arrangers:
- link: artist/42491
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Tanaka
    ja: たなかひろかず
barcode: '4935228982998'
catalog: ZMDP-156
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/42491
  names:
    en: Hirokazu Tanaka
    ja: たなかひろかず
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  name: Back
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discs:
- disc_length: '18:45'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: The Rivals!
      Japanese: ライバル!
    track_length: '3:59'
  - names:
      English: 'Type: Wild'
      Japanese: タイプ：ワイルド
    track_length: '3:29'
  - names:
      English: Hey! Pikachu
      Japanese: Hey! ピカチュウ
    track_length: '4:16'
  - names:
      English: Pokémon Sandwich
      Japanese: ポケモンサンドイッチ
    track_length: '3:05'
  - names:
      English: The Rivals! (Karaoke)
      Japanese: ライバル! (カラオケ)
    track_length: '3:56'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/27
  names:
    en: MEDIA FACTORY, INC.
    ja: 株式会社メディアファクトリー
    ja-latn: MEDIA FACTORY, INC.
  role: distributor
link: album/18398
lyricists:
- link: artist/7351
  names:
    en: Akihito Toda
    ja: 戸田昭吾
media_format: Mini CD
meta:
  added_date: 2010-03-13T10:21
  edited_date: 2022-09-14T17:33
  fetched_date: 2026-01-15T00:09
  freedb: 3
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 6337
name: The Rivals
names:
  en: The Rivals
  ja: ライバル！
  ja-latn: Rival!
notes: 'M-01 - TV Anime "Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands" Opening Theme

  Vocal: Rica Matsumoto

  Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Arranger: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Chorus Arranger: Yohgo Kohno

  Lyricist: Akihito Toda

  Drums: Hideo Yamaki

  Bass: Naoki Watanabe

  Acoustic Guitar &: Elec. Guitar: Nozomi Furukawa

  Slide Guitar: Tsuyoshi Kon

  Organ: Cher Watanabe

  Chorus: Yohgo Kohno, Masaaki Endoh

  Voice: Pikachu (CV: Ikue Ohtani), Charizard (CV: Shinichiro Miki), Blastoise (CV:
  Unsho Ishizuka)

  M-02 - TV Anime "Pokémon" 5th Ending Theme

  Vocal: Rica Matsumoto

  Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Arranger: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Lyricist: Akihito Toda

  Drums: Hideo Yamaki

  Bass: Tomohito Aoki

  Acoustic Guitar &: Elec. Guitar: Nozomi Furukawa

  Piano & Keyboard: Yasuharu Nakanishi

  Harmonica: Nobuo Yagi

  M-03

  Vocal: Meowth (CV: Inuko Inuyama), Pikachu (CV: Ikue Ohtani)

  Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Arranger: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Lyricist: Akihito Toda

  Manipulator: Cher Watanabe

  Acoustic Guitar: Nozomi Furukawa

  Piano: Hirokazu Tanaka

  M-04

  Vocal: Imakuni?

  Rivals: Raymond, Hiroko, Pokémon Kids

  Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Arranger: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Lyricist: Akihito Toda

  Manipulator: Cher Watanabe

  Elec. Guitar: Nozomi Furukawa

  Staff

  Supervisor: Tsunekazu Ishihara (Creatures)

  Music Producer: Takashi Yoshida (Well Commune)

  Sound Producer: Hirokazu Tanaka, Akihito Toda

  Recording Engineer: Masakazu Kimura

  Executive Producer: Ken Sakamoto (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Producer: Tetsu Kayama (MEDIA FACTORY), Katsuharu Nagata (PIKACHU RECORDS)

  A&R: Yasuki Miki (PIKACHU RECORDS)

  Sales Promotion:  Keiichi Sakai, Kazuhiro Ido (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Recording Studio: Freedom Studio, Music Inn Yamanakako Studio, MIT STUDIO, Little
  Bach Harajuku Studio, TOWERSIDE STUDIO

  Creative Direction: Sayumi Iwata (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Art Directoin: Hidehiko Kitajima (Viracocha)

  Design: Keiichi Yamamoto (Viracocha)

  Package Keyframe: OLM

  Illustration: Toshinao Aoki

  Production Assistance: Takemoto Mori (Shogakukan Productions), Toshihiro Nakazawa
  (Shogakukan Productions), Junichiro Tsuchiya (Shogakukan Productions), HALF HP STUDIO,
  大久保嘉人 (Music Creation)

  Special Thanks: Satoshi Tajiri (GAME FREAK), Masakazu Kubo (Shogakukan Korokoro
  Comic), Hidemitsu Kitajima (TV TOKYO Music), Kunimi Kawamura (Creatures), Ashura
  Itoh'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/392
  names:
    en: PIKACHU RECORDS
    ja: ピカチュウレコード
    ja-latn: PIKACHU RECORDS
  role: label
- link: org/27
  names:
    en: MEDIA FACTORY, INC.
    ja: 株式会社メディアファクトリー
    ja-latn: MEDIA FACTORY, INC.
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
- Series
products:
- link: release/16297
  names:
    en: Pokémon
    ja: ポケットモンスター
    ja-latn: Pocket Monsters
- link: release/16308
  names:
    en: 'Pokémon: Orange Shotouhen'
    ja: ポケットモンスター オレンジ諸島編
    ja-latn: 'Pocket Monsters: Orange Shotouhen'
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '1999-03-25'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 1050.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/18398?perpage=99999
vocals:
- link: artist/3540
  names:
    en: Rica Matsumoto
    ja: 松本梨香
- link: artist/8105
  names:
    en: Inuko Inuyama
    ja: 犬山イヌコ
- link: artist/3033
  names:
    en: Ikue Ohtani
    ja: 大谷育江
- link: artist/8112
  names:
    en: Imakuni?
    ja: イマクニ?
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