwasaki
is a Japanese female singer who debuted in 1975. Her younger sister Yoshimi Iwasaki is also a singer. In 1981 she was awarded the Silver Prize at the Tokyo Music Festival for her song "Koimachigusa". Her representative songs are "" — "" (1975), "" — "" (1977) and "" — "" (1982). However, her most immediately recognizable hit song, "" — "" (1978) has been such a consistent feature of monomane talent Korokke's routines, Hiromi Iwasaki has commented that when the intro played in concerts, fans would laugh, so she has ceremonially "gifted" that song to Korokke, whose performance has elongated both their careers. Biography Iwasaki made her official debut in April 1975 with the single "" — "Dyuetto", after winning a record contract on the popular Japanese talent competition show Star Tanjō! in the summer of 1974. The single peaked at no. 19, according to the Oricon charts. Its follow up, "Romance", peaked at no. 1, maintained its place for three weeks, and sold over a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūji Ueda
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for voicing the roles of Sagara Sanosuke in ''Rurouni Kenshin'', Akito Tenkawa in '' Martian Successor Nadesico'', Valerino in the 1992 series of '' Calimero'', Takeshi/Brock and Sonansu/Wobbuffet in ''Pokémon'', Horohoro in ''Shaman King'', Johannes Krauser II in '' Detroit Metal City'', Keitarō Urashima in '' Love Hina'', Shiro Iori in '' Kill la Kill'', and Yousuke Fuuma in '' Wedding Peach''. Biography He was born in Fukuoka as 上田祐司 (same pronunciation). In July 2004, he left Arts Vision and officially made his name into an all-hiragana form. In April 2005, Ueda joined Office Osawa. Yūji is frequently called "Yū-chan" by veteran voice actresses; usually co-voice actresses from Pokémon. He is married to voice actress Omi Minami. In March 2012, Ueda and Minami both left Osawa, and launched a new agency called PomaRancz. Filmography Television animation ;1992 *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin-ichiro Miki
is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo.Doi, Hitoshi.Miki Shinichirou. ''Seiyuu Database''. July 13, 2010. He is a member of 81 Produce. Miki is known for his distinctively smooth voice and often calm delivery in the roles he has landed. He often gets cast as handsome young men in anime, perhaps the most notable being Youji Kudou – Balinese ('' Weiß Kreuz'') and Kojirō ("James") ('' Pokémon''). Other famous roles include Takumi Fujiwara ('' Initial D'' anime, video game and mostly '' Arcade Stage'' series from ''Arcade Stage 4'' to ''Arcade Stage 8 Infinity''), Kisuke Urahara ('' Bleach''), Akira Yuki ('' Virtua Fighter''), Lockon Stratos ('' Mobile Suit Gundam 00''), Tatsuma Sakamoto ('' Gintama''), Teppei Iwaki ('' Area no Kishi''), Aikurō Mikisugi ('' Kill la Kill''), Hitomi ('' Code: Breaker''), Kagetora Aida ('' Kuroko's Basketball''), Roy Mustang ('' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''), Zamasu ('' Dragon Ball Super''), Bob Makihara ('' Tenjho Tenge''), Keisuke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megumi Hayashibara
is a Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality from Kita ward in Tokyo and is affiliated with self-founded Woodpark Office. One of the most prominent Japanese voice actresses since the 1990s, Hayashibara is best known for her roles in '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', '' Saber Marionette J'', '' Magical Princess Minky Momo'', '' Mashin Hero Wataru'', ''Ranma ½'', ''Cowboy Bebop'', ''Slayers'', ''Detective Conan'', ''Pokémon'', '' All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku'', '' Hello Kitty'', '' Video Girl Ai'', and ''Shaman King'' for which she also performed various OP and ED themes in both the 2001 and 2021 adaptations. Biography Hayashibara was born on March 30, 1967, in Kita Tokyo, Japan. She studied at a Catholic school and at one point was bullied in fifth grade. She was an active club member and participated in the Badminton, Biology, Broadcasting, Drama and English clubs. She played the role of Alice in an English language production of ''Alice in Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |