At a ceremony held today in Tokyo, singer Mai Kuraki was award the Guinness World Record for “most theme songs performed by a single artist for an anime series“, providing 21 songs to the popular anime “Case Closed” over the past 17 years.

Kuraki began her relationship with the anime in 2000, providing the ending theme “Secret of my heart” while she was still a high school student. Now in her mid-30s, her most recent song for the series appeared in the 2017 theatrical film “Case Closed: Crimson Love Letter“, which hit theaters nationwide in Japan in April.

According to the fan wiki “Detective Conan World“—the Japanese audience knows the series as “Detective Conan“—these are the singer’s 21 contributions:

Opening themes

• Winter Bells – Opening 10 (Episodes 259~270)
• Kaze no Lalala – Opening 12 (Episodes 306~332)
• Growing of my heart – Opening 16 (Episodes 415~424)
• Ichibyogoto ni Love for you – Opening 23 (Episodes 505~514)
• Revive – Opening 25 (Episodes 521~529)
• SUMMER TIME GONE – Opening 29 (Episode 583~601)
• TRY AGAIN – Opening 35 (Episode 681~695)
• DYNAMITE – Opening 39 (Episode 757~773)

Closing themes

• Secret of my heart – Closing 9 (Episodes 180~204)
• Start in my life – Closing 11 (Episodes 219~232)
• Always – Closing 12 (Episodes 233~247)
• Shiroi Yuki – Closing 26 (Episodes 459~470)
• Tomorrow is the last Time – Closing 36 (Episodes 588~601)
• Your Best Friend – Closing 40 (Episodes 629~643)
• Koi ni Koishite – Closing 43 (Episode 667~686)
• Muteki na Heart – Closing 48 (Episode 750~762)
• SAWAGE☆LIFE – Closing 52 (Episode 827~842)
• YESTERDAY LOVE – Closing 53 (Episode 843~864)

Movie themes

• Always – Movie 5 (Countdown to Heaven)
• Time after time ~Hana Mau Machi de~ – Movie 7 (Crossroad in the Ancient Capital)
• PUZZLE – Movie 13 (The Raven Chaser)
• Togetsukyo ~Kimi Omou~ – Movie 21 (The Crimson Love Letter)

To celebrate this achievement, a 2-disc music CD “Mai Kuraki x Case Closed COLLABORATION BEST 21 ~ The Truth is Always in the Song!~” featuring all 21 of Kuraki’s “Case Closed” songs will be released on October 25.

(via Natalie)