arrangers:
- link: artist/10602
  names:
    en: Kobukuro
    ja: コブクロ
barcode: '4943674104956'
catalog: WPCL-10933
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/10603
  names:
    en: Kentarou Kobuchi
    ja: 小渕健太郎
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discs:
- disc_length: '20:13'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      Japanese: Blue Bird
      Romaji: Blue Bird
    track_length: '4:27'
  - names:
      Japanese: 君への主題歌
      Romaji: Kimi e no shudaika
    track_length: '5:39'
  - names:
      Japanese: Blue Bird(Instrumental)
      Romaji: Blue Bird (Instrumental)
    track_length: '4:27'
  - names:
      Japanese: 君への主題歌(Instrumental)
      Romaji: Kimi e no shudaika (Instrumental)
    track_length: '5:40'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/73
  names:
    en: Warner Music Japan Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン
    ja-latn: Warner Music Japan Inc.
  role: distributor
link: album/23023
lyricists:
- link: artist/10603
  names:
    en: Kentarou Kobuchi
    ja: 小渕健太郎
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2011-01-04T21:53
  edited_date: 2025-10-27T06:10
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T02:52
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 6650
name: Blue Bird / Kobukuro
names:
  en: Blue Bird / Kobukuro
  ja: Blue Bird / コブクロ
  ja-latn: Blue Bird / Kobukuro
notes: '"Bakuman" Opening Theme

  Lyrics & Composition: Kentarou Kobuchi

  Arrangement: Kobukuro

  Produce & Arrangement: Kobukuro

  Kentarou Kobuchi: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars

  Shunsuke Kuroda: Vocal

  Instruments & Partial Arrangement

  Drums: Masahiro Sakurai (Track-1,2)

  Bass: Hiroyuki Yamada (Track-1,2)

  Piano: Motoyoshi Matsuura (Track-1,2)

  Electric Guitar: Masanobu Fukuhara (Track-1,2)

  Percussion: Hideaki "Lambsy" Sakai (Track-1,2)

  Strings: Chieko Kinbara Strings (Track-1,2)

  (Strings: Track 1)

  Violin: Chieko Kinbara, Yoshihiko Eida, Haruko Yano, Nagisa Kiriyama, Joe Kuwata,
  Noriyo Ohbayashi, Yukiko Iwato, Motoko Fujiie, Takayuki Oshikane, Tomomi Tokunaga

  Viola: Hirohito Furugawara, Yuji Yamada, Manami Tokutaka, Takahiro Enokido

  Cello: Ayano Kasahara, Makoto Osawa, Mari Masumoto, Akio Ueki

  Contrabass: Shinji Tanaka, Kazuki Chiba

  Strings Arrangement: Rio Fujii

  (Orchestra: Track-2)

  Violin: Chieko Kinbara, Yoshihiko Eida, Haruko Yano, Nagisa Kiriyama, Joe Kuwata,
  Noriyo Ohbayashi, Yukiko Iwato, Kaoru Kuroki, Motoko Fujiie, Takayuki Oshikane

  Viola: Hirohito Furugawara, Yuji Yamada, Manami Tokutaka, Amiko Watabe

  Cello: Masami Horisawa, Susumu Miyake, Makoto Osawa, Takahiro Yuki

  Flute: Hideyo Takakuwa, Junko Wakamatsu

  Oboe: Satoshi Shoji

  Clarinet: Kimio Yamane

  Fagotto: Toshitsugu Inoue

  Horn: Otohiko Fujita, Takanori Takahashi, Tsutomu Isohata, Hitomi Furue

  Trumpet: Koji Nishimura, Masahiko Sugasaka, Hitoshi Yokoyama

  Trombone: Eijiro Nakagawa, Kanade Shishiuchi

  Bass Trombone: Koichi Nonoshita

  Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

  Percussion: Midori Takada

  Orchestra Arrangement: Rio Fujii

  Programming: Satoshi Iwase (Track-1,2)

  Mastering Engineer: Hiroshi Kawasaki (FLAIR MASTERING WORKS)

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Takaoki Saito (mimi-tab.)

  Assistant Engineer: Takahiro Okubo (VICTOR STUDIO), Yoshinori Kashiwagura (AVACO
  CREATIVE STUDIO), Hitomi Joko (Azabu O Studio/MIXER''S LAB), Nobuyuki Murakami (Sony
  Music Studios Tokyo)

  Instrument Technicians: 井上裕司, 粂川涼, 杉山裕一 (STRAIGHT)

  Recording & Mixing Engineer Management: Tomohiro Oya (mimi-tab.)

  Studio Coordination: Naoko Shimada (VICTOR STUDIO), Kaori Tokutake (FLAIR MASTERING
  WORKS), Noboru Matsumoto (AVACO CREATIVE STUDIO), 吉川潮里 (Azabu O Studio), Yumi Hanada
  (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

  Musician Coordination: Noriko Sekiya (FACE MUSIC)

  Management for Motoyoshi Matsuura: 宮本隆英 (Coyote Invention)

  Artist Management: 三浦一輝 (Minosuke Office Kobukuro)

  Official Fan Site: 美香 (kobukuro.com)

  A&R: Naoki Abe, Yukiyasu "German" Fujii (Warner Music Japan)

  Sales Promotion: 所健一 (Warner Music Japan)

  Information: 坂田美幸, 坂田美和 (Minosuke Office Kobukuro), 岩佐ゆかり, 二郷絵美, 中山裕子, 半田陽子 (Warner
  Music Japan)

  Art Direction, Artwork & Graphic Design: Tetsuya Nagato (www.nagato.org)

  Photography (Artist): DYSK

  Styling: 大村鉄也 (Commune)

  Hair & Make-up: 中村章浩 (Abbey)

  Artwork Coordination: Masahiro Takenaka, 山本麗実 (SMC)

  Product Coordination: Masayo Kuroda (Warner Music Japan)

  Supervisor: 関岡裕史 (KYODO OSAKA), 勝田淳巳 (HIT''S CORPORATION), Masanori Ohori, Toshiyuki
  Kuroiwa (Warner Music Japan)

  Executive Producer: 坂田美之助 (Minosuke Office Kobukuro), Lachie Rutherford (Warner
  Music Japan), Kenichiro Nozaki (KEN-ON)

  Very Special Thanks to コブクロを応援してくれているメディア, レコード店の皆さん, そして, すベてのファンの皆さん'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2357
  names:
    en: Warner Music Japan
    ja: Warner Music Japan
    ja-latn: Warner Music Japan
  role: label
- link: org/73
  names:
    en: Warner Music Japan Inc.
    ja: 株式会社ワーナーミュージック・ジャパン
    ja-latn: Warner Music Japan Inc.
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/10602
  names:
    en: Kobukuro
    ja: コブクロ
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platforms:
- Series
products:
- link: release/2245
  names:
    en: Bakuman. 1st Series
    ja: バクマン。 第1シリーズ
    ja-latn: Bakuman. 1st Series
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
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- catalog: WPZL-30225~6
  link: album/23169
  names:
    en: BAKUROCK ~Mirai no Rinkakusen~ / Ya-kyim [Limit...
    ja: BAKUROCK ～未来の輪郭線～ / Ya-kyim [初回盤]
    ja-latn: BAKUROCK ~Mirai no Rinkakusen~ / Ya-kyim [Limit...
  type: anime
- catalog: WPCL-10872
  link: album/23170
  names:
    en: BAKUROCK ~Mirai no Rinkakusen~ / Ya-kyim
    ja: BAKUROCK ～未来の輪郭線～ / Ya-kyim
    ja-latn: BAKUROCK ~Mirai no Rinkakusen~ / Ya-kyim
  type: anime
- catalog: LHCA-5124
  link: album/21839
  names:
    en: BAKUMAN. OST 1
    ja: BAKUMAN。OST 1
    ja-latn: BAKUMAN. OST 1
  type: anime
- catalog: WPCL-10932
  link: album/23024
  names:
    en: Blue Bird / Kobukuro [Limited Edition]
    ja: Blue Bird / コブクロ
    ja-latn: Blue Bird / Kobukuro [Limited Edition]
  type: anime
- catalog: WPCL-10895
  link: album/23438
  names:
    en: Fukuwarai/Genjitsu to Iu Na no Kaibutsu to Tata...
    ja: 福笑い/現実という名の怪物と戦う者たち / 高橋優
    ja-latn: Fukuwarai/Genjitsu to Iu Na no Kaibutsu to Tata...
  type: anime
- catalog: WPZL-30261~2
  link: album/23439
  names:
    en: Fukuwarai/Genjitsu to Iu Na no Kaibutsu to Tata...
    ja: 福笑い/現実という名の怪物と戦う者たち / 高橋優 ...
    ja-latn: Fukuwarai/Genjitsu to Iu Na no Kaibutsu to Tata...
  type: anime
- catalog: LHCM-1087
  link: album/25300
  names:
    en: GET UP / KOOGY
    ja: GET UP / KOOGY
    ja-latn: GET UP / KOOGY
  type: anime
- catalog: LHCM-1089
  link: album/82732
  names:
    en: Zettai☆Shoujo Shugi!! / Sei-visual Jogakuin Gas...
    ja: 絶対☆少女主義!! / 聖ビジュアル女学院合唱部 star...
    ja-latn: Zettai☆Shoujo Shugi!! / Sei-visual Jogakuin Gas...
  type: anime
- catalog: WPCL-11008
  link: album/30208
  names:
    en: monochrome rainbow / Tommy heavenly⁶
    ja: monochrome rainbow / Tommy heavenly⁶
    ja-latn: monochrome rainbow / Tommy heavenly⁶
  type: anime
- catalog: WPCL-11007
  link: album/49039
  names:
    en: monochrome rainbow / Tommy heavenly⁶ [Limited E...
    ja: monochrome rainbow / Tommy heavenly⁶ [Limited E...
    ja-latn: monochrome rainbow / Tommy heavenly⁶ [Limited E...
  type: anime
release_date: '2011-02-16'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 1050.0
reprints: []
stores:
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- link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=WPCL-10933
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- link: http://music.apple.com/jp/album/417756463
  name: iTunes
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  name: mora (Lossless)
- link: http://mora.jp/package/43000008/825646740871/
  name: mora
- link: http://ototoy.jp/_/default/p/188871
  name: OTOTOY
- link: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9y-49-en-70-43g2.html
  name: Play-Asia
- link: http://open.spotify.com/album/4lK70HquRyTVZCtOYg4Fw9
  name: Spotify
- link: http://www.yesasia.com/us/blue-bird-normal-edition-japan-version/1023881884-0-0-0-en/info.html
  name: YesAsia
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votes: 0
