By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~

君のそばで〜ヒカリのテーマ〜
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DP ED 01 Artist グリン {{{artistname_ro}}} Lyrics HIKARI · Project Composer 依田和夫 {{{composername_ro}}} Arrangement 依田和夫 {{{arrangername_ro}}}
Pikachu Records Title Together ／ 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 Catalog no. ZMCP-3241

By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ (Japanese: 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 Kimi no Soba de ~Hikari no Tēma~, exact Kimi no Soba de ~Hikari no Thema~) was the first ending song of the Diamond & Pearl series.

Opening animation: DP ED 1

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Carnivine (James's)

Trivia

• DP003 was the first episode to feature this ending.
• DP006 was changed to add Ash's Turtwig.
• DP008 was changed to add Brock's Croagunk.
• DP009 was changed to add Dawn's Buneary.
• DP014 was changed to add Ash's Staravia.
• DP015 was changed to add Brock's Sudowoodo.
• DP025 had the credits rolling for the first time.
• DP025 was the first episode to feature the PopUp.Version of this ending, which added Dawn's Pachirisu, among other Pokémon in the new images which were added to the animation. A reference to Takeshi's Paradise is made in one of the images.