- Kōji Wada
Kōji Wada (和田 光司 "Wada Kōji") (born
January 29 ,1974 ) is aJapan ese rock singer, best known for his work in theDigimon series. He was born inKyoto . His height is 1.75 m, his weight is 58 kg.Wada sang the Opening Themes for the four seasons of Digimon, as well as the first Evolution Theme for
Digimon Frontier , "With the Will". He Also performed the two Ending Themes of Frontier, "Innocent ~Mujaki na Mama de~" (イノセント～無邪気なままで～)and "an Endless Tale" (with AiM). He starred in various other Digimon songs, such as "Bokura no Digital World" (the "memorial" theme for the Adventure series), "Yuuki o Uketsugu Kodomotachi e" (a song starring all the singers in Digimon, including AiM,Ayumi Miyazaki ,Michihiko Ohta , etc.) and severalChristmas songs.In 2003, Wada released his first original album, "All of My Mind", which included some songs from Digimon Adventure, Adventure 02 and Tamers and the Opening Theme for . He also collaborated in Ohta Michihiko's self-cover album "Mirai e no Message ~Ohta Michihiko Self-Cover~", featuring in two tracks - a cover version of "Hontou no Tsuyosa" (本当の強さ)(Ken &
Wormmon 's Theme) and in "3 Primary Colors" (the Tamers' theme), along with AiM. Most recently, he has released an album called "The Best Selection ~Welcome Back!~". It contains several of his earlier works as well as two new songs, titled "Pierce" and "Kimi no Keshiki." On August 1st he is set to debut a mini-album titled "ever", which contains five brand new songs.Kouji Wada returned to the Digimon franchise to sing the second opening theme for the fifth series,
Digimon Savers .The song is entitled [http://indexmusic.co.jp/common/index.php Hirari] ("Nimbly; Lightly")In July 2007, Wada Kouji made his first show in
Brazil , doing a solo presentation and singing along others invited Japanese singers on the "Anime Friends ". This happened one year afterAyumi Miyazaki visits Brazil in another convention "ExpoAnime Brasil". He also visited the state ofRio Grande do Sul in Brazil in October 14th 2007, during the Anima Weekend event. In December 15-16th 2007, he make a live presentation in the "Anime Festival XL" event in Santiago, Chile.Kouji Wada Digimon singles
Digimon Adventure &Digimon Adventure 02 "Butter-Fly (Digimon Adventure Opening Theme)" (
23 April 1999 )"Seven (featured in episode 14 of Digimon Adventure)" (
23 April 1999 )"Target ~Akai Shougeki~ (ターゲット～赤い衝撃～) (Digimon Adventure 02 Opening Theme)" (
26 April 2000 )"Bokura no Digital World " (2001) (also featuring AiM, Digimon All Stars & Narration by
Hiroaki Hirata )Digimon Tamers "The Biggest Dreamer (Opening Theme)" (
2 April 2001 )"The Biggest Dreamer - Movie 5 Limited Edition Single" (
4 July 2001 )"The Biggest Dreamer - Movie 6 Limited Edition Single" (
6 March 2002 )"Kaze (風) (featured in Episode 24")"
"Egao (笑顔) (OST Run Away Express)"
Digimon Frontier "FIRE!! / With the Will (Opening Theme / Evolution Theme)" (
24 April 2002 )"Innocent ~Mujaki na mama de~ (イノセント～無邪気なままで～) (Ending Theme 1)" (
22 May 2002 )"an Endless tale (Ending Theme 2)" (
22 November 2002 ) (featuring AiM)"Hirari (ヒラリ) (Opening Theme 2)" (
November 5 2006 )Digimon World
"Miracle Maker (
Digimon World 3 )" (February of 2003) (feat. AiM &Takayoshi Tanimoto as "Spirit of Adventure")Other songs from Digimon
"Boku wa Boku Datte (僕は僕だって) (c/w "Target ~Akai Shougeki~")"
"Daybreak (c/w "Innocent ~Mujaki na Mama de~")"
"for the future (c/w "Hirari")"
"Haruka na Okurimono (遥かな贈りもの) (c/w "an Endless tale")" (featuring AiM)
"Yūki wo Uketsugu Kodomotachi e (勇気を受け継ぐ子供達へ)" (Digimon Memorial)
Other series songs
="Honoo no Overdrive ~Car Robot Cybertron~ (炎のオーバードライブ～カーロボットサイバトロン～) (Opening Theme)" (
May 24 2000 )"Kimi no Yume (君色の未来-ゆめ-) (c/w Honoo no Overdrive)"
Kouji Wada original songs
"Modern Love"
"Pierce"
"Shoujo no mama de (少女のままで)"
"Starting Over / Say Again" (
November 7 2001 )External links
* [http://wadakoji.blog87.fc2.com/ Official Wada's Blog] jp icon
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