Jin Hashimoto (橋本 仁) is a Japanese singer and vocal trainer. He sings "STAND PROUD", the first opening theme song for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and the third opening overall for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation. He is also one of the three members of JO☆STARS.
Biography
Early life
Jin started playing music when he was 11 years old with his father's guitar. He learned classical guitar for about half a year in his town's music school. Around middle school, he started playing folk guitar and participated in band activities. He started doing live shows at places such as a park and an elementary school gym.
His band entered high school, became full-scale, went into various contests and played at live houses. At his school festival he played the guitar with 5 or 6 bands.
He studied guitar at a music vocational school and was aiming to be a professional guitar player. In the repertoire of the band that was active at that time, Jin sang in the chorus for one part of the song. He felt he was pushed by the members of his band to continue singing, and his songs inevitably increased. Eventually, he stopped playing guitar and only held one microphone.[1]
Professional Work
- When he was 22, JIN joined an Earth, Wind & Fire tribute band.
- Later at the age of 34, he formed the band BETCHIN' with m.c.A.T and Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga in 1998 and together they released two albums.
- He made his solo debut as a vocalist in 2000 with the song "Aozora ni Naru", the ending theme for Kamen Rider Kuuga. He performed a series of other songs on the show's soundtrack, as well as songs for the subsequent Kamen Rider Series television series Kamen Rider Agito and Kamen Rider Hibiki.[2]
JO☆STARS
In 2015, TOMMY, Coda and JIN used the pseudonym JO☆STARS to sing JoJo: The Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~, the second opening of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and the fourth opening of the anime overall.
They returned as JO☆UNITED among THE DU, batta, Karen Aoki, and Daisuke Hasegawa to sing Great Days -Units Ver.-, featured in the final episode of Diamond is Unbreakable.
Discography
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# |
Cover | Album / Single Name | Artist | Use | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
STAND PROUD | Jin Hashimoto | SC Episodes 2-24, 39 | April 23, 2014 |
| 2 | 
|
JoJo: The Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~ (ジョジョ その血の記憶～end of THE WORLD～) |
JO☆STARS ～TOMMY, Coda, JIN～ |
SC Episodes 25-48 | January 28, 2015 |
| 3 | 
|
The anthology songs 3 | Jin Hashimoto | Image songs | May 27, 2015 |
| 4 | 
|
Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town | THE DU Chorus: Jin Hashimoto & Coda |
DU Episodes 2-13 | April 27, 2016 |
| 5 | 
|
Great Days UNITS ver. | JO☆UNITED (Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga, Coda, Jin Hashimoto, Jun Shirota, Taisuke Wada, Jeity, Tatsu Hoshino, Karen Aoki, Daisuke Hasegawa) |
DU Episode 39 | December 24, 2016 |
| 6 | 
|
¡Hola AniSalsa! Vol.1 | JIN y su grupo | N/A | April 27, 2021 |
Interviews
| # | Interview | Type | Media | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ultra Jump (January 2015) | Interview |
Magazine |
January 19, 2015 |
| 2 | Cyber Festival (July 2020) | Interview |
Video |
July 19, 2020 |
Gallery
JO☆STARS ~TOMMY,Coda,JIN~
JO☆STARS on ORAORAdio
JO☆STARS at the Last Crusaders Event
JO☆STARS on Radio Kansai
JO☆STARS and Daisuke Hasegawa
Jin and Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga
JO☆STARS with Hasegawa at NuBond Livehouse Tour in 2023
