Power Hall

Power Hall is a song composed and performed by Susumu Hirasawa to be the entrance theme of professional wrestler Riki Choshu. Relatively unfamiliar with pro wrestling, he created it based on his mental image of a wrestling venue. Since Hirasawa dislikes pro wrestling, he did not put much effort on the commission, making something he considered merely good enough; when interviewed for a pro wrestling magazine years after the fact however, he commented that he'd be willing to redo the track if requested.

Writing is credited to "Hanmyou Ibo" (異母犯妙), a play on words with the Japanese for "tiger beetle" (Hirasawa's favorite insect) and "wart"; performance is credited to "ZZZ". The song was made under the agreement that Hirasawa would sell his copyright to Choshu, as such, he doesn't receive any kind of royalties from it. "Power Hall" is the most broadcast song of Hirasawa's career, used not just in Choshu's matches, but on media coverage of him as well. Covers of the song have been made by artists as high profile as Ken Ishii, and it has been used to promote works such as the live-action Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell (in a teaser featuring Choshu).

Connections

 * "Gipnoza" has been noted to have a similar structure, top melody (the first 4 notes in particular) and synth tones as this song.

Trivia

 * Shinya Hashimoto, a rival of Choshu, once made up lyrics to the song mocking the size of his limbs.