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The world of Pokémon is full of amazing adventures, and a big part of that is the awesome music! This page lists all the main theme songs from the Pokémon TV show, both the original Japanese versions and the English ones you might know. These songs play at the beginning (opening themes) and end (ending themes) of each episode, setting the mood for Ash, Pikachu, and their friends' journeys!

Japanese Theme Songs

These are the songs that play in Japan for the Pokémon anime.

Opening Themes

# Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s) Episodes
1 めざせポケモンマスター Aim to Be a Pokémon Master Rica Matsumoto 01–82
めざせポケモンマスター 2001 Aim to Be a Pokémon Master 2001 Whiteberry 194–240
めざせポケモンマスター 2017 (20th Anniversary) Aim to Be a Pokémon Master 2017 (20th Anniversary) Rica Matsumoto 971–984
めざせポケモンマスター -with my friends- Aim to be a Pokémon Master - with my friends- 1224–1234
2 ライバル! The Rivals! Rica Matsumoto 083–118
3 ＯＫ (オーケー)！ OK! Rica Matsumoto 119–193
4 Ｒｅａｄｙ Ｇｏ (レディー ゴー)！ Ready Go! Naomi Tamura 241–276
5 アドバンス・アドベンチャー Advance Adventure GARDEN 277–345
6 チャレンジャー!! Challenger!! Rica Matsumoto 346–380
7 ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Pokémon Symphonic Medley Pokémon Symphonic Orchestra 381–410
8 バトルフロンティア Battle Frontier Akina Takaya 411–441
9 スパート! Spurt! Rica Matsumoto 442–468
10 Together (トゥゲザー) Together Fumie Akiyoshi 470–546
Together 2008 (トゥゲザー 2008) Together 2008 547–563
11 ハイタッチ! High Touch! Rica Matsumoto and Megumi Toyoguchi 564–601
ハイタッチ! 2009 High Touch! 2009 602– 626
12 サイコー・エブリデイ! The Greatest – Everyday! Fumie Akiyoshi 627–650
サイコー・エブリデイ! (BAND VERSION) The Greatest – Everyday! (Band Version) Fumie Akiyoshi with The Greatest-Band 651–659
13 ベストウイッシュ！ Best Wishes! Rica Matsumoto 660–743
14 やじるしになって！ Be an Arrow! 744–767
やじるしになって！2013 Be an Arrow! 2013 768–781
15 夏めく坂道 Summerly Slope Daisuke 782–801
16 Ｖ（ボルト） V (Volt) Yūsuke Kamiji
Rica Matsumoto and Jewel (J☆Dee'Z)		 802–828
メガＶ （メガボルト） Mega V (Mega Volt) Yūsuke Kamiji 829–855
17 ゲッタバンバン Mad-Paced Getter Tomohisa Sako
Rica Matsumoto and Ikue Ōtani		 856–894
18 XY&Z（エックスワイ＆ゼット） XY&Z Rica Matsumoto 895–941
19 アローラ!! Alola!! Rica Matsumoto and Ikue Ōtani 942–970
985–1001
20 未来コネクション Future Connection ЯeaL 1002–1031
21 キミの冒険 Your Adventure Taiiku Okazaki 1032–1087
22 １（ワン）・２（ツー）・３（スリー） (version 1) One, Two, Three (version 1) After The Rain (Soraru & Mafumafu) 1088–1118
１（ワン）・２（ツー）・３（スリー） (version 2) One, Two, Three (version 2) Golden Bomber (Nishikawa-kun and Kirisho) 1119–1136
１（ワン）・２（ツー）・３（スリー） (version 3) One, Two, Three (version 3) Karrage Shimai (Erika Ikuta and Sayuri Matsumura from Nogizaka46) 1137–1186
１（ワン）・２（ツー）・３（スリー） (version 4) One, Two, Three (version 4) Rica Matsumoto and Daiki Yamashita 1187–1223
23 ドキメキダイアリー Heart-Pounding Diary asmi feat. Chinozo 1237–1259
24 ハロ Hello Yama and BotchiBoromaru 1260–1279
25 Will Will Ive 1280–present

Ending Themes

# Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s) Episodes
1 ひゃくごじゅういち One Hundred Fifty-One Unshō Ishizuka and Pokémon Kids 01–27, 1224–1225, 1227–1229, 1231, 1233
2 ニャースのうた Meowth's Song Inuko Inuyama 28–37, 67–70
3 ポケットにファンタジー Fantasy in My Pocket Sachiko Kobayashi and Juri Ihata 38–53, 65–66
4 ポケモン音頭 Pokémon March Sachiko Kobayashi, Unshō Ishizuka, Kōichi Sakaguchi and Shimai Niitsu 54–64, 106
5 タイプ: ワイルド Type: Wild Rica Matsumoto 71–105, 1234
6 ラプラスにのって Riding on Lapras Mayumi Iizuka and Rikako Aikawa 107–118, 1230
7 ニャースのパーティ Meowth's Party Inuko Inuyama, Megumi Hayashibara and Shin-ichiro Miki 119–143
8 ポケモンはらはらリレー Exciting Pokémon Relay Rikako Aikawa and Chorus 144–153, 165–174
ポケモンはらはら²リレー (むずかし版) Exciting² Pokémon Relay (Hard version) 154–158
9 タケシのパラダイス Takeshi's Paradise Yūji Ueda 159–164, 1226
10 ぼくのベストフレンドへ To My Best Friend Hiromi Iwasaki 175–193
11 前向きロケット団! Face Forward Team Rocket! Inuko Inuyama Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Yūji Ueda 194–240, 1232
12 ポケッターリ　モンスターリ Pocket-ering Monster-ing Emi Ōta (KANA) 241–276
13 そこに空があるから Because the Sky is There Toshiko Ezaki 277–294, 321–327
14 ポルカ・オ・ドルカ Polka O Dolka Inuko Inuyama and Norusoru Gasshōdan 295–320
15 スマイル Smile Toshiko Ezaki 328–358, 368–374
16 いっぱいサマー!! Full of Summer!! Naomi Tamura and the Himawari Choir 359–367
17 GLORY DAY （グローリー デイ）～輝くその日～ GLORY DAY ~That Shining Day~ GARDEN 375–410, 426–448
18 ポケモンかぞえうた Pokémon Counting Song Akiko Kanazawa and Shimai Niitsu 411–425
19 私、負けない! ～ハルカのテーマ～ I, Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~ Kaori Suzuki 449–468
20 君のそばで～ヒカリのテーマ～ By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ Grin 469–491
君のそばで～ヒカリのテーマ～(Pop-Up Version) By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ (Pop-Up Version) 492–518
君のそばで～ヒカリのテーマ～(Winter Version) By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ (Winter Version) 519–529
21 風のメッセージ Message of the Wind Mai Mizuhashi 530–540, 552–563
風のメッセージ (PokaPoka-VERSION.) Message of the Wind (PokaPoka VERSION.) 541–551
22 あしたはきっと Surely Tomorrow Kanako Yoshii 564–588
23 もえよギザみみピチュー！ Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu! Shoko Nakagawa 589–612
24 ドッチ～ニョ？ Which One ~ Is It? MooMoo Milk and Araki-san 613–650
25 君の胸にＬａＬａＬａ In Your Heart, LaLaLa MADOKA 651–659
26 心のファンファーレ Fanfare of the Heart Aki Okui 660–684
27 ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ（ビーダブリュー） Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW Takeshi Tsuruno 685–719
28 七色アーチ Seven-colored Arch Pokémon BW Choral Gang 720–737
29 みてみて☆こっちっち Look Look☆Here Momoiro Clover Z 738–767
30 サクラ・ゴーラウンド Sakura Go-Round Shiritsu Ebisu Chūgaku 768–781
31 手をつなごう Let's Join Hands 782–801
32 Ｘ海峡Ｙ景色 X Strait Y Scenery Jewel (J☆Dee'Z) 802–828
33 ピースマイル! Peace Smile! Jewel (J☆Dee'Z) and Ikue Ōtani 829–846
34 ドリドリ
ドリドリ (セレナ ver.)		 DreamDream
DreamDream (Serena Ver.)		 Shoko Nakagawa
Mayuki Makiguchi		 847–868, 914, 939
35 ガオガオ・オールスター Roaring All-Stars Little Glee Monster 869–894
36 プニちゃんのうた Puni-chan's Song Mariya Ise 895–907, 909–913, 915–924, 926–929, 933–935
37 ロケット団団歌 Team Rocket's Team Song Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, Yūji Ueda 908
38 キラキラ (シトロンVer.) Brilliantly (Clemont ver.) Yūki Kaji 925, 938
39 ピカチュウのうた Pikachu's Song Ikue Ōtani 930–932
40 ニャースのバラード Meowth's Ballad Inuko Inuyama 936–937, 940
41 ポーズ Pose Taiiku Okazaki 942–1001
42 ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール Twerp, Twerpette 1002–1044
43 心のノート Notebook of the Heart Hino City Nanaomidori Elementary School Choir 1045–1069
44 タイプ: ワイルド 2019 Type: Wild 2019 Shoko Nakagawa 1070–1087
45 ポケモンしりとり（ピカチュウ→ミュウVer.） Pokémon Shiritori (Pikachu → Mew Ver.) Pokémon Music Club 1089–1157
ポケモンしりとり (ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.） Pokémon Shiritori (Mew → Zamazenta Ver.)
46 バツグンタイプ Supereffective Type 1158–1222
47 ＲＶＲ〜ライジングボルテッカーズラップ〜 RVR~Rising Voltacklers' Rap~ Minori Suzuki, Yuka Terasaki, Taku Yashiro, Ayane Sakura & Kenta Miyake 1237–1279
48 Let me battle Let me battle 9Lana 1280–present

Special Japanese Themes

Some Pokémon songs were made for special TV shows in Japan.

Pokémon Get☆TV

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
ポケダンシング☆XY Poké Dancing☆XY J☆Dee'Z

Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
ぼくのベストフレンドへ To My Best Friend Hiromi Iwasaki タイプ: ワイルド Type: Wild Rica Matsumoto マーチングマーチ Marching March Halcali

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
ロケット団よ永遠に Team Rocket Forever Inuko Inuyama, Megumi Hayashibara and Shin-ichiro Miki

Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
ブレス Breath ... Graffitti

Pocket Monsters (2019)

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの Strange and Wonderful Creatures Tortoise Matsumoto (Ulfuls)

Pocket Monsters Legends: Arceus anime

Japanese Title English Meaning Composer
ポケットモンスターＢＧＭ Pocket Monsters BGM Shinji Miyazaki

Pokémon☆Sunday

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
前向きロケット団! Look Forward Team Rocket! Inuko Inuyama, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Yūji Ueda ハロー!サンキュー! Hello! Thank You! BECKY and Poképark Kids Chorus スパート! Spurt! Rica Matsumoto ポケモンなりきりサンデー Pokémon Role-Playing Sunday Shōko Nakagawa

Pokémon Smash!

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
Endless Fighters Endless Fighters AAA ポケモン言えるかな？BW（ビーダブリュー） Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW Takeshi Tsuruno ポケモン言えるかな？BW（ビーダブリュー）高速Ver. Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW High-Speed Ver.

Meet Up at the Pokémon House?

Japanese Title English Meaning Singer(s)
ポケだちの歌 Poké-Friends' Song Shoko Nakagawa, Hyadain, Abareru-kun and Rinka Otani

English Theme Songs

These are the songs you hear in the English versions of the Pokémon anime.

Opening Themes

# English Title Singer(s) Season
1 Pokémon Theme Jason Paige Season 1
Pokémon Theme (XY version) Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth Season 17
2 Pokémon World Russell Velázquez Season 2
3 Pokémon Johto Johto (musical group) Season 3
4 Born to Be a Winner David Rolfe Season 4
5 Believe in Me Season 5
6 I Want to Be a Hero Season 6
7 This Dream Season 7
8 Unbeatable Season 8
9 Battle Frontier Jason Appleton Season 9
10 Diamond and Pearl Chris "Breeze" Barczynski Season 10
11 We Will Be Heroes Kirsten Price Season 11
12 Battle Cry – (Stand Up!) Erin Bowman Season 12
13 We Will Carry On! Adam Elk Season 13
14 Black and White Erin Bowman and Joe Philips Season 14
15 Rival Destinies Alex Nackman and Kathryn Raio Season 15
16 It's Always You and Me Neal Coomer and Kathryn Raio Season 16
17 Be a Hero Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth Season 18
18 Stand Tall Season 19
19 Under the Alolan Sun Jannel Candrice and The Sad Truth, Ben Dixon and The Vestigial Horns Season 20
20 Under the Alolan Moon Haven Paschall, Ben Dixon, Charity Goodin and James Mosely Season 21
21 The Challenge of Life Dani Marcus and The Sad Truth, James Mosely, Charity Goodin and Ben Dixon Season 22
22 The Journey Starts Today Walk Off the Earth Season 23
23 Journey to Your Heart Haven Paschall Season 24
24 With You Echosmith Season 25
25 Gotta Catch em All Ben Dixon and the Sad Truth, Haven Paschall, Hillary Thomas
26 Becoming Me Haven Paschall Season 26

Ending Themes

# Title Singer(s)
1 Kanto Pokérap James "D. Train" Williams, Babi Floyd, John Loeffler, Louis Cortelezzi and Ken Cummings
2 My Best Friends Ray Greene, Darcell Wilson and Michael Whalen
3 Double Trouble Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart and Maddie Blaustein
4 What Kind of Pokémon Are You? Joshua Tyler, Russell Velázquez, Sharon Bryant, Kati Mac and John Loeffler
5 Together Forever J.P. Hartmann, Russell Velázquez, Sharon Byrant, Elaine Casewell and Ken Cummings
6 2.B.A. Master Russell Velázquez, Erika Velázquez, Jake Velázquez and Sara Velázquez
7 Viridian City Jason Paige, Andre Betts, Elaine Caswell, Vivian Cherry, Frank Lloyd and Neil Jason
8 You & Me & Pokémon Élan Rivera and Johto (Musical group)
9 Pikachu (I Choose You)
10 Song of Jigglypuff Rachael Lillis and Johto (Musical group)
11 All We Wanna Do Élan Rivera and Johto (Musical group)
12 Two Perfect Girls Eric Stuart
13 Go Pokémon Go! (Rap) Sam Milby ft. Juan Antonio De la Paz

Note: The "Pokémon Theme" was used as the end credit song in the English version for early episodes. Later, shorter versions of theme songs or instrumental music were used.

Special English Themes

Pocket Monsters Encore

English Title Singer(s)
Type: Wild (English Version) Robbie Danzie

Other Songs

# Title Artist
1 Gotta Catch 'Em All 50.Grind

Anime Soundtracks

The Pokémon anime has released many music albums!

Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection

Quick facts for kids
Pocket Monsters Sound Anime Collection: Music Collection/Famous Scene Collection
Soundtrack album by
Shinji Miyazaki
Released June 10, 1998; 27 years ago (1998-06-10)
Genre J-pop
Language Japanese
Label Pikachu Records

This album, released in Japan on June 10, 1998, features music from the first Pokémon TV series. It includes orchestral versions of songs from the first four Pokémon games by Junichi Masuda, plus new music from the show. The album also has the TV versions of the first Japanese opening song, "Mezase Pokémon Masutā," and the third ending song, "Poketto ni Fantajī." Each instrumental track has a short comment from Ash's Pokédex, explaining where the music plays in the story.

Track List Highlights

Here are some of the songs and music pieces from this collection:

No. Title Performed by Length
1. "Mezase Pokémon Masutā" (Aim to Be a Pokémon Master) Rica Matsumoto 2:43
Chapter.1 Pokémon! I Choose You! (ポケモン!君に決めた!, Pokémon! Kimi ni Kimeta!)
No. Title Length
2. "Pokémon! Kimi ni Kimeta!" (Pokémon! I Choose You!) 2:13
Chapter.2 The Adventure Begins! (冒険が始まる!, Bōken ga Hajimaru!)
No. Title Length
3. "Tabidachi" (Setting Off) 1:16
Chapter.3 Friends (仲間たち, Nakamatachi)
No. Title Length
6. "Pikachū Tōjō" (Pikachu Appears) 1:31
Chapter.6 Rocket Gang Visit (ロケット団参上!, Roketto-dan Sanjō)
No. Title Length
17. "Nandakanda to Kikaretara..." (When Hearing about Something or Other...) 1:33
Chapter.9 Challenge! Gym Leader Battle (挑戦!ジムリーダー戦, Chōsen! Jimu Rīdā Sen)
No. Title Length
22. "Pokémon Batoru" (Pokémon Battle) 1:42
Chapter.16 And the Adventure Continues (そして,冒険は続く, Soshite, Bōken wa Tsuzuku)
No. Title Length
41. "Tsuzukuttara, Tsuzuku" (Continue, Continue) 2:59
No. Title Performed by Length
42. "Poketto ni Fantajī" (Fantasy in My Pocket) Sachiko Kobayashi & Juri Ihata 1:33

Pokémon 2.B.A. Master

Main article: Pokémon 2.B.A. Master

This was a very popular English soundtrack album for Pokémon fans!

Pokémon World

Pokémon World is a CD single released in the United States and Canada on February 8, 2000. It features the theme song for Adventures on the Orange Islands, which was the second season of the anime.

Title Singer(s) Length
Pokémon World Russell Velázquez 3:15 Pikachu's Winter Vacation Russell Velázquez 1:57 Pikachu's Winter Vacation (instrumental) Louis Cortelezzi 1:57

Totally Pokémon

Totally Pokémon
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released January 23, 2001
Genre Pop
Label Koch Records
Producer John Loeffler

Totally Pokémon is the second English soundtrack album for the anime. It includes songs from the third season, The Johto Journeys.

Title Length
Pokémon Johto 2:53 Pikachu (I Choose You) 4:05 All We Wanna Do 3:59 You & Me & Pokémon 4:06 Song of Jigglypuff 4:21 Two Perfect Girls 3:37 Pokérap GS 4:14

Pokémon Christmas Bash

Pokémon Christmas Bash
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released October 23, 2001
Genre Christmas, pop
Label Koch Records

Pokémon Christmas Bash is a CD album of Pokémon-themed Christmas songs. The songs are sung by the voice actors from the English anime! It was released in America and Germany.

Title Length
Pokémon Christmas Bash 4:18 I'm Giving Santa a Pikachu for Christmas 2:47 Winter is the Coolest Time of Year 2:23 Nobody Don't Like Christmas 3:01 Under the Mistletoe 3:31 Must Be Santa 2:11 The Night Before Christmas 4:24 Christmas Medley 3:47

Pokémon X: 10 Years of Pokémon

Pokémon X: 10 Years of Pokémon
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released March 27, 2007
Genre Pop, rock, pop punk
Label Koch Records

Pokémon X: 10 Years of Pokémon was released to celebrate ten years of Pokémon! This CD has nine theme songs from the first nine seasons of the show, plus other songs from different albums.

Title Season Theme Length
Pokémon Theme Indigo League 3:18 PokéRap Pokémon 1 – 150 3:04 Pokémon World Adventures on the Orange Islands 1:02 2.B.A. Master 4:04 Together Forever 3:55 Double Trouble (Team Rocket) 3:53 Pokémon Johto The Johto Journeys 2:54 Pokérap GS Pokémon 152 – 250 4:12 Born to Be a Winner Johto League Champions 0:49 I Want to Be a Hero Pokémon Advanced 0:49 Battle Frontier Battle Frontier 1:05 Stay Together 2:28 Go Pokémon Go 4:46

Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997–2010

Pocket Monsters Original Soundtrack Best 1997–2010
Soundtrack album by
Shinji Miyazaki
Released September 8, 2010
Label Pikachu Records

This album was released in Japan just before the Pokémon: Best Wishes! series started. It includes many songs from 1997 to 2010, split into two parts.

See also

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