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 Gekirange ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Engine Sentai Go-onger
is Toei Company's thirty-second installment in the Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 17, 2008, a week following the finale of '' Juken Sentai Gekiranger'', and ended on February 8, 2009. It aired as 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). The catchphrase for the series is . Story 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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 #"TRANS ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The sho ... theme songs. References External linksOfficial website Official blog [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 vocal ensemble Project DMM A project is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular goal. An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of even .... References External linksMatsubara's blog {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The shows are of the ''tokusatsu'' genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. ''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 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 her ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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 Z'', as one-half of Dragon Soul. The single of "Dragon Soul" was released on May 20, 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Koichiro Kameyama
Kōichirō, Koichiro, Kouichirou or Kohichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible Writings *晃一郎, "clear, one, son" *光一郎, "light, one, son" *弘一郎, "vast, one, son" *鴻一郎, "prosperous, one, son" *紘一郎, "large, one, son" *浩一郎, "vigorous, one, son" *耕一郎, "till, one, son" *航一郎, "navigate, one, son" *倖一郎, "happiness, one, son" *孝一郎, "filial piety, one, son" *興一朗, "entertain, one, serene" *紘一朗, "large, one, serene" *こういちろう in hiragana *コウイチロウ in katakana People *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese diplomat *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese racewalker *, Japanese violinist and violist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese particle physicist * Koichiro Ok ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Morihiro Suzuki
Morihiro (written: , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese darts player *, Japanese prince *, Japanese politician *, Japanese aikidoka {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Musical Ensemble
A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instrumentalists, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra. Other music ensembles consist solely of singers, such as choirs and doo wop groups. In both popular music and classical music, there are ensembles in which both instrumentalists and singers perform, such as the rock band or the Baroque chamber group for basso continuo ( harpsichord and cello) and one or more singers. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families (such as piano, strings, and wind instruments) or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles (e.g., string quartet) or wind ensembles (e.g., wind quintet). Some ensembles blend the sounds of a variety of instrument families, such as the orchestra, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anison
, also shortened to , is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop music. Anime songs consist of theme, insert, and image songs for anime, video game, and audio drama CD series, as well as any other song released primarily for the anime market, including music from Japanese voice actors. The anime song genre was first defined as a musical category in the 1970s. It later gained popularity from the public when mainstream artists begin releasing songs as tie-ins for anime series. By the 1990s, it became redefined as a separate genre when companies began creating record labels that would exclusively produce anime songs for their series and artists. The increase in voice actors beginning in the mid 2000s led to growing market interest in the genre. History 1930-1970: Early influences ''The Dull Sword'' (1917), by Jun'ichi Kōuchi, is regarded as the earliest surviving animated film in Japan. Noburo Ofuji's ''Kuroi Nyago'' (1929) is the first Japanese animated work to include ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |