Project.R

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

For this 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 performer of the songs who is not a member of Project.R is Shinichi Ishihara.

Members

• Hideyuki Takahashi (高橋 秀幸, Takahashi Hideyuki, debut performance)
• Kenichiro Ōishi (大石 憲一郎, Ōishi Ken'ichirō, previously arranged with Psychic Lover in on the GoGo Sentai Boukenger ending theme "Adventurers ON THE ROAD")
• 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)

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.

Discography

Singles

1. "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)
   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. "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)
   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))
2. "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)
   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. "Engine Gattai! Engine-O" (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)
   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)
   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)"

External links

• Engine Sentai Go-onger at Columbia Music Entertainment Template:Ja icon