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

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**Takahashi made his debut as a member of Project.R singing the ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' and ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' opening themes.
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**Tanimoto was the vocalist of the ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'' opening theme and '' Ressha Sentai ToQger'' ending theme.
* Sister MAYO
**Sister MAYO was the vocalist of the ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'' and ''Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger ending theme.
*NoB
**NoB is a member and vocalist of 1980s rock band Make-Up, and made his solo debut as the vocalist of the ''GoGo Sentai Boukenger'' and ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger'' opening themes.
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**Iwasaki composed the ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger'' opening theme before debuting as the vocalist of the ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'' opening theme.
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**Takatori was the vocalist of the ''Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger'' and ''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' opening themes, as well as the ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' and ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'' ending themes.
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**Gojo performed songs for the ''Pretty Cure'' series before performing vocals on the ''Magiranger'' image song .
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**Composed of vocalist YOFFY and guitarist IMAJO, Psychic Lover performed the ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' and ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' opening themes.
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**Matsubara is a former member of Ultra Series vocal group Project DMM and was vocalist for the ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' image song before performing the ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' opening theme and ''Uchu Sentai Kyuranger'' ending theme.
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**Oshitani previously performed the B-side "Over the Star" on the ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' single "Yeah! Break! Care! Break!" before performing as one of the many vocalists on the ''Gokaiger'' ending theme.
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**Kamada was the vocalist of the ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'' opening theme and '' Ressha Sentai ToQger'' ending theme.
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**Onishi was the vocalist of the ''Shuriken Sentai Ninninger'' opening theme and ''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' ending theme.
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**Zetki is a Japanese jazz band fronted by Hideaki Takatori on vocals and includes Hiroaki Kagoshima on piano. They had performed the backtrack on the ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' ending theme.

Non-performing members

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**The leader of Project.R, Ohishi had been an arranger for Psychic Lover and made his composing and arranging debuts on the ''Go-onger'' ending themes.
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**Kagoshima arranged the ''Hurricaneger'' ending theme before arranging the ''Shinkenger'' and ''Gokaiger'' ending themes.
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**Miyaba was a composer on the ''Chojin Sentai Jetman'' and ''Abaranger'' soundtracks and a mixer on the ''Denji Sentai Megaranger'' soundtracks.
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**Sugiyama wrote several songs in ''Doraemon'' and ''Macross Frontier'' before writing the ''Go-onger'' themes.
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**Ohashi composed and arranged the ''Abaranger'' soundtracks as a member of Kentarō Haneda with Healthy Wings.
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**Takaki composed and arranged the ''Abaranger'' soundtracks as a member of Kentarō Haneda with Healthy Wings.
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**Miyaki had written and arranged various insert songs in ''Gekisou Sentai Carranger'' and also composed and arranged the ''Hurricaneger'' and ''Gekiranger'' soundtracks; he arranged the ''Gekiranger'' ending theme.
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**Yamashita was a composer and arranger on the ''Abaranger'' soundtracks as a member of Kentarō Haneda with Healthy Wings and made his composing and arranging debuts on the ''Magiranger'' soundtracks.
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**Kameyama was a composer and arranger of various insert songs in ''Carranger'', ''Megaranger'' and ''Seiju Sentai Gingaman'' before composing and arranging the ''Mirai Sentai Timeranger'' and ''Dekaranger'' soundtracks.
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**Suzuki wrote an insert song on the ''Go-onger'' soundtracks.

Non-members

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*MoJo
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**Nippon Columbia enka singer
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*MAKE-UP
**NoB's band
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**Debut performance on ''Goseiger'' soundtracks
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**Starmen is a band consisting of seven voice actors
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Initial success

The single of the opening and ending themes of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' reached #4 on the Oricon Weekly Rankings Charts in its first week, selling 22,000 records. It is the first theme song single for any Super Sentai series to reach the Oricon's top ten list, reaching #3 on its first day of sale, March 19, 2008, and remaining in the top 20 for four weeks.

Discography

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Engine Sentai Go-onger''

* - March 19, 2008
* - April 30, 2008
* - July 2, 2008
*"Korochan Pack: ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' 2" - July 2, 2008
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*"Korochan Pack: ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' 3 - September 3, 2008
* - January 14, 2009

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Samurai Sentai Shinkenger''

* - March 18, 2009
* - April 29, 2009
*"Korochan Pack ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' 2" - July 15, 2009
* - July 29, 2009
*"Korochan Pack ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' 3" - August 19, 2009
* - February 10, 2010

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Tensou Sentai Goseiger''

* - March 17, 2010
* - April 21, 2010
*/ - April 28, 2010
*"Korochan Pack ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger'' #2"/''Tensou Sentai Goseiger Mini Album #2'' - June 23, 2010
*''Tensou Sentai Goseiger'' - July 21, 2010
*"Korochan Pack ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''" #3/''Tensou Sentai Goseiger Mini Album #3'' - August 18, 2010
*'' - December 29, 2010

''Super Sentai Versus Series Theater''

* - May 23, 2010
**Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
**Composition & Arrangement: Hiroshi Takaki
**Artist: Project.R (Hideaki Takatori, YOFFY, Takayoshi Tanimoto)

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Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''

* - March 2, 2011
*/ - March 2, 2011
*''Mini Album Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2)''/''Korochan Pack Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2)'' - June 22, 2011
*''Mini Album Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (3)''/''Korochan Pack Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (3)'' - June 22, 2011
* - February 22, 2012

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Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''

* - February 29, 2012
*/ - April 25, 2012
*/ - June 27, 2012
*/ - August 22, 2012
* - December 26, 2012
* - February 13, 2013

References

External links

* (powered by Columbia Music Entertainment)
''Engine Sentai Go-onger''
at Columbia Music Entertainment
''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger''
at Columbia Music Entertainment
''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''
at Columbia Music Entertainment
''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''
at Columbia Music Entertainment
''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''
at Columbia Music Entertainment
高橋秀幸 around the world
- Hideyuki Takahashi's personal blog

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