Seishun Bus Guide / Rival (青春バスガイド／ライバル; Youth Bus Guide / Rival) is the 20th single of Hello! Project group Berryz Koubou. It was released on June 3, 2009 in both regular & 2 limited editions. They released two Single Vs: Seishun Bus Guide on June 24th, 2009 and Rival on June 17th, 2009. The single reached #4 on the Oricon charts and charted for five weeks, selling 34,589 copies. The single V for Seishun Bus Guide sold a total of 4,142 copies. The single V for Rival sold a total of 4,043 copies.
Tracklist
Seishun Bus Guide (MV)
Rival (MV)
CD
- Seishun Bus Guide
- Rival
- Seishun Bus Guide (Instrumental)
- Rival (Instrumental)
Limited Edition A DVD
- Seishun Bus Guide (Close-up Ver.)
Limited Edition B DVD
- Rival (Dance Shot Ver.)
Single V (Seishun Bus Guide)
- Seishun Bus Guide
- Seishun Bus Guide (Dance Shot Ver.)
- Making of (メイキング映像)
Single V (Rival)
- Rival
- Rival (Close Up Ver.)
- Making of (メイキング映像)
Event V (Seishun Bus Guide)
- Seishun Bus Guide (Shimizu Saki Ver.)
- Seishun Bus Guide (Tsugunaga Momoko Ver.)
- Seishun Bus Guide (Tokunaga Chinami Ver.)
- Seishun Bus Guide (Sudo Maasa Ver.)
- Seishun Bus Guide (Natsuyaki Miyabi Ver.)
- Seishun Bus Guide (Kumai Yurina Ver.)
- Seishun Bus Guide (Sugaya Risako Ver.)
Event V (Rival)
- Rival (Shimizu Saki Ver.)
- Rival (Tsugunaga Momoko Ver.)
- Rival (Tokunaga Chinami Ver.)
- Rival (Sudo Maasa Ver.)
- Rival (Natsuyaki Miyabi Ver.)
- Rival (Kumai Yurina Ver.)
- Rival (Sugaya Risako Ver.)
Featured Members
Berryz Koubou promoting single
- Shimizu Saki
- Tsugunaga Momoko
- Tokunaga Chinami
- Sudo Maasa
- Natsuyaki Miyabi
- Kumai Yurina
- Sugaya Risako
Concert Performances
- Seishun Bus Guide
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Sono Subete no Ai ni~
- Hello! Project 2009 Summer Kakumei Gannen ~Hello! Champloo~
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Medachitaii!!~
- Berryz Koubou Festival ~Youkoso Otakebi Land e~
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2010 Shoka ~Umi no ie Otakebi House~
- Berryz Koubou Debut 10th Anniversary Concert Tour 2014 ~Real Berryz Koubou~ (part of a medley)
- Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2015 ~ The First Ring! ~ - Wada Sakurako
- Rival
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Sono Subete no Ai ni~
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Medachitaii!!~
- Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu!~
- Berryz Koubou Festival ~Youkoso Otakebi Land e~
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2010 Shoka ~Umi no ie Otakebi House~
- Berryz Koubou 2010 Aki ~BeriKou Fest~
- Hello! Project 2011 Winter ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ B kkuri Live - Hello! Project
- Berryz Koubou Spring Concert Tour 2012 ~Berryz Station~
- Berryz Koubou Tanabata Special Live 2012
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2013 Haru ~Berryz Mansion Nyuukyosha Boshuuchuu!~ (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Thank You For Your Love!~
- Hello! Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~9gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~
- Berryz Koubou 10shuunen Kinen Budokan Special Live ~Yappari Anata Nashide wa Ikite Yukenai~ (with ℃-ute)
- Berryz Koubou 10 Shuunen Kinen Special Concert 2014 Thank You BeriKyuu! in Nippon Budokan
- Berryz Koubou Debut 10shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2014 Aki ~Professional~
- Hello! Project 2015 WINTER ~HAPPY EMOTION!~
- Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2015 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Ikuta Erina, Nakanishi Kana, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Miyazaki Yuka
- Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2016 Haru ~The Cheering Party!~ - Kobushi Factory
Single Information
- Seishun Bus Guide
- Lyrics & Music: Tsunku
- Arrangement and Programming: Okubo Kaoru
- Electric Guitar: Takahashi Yuichi and Takayama Kazuya
- Chorus: CHINO
- Vocals:
- Tsugunaga Momoko and Sugaya Risako (main vocals)
- Shimizu Saki,Tokunaga Chinami,Sudo Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi and Kumai Yurina (minor vocals)
- Rival
- Lyrics and Music: Tsunku
- Arrangement and Programming: Hirata Shoichiro
- Chorus: CHINO
- Electric Guitar: Asai Yasuo
- Vocals:
- Tsugunaga Momoko, Natsuyaki Miyabi, and Sugaya Risako (main vocals)
- Kumai Yurina (minor vocal)
- Dance Choreographer: YOSHIKO
Trivia
- This is Berryz Koubou first Double A-side single.
- All covers, except the Event V for "Seishun Bus Guide," uses the outfit for "Rival."
- "Rival" was covered in Indonesian by Super Girlies, an Indonesian girl group.
- "Seishun Bus Guide" was used as the second ending theme song of Inazuma Eleven.
- This was their first single to have 2 Single V and 2 Event V
- The "Seishun Bus Guide" song and music video is about the Berryz Koubou members crushing on their female bus guide.
Oricon Chart Positions
- Single
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Week Rank | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2 12,785 |
3 4,426 |
4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29,169 |
| 6 | 43 | 46 | - | - | - | 7 | 26 | 3,741 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 101 | 778 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 135 | 528 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 173 | 373 |
Total Reported Sales: 34,589
- Single V (Seishun Bus Guide)
Total Reported Sales: 4,142
- Single V (Rival)
Total Reported Sales: 4,043
Additional Videos
- Seishun Bus Guide
Dance Shot Ver.
Shimizu Saki Ver.
Tsugunaga Momoko Ver.
Tokunaga Chinami Ver.
Sudo Maasa Ver.
Natsuyaki Miyabi Ver.
Kumai Yurina Ver.
Sugaya Risako Ver.
- Rival
Dance Shot Ver.
Close-up Ver.
Shimizu Saki Ver.
Tsugunaga Momoko Ver.
Tokunaga Chinami Ver.
Sudo Maasa Ver.
Natsuyaki Miyabi Ver.
Kumai Yurina Ver.
Sugaya Risako Ver.
External Links
- Discography:
- Single: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
- Single V R: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
- Single V S: Hello! Project (archived), UP-FRONT WORKS
- Wikipedia: Japanese
- Lyrics: Seishun Bus Guide, Rival