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[]
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
Single Information[]
- Seishun Bus Guide
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement and Programming: Okubo Kaoru
- Electric Guitar: Takahashi Yuichi and Takayama Kazuya
- Chorus: CHINO
- Music Video: Wada Yasuhiro[1]
- Rival
- Lyrics and Composition: Tsunku
- Arrangement and Programming: Hirata Shoichiro
- Chorus: CHINO
- Electric Guitar: Asai Yasuo
- Dance Choreography: YOSHIKO
Performances[]
Concert Performances[]
- Seishun Bus Guide
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~Sono Subete no Ai ni~
- Hello! Project 2009 SUMMER Kakumei Gannen ~Hello! Chanpuru~
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2009 Aki ~Medachitaii!!~
- Berryz Koubou Festival ~Youkoso Otakebi Land he~
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2010 Shoka ~Umi no ie Otakebi House~
- Berryz Koubou Debut 10shuunen Kinen Concert Tour 2014 ~Real Berryz Koubou~ (part of a medley)
- Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2015 ~ The First Ring! ~ - Wada Sakurako
- Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2018 ~SHINE! Kobushi Tamashii!~ - Kobushi Factory
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER ~ONE FOR ALL~ - Sudo Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi
- Hello! Project 2024 Winter ~THREE OF US~ - Hashisako Rin, Goto Hana, Irie Risa, Endo Akari, Kubota Nanami
- 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 Concert Tour 2010 Aki Fuyu ~Berikou Fes!~
- Hello! Project 2011 WINTER ~Kangei Shinsen Matsuri~ B kkuri Live - Hello! Project
- Berryz Koubou Concert Tour 2012 Haru ~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!~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei
- Berryz Koubou 10shuunen Kinen Budokan Special Live ~Yappari Anata Nashide wa Ikite Yukenai~ - Berryz Koubou 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!~
- Berryz Koubou Last Concert 2015 Berryz Koubou Ikubee~!
- 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
- Tsugunaga Momoko Last Live ♥Arigatou Otomomochi♥ - Tsugunaga Momoko
- Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2017 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Shimizu Saki, Kumai Yurina, Yamaki Risa, Hirose Ayaka, Yamagishi Riko, Niinuma Kisora, Tanimoto Ami
- Shimizu Saki Casual Dinner Show ~Hinamatsuri 2018・Kinen Subeki Kono Hi ni 1ri de Dinner Show Shichaimasu~ - Shimizu Saki
- Kobushi Factory & Tsubaki Factory Premium Live 2018 Haru "KOBO" - Kobushi Factory, Tsubaki Factory
- Hello! Project 2019 SUMMER "harmony" - Kaga Kaede, Ozeki Mai, Inoue Rei, Ono Mizuho, Shimakura Rika, Hirai Miyo, Satoyoshi Utano (part of a medley)
- Hello! Project 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT "ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL!" ACT II - ANGERME
- Juice=Juice Concert Tour 2024 TRIANGROOOVE2 Special - Kudo Yume, Ebata Kisaki, Kawashima Mifu
Event Performances[]
- Seishun Bus Guide
- [2019.08.19] BEYOOOOONDS Kobayashi Honoka Birthday Event 2019 - Kobayashi Honoka
- [2023.09.01] ANGERME Matsumoto Wakana Birthday Event 2023 - Matsumoto Wakana
- [2024.03.03] Juice=Juice Fanclub Tour Miracle×Juice×Bus4 in Izu - Uemura Akari, Kudo Yume, Arisawa Ichika, Ishiyama Sakura
- [2025.03.10] BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Takase Kurumi Birthday Event 2025 - Takase Kurumi
- Rival
- [2023.08.07] Morning Days Happy Holiday 9ki Member Fukumura Mizuki・Ikuta Erina Fanclub Bus Tour in Gunma - Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina
- [2024.03.02] Berryz Koubou 20th Anniversary Live ~Sono Subete no Ai ni Thank You~ - Sudo Maasa, Natsuyaki Miyabi, Kumai Yurina
- [2024.04.15] BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Okamura Minami & Kiyono Momohime FC Event 2024 ~ Mimomo World~ - Okamura Minami, Kiyono Momohime
- [2024.05.07] Juice=Juice Dambara Ruru Birthday Event 2024 - Dambara Ruru
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
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
- "Seishun Bus Guide" is about the Berryz Koubou members, portraying male students, crushing on their female tour guide.
Videos[]
Audio[]
Gallery[]
References[]
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, English
- Lyrics: Seishun Bus Guide, Rival