Journey Through the Decade

* Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
* Composition: Ryo (of defspiral)
* Arrangement: Kotaro 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. A "50th anniversary cover" version performed by Beverly was released in the Kamen Rider 50th Anniversary SONG BEST BOX on June 22, 2022.
==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 .
==CD==
# "Journey through the Decade"
# "J.t.D. Re-Mix RIDE"Distort""
# "J.t.D. Re-Mix RIDE"Symphony""
# "Journey through the Decade" (instrumental)
==DVD==
The music video of "Journey through the Decade" was later released in Stay the Ride Alive,(Japanese) http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCA-29599 "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.
# "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
March 25, 2009	Oricon 	Weekly Singles 	2 	51,666
March 25, 2009	Oricon 	Monthly Singles	4 	74,117
March 25, 2009	Oricon 	Yearly Singles 	63 	97,616
==Lyrics==
*Bold lyrics indicate TV-Size version. 
Japanese	Romaji	English Translation
見上げる星 それぞれの歴史が輝いて
星座のよう 線で結ぶ瞬間 始まる legend
オーロラ揺らめく時空超えて
飛び込む迷走するparallel world
On the road 誰も旅の途中
本当の自分自身出逢うため
歩き続けるのさ今を we're all travelers
僕の目の前に広がる
９つの道はいつか重なって
新しい夜明けへと続く道に変わるのだろう
目撃せよ journey through the decade
レンズ越しに切り取った景色を見つめても
真実とは心の目の中に写るものさ
どこかで戦いの幕が開き
僕という現実さらうhalation
On the road 旅に出る理由は
世界が滅びる未来変えるため
もっと強く夢を抱け We're all dreamers
僕の運命は必ず
10度目にたちあがったその時に
新しい風通り抜ける道が開くのだろう
目撃せよ journey through the decade
自分が瞬間ごとに
決断するそのすべてで
未来は理想にも絶望にも
変わってゆくだからきっと
信じた道走れ
On the road 誰も旅の途中
本当の自分自身出逢うため
歩き続けるのさ今を we're all travelers
僕の目の前に広がる
９つの道はいつか重なって
新しい夜明けへと続く道に変わるのだろう
目撃せよ journey through the decade	
Miageru hoshi
sorezore no Rekishi ga kagayaite
Seiza no you
Sen de musubu Shunkan
hajimaru LEGEND
AURORA yurameku Jikuu koete
tobi-komu 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
Mokugeki seyo JOURNEY THROUGH THE DECADE
Renzu Goshi ni
kiri-totta 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 tachi-agatta sono toki ni
atarashii kaze toori-nukeru michi ga hiraku no darou
Mokugeki seyo 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 de-au tame
aruki-tsuzukeru no sa ima wo WE ARE TRAVELER
Boku no me no mae ni hirogaru
kokonotsu no michi wa itsuka kasanatte
atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku
michi ni kawaru no darou
Mokugeki-seyo 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==
*The lyrics "9 paths" is a reference to the Nine Worlds in which Tsukasa travels through for the series' first half.
*The song was unofficially covered by Masahiro Inoue for his special live show.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9mT0ftPR7E
==References==
==External links==
*Journey through the Decade on Gackt's official website
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