Journey Through the Decade

This article is about a song in Kamen Rider Decade.

Journey Through the Decade
Kamen Rider Decade
Song Type	Opening Theme
Performer(s)	Gackt
Year released	March 25, 2009
Song Guide
Previous	Break the Chain
Next	W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~
Alternate Covers
CD+DVD Cover

Journey Through the Decade (ジャーニースルーザディケイド, Jānī Surū Za Dikeido) is an opening theme (OP) from Kamen Rider Decade. It was performed by Gackt. is the thirtieth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt, released on March 25, 2009. It is his first song performed for Kamen Rider Decade, used as the television series' theme song.

• Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
• Composition: Ryo (of defspiral)
• Arrangement: Kōtarō Nakagawa, Ryo, (Nippon Columbia Version: Yasumasa Satou), (Nippon Crown Version: Mitsuhiro Nagano), (Rider Chips Version: Cher Watanabe)
• Artist: Gackt, (Nippon Columbia Version: Hiroaki Takeuchi), (Nippon Crown Version: Shinichi Ishihara), Rider Chips
• Episodes: Nine Worlds arc (first verse), New Worlds arc (second verse)

A revised version covered by Kamen Rider GIRLS was released on 'Heisei Kamen Rider 20 Commemoriation Best' album on May 2019.

Summary

It was used as the opening theme song for the 2009 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade. It was released as a single CD and as a CD coupled with a DVD with the music video. The theme of "Journey Through the Decade" is that it describes the "Journey" (旅, Tabi).

CD

1. "Journey Through the Decade"
2. "J.t.D. Re-Mix RIDE"Distort""
3. "J.t.D. Re-Mix RIDE"Symphony""
4. "Journey Through the Decade" (instrumental)

DVD

The music video of "Journey Through the Decade" was later released in Stay the Ride Alive, "special memorial single" version which is a Digipak with a special cover, a third disc and a booklet describing Gackt's collaboration with the Kamen Rider Decade production.

1. "Journey Through the Decade" music film

Chart performance

On its first day of release, it sold 15,000 copies and reached #2 on the Oricon Daily Charts. By the release of its follow up single "The Next Decade", "Journey Through the Decade" had sold 94,000 copies. It stayed 25 weeks on the music charts. In June 2009, the Recording Industry Association of Japan certified it as gold.

Oricon sales chart

Release	Provider(s)	Chart	Peak position	Sales total
March 25, 2009	Oricon	Daily Singles	1	15,441
		Weekly Singles	2	51,666
		Monthly Singles	4	74,117
		Yearly Singles	63	97,616

Lyrics

Romaji

English Translation

Miageru hoshi Sorezore no rekishi ga kagayaite Seiza no you Sen de musubu shunkan hajimaru Legend Aurora yurameku jikuu koete Tobikomu meisou suru Parallel world On the road dare mo tabi no tochuu Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame Aruki tsuzukeru no sa ima wo We're all travelers Boku no me no mae ni hirogaru Kokonotsu no michi wa itsuka kasanatte Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku Michi ni kawaru no darou Mokugekise yo Journey through the Decade Renzu goshi ni Kiritotta keshiki wo mitsumete mo Shinjitsu to wa kokoro no me no naka ni Utsuru mono sa Dokoka de tatakai no maku ga aki Boku to iu genjitsu sarau Halation On the road tabi ni deru riyuu wa Sekai ga horobiru mirai kaeru tame Motto tsuyoku yume wo idake We're all dreamers Boku no unmei wa kanarazu Juudome ni tachiagatta sono toki ni Atarashii kaze toorinukeru michi ga hiraku no darou Mokugekise yo Journey through the Decade Jibun ga shunkan goto ni Ketsudan suru sono subete de Mirai wa risou ni mo zetsubou ni mo Kawatte yuku dakara kitto Shinjita michi hashire On the road dare mo tabi no tochuu Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame Aruki tsuzukeru no sa ima wo We're all travelers Boku no me no mae ni hirogaru Kokonotsu no michi wa itsuka kasanatte Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku michi ni kawaru no darou Mokugekise yo Journey through the Decade

Looking up upon the stars, where various sagas are shining Just like the constellations, only by connecting them with lines, does a Legend begin Go through the dimensions flickering like auroras And dive into that straying Parallel world On the road, everyone is in the midst of a journey In order to encounter their true selves Let’s keep on walking for now, for We’re all travelers Everything’s spreading out right in front of my eyes Just when will the 9 paths ever overlap The road will probably change to continue into a new dawn Bear witness to it, Journey through the Decade No matter how hard we gaze into the scenery taken from beyond the lens The truth is the thing that is projected into the eye of our hearts Somewhere, the curtains to a battle have opened And I become a Halation who has taken away reality On the road, my reason for leaving on a journey In order to change the future of the destruction of the world Embrace your dreams stronger and longer, for We’re all dreamers And for certain, my fate will be To stand back up 10 times, and when that time comes A new wind will probably blow through, opening up a new path Bear witness to it, Journey through the Decade For myself, at every interval of every moment I remain determined, and that will be everything As for the future, whether is it an ideal, or a despair I will change it, and therefore surely I will run down the path I believed in On the road, everyone is in the midst of a journey In order to encounter their true selves Let’s keep on walking for now, for We’re all travelers Everything’s spreading out right in front of my eyes Just when will the 9 paths ever overlap The road will probably change to continue into a new dawn Bear witness to it, Journey through the Decade

Notes

• "Journey Through the Decade" was also featured in the Japanese release of Dance Dance Revolution Music Fit a game developed for the Wii by Konami

External links

• Journey Through the Decade at Wikipedia.
• Journey Through the Decade on Gackt's official website