are a Japanese
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, ...
established by
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
and
Toei Company
() (also styled TOEI) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution and video game developer and publishing company. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan (all but two of them operated by i ...
to perform on the soundtracks for the
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 ...
Series beginning with ''
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 ...
''.
For the various series, Columbia has taken various popular vocalists of
anime songs
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
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
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 ''J ...
,
MoJo
Mojo may refer to:
*Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo
Arts, entertainment and media Film and television
* MOJO HD, an American television network
* ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film
* '' ...
,
Akira Kushida
, is a Japanese vocalist who is well known for his work in the soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions, most notably '' Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan'', ''Kinnikuman'', and ''Space Sheriff Gavan''. His nickname from his fans is . His real give ...
,
Takayuki Miyauchi
, is a Japanese vocalist best known for his work on theme songs for tokusatsu and anime. A resident of Ibaraki Prefecture, he began his career as founding member and lead vocalist of the band "WHY" in 1981 before making his solo debut in 1984, s ...
,
Koji Onoda,
Ichirou Mizuki
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 50 years, he had recorded over 1,200 songs for Japanese film, televisio ...
, and
Make-Up
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.
Members
Performing members
*
**Takahashi made his debut as a member of Project.R singing the ''
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 ...
'' and ''
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
is Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 36th entry in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''. Its theme is based on spy movies and cyber technology and premiered on February 26, 2012 on TV Asahi, joining ''Kame ...
'' opening themes.
*
**Tanimoto was the vocalist of the ''
Juken Sentai Gekiranger
is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on February 18, 2007 on TV Asahi's 2007 ''Super Hero Time'' prog ...
'' opening theme and ''
Ressha Sentai ToQger'' ending theme.
*
Sister MAYO
**Sister MAYO was the vocalist of the ''
Mahou Sentai Magiranger Mahou or is the Japanese word for "magic", "sorcery" or "witchcraft".
Mahou may also refer to:
*Mahou (beer), brewed by the Spanish brewing company Grupo Mahou-San Miguel
*Mahou-San Miguel Group, a Spanish brewing company
*Mahou, Mali
*Magical C ...
'' and ''
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' drama and the 43rd entry of the Toei Company's long-running ''Super Sentai'' series, succeeding ''Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger'' and following the four week special TV miniseries ''Super Sent ...
ending theme.
*
NoB
, 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 member.
Overview
With Make-Up, he recorded several songs for the anime ''Saint Seiya'', including the first opening song " ...
**NoB is a member and vocalist of 1980s rock band
Make-Up
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, and made his solo debut as the vocalist of the ''
GoGo Sentai Boukenger
is the 30th series in Toei Company, Toei's Super Sentai series, a metaseries of Japanese language, Japanese tokusatsu programming. It was the first installment to be broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio. It premiered on February 19, 2006, at 7:30 ...
'' and ''
Tensou Sentai Goseiger
is the title of Toei Company's 34th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' franchise. It follows an angelic motif as well as a trading card theme. It joined ''Kamen Rider W'', and later ''Kamen Rider OOO'', as a program featured in TV Asahi' ...
'' opening themes.
*
**Iwasaki composed the ''
Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger
is Toei's twenty-seventh production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries, and the first series to use TV Asahi's current logo. It aired from February 16, 2003 to February 8, 2004, replacing ''Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger'' and was replaced by ''To ...
'' opening theme before debuting as the vocalist of the ''
Mahou Sentai Magiranger Mahou or is the Japanese word for "magic", "sorcery" or "witchcraft".
Mahou may also refer to:
*Mahou (beer), brewed by the Spanish brewing company Grupo Mahou-San Miguel
*Mahou-San Miguel Group, a Spanish brewing company
*Mahou, Mali
*Magical C ...
'' opening theme.
*
**Takatori was the vocalist of the ''
Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
is Toei's twenty-sixth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The catchphrase for the series is . Its footage was used in the American series, ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' (the end credits listed the show as titled ''Hurricane Ranger ...
'' and ''
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
is a Japanese Tokusatsu drama and the 40th entry of Toei's long-running Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Shuriken Sentai Ninninger''. ''Zyuohger'' premiered February 14, 2016, joining ''Kamen Rider Ghost'', and later, ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'' ...
'' opening themes, as well as the ''
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...
'' and ''
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
is the Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. ''Kyoryuger'' aired on TV Asahi from February 17, 2013 to February 9, 2014, joining ...
'' ending themes.
*
**Gojo performed songs for the ''
Pretty Cure
, also known as and ''PC'', is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo and Bandai and produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Asatsu-DK, Toei Animation and Bandai. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls kn ...
'' series before performing vocals on the ''Magiranger'' image song .
*
**Composed of vocalist YOFFY and guitarist IMAJO, Psychic Lover performed the ''
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
is the twenty-eighth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries produced by Toei Company, Toei. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2004 Super Hero Time block with ''Kamen Rider Blade''. The action footage from the show was used for the American ...
'' and ''
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...
'' opening themes.
*
**Matsubara is a former member of
Ultra Series
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vocal group
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 ...
and was vocalist for the ''
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...
'' image song before performing the ''
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
is Toei Company's 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif and premiered on TV Asahi on February 13, 2011, joining ''Kamen Ride ...
'' opening theme and ''
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 41st entry of Toei's long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries, following ''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger''. The show premiered on February 12, 2017, joining ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'' and later ''Kamen Rider Build' ...
'' ending theme.
*
**Oshitani previously performed the B-side "Over the Star" on the ''
Dragon Ball Z Kai
''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' (known in Japan as ) is a revised version of the anime series '' Dragon Ball Z'', produced in commemoration of its 20th anniversary. Produced by Toei Animation, the series was originally broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from A ...
'' single "
Yeah! Break! Care! Break!
is the eighth single by Japanese pop artist Takayoshi Tanimoto and the second with Takafumi Iwasaki as the unit "Dragon Soul". It was released on CD on June 24, 2009, as both a regular edition and a limited edition which included a ''Dragon Bal ...
" before performing as one of the many vocalists on the ''Gokaiger'' ending theme.
*
**Kamada was the vocalist of the ''
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
is the Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. ''Kyoryuger'' aired on TV Asahi from February 17, 2013 to February 9, 2014, joining ...
'' opening theme and ''
Ressha Sentai ToQger'' ending theme.
*
**Onishi was the vocalist of the ''
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger
is a Japanese television series, the 39th entry of Toei's long-running Super Sentai metaseries, following '' Ressha Sentai ToQger''. It is the third ninja-based Sentai, and the fourth to be based on Japanese mythology and culture (after Samurai ...
'' opening theme and ''
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
is a Japanese Tokusatsu drama and the 40th entry of Toei's long-running Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Shuriken Sentai Ninninger''. ''Zyuohger'' premiered February 14, 2016, joining ''Kamen Rider Ghost'', and later, ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'' ...
'' ending theme.
*
**Zetki is a Japanese
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
band fronted by Hideaki Takatori on vocals and includes Hiroaki Kagoshima on piano. They had performed the backtrack on the ''
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...
'' ending theme.
Non-performing members
*
**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.
*
**Kagoshima arranged the ''Hurricaneger'' ending theme before arranging the ''Shinkenger'' and ''Gokaiger'' ending themes.
*
**Miyaba was a composer on the ''
Chojin Sentai Jetman
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'' and ''Abaranger'' soundtracks and a mixer on the ''
Denji Sentai Megaranger
is Toei's twenty-first production of the Super Sentai metaseries, and the Second Sentai where all heroes are high school students. The footage was also used in the American series, ''Power Rangers in Space''. ''Megaranger'' premiered on February ...
'' soundtracks.
*
**Sugiyama wrote several songs in ''
Doraemon
''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with List of Doraemon chapters, its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ' ...
'' and ''
Macross Frontier
is a Japanese anime television series and the third Japanese anime television series set in the ''Macross'' universe. It was broadcast on MBS from April 4, 2008 to September 26, 2008.
''Macross Frontier'' is the story of a human space ...
'' before writing the ''Go-onger'' themes.
*
**Ohashi composed and arranged the ''Abaranger'' soundtracks as a member of
Kentarō Haneda
was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken.
Biography
Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he ...
with Healthy Wings.
*
**Takaki composed and arranged the ''Abaranger'' soundtracks as a member of Kentarō Haneda with Healthy Wings.
*
**Miyaki had written and arranged various insert songs in ''
Gekisou Sentai Carranger
is a Japanese tokusatsu television show. It was Toei's twentieth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. It is the second vehicle-themed Super Sentai, preceded by ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger''. The show was written as a parody of its own ...
'' and also composed and arranged the ''Hurricaneger'' and ''Gekiranger'' soundtracks; he arranged the ''Gekiranger'' ending theme.
*
**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.
*
**Kameyama was a composer and arranger of various insert songs in ''Carranger'', ''Megaranger'' and ''
Seiju Sentai Gingaman
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is Toei Company, Toei's 22nd entry of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The series aired from February 22, 1998, to February 14, 1999. Its footage was used in ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy''. The lead s ...
'' before composing and arranging the ''
Mirai Sentai Timeranger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series and the 24th series in Toei Company, Toei's Super Sentai metaseries. Footage from this series was used in the American production ''Power Rangers Time Force''. The opening narration of the series a ...
'' and ''Dekaranger'' soundtracks.
*
**Suzuki wrote an insert song on the ''Go-onger'' soundtracks.
Non-members
*
*
MoJo
Mojo may refer to:
*Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo
Arts, entertainment and media Film and television
* MOJO HD, an American television network
* ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film
* '' ...
*
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**
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
enka
is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern ''enka'', however, is a relatively recent musical form, which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than ''ryūkōka'' music, p ...
singer
*
*
MAKE-UP
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**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
Single may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Single (music), a song release
Songs
* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
of the opening and ending themes of ''
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 ...
'' reached #4 on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
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
''
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 ...
''
* - March 19, 2008
* - April 30, 2008
* - July 2, 2008
*"Korochan Pack: ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' 2" - July 2, 2008
*
*"Korochan Pack: ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' 3 - September 3, 2008
* - January 14, 2009
''
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', and ended on F ...
''
* - 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
''
Tensou Sentai Goseiger
is the title of Toei Company's 34th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' franchise. It follows an angelic motif as well as a trading card theme. It joined ''Kamen Rider W'', and later ''Kamen Rider OOO'', as a program featured in TV Asahi' ...
''
* - 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
() (also styled TOEI) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution and video game developer and publishing company. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan (all but two of them operated by ...
**Composition & Arrangement:
Hiroshi Takaki
is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can also be transliterated as Hirosi.
Possible writings
Hiroshi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*浩, "meaning"
*汎
*弘,
*宏,
*寛,
*洋,
*博,
*博一,
*博司,
...
**Artist: Project.R (
Hideaki Takatori
Hideaki (ひであき) is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Hideaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*秀秋, "excellent", "autumn"
*英秋, "outstanding", "autumn"
*秀明, "excellent", "bright"
...
,
YOFFY,
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 ...
)
''
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
is Toei Company's 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif and premiered on TV Asahi on February 13, 2011, joining ''Kamen Ride ...
''
* - 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
''
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
is Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 36th entry in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger''. Its theme is based on spy movies and cyber technology and premiered on February 26, 2012 on TV Asahi, joining ''Kame ...
''
* - 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
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
)
''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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Japanese pop music groups
Nippon Columbia artists
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