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Project.R
are a Japanese musical ensemble established by Nippon Columbia and Toei Company to perform on the soundtracks for the Super Sentai Series beginning with '' Engine Sentai Go-onger''. For the various series, Columbia has taken various popular vocalists of anime songs and brought them together in a group called Project.R (the "R" stands for "Ranger"). The opening and ending themes and the insert songs are performed by individual members or a subset of members of Project.R. Several songs are performed by long standing theme song singers who are not included as being members of Project.R (the songs are composed by Project.R members, though). These artists are Shinichi Ishihara, MoJo, Akira Kushida, Takayuki Miyauchi, Koji Onoda, Ichirou Mizuki, and Make-Up. Members Performing members * **Takahashi made his debut as a member of Project.R singing the '' Engine Sentai Go-onger'' and ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' opening themes. * **Tanimoto was the vocalist of the ''Juken Sentai Geki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engine Sentai Go-onger
is Toei Company's thirty-second installment in the Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It aired from February 17, 2008 to February 8, 2009, replacing ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'' and was replaced by ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger''. The program was part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block alongside '' Kamen Rider Kiva''. Its footage was used for the American series, ''Power Rangers RPM'' and was dubbed into Korean as ''Power Rangers Engine Force'' (파워레인저 엔진포스). Synopsis is one of the 11 other than our own, which is referred as the , and it is home to giant vehicular beings called Engines who wage a war against the Gaiark who desire to pollute their world. Losing, Gaiark's three Pollution Ministers' escape leaves them on Earth, seeing the Human World as an easier location to create their ideal paradise. The six Engines manage to pursue them, selecting five humans to become their partners, the Go-ongers. The team are joined by Go- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayumi Gojo
is a Japanese singer from Ibaraki Prefecture. She formerly worked under Hyper Voice Managements. Currently she is affiliated with the Love&Light talent management agency. Gojo is known for her theme song performances for anime series such as ''Ojamajo Doremi'', ''Pretty Cure'', and ''Yumeiro Patissiere''. She has performed as part of Project.R and also provides backup chorus for other artists. Biography Gojo held a normal office job after graduating university. However she soon quit because she wanted a music-related job, and subsequently enrolled to a voice training class. She started out as a backup singer for J-pop artists. She was introduced by her voice trainer to the late Miki Matsubara, who offered her to sing an insert song for the 1999 anime series ''Ojamajo Doremi''. It became her debut song "Mahou de Choi2" and she went on to record several more songs for the series. In 2004, she performed the opening theme for the first ''Pretty Cure'' series "'' Danzen! Futari wa P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister MAYO
, (born July 26, 1974) better known by her stagename Sister MAYO, is a Japanese singer. She is a member of the Columbia Music Entertainment duo Cyber Nation Network, and a vocalist in Project.R which performs many theme songs for the ''Super Sentai'' series, some have reached the top ten in Oricon's charts. Her best-known songs as a soloist have been the opening theme of ''Haré+Guu'' and the ending theme of ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger''. She is the younger sister of heavy metal musician Taiji, with whom she was in the rock band Otokaze. After attending vocational school, she got a job at a travel agency. After suffering from a herniated disc, she decided to pursue her dream of being a musician. She released her first single in 1997 under her own name. A producer gave her her stage name when she joined Cyber Nation Network. In appearances, she generally wears a baseball cap. Prior to the release of , she also wore glasses, out of shyness. Nippon Columbia asked her to take off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychic Lover
are a rock duo consisting of vocalist and guitarist . Originally consisting of six members, YOFFY and IMAJO are the only two who remained for their rise to fame. Much of their work has been featured as opening and closing themes of Japanese television series and Anime. YOFFY has also worked with Eizo Sakamoto (vocalist of Anthem and Animetal), Masaaki Endoh, Sakura Nogawa, Ai Tokunaga, Ryoko Shintani, Mayumi Gojo, Sister MAYO, and Yukari Fukui on other projects. The group is also part of the Project.R supergroup. In October 2007, the band performed in the United States for the first time at thAkiba FestJ-Pop Halloween Concert Ball in Springfield, Virginia. Discography Singles All songs are performed by Psychic Lover unless otherwise noted #"TRANSFORMER -Dream Again-" - February 1, 2003 #*B-Side: #*'' Transformers: Armada'' opening theme & insert song #"Never Ending Road" - February 1, 2003 #*B-Side: "NO NAME HEROES" #*''Transformers: Armada'' ending theme & insert song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takafumi Iwasaki
is a Japanese guitarist, lyricist, music arranger, and musical artist from Kumamoto Prefecture. He is signed to Columbia Music Entertainment, for which he is known for writing and performing various anime and tokusatsu theme songs. He is known for his solo performance of the theme song of ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'' and for performing guitar for the ''Dragon Ball Kai'' theme songs " Dragon Soul" and " Yeah! Break! Care! Break!", which he also composed as one-half of a special unit, Dragon Soul. He is part of Columbia's Project.R group for Super Sentai The is a Japanese superhero team media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi. The shows are of the '' tokusatsu'' genre, featuring live action characters and colorfu ... theme songs. References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kousuke Yamashita
is a Japanese composer and arranger from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Yamashita is best known for his work on ''Digimon Xros Wars'', ''Xenosaga: The Animation'', and the tokusatsu television series ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'', ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'', and ''Kamen Rider Gaim''. He is a member of Project.R. Yamashita often collaborates with Nobuhiko Obayashi, as Yamashita met him soon after Yamashita graduated from the Tokyo College of Music. He is a board member of the Japanese Composer Arranger Association. Since April 2011, Yamashita has been a guest lecturer at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. In 2013, released the album ''A Classical'' in collaboration with J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was the first classical music album to top the Oricon album chart. Works References External links Office Two One Official Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Sentai
The is a Japanese superhero team media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi. The shows are of the '' tokusatsu'' genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children, teens and young adults. ''Super Sentai'' airs alongside the '' Kamen Rider'' series in the Super Hero Time programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the ''Super Sentai'' series is best known as the source material for the '' Power Rangers'' series. Series overview In every ''Super Sentai'' series, the protagonists are a team of people who – using either wrist-worn or hand-held devices – transform into superheroes and gain superpowers – color-coded uniforms, signature weapons, sidearms, and fighting skills – to battle a group of otherworldly supervillains that threaten to take over the Earth. In a typical episode, the heroes thwart the enemies' plans and defeat an army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuyoshi Matsubara
, is a Japanese singer and actor originally from Tokyo. He is a founding member of the vocal group Project DMM and in recent years has been a member of the Nippon Columbia group Project.R, gaining prominence as the vocalist for ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''s opening theme song, and more recently for the ending theme of ''Uchu Sentai Kyuranger.'' Matsubara has also appeared in various musical productions in Japan, including performing as Enjolras in a production of ''Les Misérables'' and Jack in ''Into the Woods''. He began being interested in an anison career when he was 16 and was taught by Ichirou Mizuki before debuting in the Ultra Series The , also known as ''Ultraman'', is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned and produced by Tsuburaya Productions, which began with the television series ''Ultra Q'' in 1966. The franchise has expanded into many television shows, fil ... vocal ensemble Project DMM. References External linksMatsubara's blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Mats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideaki Takatori
(born March 4, 1967) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and composer from Tokyo, known for his contributions to the ''anison'' genre. Career Takatori debuted in 1994 as vocalist for the band Weather Side. Four years later, as a member of the band COA with his younger brother Nobukazu Takatori, he performed the opening theme "Chase the Wind" of '' Grander Musashi RV''. That marked Takatori's transition to anime and tokusatsu music. His debut solo performance was the opening theme to ''Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger'': . This was followed by the '' Transformers: Armada'' opening , the ''Sonic X'' opening "SONIC DRIVE", and the '' Kinnikuman II'' opening "Trust yourself". His most recent recordings were the ending theme to ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'' , the first opening theme to ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II'' "Unbreakable Heart", and the main theme from ''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger''. He also wrote "Ima, Koko Kara", theme song from the movie ''Precure All-Stars: Haru no Carnival'', which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayoshi Tanimoto
, is a Japanese vocalist known for his theme song performances in ''Digimon'', ''Zatch Bell!'' and ''Dragon Ball Kai'', the last of which he sang "Dragon Soul" and "Yeah! Break! Care! Break!" as one-half of a special unit, Dragon Soul. Overview Tanimoto's works include "One Vision," which is the Matrix Evolution theme for ''Digimon Tamers''. he also does the main theme for DarkKnightmon and Kiriha in part 2 of ''Digimon Xros Wars'', two of the three opening songs for the anime ''Zatch Bell!'', "''Kimi ni Kono Koe ga Todokimasu you ni''" (lit. "I Hope My Voice Will Reach You") and "''Mienai Tsubasa''" (lit. "Invisible Wings"), and the opening of the Super Sentai series ''Jūken Sentai Gekiranger''. Tanimoto performed "Dragon Soul" the opening and "Yeah! Break! Care! Break!" the ending theme songs for ''Dragon Ball Kai'', the revised and reanimated version of the anime series ''Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z'', as one-half of Dragon Soul. The single of "Dragon Soul" was released on May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazunori Miyake
Kazunori (written: 一慶, 一典, 一則, 一謙, 一徳, 一矩, 一紀, 和典, 和則, 和徳, 和行, 和範 or 和憲) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese anime screenwriter and artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese politician *, Japanese actor *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese video game designer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka *, Japanese footballer {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinichi Ishihara
is a Japanese singer, voice actor and actor from Yamanashi Prefecture. He is famous for singing the theme songs of '' Guyver'', '' Kamen Rider Agito'' and '' Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V'', among other theme songs as well as the entire soundtrack to '' Juukou B-Fighter''. Filmography Television animation *'' Bikkuriman 2000'' (1999) (Shikakukabin) Original video animation (OVA) *'' Babel II'' (1992) (Wang) Dubbing Live-action *''Mars Attacks!'' ( Tom Jones) Animation *'' The Pebble and the Penguin'' (Hubie) *''Tangled ''Tangled'' is a 2010 American animated musical film, musical Adventure film, adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" in th ...'' (Big Nose Thug) References External links Shinichi Ishiharaat GamePlaza-Haruka Voice Acting Database 1960 births Japanese male singers Kamen Rider Living people Singers from Yamanashi Prefecture Anime mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
