Tokyo Olympics: Every video game song played during the Opening Ceremony

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics kicked off on Friday — after a year delay due to COVID — with the Opening Ceremony. And if you tuned into the Parade of Nations, you probably heard some familiar songs accompanying this year’s Olympians; it a medley of music from iconic Japanese video games.

The Parade of Nations began with Greece walking in to Dragon Quest’s “Overture: Roto’s Theme” which immediately went into Final Fantasy’s “Victory Fanfare.”

It didn’t stop there though. Music from Monster Hunter, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger, Sonic the Hedgehog and more echoed through stadium as participating nations celebrated their achievements.

My personal favorite was the “Olympus Coliseum” from Kingdom Hearts. Talk about the perfect song choice, right? Is there anything more Olympic-sounding than that?

In case you were wondering, here’s the full list of video game songs that were played during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Parade of Nations:

Dragon Quest “Roto’s Theme”
Final Fantasy “Victory Fanfare”
Tales of series “Sorey’s Theme – The Shepherd”
Monster Hunter series “Proof of a Hero”
Kingdom Hearts “Olympus Coliseum”
Chrono Trigger “Frog’s Theme”
Ace Combat “First Flight”
Tales of series “Royal Capital Majestic Grandeur”
Monster Hunter “Wind of Departure”
Chrono Trigger “Robo’s Theme”
Sonic the Hedgehog “Star Light Zone”
Pro Evolution Soccer “eFootball Walk-on Theme”
Final Fantasy “Main Theme”
Phantasy Star Universe “Guardians”
Kingdom Hearts “Hero’s Fanfare”
Gradius “01 Act I-1”
Nier “Song of the Ancients”
SaGa series “The Minstrel’s Refrain: SaGa Series Medley 2016”
Soulcalibur “The Brave New Stage of History”