, also known by the name NoB, is a Japanese singer. He is the former lead singer of the band
Make-Up and a
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 voca ...
member.
Overview
With
Make-Up, he recorded several songs for the anime
''Saint Seiya'', including the first opening song "
Pegasus Fantasy" and the first ending song "Blue Forever". All songs were released in three albums
''Saint Seiya Hits I'' (which had the participation of
Mitsuko Horie
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She was born in Yamato, Kanagawa.
She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in '' Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars'' and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Master ...
) and
''Saint Seiya '96 Song Collection''.
In his solo career, he recorded the opening song for the
''Super Sentai'' series
''GoGo Sentai Boukenger'' and
''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''.
He also recorded the song "Never", from the ''Saint Seiya'' anime-movie
''Heaven Chapter ~ Overture''.
In 1998, he formed P.A.F. (stands for Patent Applied For, named after the
PAF guitar pickups) with
X Japan
was a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi. Starting as a predominantly power/speed metal band with heavy symphonic elements, they later gravitated towards a progressive soun ...
guitarist
Pata
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. In about one years time they released: two albums, one mini album, one live album and two singles.
In July 2007, he sang with
Hironobu Kageyama,
Masaaki Endoh
is a Japanese singer-songwriter who is prominent in the area of soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions. He is one of the founders of the Anison band JAM Project and has been a regular member ever since its inception in 2000. His nick ...
,
Yoko Ishida
is a Japanese singer. She is known for having performed theme songs for anime shows such as ''Prétear'', '' Ai Yori Aoshi'', the '' Ah! My Goddess'' TV series and the ''Strike Witches'' series, as well as for having sung for the Para Para Max ...
,
Kouji Wada and
MoJo
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* ' ...
at
Anime Friends
Anime Friends is a South American annual anime convention
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, the biggest anime convention in Latin America, in Brazil; it was his first time in the country and he has gone back there to perform several times not only at Anime Friends, but also in other events in other cities, such as
Fortaleza and
Brasília
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.
In 2019, he was responsible for the theme song of the mini-series
''Super Sentai Strongest Battle''. NoB participated in
Mary's Blood
was a Japanese all-female heavy metal band from Tokyo, formed in 2009 by four former members of Destrose. It consisted of vocalist Eye, drummer Mari, guitarist Saki and bassist Rio since 2012. After releasing three EPs as an independent band ...
's heavy metal cover of "Pegasus Fantasy" for their 2020 cover album ''Re>Animator''.
He sung it as a duet with their lead vocalist Eye, whom he has coached as a vocalist for the last 10 years.
References
External links
*
Official site*
on Anison Database
*
on Anison Database
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Japanese male rock singers
1964 births
Living people
Musicians from Osaka
Japanese heavy metal singers