Commemorating the legacy of Pocket Monsters since the 1996 debut of Red & Green, musician and anime song composer Masayoshi Oishi has released a landmark tribute titled Pokemon All Stars 1025. Running nearly 22 minutes long, the ambitious musical marathon weaves the name of every single officially recognized Pokémon into a dynamic, multi-genre composition.
Rhyming 1025 Names
Reflecting on the initial offer, Oishi revealed that his immediate reaction was disbelief at the sheer scale of the proposal. The production required meticulous tracking across complex spreadsheets to ensure zero accidental omissions or duplicated names across the 1,025-entry roster.
There were hundreds of billions of possible sequencing permutations. We organized Pokémon by phonetic rhythm, evolutionary lines, regional habitats, and elemental typings. The hardest challenge was making sure no creature was repeated once recited.
Masayoshi Oishi
The track pays direct homage to the classic 1997 anthem Pokemon Ieru ka na? (Can You Name the Pokémon?), opening with the iconic sequence of Pikachu, Dragonite, Slowbro, and Pidgeot before branching into contemporary battle typings and rhythmic switch-ups.
Everyone Is the Protagonist
During the official release presentation alongside guests Ahn Mika and Yusei Yagi (FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE), Oishi detailed his favorite elements across the monumental music video.
The track shifts acoustic styles across all 18 elemental types, with Oishi citing the theatrical, theme-park atmosphere of the Ghost-type arrangement as a personal highlight. The music video also weaves together iconic cutscenes and anime sequences spanning nearly three decades of Pokémon history.
Oishi emphasized that the central lyrical theme—Everyone is a protagonist, no one is a background character—served as the guiding philosophy throughout the exhaustive recording sessions. Recording the final lines of the 1,025th Pokémon brought genuine tears in the studio booth, a passionate vocal take preserved in the final master track.
