Hero's Come Back!!

Hero's Come Back!! is a j-pop/rap song made by the Japanese band, Nobodyknows+. It was the first anime opening for Naruto Shippūden and played from episode 1 to 30.

Lyrics
Tooku de kikoeru koe wo hitori Hitori mata hitori de chi agaru toushi Kurikaesu dake no fudan doori Itsu ga iku junbi ii ARE YOU READY?

Karadajuu fuu no wa shinzou ni Hageshiku chi narase yo STOMPING Taeru tsuki wo ukasu CALL ME Kawarisugiru ga nuki ka STORY

COME ON EVERYBODY STAND UP Agero kyou ichiban no jikan da Me ni mo tomoran no SPEED wo handa Dare mo nobinattori ko kanba YEAH!!

COME ON EVERYBODY HANDS UP Mata ashita no HEROES wa COMEBACK Tsuujou kazoe hibi wo COUNTDOWN Ikuza, 3-2-1 MAKE SOME NOISE

MAKE SOME NOISE (8x)

HEY YO mou basho nori tsuku wa kakugo desho Nankai korondatte tatsu keredo Nade aida naze kami hito e no seisho Irikunda kanjou kizuki ageta desho

Mochiagaru kansei ga yuuki to naru Tachiagareba ima kurushimi tomonau Sore demo saikou wa kitto aru Subete sarau to shourino kansei

EVERYBODY STAND UP Agero kyou ichiban no jikan da Me ni mo tomoran no SPEED wo handa Dare mo nobinattori ko kanba YEAH!!

COME ON EVERYBODY HANDS UP Mata ashita no HEROES wa COMEBACK Tsuujou kazoe hibi wo COUNTDOWN Ikuza, 3-2-1 MAKE SOME NOISE

Characters
The characters in the first opening theme animation, in order of appearance, are:
 * Naruto Uzumaki
 * Iruka Umino
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Gaara
 * Sasuke Uchiha
 * Jiraiya
 * Tsunade
 * Kakashi Hatake
 * Rock Lee
 * Neji Hyūga
 * Tenten
 * Temari
 * Kankurō
 * Choji Akimichi
 * Ino Yamanaka
 * Shikamaru Nara
 * Hinata Hyūga
 * Shino Aburame
 * Kiba Inuzuka
 * Akamaru
 * Kisame Hoshigaki
 * Itachi Uchiha
 * Zetsu
 * Sasori Hiruko puppet (first version), Real Body puppet (alternate version)
 * Deidara
 * Chiyo (alternate verison)
 * Might Guy (alternate version)

Trivia

 * Its title is a reference to Naruto returning to Konoha.
 * In order to promote Naruto: Shippūden the Movie The broadcast versions of episodes 24 through 27 included scenes from the movie in both the opening and ending themes, while still retaining the original music.