JAM Project

Currently, animation in Japan is the most advanced in the world. Many works are shown around the world. They are big hits and continue to break audience rating records in those countries. We want to compose and sing theme songs that are suitable for highly advanced Japanese animation! Even though big artists make theme songs popular with tie-up strategies, the powerful theme songs that push Goku, who breaks rocks, rides Mazinger and clouds, and flies around the sky, have disappeared! !

Because of such circumstances, a unit called “JAM Project” was launched by a group of singers. Each of them has built his or her own position in the anime song genre. Moreover, they felt sorry about the situation mentioned above. They are full of anime song spirit and wanted to make songs like those again. Most importantly, their voices have “power”, which distinguishes them from other singers.When they focus on being singers, all members are present. They are the strongest unit and rearrange various patterns. They are going to compose anime songs that will continue to be sung forever and exist with the heros, for children and anime fans around the world.

We think the fact that they gathered as a unit one name clarifies a lot of things.
The rich individuality of each member will come together as one. We believe that they will stimulate each other and continue to compose exciting songs in the future. We hope that this project will become a trigger and encourage more powerful anime songs to be composed.

When Hironobu was 16 years old, he played his debut performance with the rock band Lazy on a TV show called “Hello Young” on Osaka’s ABC network. As a result of this performance, he garnered the praise of Hiroshi Kamayatsu.

1977 – “Hey I Love You” was released by RVC (now BMG Funhouse). He gained massive popularity as Lazy’s vocalist, known as Michelle. Other major hits were “Akazukinchan Goyoujin” and “Dreamer” and the like. Lazy had major impact on Japan’s rock scene with albums like their last studio album, “Uchuusen Chikyuugou”, and their last live album, “Moetsukitaseishun”.
1985 – After moving to Nippon Columbia, Hironobu started to sing theme songs for TV movies and animated programs, aside from his original music. His monumental first creation was “Dengekisentai Changeman”. Hironobu’s first theme song for an animated series was “Uchuusen Sagittarius”.
1989 – Theme song for Fuji TV’s Dragon Ball Z, “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” was released.
1992 – Awarded the Performing Arts for an Album Award by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for the “Choujinsentai Jetman” Hit Collection.
1993 – Released “WE GOTTA POWER”, the theme song for the 2nd Generation Dragon Ball Z animated series (ranked 5th on the Oricon pop chart), and “Bokutachi ha Tenshidatta”.
1994 – Released “WE ARE REYSOL”, the team song for the the J League’s Kashiwa Reysol
1995 – Released “POWER LIVE CYVOX”, his first live video. Performed his first overseas concert in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, and received a great response.
1997 – Performed a 20th Anniversary concert at the Akasaka Blitz. Released a five CD boxset called “Eternity” in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of his debut.
1998 – Lazy reunited for the first time in 17 years. Hironobu made his first try at stage performance as Goemon Ishikawa in the musical “Animecal Lupin the Third”.
1999 – Appeared in Nippon TV’s Yorumo Hippare, NHK’s Top Runner, and other TV shows. He made semi-regular appearances in CX TV’s Kaishingeki! Utaemon.
2000 – Released original albums entitled “I’m in you” and “Akogina Futaritabidaze!”
Performed acoustic concerts on a nationwide tour with Masaaki Endo called the Akogina Futaritabidaze!! Formed the super anime song group, JAM Project, with Ichiro Mizuki, Rika Matsumoto, Eizou Sakamoto, and Masaaki Endo)
2001 – Produced his first album for voice-over actress Sakura Nogawa. Appeared at Japan Expo2001 in Barcelona.
2002 – Sang “Ima Kazenonakade”, the ending theme song for Ninnfuusentai Harikenja.
Formed TRYFORCE, a music creation unit with Kenichi Suga, Yogo Kawano, and Kizen Kuriyama.
2003 – Started a solo acoustic live tour.
Participated in ANIME FRIENDS 2003, South America’s largest anime event in Sao Paolo, Brazil, with Akira Kushida (Appeared at the event for three straight years)
2004 – Collaborated on several projects as an author and composer. Successfully held a sold out concert at the Hibiya Outdoor Auditorium as the leader of JAM Project for the first time.
2005 – Extremely busy year taken up by his activities as a producer, author, and his ongoing concerts called “Lifework”.
Released his first original album, “Cold Rain” in December, the first since 2000. Released a compilation of new material and self-cover songs.
2006 – At the beginning of the year, he received multiple offers to perform at Anison events in Taiwan, Spain, Paris, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, the U.S. and other nations around the world.
It is anticipated that he will take his international performances to the next level.

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In 1997, when his hit theme song, “Yuusha Ou Tanjou!”, for the TV Asahi series, “The King of Braves GaoGaiGar”, was released, the “Young Lion of Anison”, Masaaki Endoh, became a hit with anime fans all over the country. Among all the mainstream tie-up songs for anime show them songs, his was given the review that it was an “orthodox robot anime song” that hasn’t been heard for a long time. From the year 2000, the acoustic live, “Akogi na Futari Tabidaze!”, with Hironobu Kageyama (of the same office) expanded nationally (about 70 shows in two years) and they released their first live album. Also in this year, the revolutionary anime music group, JAM Project (a group consisting of Ichiro Mizuki, Hironobu Kageyama, Rika Matsumoto, Eizo Sakamoto (Animetal), and Masaaki Endoh; currently joining is Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui, and Yoshiki Fukuyama) was formed.
He was chosen to be a TV personality for Kids Station’s “Anipara Music Hall” in the same year. The show is still currently broadcasting.
In 2003 he was responsible for the theme song for TV Asahi’s Super Sentai series, “Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger”. It recorded the highest sales in history for sentai (ranger) songs. It then became the foundation of the “sentai song” boom. In November he released his first full original album “CHAKURIKU/Lantis”. In July 2004 he joined the event, “ANIME FRIENDS”, held in São Paulo, Brazil, along with Hironobu Kageyama and Masami Okui. JAM Project made their live shows at the Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall a great success in both 2004 and 2005.
In 2006 he had his first performance in Korea with Hironobu Kageyama (Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival tie-up). The magnitude of the event was initially 500 people but it ended up drawing 2,000 people. In July he joined the big event, “ANIME FRIENDS2006”, in Brazil for a second time on his own.
He performed as JAM Project at “Animero summer LIVE2006‘OUTRIDE’” (The Nippon Budokan). He has been very active in joining Japanese anime music events.
In November 2006 he released his second original album “M.e.”

Official Website: http://endoh-masaaki.com/

1994 — Debuted with Stagger, a three-man rock unit. He later started his solo career after the rock band Lapis Lazu broke up.
1999 — Became popular with anime song fans after releasing “Wi-ha!”, the opening theme song for the TV anime show One Piece, followed up by singing the theme songs for “Kamen Rider Ryuuki”, “Madan Senki Ryuukendo”, “Yokainingen Bem”, “Saint Beast”, “Yugio Oh! Duel Monsters GX”, and other anime shows and games.
2002 Joined JAM Project as a second phase member, energetically performed with the group at the Budokan and overseas. Released his first solo album, “R-new”, in 2008. In 2009, he saw the 15th anniversary of his major debut, and sang “Rescue Taisou”, the ending theme for the TV special program “Tomika Hero Rescue Fire”. And he headed up the vocals for the theme song for “One Piece New Chapter Final Seas – New World”, which began airing in October 2011. Hiroshi is still actively working as a member of JAM Project!

Official Website: http://kitadani-hiroshi.com/

Masami Okui was a backup singer for several artists such as Yumi Matsutoya, and in August 1993 she made her debut with “Dare yori mo zutto…” with King Records. She worked on several theme songs for major hit anime series such as “Slayers” and “Revolutionary Girl Utena” and provided music for several anime works. She Joined “JAM Project” in 2003 and was also involved in producing music.

“JAM Project LIVE 2011-2012 GO!GO!GOING!!~Fumetsu no Zipang~” had 14 performances in Japan and “JAM Project LIVE 2011-2012 GO!GO!GOING!!~ARIGATO TOMODACHI~” had four performances around Asia for a total of 18 performances, closing with their final performance in Japan at “Budokan 2 Days”.
Masami Okui’s solo career was successful with her Shanghai, Beijing and Taiwan Asia tour in September in addition to her national tour in 2011.

In addition to performing every year at “Animelo Summer Live”, she performed at “Anisama in Shanghai “-Only One-” held at the Shanghai Grand Stage in February 2011 and she is also planning to have another Asia tour this year.
On February 2, 2011, her much-awaited second cover album “Self Satisfaction II” was released, which includes songs she chose from those provided for voice actors and other artists and songs that she sang herself.
On July 4, 2012, the album “Love Axel” was released by Lantis!
So far she has released a total of 55 singles, 25 albums, and 15 DVD/VIDEOs.

Official website: http://makusonia.com/

Made his debut in 1991 as a member of a rock band called, “HUMMING BIRD”.
Yoshiki became known for his work in the anime “Macross7”, where he wrote the theme song and dubbed the singing voice of the show’s main character.
In 2000, he disbanded “HUMMING BIRD” and started his solo career. He released many theme songs as singles: the opening theme “King Gainer Over!” for WOWOW Anime “Overman King Gainer”, the opening theme “Makka Na Chikai” for the TV Anime “Buso Renkin”, the ending theme “Wakugai!!” for the TV anime “Kamen no Maid Guy”, and the opening theme “Kemono Ni Nare!” for the computer game “Okiba Ga Nai!”.
In 2009 and 2010, he carried out an Asia Tour for 2 years in a row. He also performed at an event in Argentina in 2011.
He puts effort into development overseas, as well as in Japan. For his 20th Anniversary, he released his 7th album and the Best album one after another, performed a 2-day anniversary concert, and re-formed “HUMMING BIRD” for the first time in 11 years. He had an acoustic live tour in 18 locations from summer through fall.
Also, a 4-set DVD of his 20th anniversary performance was released.
In March 2015, he released an original mini-album “Magnolia” from Lantis. Currently, he is enjoying a successful solo career and is also a member of the group, “JAM Project”, that represents Japanese anime music, releasing various singles and albums of opening and ending theme songs for Anime and games.

Official Website: http://www.fukuyama-yoshiki.net/

☆ 影山ヒロノブ　(ドラゴンボールZ “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA”)
☆ 遠藤正明　（遊☆戯☆王5D’s “BELIEVE IN NEXUS”）
☆ きただにひろし　(ONE PIECE “We Are!”)
☆ 奥井雅美　(少女革命ウテナ “輪舞 revolution”)
☆ 福山芳樹　(マクロス７ “SEVENTH MOON”)
* (): 代表曲

JAM Projectは「日本のアニソン界」で活躍する実力派シンガーによって、2000年に立ち上げられたスーパーユニット。
世界に誇る進歩した日本のアニメーションに見合う主題歌を作り歌っていきたいと、シンガー達自らが立ち上がり、始まる。アニメやゲームに付随した主題歌文化に磨きをかけていきたい。。そんな欲望をもってJAM Projectは「アニソン」というジャンルの中で独自の地位を築く。

何よりも大切なのは、その声に、他のシンガーとは違う「力」が存在する事。そして「よりよい作品」＝「よりより主題歌」を目指して、常に制作者と表現者を兼ねて邁進している。メンバー個人でも活躍の中、お互いに刺激しあい、一人一人の豊かな個性が一つの名のもとに集うことで、JAM Projectならではの「主題歌」を作り上げる。

現在までに100曲以上の楽曲を発表。それら全てがパワフルでスピリットあふれた「真の主題歌」。2008年には、NoBorderというタイトルのもと、初のワールドツアー（台湾、ブラジル、アメリカ、韓国、中国、香港、メキシコ、フランス、スペイン）を行い、以後海外からの呼び声も多く、シンガポール、タイ、サンマリノ、ドイツなどのアニメイベントや上海万博、麗水万博など日本文化の代表として「アニソン」を各国で歌う。2012年にはバンドを引き連れ、南米ツアー（ブラジル、ペルー、アルゼンチン、チリ）を行い、日本の本格的なアニソンを届けてきた。2013年はJAM Project史上最大のアリーナツアーを行い、老若男女問わず、幅広い年齢層に支持をされている。2015年1月から4月にかけて世界６都市で行なわれた『ANISONG World Tour 2015 Lantis Festival』では各イベントで大トリを努め、ランティス祭り海外公演を大成功へと導いた。

アニメの主人公と同じく、彼らのボイスパフォーマンスは常に「夢」の実現を目指す。