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    ja: 小谷野謙一
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    ja: たなかひろかず
- link: artist/4926
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    ja: 宮崎慎二
- link: artist/3051
  names:
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    ja: 岩崎元是
- link: artist/1682
  names:
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category: Animation
classification: Vocal
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    ja: たなかひろかず
- link: artist/8349
  names:
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    ja: 貴三優大
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      Japanese: ベストウイッシュ!
      Romaji: Best Wishes!
    track_length: '3:49'
  - names:
      Japanese: ハイタッチ!
      Romaji: High Touch!
    track_length: '4:30'
  - names:
      Japanese: スパート!
      Romaji: Spurt!
    track_length: '2:58'
  - names:
      Japanese: チャレンジャー!!
      Romaji: Challenger!!
    track_length: '3:50'
  - names:
      Japanese: OK!
      Romaji: OK!
    track_length: '3:27'
  - names:
      Japanese: みんながいたから
      Romaji: Minna ga Itakara
    track_length: '4:16'
  - names:
      Japanese: みんなであるこう!
      Romaji: Minna de Arukou!
    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      Japanese: タイプ:ワイルド
      Romaji: 'Type: Wild'
    track_length: '3:29'
  - names:
      Japanese: ライバル!
      Romaji: Rivals!
    track_length: '3:59'
  - names:
      Japanese: おやすみ ぼくのピカチュウ
      Romaji: Oyasumi Boku no Pikachu
    track_length: '4:22'
  - names:
      Japanese: めざせポケモンマスター
      Romaji: Mezase Pokemon Master
    track_length: '4:12'
  - names:
      Japanese: OK! 2000
      Romaji: OK! 2000
    track_length: '3:27'
  - names:
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      Romaji: Mezase Pokemon Master 2001
    track_length: '4:08'
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/26868
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  names:
    en: Akihito Toda
    ja: 戸田昭吾
- link: artist/8110
  names:
    en: Eiko Kyo
    ja: 許瑛子
- link: artist/8367
  names:
    en: Choji Yoshikawa
    ja: 吉川兆二
- link: artist/8126
  names:
    en: Kunimi Kawamura
    ja: 川村久仁美
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2011-06-21T10:38
  edited_date: 2025-05-14T16:41
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T19:06
  freedb: 3
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 8994
name: POKÉMON GENKI SONG BEST / RICA MATSUMOTO
names:
  en: POKÉMON GENKI SONG BEST / RICA MATSUMOTO
  ja: 松本梨香が歌うポケモンソングベスト
  ja-latn: POKÉMON GENKI SONG BEST / RICA MATSUMOTO
notes: 'M01 (Anime "Pokémon Best Wishes!" 1st Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Arrangement: Kenichi Koyano

  Chorus Arranger: Yohgo Kohno

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M02 (Anime "Pokémon Diamond & Pearl" 3rd Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Satoshi (CV:Rica Matsumoto) & Hikari (CV:Megumi Toyoguchi)

  M03 (Anime "Pokemon: Advanced Generation" 5th Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M04 (Anime "Pokemon: Advanced Generation" 2nd Opening)

  Lyrics: Eiko Kyo

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M05 (Anime "Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver" 1st Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M06 (Movie "Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One" Image Song)

  Lyrics: Choji Yoshikawa

  Composition: Masahiro Takami

  Arrangement: Shinji Miyazaki

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M07 (Anime "Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands" Image Song From ZMDP-1026)

  Lyrics: Kunimi Kawamura

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Satoshi (Rica Matsumoto)/Pikachu (Ikue Ohtani)/Kasumi (Mayumi Iizuka)/Togepi
  (Satomi Koorogi)/Takeshi (Yuuji Ueda)/Rokon (Rikako Aikawa)/Kenji (Tomokazu Seki)/Maril
  (Mika Kanai)

  M08 (Anime "Pokemon" 5th Ending)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M09 (Anime "Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands" Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M10 (Anime "Pokémon" Insert Song)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Arrangement: Motoyoshi Iwasaki

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M11 (Anime "Pokémon" 1st Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M12 (Movie "Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown" Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition & Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  M13 (Movie "Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest" Opening)

  Lyrics: Akihito Toda

  Composition: Hirokazu Tanaka

  Arrangement: CHOKKAKU

  Vocals: Rica Matsumoto

  Page 23 Photo by Tadashi Mori.

  STAFF

  Supervisor: Tsunekazu Ishihara (The Pokémon Company)

  Executive Producer: Toshiyuki Yoshihara (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Producer & Director: Kazuo Shinohara (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Mastering Engineer: Ryuichi Tanaka (MIXER''S LAB MASTERING STUDIO)

  Creative Direction: Sayumi Iwata/Miyoko Inoue (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Art Direction & Design: 小久保大輔

  Photographer: 那須竜太

  Writing: Yukito Kizawa (SEVEN DAYS WAR)

  Production Manager: Noriko Ishizawa (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Animation Keyframe: O.L.M

  Sales Director: Hiroshi Matsumoto/Takuya Nakayama/Ayako Kimura (MEDIA FACTORY)

  Production Assistance:

  Raven Miyashita (Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment)

  Toshihiro Nakazawa/Takemoto Mori/島村優子/八木陽子 (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions)

  Special Thanks:

  Satoshi Tajiri/Junichi Masuda/Ken Sugimori/Go Ichinose (GAME FREAK)

  Masakazu Kubo/Junya Okamoto (Shogakukan)

  Hiroaki Tsuru/福永普/野本岳志/川潮好一/Misuzu Kanayama/Mamina Mizobuchi (The Pokémon Company)

  Akiko Odawara/Ryo Sasaki (TV Tokyo)

  Choji Yoshikawa (Studio Shun)

  Masafumi Mima (Techno Sound)

  神谷重行/松下ひろ子/菅原拓実 (Sun Music Productions)

  野村美史 (TAKARA-TOMY)

  河本美紀子

  石芳澤瑠

  &

  Everyone who loves Rica Matsumoto & Pokemon!

  Photography Assistance: TAKARA TOMY "Monster Collection" Series'
organizations:
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  link: org/392
  names:
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    ja: ピカチュウレコード
    ja-latn: PIKACHU RECORDS
  role: label
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  names:
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    ja: 株式会社メディアファクトリー
    ja-latn: MEDIA FACTORY, INC.
  role: publisher
- *id001
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- Series
products:
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  names:
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    ja: ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ
    ja-latn: Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!
- link: product/2214
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    ja-latn: Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl (Anime)
- link: product/2213
  names:
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    ja: ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション
    ja-latn: Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation
- link: release/16301
  names:
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    ja: ポケットモンスター 金銀編
    ja-latn: 'Pocket Monsters: Kinginhen'
- link: release/3017
  names:
    en: Pocket Monsters Maboroshi no Pokémon Lugia Bakutan
    ja: Pocket Monsters Maboroshi no Pokémon Lugia Bakutan
    ja-latn: Pocket Monsters Maboroshi no Pokémon Lugia Bakutan
- 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'
- link: release/16297
  names:
    en: Pokémon
    ja: ポケットモンスター
    ja-latn: Pocket Monsters
- link: product/2218
  names:
    en: 'Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown'
    ja: 劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI
    ja-latn: Gekijouban Pocket Monsters Kesshoutou no Teiou ENTEI
- link: product/2219
  names:
    en: 'Pokémon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest'
    ja: 劇場版ポケットモンスター セレビィ 時を超えた遭遇
    ja-latn: Gekijouban Pocket Monsters Celebi Toki wo Koeta Deai
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2011-07-16'
release_events: []
release_price:
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  price: 2625.0
reprints: []
stores:
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  name: CDJapan
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  name: Play-Asia
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  name: YesAsia
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- link: artist/3540
  names:
    en: Rica Matsumoto
    ja: 松本梨香
- link: artist/2123
  names:
    en: Megumi Toyoguchi
    ja: 豊口めぐみ
- link: artist/3033
  names:
    en: Ikue Ohtani
    ja: 大谷育江
- link: artist/1286
  names:
    en: Mayumi Iizuka
    ja: 飯塚雅弓
- link: artist/3265
  names:
    en: Satomi Koorogi
    ja: こおろぎさとみ
- link: artist/3904
  names:
    en: Yuji Ueda
    ja: うえだゆうじ
- link: artist/8123
  names:
    en: Rikako Aikawa
    ja: 愛河里花子
- link: artist/3677
  names:
    en: Tomokazu Seki
    ja: 関智一
- link: artist/307
  names:
    en: Mika Kanai
    ja: かないみか
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