Distance

Distance is the second anime opening for Naruto: Shippūden sung by Long Shot Party. It ran from episode 31 up until episode 53. It is later replaced by Blue Bird.

Rōmaji
YOU ARE MY FRIEND Aa ano hi no yume Ima demo mada wasuretenain deshou

YOU ARE MY DREAM Aa hajimatta bakka Kimi wa MY LONG LOST FRIEND Oh ima tabidatsu yo

EVERYDAY kono saki no SHINING de I WANNA SEE YOU hikaru MY SOUL ON FIRE Kore de miosame no FUN DAYS TO BE THE FUTURE mezashi TAKE OVER Dakara I'LL DREAM ON

I'LL GO THE DISTANCE Mihaterru sora SO FULL Norikonda STARTING Ore ga saikou no POWER, FULL TILT!

YOU ARE MY FRIEND Aa ano hi no yume Ima demo mada wasuretenain deshou

YOU ARE MY DREAM Aa hajimette bakka Kimi wa MY LONG LOST FRIEND Whoa ima tabidatsu yo!

THANK YOU MY FRIEND Aa ano hi no koto Ima demo mada oboeteru kara

You ARE MY DREAM Aa mou kondo koso mamoru MY WAY Whoa THE DISTANCE

English
YOU ARE MY FRIEND!

Aah, do you remember when

We had a dream,

Oh yeah, we were together then

YOU ARE MY DREAM!

Aah, it's time to get started

'Cause you are MY LONG LOST FRIEND

Whoa, keep running to reach the end!

EVERY DAY, is just another shining day

I WANT TO SEE YOU

YOU LIGHT MY SOUL ON FIRE

But today, we say goodbye to FUN DAYS

TO BE THE FUTURE, I'll try to TAKE OVER, and that's why I'LL DREAM ON!

I'LL GO THE DISTANCE

Gazing at a sky SO FULL

I am finally STARTING

To use my greatest of POWER, FULL TILT!

YOU ARE MY FRIEND!

Aah, do you remember when

We had a dream,

Oh yeah, we were together then

YOU ARE MY DREAM!

Aah, it's time to get started

'Cause you are MY LONG LOST FRIEND

Whoa, keep running to reach the end!

THANK YOU MY FRIEND!

Aah, I still have the memory

Of that one day

When both of us were finally free

YOU ARE MY DREAM!

Aah, and next time I promise to protect you my own way!

Whoa, THE DISTANCE!

Characters
The characters in order of appearance:
 * Naruto Uzumaki
 * Sasuke Uchiha
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Sai
 * Yamato
 * Jiraiya
 * Tsunade
 * Kakashi Hatake
 * Iruka Umino
 * Deidara
 * Zetsu
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Kabuto Yakushi
 * Orochimaru
 * Danzō Shimura
 * Kurama

Trivia

 * This song is a reference to the friendship bond between Naruto and Sasuke and the new bond with Sai.
 * This opening has more English lyrics than any other Naruto opening.
 * On Disney XD, the blood on Naruto's hand and the weapons that were held up to Sasuke's and Naruto's necks were edited.
 * This is the final opening to be aired in standard definition.