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's band Lazy and the anime character

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. The group's debut single under Lantis was used as the first ending theme of '' Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire''. Rey was also included on Lantis's compilation album ''

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'', covering "Stand Up to the Victory", the first opening theme for '' Mobile Suit V Gundam''. The band broke up as on August 31, 2013.

Members

Regular members

*: Vocals and lyricist *:

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*: Guitar

Former members

*: Drums. He withdrew from the band in October 2010.

Discography

Indie albums

*''Wind Gate'' - March 5, 2008 *# *# *# *# *#

Albums

*''Rey'' - November 26, 2008 *#"Generation" *# *# *# *#" Cha-La Head-Cha-La" *''H.A.B (Hit and Break)'' - April 6, 2011 *#"Hit and Break!" *#"Road to Kingdom" (PS2 Game " Desert Kingdom" Opening theme) *#"RIDE OUT!" (Adeventure game " INSTANT BRAIN" Promotional song) *#"LEGEND of KAISER" (Movie/OVA

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Insert song) *#" (PS2 Game " Armen Noir" Opening theme) *# *#"AXEL TRANSFORMERS" (Anime television series "

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" Ending theme) *#"Rescue Dream!" (TV Tokusatsu Dorama " Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire" Insert song) *# (PS2 Game " Armen Noir" Ending theme) *#"Alive a Soldiers" *# (PS2 Game " Desert Kingdom" Ending theme) *#"BURNING HERO" (TV Tokusatsu Dorama " Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire" Ending theme) *#"THANK YOU"

Singles

*"Burning Hero" - June 3, 2009 **C/W "Rescue Dream!" **Ending theme song for '' Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire'' *"Axel Transformers" - May 12, 2010 **C/W "Alive a Soldier" **Ending theme song for ''

'' *"Road to Kingdom" - July 7, 2010 **C/W **Theme songs for '' Desert Kingdom'' *"MONSUNO!"" - November 28, 2012 **C/W "Starting over" **Opening theme song for '' Juusen Battle Monsuno''

Non-single tracks

* **From ''

'' * **From '' Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire: Original Soundtrack'' * **From ''

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: Original Soundtrack'' * **From ''Anime television series/Data Cardass

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References

External links

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