Seishun Bus Guide / Rival

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 unit 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.

CD

 * 1) Seishun Bus Guide
 * 2) Rival
 * 3) Seishun Bus Guide (Instrumental)
 * 4) Rival (Instrumental)

Limited Edition A DVD

 * 1) Seishun Bus Guide (Close-up Ver.)

Limited Edition B DVD

 * 1) Rival (Dance Shot Ver.)

Single V (Seishun Bus Guide)

 * 1) Seishun Bus Guide
 * 2) Seishun Bus Guide (Dance Shot Ver.)
 * 3) Making of (メイキング映像)

Single V (Rival)

 * 1) Rival
 * 2) Rival (Close Up Ver.)
 * 3) Making of (メイキング映像)

Event V (Seishun Bus Guide)

 * 1) Seishun Bus Guide (Shimizu Saki Ver.)
 * 2) Seishun Bus Guide (Tsugunaga Momoko Ver.)
 * 3) Seishun Bus Guide (Tokunaga Chinami Ver.)
 * 4) Seishun Bus Guide (Sudo Maasa Ver.)
 * 5) Seishun Bus Guide (Natsuyaki Miyabi Ver.)
 * 6) Seishun Bus Guide (Kumai Yurina Ver.)
 * 7) Seishun Bus Guide (Sugaya Risako Ver.)

Event V (Rival)

 * 1) Rival (Shimizu Saki Ver.)
 * 2) Rival (Tsugunaga Momoko Ver.)
 * 3) Rival (Tokunaga Chinami Ver.)
 * 4) Rival (Sudo Maasa Ver.)
 * 5) Rival (Natsuyaki Miyabi Ver.)
 * 6) Rival (Kumai Yurina Ver.)
 * 7) Rival (Sugaya Risako Ver.)

Featured Members

 * Shimizu Saki
 * Tsugunaga Momoko
 * Tokunaga Chinami
 * Sudo Maasa
 * Natsuyaki Miyabi
 * Kumai Yurina
 * Sugaya Risako

Concert Performances

 * 1) Seishun Bus Guide
 * 2) *Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Sono Subete no Ai ni~
 * 3) *Hello! Project 2009 Summer Kakumei Gannen ~Hello! Champloo~
 * 4) *Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Medachitaii!!~
 * 5) *Berryz Koubou Festival ~Youkoso Otakebi Land e~
 * 6) *Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2010 Shoka ~Umi no ie Otakebi House~
 * 7) *Berryz Koubou Debut 10th Anniversary Concert Tour 2014 ~Real Berryz Koubou~ (part of a medley)
 * 8) Rival
 * 9) *Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Sono Subete no Ai ni~
 * 10) *Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Medachitaii!!~
 * 11) *Hello! Project 2010 Winter Kachou Fuugetsu ~Mobekimasu!~
 * 12) *Berryz Koubou Festival ~Youkoso Otakebi Land e~
 * 13) *Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2010 Shoka ~Umi no ie Otakebi House~
 * 14) *Berryz Koubou 2010 Aki ~BeriKou Fest~
 * 15) *Hello! Project 2011 Winter ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ B kkuri Live - Hello! Project
 * 16) *Berryz Koubou Spring Concert Tour 2012 ~Berryz Station~
 * 17) *Berryz Koubou Tanabata Special Live 2012
 * 18) *Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2013 Haru ~Berryz Mansion Nyuukyosha Boshuuchuu!~ (part of a medley)
 * 19) *Hello! Project Haru no Dai Kansha Hinamatsuri Festival 2013 ~Thank You For Your Love!~
 * 20) *Hello! Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2013 ~9gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~
 * 21) *Berryz Koubou 10 Shuunen Kinen Budokan Special Live ~Yappari Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai~ (with ℃-ute)
 * 22) *Berryz Koubou 10 Shuunen Kinen Special Concert 2014 Thank You BeriKyuu! in Nippon Budokan
 * 23) *Berryz Koubou Debut 10shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2014 Aki ~Professional~

Single Information

 * 1) Seishun Bus Guide
 * 2) *Lyrics & Music: Tsunku
 * 3) *Arrangement and Programming: Okubo Kaoru
 * 4) *Electric Guitar: Takahashi Yuichi and Takayama Kazuya
 * 5) *Chorus: CHINO
 * 6) *Vocals:
 * 7) **Tsugunaga Momoko and Sugaya Risako (main vocals)
 * 8) **Shimizu Saki,Tokunaga Chinami,Sudo Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi and Kumai Yurina (minor vocals)
 * 9) Rival
 * 10) *Lyrics and Music: Tsunku
 * 11) *Arrangement and Programming: Hirata Shoichiro
 * 12) *Chorus: CHINO
 * 13) *Electric Guitar: Asai Yasuo
 * 14) *Vocals:
 * 15) **Tsugunaga Momoko, Natsuyaki Miyabi, and Sugaya Risako (main vocals)
 * 16) **Kumai Yurina (minor vocal)

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" is 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
Total Reported Sales: 34,589