Pokémon: Oishi to sing 22-minute song live

Masayoshi Oishi plans to sing "Pokémon All Stars 1025" live in full length on October 25, 2026. The roughly 22-minute anniversary song names all 1,025 Pokémon and is to be performed in its entirety at the "Pokémon Card Game 30th CELEBRATION EVENT" at Makuhari Messe.

As KAI-YOU reports, Oishi himself announced the complete live performance. The official event describes the appearance as an exceptional challenge: instead of a shortened stage version, the full version of the song is to actually be played. The piece was created for Pokémon's 30th anniversary and lists the names of all 1,025 Pokémon.

The music video remains 22 minutes long

Pokémon had already released the full music video for "Pokémon All Stars 1025" in early September. Oishi wrote and composed the song and also provided the vocals. The visual side combines material from games, anime, the trading card game and merchandise, arranging the Pokémon like pages of a scrapbook.

The live version becomes part of the "Pokémon Card Game 30th CELEBRATION EVENT" on October 25. The event celebrates 30 years of the Pokémon trading card game. According to KAI-YOU, the complete 22-minute performance is explicitly announced as a separate programme item.

Oishi is also closely associated with anime music beyond this project. Further major concerts are coming up in the coming weeks: on September 22 and 23 he performs at the Nippon Budokan, and two days at Yokohama Arena follow in February 2027.

Pokémon is using the anniversary year in parallel for further music and media projects. Pokémon Sleep has released 19 more BGM tracks worldwide on Spotify. In addition, three large artbooks featuring 30 years of game artwork are set to appear, while a Pokémon GO collaboration episode of "Pokémon Horizons" has been announced for the anime.