Japan’s most cheerful band Happy Heads NANIYORI will perform the new opening theme song Aishiden Issen for the TV anime series Kengan Ashura.

Kengan Ashura is a martial arts manga series written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by Daromeon. Japanese rock band Happy Heads NANIYORI will perform the new opening theme Aishiden Issen from episode 13 onwards which will begin airing on April 3, 2020. Check out the trailer below.

Aishiden Issen will feature on Happy Heads NANIYORI’s upcoming second album Omedetai Atama de Naniyori 2 which will hit shelves on April 29, 2020.

Japanese anime is popular worldwide, and one part of the watching-experience that makes a series so memorable is its opening and ending themes. Here’s part one of a list of artists providing music for ongoing series and soon-to-air series.

Lead x Hinomaru Sumo

Three-member dance and vocal unit Lead will release their song Be the NAKED on January 30, 2019 which will be used as the opening theme song for the anime series Hinomaru Sumo starting on January 25. The series depicts themes of friendship, endeavor and victory.

Full Details: https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/155895

ЯeaL x Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Popular rock band ЯeaL will release Tsuyogari LOSER on February 20, 2019, their new single that will be used as the new ending theme for the ongoing anime series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. ЯeaL has released a string of smash songs for popular various anime series and they are gaining much attention from anime fans who are anticipating this new release.

Full Details: https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/155887

KANA-BOON x Karakuri Circus

KANA-BOON wrote their new song Haguruma as the second opening theme song for Karakuri Circus. A promotional video for the series was released that includes a snippet of the track. The video features scenes of the characters working together to knock down the circus. Be sure to check it out!

Full Details: https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/155647

The Quintessential Quintuplets

The Quintessential Quintuplets is set to begin airing in January 2019. A video teasing the anime’s opening theme song Go-Tōbun no Kimochi was recently released. The song is performed by the series’ five Nakano siblings themselves. It begins with the sisters calling out to the series protagonist Fūtarō Uesugi to wake up. It drops into a cute pop song where each sibling expresses their feelings towards Uesugi, from hate to love.

Full Details: https://www.moshimoshi-nippon.jp/155625

Continued in Part 2.

Japanese hip-hop dance and vocal group Lead have released the cover art for their upcoming new single Be the NAKED which will hit shelves on January 30, 2019.

Their 30th single to date, the song will be used as the second opening theme to the ongoing anime series Hinomaru Zumo. The cover art features the three members standing in front of real flames, revealing their fiery enthusiasm for the release.

Fans will be excited to hear that they will be getting the ultimate Christmas present this year: a very special event that will take place at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza on December 24 where the trio will perform Be the NAKED live for the first time.

Hinomaru Zumo is an adaptation of the manga series of the same time serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump. The story follows Ushio Hinomaru, a student who appears before the sumo club at Oodachi High School, who trains to climb to the top and become Hinoshita Kaisan, the highest rank achievable in sumo.

Be the NAKED will be used as the opening theme song from January 25, 2019.

Official HIGE DANdism, an up-and-coming Japanese pop band who have made a huge breakthrough this year, have unveiled a promotional video featuring their new song FIRE GROUND which will serve as the opening theme song for the upcoming anime series Hinomaru Sumo.

The anime is an adaptation of the manga series of the same time serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump. The story follows Ushio Hinomaru, a student who appears before the sumo club at Oodachi High School, who trains to climb to the top and become Hinoshita Kaisan, the highest rank achievable in sumo. The anime will premiere on October 5.

FIRE GROUND is the first song the band have performed for an anime series. The promotional video features the anime edit version of the song.

The song will feature on the band’s forthcoming Stand By You EP set for release on October 17. The EP will also include the song Bad For Me which was used as the main theme for the Japanese drama series Good Bye as well as an acoustic version of the title song Stand By You.

Details surrounding the opening and ending themes for the upcoming anime adaptation of Kawada’s sumo shonen manga series Hinomaru Sumo―set to begin airing on October 5―have been unveiled.

The story follows Ushio Hinomaru, a student who appears before the sumo club at Oodachi High School, who trains to climb to the top and become Hinoshita Kaisan, the highest rank achievable in sumo.

The opening theme song will be performed by Official HIGE DANdism, an up-and-coming band which has been gaining much attention this year. This is the first time the band has provided a song for an anime series, and fans of the manga are anticipating how they will capture it.

The band’s new song Bad For Me is now available on iTunes, Spotify and Apple Music. They also released a short version of the song in the form of a lyric video on their official YouTube channel. Be sure to check it out below.

The members also announced a brand new release at their concert in Nakano Sunplaza on July 5. Full details will be announced in the near future, so stay tuned.

The ending theme will be performed by Happy Heads NANIYORI.

Vocalist Sekihan had following to say regarding the song:

“Seeing the characters going through setbacks but moving forward together ties in way too much with our band. We became engrossed when we noticed. We wrote the song while talking about our favourite scenes and lines. This is also the first tie-up song we’ve done with an anime series. Oddly enough, we couldn’t help but feel that the composition for our artist photo and the anime illustration coincidentally matched almost perfectly (laughs). I would be happy if we could share our enthusiasm through this song with those who have finished walking the anime. Now, let’s fight together!”

Full details regarding the ending theme song will be released at a later date. Happy Heads NANIYORI recently played a hugely successful show at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo. They will also perform at numerous large-scale festivals this summer.

Listen out for both songs to see just how they match the anime series.