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Singer Mai Kuraki set a new Guinness World Record on the 27th for the most theme songs provided for an anime series by the same artist, reaching her 30th theme song for Detective Conan. She broke her own record of 21 songs, set in 2017, nine years later — and Conan himself showed up at the certification ceremony, which became a topic of conversation. On 5ch, reactions focused less on the rarity of the record itself and more on chatter about Conan’s remarkable longevity as a series and Kuraki’s age and career. Meanwhile, some comments brought up comparisons to Hikaru Utada and anecdotes from the 2000s entertainment world, and the discussion drifted from the record itself into more tangential talk.
Sponichi [Sept 27, 2026, 18:00]
Singer Mai Kuraki (43) attended a Guinness World Records certificate presentation ceremony in Tokyo on the 27th. She has provided numerous theme and ending songs for the hit anime Detective Conan, and with the unveiling of “Ai de Zenbu Dakishimete Aishite” (“Hold It All With Love and Love Me”) in the broadcast on the 26th, she reached her 30th song for the series. This breaks the record she was certified with in 2017 for “most theme songs performed for an anime series by the same artist,” which stood at 21 songs (at the time) — a record she now updates nine years later.
She reached 30 songs just as the anime marks its 30th broadcast anniversary. The show’s protagonist, Conan Edogawa, even showed up on the day, and Kuraki gave him a high-five before the two walked up to the stage hand in hand. “I’m overflowing with gratitude. This is a dreamlike, proud record I share with everyone involved in Detective Conan,” she said proudly.
Source: sponichi.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
You could put out a 3-disc best album from Conan songs alone
Someone go marry her already
If she's willing to just be herself, sure…
Well, Utada's still single too, for what it's worth
I thought she was already past 50
Though honestly I doubt I'll ever get around to One Piece or Conan
Both are over 1,000 episodes total now lol
I don't even have the courage to start from episode 1, let alone rewatch them
Are they still banned from appearing together?
All Hamada actually said to Utada was something like "there's a copycat of you running around lately" — the real idiots were the HEY!HEY!HEY! staff who helpfully slapped Mai Kuraki's name on the screen caption.
If they hadn't done that, even if there'd been a complaint, he could've just fired back with
"Huh? I only said there's a copycat out there — does that ring a bell for you or something? (laughs)"
and shut it down.
Who keeps coming up with these long titles that are just a blatant grab-bag of clichés? Every single time.
Feels like everything from the Being camp (Being Inc., the music production company) is written by the same one guy.
Make another one in that style, come on
Wrap it up while the voice actors are still around and healthy
she still looks like her original self
like that "the first end-of-century in 100 years~" one, or the "Free Magic~whatever" one, and B'z has some odd ones too, and every song Daigo sings is bad, and the current OP is garbage as well
Compared to "Meikyuu no Lovers" ("Lovers of the Labyrinth"), everything else feels fine by comparison
What about HEATH's song?
If it doesn't exist, you just make one up
That's Guinness for you
For something that cost 300, 400 yen at the time?
Same generation as her, so that struck me as odd too
And a lot of high schoolers back then had part-time jobs, mostly at convenience stores and the like
paying for their own PHS phone and calls out of pocket
Calling the cost of a cheap manga volume back then "allowance money" — is she from some well-off family?
I'd get it if this were set in junior high or elementary school, but high school seems off
Guinness is the kind of thing where you pay money and apply asking to be certified, after all
Though it sounds like it's sometimes free and the vetting is done properly, so it's still better than Monde Selection (a Belgium-based awards body often mocked for handing out awards to almost anything that pays an entry fee)
Background and Discussion Points
The record Mai Kuraki held — “most anime theme songs provided by the same artist” — was certified in 2017 at 21 songs, and this time, nine years later, it was updated at her 30th song. The news value here comes not just from breaking her own record, but from the fact that it lined up with Detective Conan’s 30th anniversary on air, giving it added significance beyond a simple personal milestone. Opinions split on the thread over how to value the record itself. A skeptical view held that it was “a niche record” and “something you can get just by paying for it,” while a more positive view held that simply staying at the forefront of the industry for 30 years is impressive in itself. Guinness World Records are sometimes free to apply for, but in many cases involve an application and review fee, and are awarded to anyone who meets the criteria — it’s not a simple “fame ranking,” a point that’s easy to misunderstand. The thread also touched on 2000s-era entertainment anecdotes, like Masatoshi Hamada’s “copycat” remark and rumors of a ban on the two of them appearing together, but these are past incidents unrelated to Kuraki’s current record and should be read as separate from the article’s main topic.
※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Mai Kuraki Updates Guinness World Record After 9 Years, Provides 30th Detective Conan Theme Song: ‘Conan Is My Family’.”
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