FRUITS ZIPPER's New Theme Song for "Crayon Shin-chan" to Air Starting October 4th!

FRUITS ZIPPER's latest song "Hachamecha Wacha Life!" has been chosen as the new theme song for the anime "Crayon Shin-chan," starting from the broadcast on Saturday, October 4th.

"Crayon Shin-chan" began serialization in "Manga Action" in 1990 and the TV anime started airing in 1992, bringing smiles and emotions to a wide range of generations. The first theatrical release, "Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Haigure Maô," came out in 1993, with a total of 31 films released to date.

In 2024, "Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki" achieved the highest box office revenue in the history of the series. The 32nd installment of the "Crayon Shin-chan" movie series, set to release in 2025, features Shinnosuke and the Kasukabe Defense Force dancing wildly in India! "Eiga Crayon Shin-chan Chō Karei! Shakunetsu no Kasukabe Dancers" was released nationwide on Friday, August 8th.

FRUITS ZIPPER is a seven-member idol group consisting of Amane Tsukiashi, Suzuka Chinzei, Yui Sakurai, Runa Nakagawa, Mana Manaka, Karen Matsumoto, and Noel Hayase. Their second digital single, "Watashino Ichiban Kawaiitokoro," released in April 2022, became a sensation primarily on TikTok and led to a rapid breakthrough. As of March 2025, the song's total views on TikTok surpassed an astonishing 3 billion. In 2023, the song was released on CD and won the Best New Artist Award at the 65th Japan Record Awards. They are set to hold their first Tokyo Dome concert on Sunday, February 1st, 2026, marking them as a rising star with unstoppable momentum.

The members of FRUITS ZIPPER are thrilled about this dream collaboration with "Crayon Shin-chan"! They shared their thoughts on "Hachamecha Wacha Life!": "It includes elements that both fans of Shin-chan and FRUITS ZIPPER can enjoy. I hope people will discover new charms every time they listen and love it for a long time!" (Chinzei). "The songs from Shin-chan that I listened to when I was little still stay with me. I hope that children watching TV now will hum our songs in the future!" (Nakagawa). "We wanted 'Crayon Shin-chan' to become a 'meeting place' for everyone every week!" (Matsumoto), they appealed.