Yoroiden Samurai Trooper OP Theme Gets New Version "Samurai Heart 2022"

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Sunrise Music has announced that the second opening theme song "Samurai Heart" for Sunrise's hero action TV anime in 1988-1989, Yoroiden Samurai Trooper ((Ronin Warriors or Samurai Troopers in the West), will be re-recorded by the original singer Hiroko Moriguchi and Takeshi Kusao, who voiced one of its five main character, Ryo Sanada, under the new name "Samurai Heart 2022." The two cover versions will be available digitally in late January of 2022.

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As the sixth single for Moriguchi, who made her singer debut with the second OP theme song "Mizu no Hoshi he Ai wo Komete" for Mobile Suit Z Gundam,, "Samurai Heart" was originally released in Japan on September 21, 1988. As a fan favorite, the song is still often sung at her concerts.

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The self-cover version by Moriguchi will be arranged by Tomoji Tokawa, a music producer who has arranged many hit songs such as CHAGE and ASKA's "SAY YES" and Mayo Okamoto's "TOMORROW," while the cover by Kusao will be arranged by Yasuhiko Shigemura, a singer-songwriter who composed "Samurai Heart" and also wrote songs for the "Samurai Trooper"-related albums. The digital jacket illustration is newly drawn by Ken Mizuki, who worked as the anime's official illustrator at the time.

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Moriguchi says, "I could already hear the joyful voices of the fans in my heart. Sometimes, when I sing this song at live performances or concerts, the energy from the audience is like,'I've been waiting for this!' It always burns me up. "Then Kusao adds," I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Sunrise Music and all the fans who still love this work, for realizing my absurd proposal to ask Ken Mizuki-san to draw the jacket illustration and Yasuhiko Shigemura-san to arrange the song. Please listen to it by all means. "

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Source: Sunrise Music official website / / Twitter

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