Project.R

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Project.R (プロジェクト・ドット・アール, Purojekuto Dotto Āru^?) is a Japanese musical ensemble established by Columbia Music Entertainment and Toei Company to perform on the soundtrack for the 32nd Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger.

For Engine Sentai Go-onger, 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 as well as the insert songs are all performed by individual members or a subset of members of Project.R. The only performers of the songs who are not a member of Project.R are Shinichi Ishihara and MoJo.

1 Members
2 Initial success
3 Discography
- 3.1 Singles
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Members

Hideyuki Takahashi (高橋秀幸, Takahashi Hideyuki^?, debut performance)
Kenichiro Ōishi (大石憲一郎, Ōishi Ken'ichirō^?, debut performance, previously worked as an arranger for Psychic Lover)
Takayoshi Tanimoto (谷本貴義, Tanimoto Takayoshi^?, vocalist of the Juken Sentai Gekiranger opening theme)
Sister MAYO (vocalist of the Mahou Sentai Magiranger ending theme "Spell Advent ~ Magical Force")
NoB (vocalist of the GoGo Sentai Boukenger opening theme)
Takafumi Iwasaki (岩崎貴文, Iwasaki Takafumi^?, vocalist of the Mahou Sentai Magiranger opening theme)
Megumi Ohashi (大橋恵, Ōhashi Megumi^?, composition and arrangement on the Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger soundtracks with Kentarō Haneda)
Hideaki Takatori (高取ヒデアキ, Takatori Hideyuki^?, vocalist of the Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger opening theme)
Mayumi Gojo (五條真由美, Gojō Mayumi^?, vocalist of Mahou Sentai Magiranger image song "Eternally…" (永遠に…, Eien ni…^?))
IMAJO (guitarist of Psychic Lover who performed the Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger opening theme song)

[edit] Initial success

The single of the opening and ending themes 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.^[1]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

"Engine Sentai Go-onger Theme Song Single" (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー主題歌シングル, Enjin Sentai Gōonjā Shūdaika Shinguru^?) - March 19, 2008
1. "Engine Sentai Go-onger" (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー, Enjin Sentai Gōonjā^?)
  - Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama (マイクスギヤマ, Maiku Sugiyama^?)
  - Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
  - Arrangement: Project.R (Keinichiro Ōishi & Takafumi Iwasaki)
  - Artist: Hideyuki Takahashi (高橋秀幸, Takahashi Hideyuki^?, Project.R)^[2]
2. "Engine First Lap -Type Normal-" (炎神ファーストラップ－Ｔｙｐｅ　Ｎｏｒｍａｌ－, Enjin Fāsuto Rappu -Taipu Nōmaru-^?)
  - Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama & Saburo Yatsude (八手三郎, Yatsude Saburō^?)
  - Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi (Project.R)
  - Artist: Project.R (Takayoshi Tanimoto (谷本貴義, Tanimoto Takayoshi^?) and Sister MAYO on vocals, Kenichiro Ōishi (大石憲一郎, Ōishi Ken'ichirō^?) on synthesizer) with Engine Kids (炎神キッズ, Enjin Kizzu^?)^[2]
3. "Engine Sentai Go-onger (Original Karaoke)" (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー（オリジナル・カラオケ）, Enjin Sentai Gōonjā (Orijinaru Karaoke)^?)
4. "Engine First Lap -Type Normal- (Original Karaoke) (炎神ファーストラップ－Ｔｙｐｅ　Ｎｏｒｍａｌ－（オリジナル・カラオケ）, Enjin Fāsuto Rappu -Taipu Nōmaru- (Orijinaru Karaoke)^?)
"Korochan Pack: Engine Sentai Go-onger" (コロちゃんパック炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー, Korochan Pakku Enjin Sentai Gōonjā^?) - April 30, 2008
1. "Engine Sentai Go-onger"
  - Artist: Hideyuki Takahashi (Project.R)
2. "BANG! BANG! Go-onger" (ＢＡＮＧ！ＢＡＮＧ！ゴーオンジャー, Ban! Ban! Gōonjā^?)
  - Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  - Composition: Manabu Furuya (古家学, Furuya Manabu^?)
  - Arrangement: TAKKARATTS
  - Artist: NoB (Project.R)^[3]
3. "Engine Gattai! Engine-Oh" (炎神合体！エンジンオー, Enjin Gattai! Enjin'ō^?)
  - Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  - Composition: Megumi Ohashi (大橋恵, Ōhashi Megumi^?, Project.R)
  - Arrangement: Project.R (Megumi Ohashi & Kenichiro Ōishi)
  - Artist: Shinichi Ishihara (石原慎一, Ishihara Shin'ichi^?)^[3]
4. "Tomorrow Go-onger" (明日もゴーオンジャー, Ashita mo Gōonjā^?)
  - Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  - Composition & Arrangement: TAKKARATTS
  - Artist: Takafumi Iwasaki (岩崎貴文, Iwasaki Takafumi^?, Project.R)^[3]
5. "Engine First Lap -Type Normal-"
  - Artist: Project.R (Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Kenichiro Ōishi) with Engine Kids
6. "Engine Sentai Go-onger (Original Karaoke)"
"Engine Sentai Go-onger 2nd Single: Engine Second Lap -TURBO CUSTOM-" (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー 2nd SINGLE　炎神セカンドラップ-TURBO CUSTOM, Enjin Sentai Gōonjā Sekando Shinguru Enjin Sekando Rappu-Tābo Kasutamu^?) - July 2, 2008^[4]
1. "Engine Second Lap -TURBO CUSTOM-" (炎神セカンドラップ－ＴＵＲＢＯ　ＣＵＳＴＯＭ－, Enjin Sekando Rappu -Tābo Kasutamu-^?)
  - Artist: Project.R (Hideaki Takatori (高取ヒデアキ, Takatori Hideaki^?), Mayumi Gojo (五條真由美, Gojō Mayumi^?), Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Kenichiro Ōishi) with Engine Kids
2. "Engine First Lap -Type Normal-"
  - Artist: Project.R (Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Kenichiro Ōishi) with Engine Kids
3. "Take Off! Go-on Wings" (テークオフ！ゴーオンウイングス, Tēku Ofu! Gōon Uingusu^?)
  - Artist: Project.R (Takayoshi Tanimoto & Mayumi Gojo)
4. "Engine Second Lap -TURBO CUSTOM- (Original Karaoke)" (炎神セカンドラップ－ＴＵＲＢＯ　ＣＵＳＴＯＭ－（オリジナル・カラオケ）, Enjin Sekando Rappu -Tābo Kasutamu- (Orijinaru Karaoke)^?)
"Korochan Pack: Engine Sentai Go-onger 2" - July 2, 2008^[5]
1. "Engine Sentai Go-onger"
  - Artist: Hideyuki Takahashi (Project.R)
2. "Engine Gattai Engine-Oh G6" (炎神合体エンジンオーＧ６, Enjin Gattai Enjin'ō Gī Shikkusu^?)
  - Artist: MoJo
3. "Evil Industrial Revolution Declaration" (害悪産業革命宣言, Gaiaku Sangyō Kakumei Sengen^?)
  - Artist: IMAJO (Project.R)
4. "Let's Go Ondo" (レッツ・ゴー音頭, Rettsu Gō Ondo^?)
  - Artist: Hideyuki Takahashi
5. "Engine First Lap -Type Normal-"
  - Artist: Project.R (Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Kenichiro Ōishi) with Engine Kids
6. "Engine First Lap -Type Normal- (Original Karaoke)"