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

Ayaka Horiuchi

Japan‘s Ikimonogakari, the band in charge of NARUTO‘s signature tune “Blue Bird,” has currently started a new phase as a duo including Yoshiki Mizuno and Kiyoe Yoshioka and has actually launched its newest dual A-side single “Ureshikute/Tokimeki.”

Billboard JAPAN spoke with Mizuno and Yoshioka concerning the single, which consists of both “Ureshikute” (signature tune of the movie Pretty Cure All Stars F, with audio manufacturing by Koichi Tsutaya) and “Tokimeki” (Pretty Cure 20th wedding anniversary celebratory track and opening up motif of the television anime Kibo no Chikara– …