Ikimonogakari Interview on ‘Ureshikute/Tokimeki’ Single, New Lineup

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A man and woman, Ureshikute/Tokimeki, posing in front of a blue curtain.

Japan’s Ikimonogakari, the band responsible for NARUTO‘s theme song “Blue Bird,” has now began a new chapter as a duo consisting of Yoshiki Mizuno and Kiyoe Yoshioka and has released its latest double A-side single “Ureshikute/Tokimeki.”

Billboard JAPAN spoke to Mizuno and Yoshioka about the single, which contains both “Ureshikute” (theme song of the film Pretty Cure All Stars F, with sound production by Koichi Tsutaya) and “Tokimeki” (Pretty Cure 20th anniversary commemorative song and opening theme of the TV anime Kibo no Chikara – Otona Pretty Cure ’23, with sound production by Masanori…