"Dragon Soul" is the seventh single by Japanese singer Takayoshi Tanimoto. He performed the song with

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ist and composer Takafumi Iwasaki as part of a special unit also called "Dragon Soul". It was released on CD on May 20, 2009, as both a regular and limited edition; the limited edition included a ''Dragon Ball Kai Dragon Battlers'' trading card game card. The song was used as the opening theme of the ''

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'' anime. The single remained on the

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Weekly Charts for 18 weeks and during that time it peaked at #23.

Track list

#"Dragon Soul" # #"Dragon Soul (Original Karaoke)" #"Muteki Aura no Energy (Original Karaoke)"

Cover versions

When ''Dragon Ball Kai'' was licensed in North America in 2010 as ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'',

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recorded "Dragon Soul" in English, with lyrics written by

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. The uncut DVD/Blu-ray Disc volumes feature a different singer for each release. Part 1 is sung by

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, who also does the voice of

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and King Kai. Part 2 is sung by Justin Cook, who also does the voice of

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. Part 3 is sung by

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, who also does the voices of Broly and Burter, his version was also used for the

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and The CW 4Kids airings of the show. Part 4 is sung by

Greg Ayres Greg Ayres is an American voice actor who works on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. He voiced Hideki in '' Nerima Daikon Brothers'', Koyuki Tanaka in '' Beck: Mongolian Chop Sq ...

, who also did the voice of Guldo in ''Dragon Ball Z Kai''. Part 5 is sung by

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, who is also the voice of Krillin. Part 6 is sung by Brina Palencia herself, who also does the voice of Chiaotzu and Puar. Part 7 is sung in a trio by Sean Schemmel, Justin Cook, and Greg Ayres. Part 8 is also sung in a trio by Vic Mignogna, Sonny Strait, and Brina Palencia.

References

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