Space Sheriff Sharivan


Space Sheriff Sharivan is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show and the second installment in Toei's Metal Hero Series franchise and aired on TV Asahi from March 4, 1983 to February 24, 1984. It served as a direct sequel to its predecessor, Space Sheriff Gavan and featured many of the same characters.
For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Space Guardian Shariban.

Plot

Initially appearing in Space Sheriff Gavan, Den Iga is attacked by a monster called Buffalo Doubler, a member of the Space Mafia Makuu. Den is seriously injured in the attack. He is later found by Gavan, who takes him to Planet Bird for medical assistance. Qom, leader of the Galaxy Federal Police, is impressed by Den's courage. Den returns in the final episode of Gavan, saving Gavan himself in his newly acquired form of Space Sheriff Sharivan during Gavan's final battle. After Don Horror is defeated, Sharivan is assigned to Earth and is partnered together with Lily from the planet Bird as he deals with the threat of the Madou Space Crime Syndicate on Earth.

Characters

Grand Berth crew

Based on the Grand Berth , it serves as headquarters of Den and Lily as it circles around the Earth. It has two modes: Battle Mothership move able to fire the Berth Beam and the vaguely humanoid Battle Birth Formation that fires the Grand Buster and Plasma Cannon.
  • Den Iga
Originally from Inner Iga Island, he served as forest patroller until he was fatally wounded by Buffalo Doubler and saved by Gavan who brought him to Planet Bird to undergo special training to become Space Sheriff Sharivan, aiding Gavan during his final battle with the Makuu before being assigned to protect Earth in his predecessor's place. When he transforms with the command Sekisha, the Grand Berth envelops him with Solar Metal particles that it absorbs from solar flares to form his armor within milliseconds. As Sharivan, he uses the Laser Blade sword in his signature move Sharivan Crash or the Crime-Buster hand gun. Sharivan uses Prism Goggles to see clearly the object. It is a rectangular yellow glasses with crystal particles.
  • Lily
Sharivan's girlfriend from Planet Bird.

Arsenal

  • Motosharian
Sharivan's motorcycle, capable of entry into the Phantom Dream World.
  • Sharinger Tank
Sharivan's tank, which splits into a flying upper half and treaded lower half.
  • Mogriran
Sharivan's drill-headed vehicle.

Galactic Union Patrol

The Space Sheriff who was previously assigned on Earth.
  • The Organizers
The anti-Madou resistance, represented by Moore, Keith, and Rita, who aid Sharivan.
  • Iga Warriors
The mystical warriors from Iga Planet to protect the wonders and civilizations of the Iga Crystal. Membered by Jack, Henry, Maria and Kirk
  • Billy and Helen Bell
Iga warrior siblings trained to be Space Sheriffs. After Billy is killed, Helen becomes Sharivan's apprentice to avenge his death.

Space Crime Syndicate Madou

The Space Crime Syndicate Madou is an organization of psychic criminals whose headquarters, Genmu Castle, lies within the Genmu World dimension, a "white hole" where all the matter sucked up by black holes ends up. The syndicate intends to conquer the universe through chaos created by its members' psionic abilities, along with their space fighters and the Madou Battleship.
  • Demon King Psycho
The immobile ruler of Madou, able to project his consciousness into multiple forms such as his fully mobile cyborg body Psychorror which is armed with twin swords that emit lightning bolts. With Gavan dealing with Psychorror, Sharivan destroys Psycho. However, by the events of Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: [Super Hero Taisen Z] which introduced a detachment from his conscious named Psycholon, Psycho's true body is revealed to be Genmu Castle itself as he is revived from the energy of the Galactic Union Police's Super Dimension Cannon. However, Psycho is destroyed for good by the teamwork of the Space Sheriffs, the Kyoryugers and Kamen Rider Wizard.
  • General Gyrer
A black-armored field commander who is defeated by Sharivan. In the cross-over movie, Retsu, Den and Dai mistakenly thought Gyrer had revived, but he was actually a vendor who just looks like Gyrer, much to the Trio's Surprise.
  • Doctor Polter
A female strategist who dies fighting against Sharivan and Gavan.
  • Reider : A mystic from the Death Spirit World who intended to take over Madou, only to be destroyed by Psychorror. But during the events of Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z, Reider revived to aid in Psycho's resurrection through the Space Shocker organization he provides his magic to. Though killed, Reider is revived as Space Reider before being destroyed for good by Kamen Rider Beast and Kyoryu Gold.
  • Miss Akuma 1 and 2
Gyrer, and Doctor Polter's female aides. Miss Akuma 2 was devoured by Gamagon. Miss Akuma 1 was killed along with her mistress while fighting Sharivan and Gavan.
  • Soldier Psychoers
Also referred to as Fighters, they serve as the foot soldiers of Madou in black tights decorated with lightning bolts.
  • Bengel Brothers
A pair of space pirates from Dark Cloud Mazalan that appear in episode 11 that briefly join the Madou named Bengel Tiger and Bengel Cobra. Both of them are quickly killed off by Sharivan's Crime Buster and their data was used to create Shouri Beast. Bengel Tiger's powers include mines, a sword, cloaking, hand flames called the Bengel Fire, explosive thread, and a bowie knife. Bengel Cobra's powers include mines, a spear, cloaking, hand flames called the Bengel Fire, explosive thread, and a wrist claw.

Makai Beasts

Makai Beasts are the monsters created by Psycho which usually have a two-mode gimmick. During a fight with Sharivan, a Makai Beast retreats into the Phantom Dream World where it becomes four times more powerful in an attempt to get the upper hand against Sharivan.Gori Beast
This monster appeared in episode 1. Its powers include curling into a saw bladed ball, high jumping, a head shell, a kilaj sword, and a halberd. When Madou arrives on Earth, Sharivan fights against them and defeats them. Afterwards Psycho wants Sharivan to be killed so he creates the Gori Beast to do it. After saving the kids from the Madou, Sharivan fights them at the railroad tracks as well as Gori Beast. Psycho gets Dr. Polter to activate a device that would send Sharivan and Gori Beast to the Vision World where Gori Beast will become four times more powerful. Sharivan kills it with Sharivan Crush. Ei Beast
This monster appeared in episode 2. Its powers include gliding, a mentally controlled spear, teleportation, and summoning holograms. After Sharivan runs into Madou when they start to make strange events happen on Earth, Psycho creates the Ei Beast to kill Sharivan. It can fold its wings above its head to use its spear. After fighting Ei Beast in the Vision World, Sharivan kills it with Sharivan Crush.Kiba Beast
This monster appeared in episode 3. Its powers include teleportation, explosive electric streams and eye flashes, and a mentally controlled forked spear. After Den meets a little girl named Kumiko whose father never returned home from work due to his job, he investigates the building he works at and finds out that the Madou are using him to develop a missile to destroy the Grand Birth. Den gets discovered but he manages to save Kumiko's father as he fights off the Madou. When Den fights them off as Sharivan, Lily leads Kumiko's father outside but they get stopped by Kiba Beast. Sharivan manages to save them with his Crime Buster and destroy the building they were developing the missile at. However Psycho kidnapes Yumiko before Den and her father could arrive in time. Fortunately Den gave Kumiko a tracking device so that he will know her location. When he follows it he is confronted by Madou but he is able to save Kumiko and kill Kiba Beast with Sharivan Crush.
  • Maicon Beast
This monster appeared in episode 4. Its powers include a mentally controlled pincer claw staff, teleportation, invisibility, and explosive electric streams. It was created as part of Madou's plan to control humanity with computers as he is able to control them. When Den investigates, Polter has the computers rigged with chips that will explode when Den is near them. So instead he gets Lily to investigate the factory where the computers are built. Lily gets discovered but Den fights them off as well as destroying the factory. Madou later kidnaps a student who was using the computers to lure out Sharivan. When he saves him, the Madou attack him. Den transforms into Sharivan and fights them off. Sharivan kills Computer Beast with Sharivan Crash.Sound Beast
This monster appeared in episode 5. Its powers include a human disguise, a flute that enhances telekinesis, teleportation, and a crescent bladed staff. Created as part of Madou's plan to unlock hidden psychokinetic abilities within humans to turn them into espers and make them part of Madou. Disguised as a human, Sound Beast has a man named Tokio work for him to bring him any human. Tokio has a girlfriend named Yumiko who faked having amnesia to get away from Madou after a motorcycle crash. Psycho later orders Yumiko to be killed when he discovers that she did not lose her memory. When Tokio refuses to do it, Sound Beast attempts to do it instead. Tokio tries to stop him but Sound Beast uses his flute to telekinetically throw him around and he dies of his injuries. This enrages Dai and he transforms into Sharivan. Sound Beast fights him in the Vision World attempting to kill him but is destroyed by Sharivan Crash despite its efforts.Yamagami Beast
This monster appeared in episode 6. Its powers include high jumping, a mentally controlled spear, emitting electric surges, teleportation, and a chain. When Madou discovers that Den is a former forest ranger, they had Mountain God Beast attack the forest. Dai pursues them but is lured into a trap and attacked by bats that affect his senses. Mountain God Beast fights the weakened Den as he cannot transform into Sharivan due to the cage rendering his Crimson Shine useless as well as being infected by the bats. They even threaten to kill the animals if Den does not continue fighting. Mountain God Beast brutally beats Den and his about to finish him off but Gavan rescues him and transforms into Sharivan. In the Vision world, Sharivan fights Mountain God Beast and finishes him off with Sharivan Crash.Double Beast
This monster appeared in episode 7. Its powers include teleportation, possessing espers, a clawed staff, and explosive torches. It heavily resembles the xenomorph drone from the original Alien. This Demon Monster is created as part of Madou's plan to turn girls with ESP into evil psychics that will serve the Madou. One of the girls is Sachiko who Double Beast possessed. After saving her, Den fights Double Beast and kills him with Sharivan Crash.Doku Beast
This monster appeared in episode 8. Its powers include invisibility, dioxin spray from the mouth, a scythe, and a sword. This Demon Monster is used in Madou's plan to pollute the environment using dioxin which is lethal poison that kills any living thing including humans. Sharivan destroys him with Sharivan Crash.Cash Beast
This monster appeared in episode 9. Its powers include teleportation, a mentally controlled staff with a mace at the end that emits electric surges, mirages, controlling and spawning doors, invisibility, and a sword. It was part of the Madou's plan to take control of world companies and eventually the economy using counterfeit money. After Sharivan fights the Madou he destroys the counterfeit money factory but it was actually a fake factory used by the Madou to trick Sharivan. The real factory is the haunted house that is part of a Madou plan and is owned by Cash Beast disguised as an old man. When Jirou, Kojiro and his friends investigate the house Cash Beast scares them away. Sharivan fights Cash Beast and destroys him with Sharivan Crash. Afterwards Sharivan destroys the real counterfeit money factory in the haunted house finally putting an end to Madou's plan for good. UFO Beast
This monster appeared in episode 10. Its powers include retracting his body into his saucer-like helmet, launchable pincer claw gloves, mentally controlling his helmet, a bladed ring and a gun on the saucer helmet, a mace ended staff, and a sword. UFO Beast is first seen trying to kill Kojirou when he is discovered taking pictures of their shuttles transporting materials for a cannon. Sharivan fights UFO Beast and he retreats. The Madou destroy the detection equipment so they can proceed with their plan. Sharivan is able to destroy the cannon and kill UFO Beast with Sharivan Crash.Shouri Beast
This monster appeared in episode 11. Its powers include high jumping, a mentally controlled spear that emits electric shocks, and flames from the left palm. Victory Beast is created using Sharivan's data analyzed by the Bengal Brothers. The Bengal Brothers are brainwashed into cyborgs as punishment for attempting to overthrow Psycho. The three of them fight Sharivan resulting in the Bengal Brothers killed. Victory Beast fights Sharivan gaining the upper hand against him but his injuries are not enough to slow him down and he finally uses Sharivan Crash against Victory Beast killing himOcarina Beast
This monster appeared in episode 12. Its powers include teleportation, a hypnotic ocarina that can turn into a harpoon, and a sword. Ocarina Beast poses as a friendly alien to hypnotize people turning them into slaves so that the Madou can invade Earth. Sharivan fights Ocarina and kills him with Sharivan Crash.Boxer Beast
This monster appeared in episode 13. Its powers include a human disguise, a boxing glove for the left hand that can turn into a staff, invisibility, high jumping, and a sword. Killer Beast
This monster appeared in episode 14. Its powers include a human disguise, a detachable floating head, a crescent bladed staff that emits electric shocks, high jumping, summoning fire, and a sword. Shikake Beast
This monster appeared in episode 15. Its powers include a clubbed staff that emits electric shocks, a human disguise, turning into a rock, explosive mouth mist, a long tongue, and a sword with a gun on the handle.Maboroshi Beast
This monster appeared in episode 16. Its powers include a human disguise, transparency, retracting into his cloak, a mentally controlled spear, mirages, face ramming, and a sword.Magma Beast
This monster appeared in episode 17. Its powers include a spear, fire manipulation, teleportation, lava sparks from the head, and a sword.Same Beast
This monster appeared in episode 18. Its powers include teleportation, emitting white smoke, swimming, high jumping, invisibility, a staff with a club at the end, and a spiked sword.Kataribe Beast
This monster appeared in episodes 19 and 20. Its powers include a human disguise, a mentally controlled staff with a club at the end that emits electricity, teleportation, high jumping, mouth bombs, and a sword.Utsubo Beast
This monster appeared in episode 21. Its powers include sharp teeth, a staff with a mace that emits electric shocks, high jumping, teleportation, and a sword.Shinigami Beast
This monster appeared in episode 22. Its powers include a human disguise, illusions, possession, high jumping, a scythe that can turn into a sword, and an explosive levitating cloak.Nimen Beast
This monster appeared in episode 23. Its powers include a human disguise, teleportation, and an explosive spear.Virus Beast
This monster appeared in episode 24. Its powers include a human disguise, energy sapping virus mouth mist, beetles with energy sapping virus mouth mist and can explode, gliding, a pitch fork, mouth webs, and a sword.Nikui Beast
This monster appeared in episode 25. Its powers include a human disguise, telekinesis, a hooked staff that can emit hot sparks, and a sword that emits electric shocks.Keiki Beast
This monster appeared in episode 26. Its powers include a human disguise, telekinesis, teleportation, super speed, high jumping, a mentally controlled ax, and a sword.Uragiri Beast
This monster appeared in episode 27. Its powers include a glaive and a high resistance to pain.Gakuen Beast
This monster appeared in episode 28. Its powers include teleportation, a human disguise, throwing giant explosive leaves, spawning athletes, and a sword.Heiki Beast
This monster appeared in episode 29. Its powers include a human disguise, a shoulder energy cannon, a sword, a laser rifle, and explosive throwing knives.Henshin Beast
This monster appeared in episode 30. Its powers include a human disguise, a glaive, high jumping, dividing into four gunmen, teleportation, and a mummy disguise with explosive constricting bandages.Kodai Beast
This monster appeared in episode 31. Its powers include super strength, a spear, summoning flying rocks, and a sword.Jekyll-Hyde Beast
This monster appeared in episode 32. Its powers include a human disguise, an ax that contains a sword, invisibility, and levitation.Shunkan Beast
This monster appeared in episode 33. Its powers include teleportation, a mentally controlled glaive, shoulder shields, and a sword.Hyakume Beast
This monster appeared in episode 34. Its powers include teleportation, a high heat resistance, telekinesis, a coiling tongue that emits electric shocks, a spear, and a sword.Washi Beast
This monster appeared in episode 35. Its powers include gliding, high jumping, a spear, illusions, signal jamming, arrestors, and a sword.Bunri Beast
This monster appeared in episode 36. Its powers include splitting into two different monsters, constricting electric tentacles, summoning vines, and a club that can turn into a sword.Kuma Beast
This monster appeared in episode 37. Its powers include a human disguise, a scythe, high jumping, and a jagged sword.Asura Beast
This monster appeared in episode 38. Its powers include swimming, a human disguise, a staff with a torch at the end, teleportation, an electric cloth, and a sword.Doll Beast
This monster appeared in episode 39. Its powers include converting into a doll armed with a mouth gun, a rake staff, levitation, telepathy, doll bombs, mouth mist, a detachable head, teleportation, high jumping, and a sword.Yogen Beast
This monster appeared in episode 40. Its powers include foresight, a human disguise, a trident that can turn into a sword, teleportation, and levitation.Anahori Beast
This monster appeared in episode 41. Its powers include burrowing, shovel claws for hands, a nose drill, a forked staff, fast sliding, and a sword.Mukuro Beast
This monster appeared in episode 42. Its powers include high jumping, a staff, summoning electric triangles and fissures, and a sword.Reikai Beast
This monster appeared in episode 43. Its powers include using souls as a human disguise with extending arms, energy draining eye bolts, telekinesis, teleportation, a pitch fork, high jumping, reviving dead Makai beasts, and a sword.Ankou Beast
This monster appeared in episode 44. Its powers include an extending head probe with knockout gas, teleportation, eye beams that keep creatures asleep, a sickle staff, and a sword.Yukai Beast
This monster appeared in episode 45. Its powers include teleportation, a trident, a human disguise, and high jumping.Present Beast
This monster appeared in episode 46. Its powers include a mentally controlled spear that emits electric shocks and can turn into a machine gun, invisibility, high jumping, and a sword.Kenkyaku Beast
This monster appeared in episode 47. Its powers include a human disguise, the magic sword, high jumping, and telekinesis.BEM Sasori
This monster appeared in episode 48. Its powers include a throwing knife, a launch able right arm pincer claw, high jumping, and a sword.

Episodes

  1. Vision : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  2. Spirit World New Town : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  3. A Promise With Kumiko : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  4. The Microcomputer Investigation : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  5. Yohko of the Harbor Doesn't Forget the Melody of Love : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  6. The Small Life Flying Through the Forest of the Battlefield : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  7. Who is the Me Floating in the Mirror!? : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  8. The Comeback Salmon Revived by the Lutaceous River : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  9. The Surprise House is at Vision Town, Address 0 : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  10. Vision Castle – Chase the Shadow of the Tokyo Express : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  11. He Came From the Dark Nebula, the Strongest Villain, Fighter : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  12. An Alien's Smile; Operation My Friend : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  13. Strength is Love; The Heroes Set Off : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  14. The Billionaire Who's Scared of Recurring Nightmares : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  15. The Island of the Sea-Rumbling Device : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Makoto Tsuji
  16. The Dangerous Hit Song Sung by the Pretty Girl : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Makoto Tsuji
  17. The Wondrous Extradimensional Trip of the New Model Double-Decker Bus : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  18. It's Summer! It's the Sea! The Meteor Group Who Attacks Izu Peninsula : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  19. The Mysterious Girl Who Stands Alone on Makyō Cape : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  20. The Prism Desert Island That Calls the Stormy Seas : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  21. The Secret Room's Fang – Lily Likes a Mystery : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  22. The Temptation to Heaven That Attacks the Tennis Player : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  23. Fear of the Copy Era; Big Gathering of Clone Humans : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  24. The Japan Lazy Person Disease Transported by the Insect Hurricane : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  25. Tears in a Demon's Eye – An Angel's Tears – Papa's Help is Coming : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  26. The Trap of Anger; The Great Makeup War : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  27. The Treacherous Skies; The Fugitive From the Dark Jail : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  28. The Campus is an 80m Wind Speed Violent Storm : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  29. Who is the Enemy? The Hot-Blooded Man Who Targets the Wilderness : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  30. The Abandoned Children; Transforming Mama : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  31. Miyuki, Now? The Wandering Illusion Crystal : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  32. The Vision Dream Device Orange and a Lullaby! : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi
  33. An Instant Trip! Inside the Vision Castle are Bizarre Flowers in Full Bloom : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  34. The Hair-Raising Spirit is the Guide to the Ghost World : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  35. If You Fall, Stand up, Den! Love is the Radiance of Life : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  36. The Iga Warrior Team's Z Flag Rises in the Cloudy Space Sky : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  37. The Bear-Hunting Grandpa Saw the Wondrous Poison Flower : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  38. Crazy Whispering Coup d'état, Visions of Dark Clouds : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Takeshi Ogasawara
  39. The Doll Knows the Wounds of the Iga Warrior's Heart : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  40. The Fiery Car Chase, the Great Promise to Tear Bonds of Love : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  41. Phoenix!! Return to the Genmu World : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi
  42. The Crimson Youth of the Female Warrior Who Ran Through the Battlefield : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Michio Konishi
  43. The Tears of a Mother and Child's Love Flow Down the Road to Heaven : written by Susumu Takaku, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  44. The Midnight Cinderella is Full of the Aroma of Roses : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  45. The Audition's Trap; The Big Little Child Star : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  46. The Birthday Promise; The Sky Cloud That Draws a Dream to the Heavens : written by Keiji Kubota, directed by Michio Konishi
  47. The Older Brother and Younger Sister Who Wish For Happiness; Sparks Fall, Holy Sword, Evil Sword : written by Akiyuki Yuyama, directed by Michio Konishi
  48. Mimi : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  49. Gamagon : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  50. Umibozu : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka
  51. Sekisha – Jouchaku : written by Shozo Uehara, directed by Hideo Tanaka

Cast

Den Iga
Hiroshi WatariLily
Yumiko FuruyaRetsu Ichijouji
Kenji OhbaMimi
Wakiko KanoCommander Qom
Toshiaki NishizawaMarin
Kyoko NashiroKojiro Oyama
Masayuki SuzukiKappei Suzuki
Gozo SomaChiaki Suzuki
Midori NakagawaChie Suzuki
Yukari AokiAkira Suzuki
Katsuya KoisoSaint
Takeshi WatabeDemon King Psycho
Shōzō IizukaDoctor Polter
Hitomi YoshiokaGeneral Gyrer
Satoshi KuriharaMiss Akuma 1
Chieko Maruyama, Miyuki Nagato Miss Akuma 2
Lala, Yui Mizuki Umibōzu
Kazuyoshi YamadaNarrator
Issei Masamune

Guest stars

Home media

Songs

The opening theme is "Space Sheriff Sharivan", and the ending theme is "Tsuyosa wa Ai da". Both pieces are performed by Akira Kushida, with lyrics by Keisuke Yamakawa and composition and arrangement by Michiaki Watanabe.