Born to Be a Winner

← Pokémon Johto

English opening themes

Believe in Me →

Born to Be a Winner
Dub OP 4 Artist David Rolfe Lyrics John Loeffler and John Siegler Composer John Loeffler and John Siegler Arrangement
KOCH Records Title Pokémon X Catalog no.

Born to Be a Winner is the opening theme to the fourth season of the English-language Pokémon dub, Johto League Champions, as well as the fourth Pokémon movie, Celebi: Voice of the Forest. It was used from A Goldenrod Opportunity to Machoke, Machoke Man!. Lyrically, it borrows heavily from the original Pokémon Theme. The opening uses footage from the fourth Japanese opening, Aim to Be a Pokémon Master Whiteberry Version, as well as original footage created for the opening. The TV version is available on the CD, Pokémon X.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Delia
• Tracey
• Professor Oak
• Officer Jenny
• Morty
• Bugsy
• Whitney
• Clair
• Falkner
• Jasmine
• Chuck
• Pryce

Pokémon

• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Lugia
• Igglybuff
• Smoochum
• Magby
• Cleffa
• Hitmontop
• Articuno
• Zapdos
• Moltres
• Gengar (Morty's)
• Scyther (Bugsy's)
• Miltank (Whitney's)
• Dragonair (Clair's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Blastoise
• Houndoom
• Rhydon
• Steelix
• Aerodactyl
• Magnemite
• Magneton
• Scizor
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Mewtwo
• Mew
• Entei
• Ho-Oh
• Suicune
• Umbreon (Gary's)
• Weezing
• Ursaring
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Nidoqueen
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Onix (Brock's)
• Nidoking
• Stantler
• Bellossom
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Sunflora

Lyrics

TV version

Pokémon!
Pokémon!
Pokémon...

...Let's do it

I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was (Ever was, ever was)
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause

My whole life has led to this
Time to test my skills
I know I just can't miss
Gonna show the world

Born to be a winner
(Johto)
Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
(Pokémon Johto)
Born to be a winner

Pokémon!

Movie version

(Pokémon!...)

Let's do it
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was (no one ever was)
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause

My whole life has led to this
Time to test my skills
I know I just can't miss
Gonna show the world

Born to be a winner
Born to be a Champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
Born to be a winner!
Pokémon!

Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face (courage I will face)
I will battle every day
To claim my rightful place

Come with me, the time is right
There's no better team (there's no better team!)
Arm in arm we'll win the fight
Gonna live our dream

Born to be a winner
Born to be a Champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best (the very best)
(instrumental break)
I was born to be a winner
Born to be a Champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
Born to be a winner!
(born to be the very best)
Born to be a winner,
Pokémon!

Trivia

• The fact that this theme borrows heavily from the original is similar to how Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the first Japanese opening theme, was remixed and used as the fourth Japanese opening theme.
• Most of the animation used in this opening is original. Only a few scenes were taken from the original fourth Japanese intro.
• In some areas, this intro did not begin at the fourth season starting episode, but much later.
• A little more than halfway through, when Ash is riding on Charizard, for a brief second they are black and white sketches instead of animated.
• This is the only opening so far to not be translated into Danish.
• A special remix was to be made for the German version, but was cut out of the final version.
• The Dutch version is sung by Herman van Doorn, while the German version is sung by Noel Pix.

In other languages

Language		Title
Catalan		El destí m'espera
Dutch		Ik ben een geboren winnaar
Finnish		Syntynyt oon voittaan
European French		Né pour être vainqueur
German		Wir sind die Gewinner
Hebrew		נולדתי לנצחnoladeti lenatze'akh
Hindi		हम तो हैं वो हीरो Hum toh hain woh hero
Polish		Zostać chcę zwycięzcą
Portuguese	Brazil	Nasci pra ser um Campeão
	Portugal	És um Campeão
Spanish	Latin America	Quiero siempre el triunfo
	Spain	Ese es mi destino
Swedish		Född att vinna striden

English opening themes of the Pokémon animated series OS: Pokémon Theme • Pokémon World • Pokémon Johto • Born to Be a Winner • Believe in Me AG: I Wanna Be a Hero • This Dream • Unbeatable • Battle Frontier DP: Diamond and Pearl • We Will Be Heroes • Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) • We Will Carry On! BW: Black and White • Rival Destinies • It's Always You and Me XY: Pokémon Theme (Version XY) • Be a Hero • Stand Tall SM: Under The Alolan Sun • Under The Alolan Moon • The Challenge of Life JN: The Journey Starts Today • Journey to Your Heart • With You • Gotta Catch Em All HZ: Becoming Me / We Go (English Ver.) Other: Side by Side • Pokérap GS / Pokémon Chronicles theme • Always Safe

← Pokémon Johto

English opening themes

Believe in Me →

This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician.