is the title of Toei Company

Toei Company

is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...

's thirty-second Super Sentai

Super Sentai

The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi...

 series of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

 television series. It premiered on February 17, 2008, a week following the finale of Juken Sentai Gekiranger

Juken Sentai Gekiranger

is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the Super Sentai franchise. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on TV Asahi on February 18, 2007, and concluded its airing on February 10, 2008...

, and ended on February 8, 2009. It aired as part of TV Asahi

TV Asahi

, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

's 2008 Super Hero Time

Super Hero Time

is a programming block on the Japanese television network, TV Asahi, featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series...

 block alongside Kamen Rider Kiva

Kamen Rider Kiva

is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger...

. Its footage was used for the American series Power Rangers RPM and was dubbed into Korean for Power Rangers Engine Force. The catchphrase for the series is .

Story

is one of the 11 other than our own, which is referred as the , and it is home to giant vehicular beings called Engines who wage a war against the Gaiark who desire to pollute their world. Losing, Gaiark's three Pollution Ministers' escape leaves them on Earth, seeing the Human World as an easier location to create their ideal paradise. The six Engines manage to pursue them, selecting five humans to become their partners, the Go-ongers. The team are joined by Go-on Wings and their Wing Engines, as well as the Ancient Engines, as they all together battle the Gaiark as well as other evil villains from other Braneworlds.

Other Braneworld inhabitants

Occasionally, the Go-ongers will meet people and creatures from the other 9 Braneworlds that existence entails.
: Osen is a tech-sorceress from the , a Braneworld that resembles a junkyard due to Osen's invention that can multiply garbage and alters any organic being to possess the same attributes as scrap metal. She assumes a human form named when she is deceived by Kitaneidas into thinking that her own Braneworld was in danger by an invasion from the Human World and decides to use her machine to give Gaiark the advantage. But after meeting Hant and seeing his kindness, Osen reverses her machine's polarity to turn the tables for the Go-ongers before returning to her own dimension. Her name is from the Japanese word for . Portrayed by .
: Lumbiaco is a monster from the , which was destroyed by Kireizky, who comes to the Human World with the intent to feed on its noises. By doing so, it grows in size and takes a nap before it feeds again, with the cycle repeating until it's too big for the world to hold. The only means to shrink it is with beautiful sound, which Lumbaico hates and goes on a rampage upon hearing. In the end, the monster is stopped by the specially assembled G3 Princess group who shrink him and destroy him with their attack. Its name is an anagram of , the record company that distributes the music for the Super Sentai Series.
: Wameikle is a member of a species of amphibian from the , a Braneworld that is in a constant cycle of endless wind storms. Ending up in the Human World due to the Gaiark's influence, a Wameikle egg is found by Hiroto, with the hatched creature seeing him as a parent. However, the Ugats are sent after Wameikle to force grow it into a berserker adult and utilize its kind's high-pitch sonic crying to tear down the dimensional barrier that separates the Human World from the Stormy World. Its name is from the Japanese word for . Voiced by .
: The Mage's Wand (and spellbook) comes from the , a Braneworld that is home to many sorcerers and magic is everyday until Kireizky wiped it out. The spellbook was deciphered by , an intelligent high school student who found these by chance. Yushima fell in love with Miu and attempt to win her by helping Kegaleshia magically infuse Bin Banki with magical powers. Though he eventually redeemed himself, Yushima accidentally destroyed his laptop and the translations in it.
: Santa Claus is a being from the , a Braneworld where the holiday season is endless with everyone dressed as Santa Claus and able to travel to other Braneworlds by train. Using the he carries with him, Santa can take out presents from Christmas World and bring them into other Braneworlds. Portrayed by .

Other Braneworlds mentioned in the series are the destroyed and serene as well as the western

Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

-style which is currently being attacked by Batcheed and the remaining Gaiark forces as the series ends. The only other Braneworld that is extensively covered is the Samurai World.

Samurai World

The is a Braneworld that resembles Feudal Japan and was under the dictatorship of Empress Maki and her Yōma

Yoma

Yoma is the fifth tractate of Seder Moed of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. It is concerned mainly with the laws of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, on which Jews atone for their sins from the previous year...

 until the Go-ongers ended up in the Braneworld by accident and help in overthrowing Maki. In Human World and Samurai World, there are rare people with the same looks and the same soul.

: Bakki is a deforestation Yōma recruited by the spectral Urameshimedes. He comes to the Human World to kill the Go-ongers for Urameshimedes with Earth's forests as his price. But once defeated by Go-on Yellow, Urameshimedes possesses Bakki's body to personally finish the job only for Bakki to be destroyed by Engine-Oh G9.
: Rairaiken is the crimson-colored lion-like Yōma servant of Maki. He is similar to Raiken from the movie, but he is not created from an Engine Cast and he lacks a vehicle form. He can wield a kusarigama

Kusarigama

The is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. The kusarigama is said to have developed during the Muromachi period...

/kusarifundo. After Maki's death, he later arrives in the Human World to take the Engine Sword and use Engine Dai-Shogun for evil. However, the Go-ongers ruin his and Gokugokumaru's plan, so the two ingest Bikkurium to execute their enlargement before being destroyed by Engine Dai-Shogun. Voiced by , who previously portrayed Tatsuya Midorikawa/Denzi Green in Denshi Sentai Denziman.
: Gokugokumaru is a crimson-colored bear-like Yōma servant of Maki. He is similar to Gokumaru, but he was not created from an Engine Cast and he lacks a vehicle form. He fights with his claws and a large shuriken

Shuriken

A shuriken is a traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was generally used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing or slashing...

. After Maki's death, he later arrives in the Human World to take the small Engine Sword and use Engine Dai-Shogun for evil. However, the Go-ongers ruin his and Rairaiken's plan, so the two ingest Bikkurium before being destroyed by Engine Dai-Shogun. Voiced by , who previously portrayed Shun Namiki/MegaBlue in Denji Sentai Megaranger

Denji Sentai Megaranger

is Toei's twenty-first production of the Super Sentai television series. The footage was also used in the American series, Power Rangers in Space. Megaranger premiered on February 14, 1997 and concluded on February 15, 1998.-Plot:...

.
: Harunosuke is a boy who comes from the Samurai World with his younger brother, Akinosuke, in order to protect the small with a part of Retsu-Taka's soul. Portrayed by .
: Akinosuke is a boy who comes from the Samurai World with his older brother, Harunosuke, carrying the small Engine Sword on him. Portrayed by .

Episodes

The episodes are titled as , or "GP" for short, each ending with a Go-on Seminar, a Gaiark Seminar, or the one-time Samurai Seminar, to explain a trivial fact relating to a character or element in the show. The eyecatch

Eyecatch

An or internal eyecatch is a scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese TV program, especially in anime and tokusatsu shows, similar to how "bumpers" into/out of commercial breaks are used in the United States...

 has the five main Engines racing, with a different one winning each week.

Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!

was released in theaters on August 9, 2008, as a double bill with the Kamen Rider Kiva

Kamen Rider Kiva

is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger...

movie, King of the Castle in the Demon World. The film features guest stars Sonim

Sonim (singer)

is a Zainichi Korean J-pop singer.-Career and biography:She was a former member of the Tsunku-produced duo EE Jump along with Yuki Goto . Yuki was caught underage in a bar, which got him suspended from EE Jump...

, Jyunichi Haruta

Jyunichi Haruta

is a Japanese actor from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. His real name is . Haruta joined the J.A.C , a theater troupe founded by Sonny Chiba, after leaving high school.-Filmography:...

 (previously in Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

is the seventh installment of Toei Company's Super Sentai series. It aired on TV Asahi from February 5, 1983, to January 28, 1984, with a total of 51 episodes...

and Dai Sentai Goggle V

Dai Sentai Goggle V

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the sixth installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai series of tokusatsu television dramas. It aired on TV Asahi from February 6, 1982 to January 21, 1983, with a total of 50 episodes...

), Kento Handa (previously in Kamen Rider 555

Kamen Rider 555

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003 to January 18, 2004...

), Mika Kikuchi

Mika Kikuchi

Mika Kikuchi , born on December 16, 1983 in Misato, Saitama, Japan, is a Japanese actress and seiyū. She is affiliated with Production Ogi.-Biography:...

 (previously in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

is the twenty-eighth production of the Super Sentai television series produced by Toei. The action footage from the show was used for the American series Power Rangers S.P.D..The opening catchphrase of the series is .-Story:...

), Naoya Uchida

Naoya Uchida

is a male seiyū, actor, and singer born on May 1, 1953 in Tokyo. He has played several minor roles of authority in various TV dramas. He debuted in 1972 to the NHK and continued acting in theater and TV dramas until the late 90's...

 (previously in Denshi Sentai Denziman), and Masaya Matsukaze

Masaya Matsukaze

is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and radio personality who is formerly affiliated with Big Apple and now affiliated with Radix Mobanimation's Multicye division...

 (previously in Denji Sentai Megaranger

Denji Sentai Megaranger

is Toei's twenty-first production of the Super Sentai television series. The footage was also used in the American series, Power Rangers in Space. Megaranger premiered on February 14, 1997 and concluded on February 15, 1998.-Plot:...

).

Go-onger vs. Gekiranger

Initially scheduled for DVD release on March 21, 2009, will feature the return of Hiroki Suzuki

Hiroki Suzuki

is a Japanese actor and singer from Kitakami city, Iwate Prefecture. He is known most notably for his roles as Shuichiro Oishi in The Prince of Tennis , and as Jyan Kandou in the tokusatsu television series, Juken Sentai Gekiranger...

, Mina Fukui

Mina Fukui

is a Japanese actress, tarento & model from Nabari, Mie Prefecture. She works under the Horipro talent agency.- Career :Even though she had been featured as a guest or assistant in several shows during the 1990s and early 2000s, it was after the first Mōdoru Audition in 2003 that she effectively...

, Manpei Takagi

Manpei Takagi

is a Japanese actor from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. He portrayed in the Super Sentai Series Juken Sentai Gekiranger. He has a twin brother named Shinpei, who guest starred in the 38th episode of Gekiranger as a fake Retsu.- Television :...

, Riki Miura

Riki Miura

is a Japanese actor from Hiroshima Prefecture. Miura made his acting debut in 2005. His first major role has been as in Juken Sentai Gekiranger. He starred as Mitsuru Ikeda in the 2008 live-action adaptation of Here is Greenwood.- Television :...

, Sotaro

Sotaro

known as is an American actor and model in Japan. He was born in Newport Beach, California. He is best known for his portrayal of Ken Hisatsu/GekiChopper in the 2007 Super Sentai series Juken Sentai Gekiranger.-Biography:...

, Hirofumi Araki

Hirofumi Araki

is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known most notably for his roles as Sadaharu Inui in The Prince of Tennis , and as The Black Lion Rio in the tokusatsu television series Juken Sentai Gekiranger...

, Yuka Hirata

Yuka Hirata

is a Japanese actress, tarento, and gravure idol from Hokkaidō. She portrayed in the Super Sentai Series Juken Sentai Gekiranger. She has also appeared in Food Fight, an episode of Carlos, and several idol videos.- Television :...

, Naoki Kawano

Naoki Kawano

is a Japanese actor and musician from Mobara, Chiba Prefecture. He is a former Johnny's Jr. member, and is no longer represented by Johnny & Associates. While a Johnny's Jr., he was part of Kaidan Trio, TOKYO, and Kawano Band. He was also formerly the drummer of the rock band Dustz, fronted by...

, and Kazue Itoh

Kazue Itoh

is a Japanese actress from Seya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She attended Kibogaoka Senior High School and made her acting debut in 1978 as a Horipro talent and has also voiced Shura in the anime Rurouni Kenshin. She also performs as a singer, including the opening and ending theme songs for...

 reprising their roles as Jyan Kandou, Ran Uzaki, Retu Fukami, Gou Fukami, Ken Hisatsu, Rio, Mere, Long, and Miki Masaki from Juken Sentai Gekiranger

Juken Sentai Gekiranger

is Toei Company's thirty-first entry in the Super Sentai franchise. Production began on September 29, 2006 with principal photography beginning on October 6, 2006. It premiered on TV Asahi on February 18, 2007, and concluded its airing on February 10, 2008...

. The story features the Three Gaiark Ministers and their teaming up with the last remaining member of the , , practicer of the who is after the golden orb that Long was sealed in. To defeat their common foes, the Go-ongers, the Go-on Wings, and the Gekirangers team up with the revived Rio and Mere to fight the new evil team and stop them from releasing Long.

On December 6, 2008, several of the cast members of Go-onger announced on their blogs that there is going to be a second Go-onger movie. The next day, Toei announced on its Go-onger website that the film was going to be Go-onger vs. Gekiranger, and that it was to commemorate the 15th of the Super Sentai V-Cinema

V-Cinema

Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...

 VS Series, having started initially with J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Gorenger in 1978 and revived annually with Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series and the nineteenth installment in the long-running Super Sentai franchise of superhero programs. Its footage was used in the American series Power Rangers Zeo .-Plot:Six hundred million years ago, Pangaea created a robot named Bacchushund, who turned on his...

 vs. Kakuranger

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

was TOEI Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai television series. The name given to this series by Toei for international distribution is Ninja Rangers....

in 1996. The film was released to theaters on January 24, 2009.

Shinkenger vs. Go-onger

was released in theaters on January 30, 2010, featuring a crossover between the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

is the title of Toei Company's thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai Series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of Engine Sentai Go-onger, and ended on February 7, 2010...

and Go-onger casts and characters. The heroes of Tensou Sentai Goseiger

Tensou Sentai Goseiger

is the title of Toei Company's thirty-fourth entry in its long-running Super Sentai Series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It joined Kamen Rider W as a program featured in TV Asahi's Super Hero Time programming block, until the premiere of Kamen Rider OOO...

also make a cameo appearance in the film.

Special DVD

is a special DVD in which Bomper lets each of the Go-ongers do their own special seminar on ecology and also tie into the three Gaiark Pollution Ministers. Sōsuke and Gunpei start by helping Renn show how water and oil can't be mixed as Speedor covers Kegalesia and her Water Savage Machine Beasts. Then Hant shows how clean air is essential for people in an exercise experiment that nearly suffocates Gunpei from breathing in too much polluted air and being saved by inhaling helium by mistake as Speedor explains about Kitaneidas and his Savage Air Machine Beasts along with the Go-on Wings. After Gunpei's voice returns to normal, Saki begins her lesson though unaware she was supposed to teach a lesson though she grew strawberries from polluted soil and made a cake from strawberries that she grew in clean soil. As Sōsuke and Gunpei get the tea for her, Speedor talks about Yogostien and his Savage Machine Beasts, as well Hiramechimedes and all the events leading to Yogostein's death. The last seminar is cut short when Hiramechimedes' cross-dressing older brother Kokorootomedes goes after Sōsuke out of revenge, but is destroyed by Go-on Red's Kankan Kong Express Speedor Version after a tough fight. Just as Gunpei decides to give a seminar on how to be cool like himself, Bomper says that they are out of time and the seminars are over.

Cast

• Sōsuke Esumi:
• Renn Kōsaka:
• Saki Rōyama:
• Hant Jō:
• Gunpei Ishihara:
• Hiroto Sutō:
• Miu Sutō:
• Kegalesia:
  • Oikawa also had a cameo appearance in the final episode as , a customer, at Saki's bakery.

Voice actors

• Speedor:
• Bus-on:
• Bearrv:
• Birca:
• Gunpherd:
• Carrigator:
• Toripter:
• Jetras:
• Jum-bowhale:
• Bomper:
• Yogostein, Yogoshimacritein:
• Kitaneidas:
• Hiramechimedes:

Suit actors

• Go-on Red, Engine-Oh, Engine-Oh G6, Engine-Oh G9, Engine-Oh G12:
• Go-on Blue:
• Go-on Yellow:
• Go-on Green:
• Go-on Black:
• Go-on Gold:
• Go-on Silver:
• Yogostein:
• Kitaneidas, GunBir-Oh:
• Hiramechimedes, Seiku-Oh, Go-Roader GT:
• Yogoshimacritein:
• Barbaric Machine Beasts:

Songs

Opening theme:

• • Lyrics:
  • Composition: Takafumi Iwasaki
  • Arrangement: Project. R (Keinichiro Ōishi & Takafumi Iwasaki)
  • Artist:

Ending themes:

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama &
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi (Project. R)
  • Artist: Project.R
    Project.R
    is a Japanese musical ensemble established by Nippon Columbia and Toei Company to perform on the soundtracks for the Super Sentai Series beginning with Engine Sentai Go-onger....
    
     ' onMouseout='HidePop("4522")' href="/topics/Sister_MAYO">Sister MAYO
    Sister MAYO
    Sister MAYO Sister MAYO Sister MAYO (born is a Japanese musician and vocalist. She is a member of Columbia Music Entertainment's Cyber Nation Network and Project.R as well as a solo artist. She is best known as the vocalist for the various opening and ending themes of Haré+Guu and the ending theme...
    
    ) with the

Starting with episode 9 to 13, and 15 to 17, the second verse from "Engine First Rap -Type Normal-" was used as the ending theme, switching from the verse about Speedor to the verse about Bus-on. As of episode 18, Bearrv's verse is used as the ending theme.

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama &
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi (Project. R)
  • Artist: Project. R with the Engine Kids

Starting with episode 22, the third verse from "Engine Second Rap -TURBO CUSTOM-", Carrigator's verse, was used as the ending theme as a way to promote the movie. It was played again, from episodes 27 to 30, with Birca's verse. It then is resumed, from episode 32, with Gunpherd's verse.

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi
  • Artist: Engine Kids with Project. R (Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Kenichiro Ōishi)

This version of the ending theme, first used at the end of episode 23 and later used as the ending theme to the It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON DVD features the Engine Kids singing and members of Project. R singing back up. As the title suggests, the song discusses ecology and recycling.

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi
  • Artist: Project. R (Takayoshi Tanimoto, Hideaki Takatori, Sister MAYO, Hideyuki Takahashi, Takafumi Iwasaki, YOFFY, Mayumi Gojo, Kenichiro Ōishi) with Engine the Kids

This version of the ending theme, first used at the end of episode 25, is also the ending theme for the movie.

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi
  • Artist:

This version of the ending theme is used in episode 31 as both an insert song and an ending theme, featuring the G3 Princess idol group (Saki, Miu, and Kegalesia) singing. Included in G3 Princess CD Box set, there will be an arrangement of "G3 Princess Rap ~PRETTY LOVELimited~" for each of the members of G3 Princess as well as their character songs. The G3 Princess Rap ~PRETTY LOVELimited~ mini-album also includes the title song, the character songs, as well as "Engine Sentai Go-onger," "Engine First Rap -Type Normal," and "Engine Eco Rap -RECYCLE CUSTOM-."

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama &
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi (Project.R)
  • Artist: Project.R (YOFFY
    Psychic Lover
    is a pop-rock band consisting of vocalist and guitarist . Originally consisting of six members, YOFFY and IMAJO are the only two who remained for their rise to fame. Much of their work has been featured as opening and closing themes of Japanese television series and Anime...
    
    , , Hideaki Takatori, Mayumi Gojo, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Kenichiro Ōishi) with the Engine Kids

Starting with episode 36 to 37, the first verse, Toripter's verse, was used. Then as of episodes 38 and 39, the second verse, Jetras' verse, was used as the ending theme. In episode 40, the third verse, Jum-bowhale's verse, was used. is also noted as the artist of the song on the complete song collection.

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama &
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi (Project.R)
  • Artist: Project.R (Hideyuki Takahashi, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Kenichiro Ōishi) with the Engine Kids

Starting with episode 42, the first verse, Kishamoth's verse, was used. In episode 43, it was switched to T-line's verse, the second verse. Then K-line's verse, the third verse, was used in episode 44. It was included on the complete song collection, released on January 14, 2009, which came with a toy Engine Soul that plays the ending theme melody.

• • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama &
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi (Project.R)
  • Artist: with Bomper (Akiko Nakagawa)
  • Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama &
  • Composition & Arrangement: Kenichiro Ōishi (Project.R)
  • Artist: Project.R (Hideyuki Takahashi, Takayoshi Tanimoto, Sister MAYO, Hideaki Takatori, Mayumi Gojo, YOFFY, Takafumi Iwasaki, IMAJO, Kenichiro Ōishi) with Engine Kids

The single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 of the opening and ending themes comes in two versions, one of which is the limited edition version that includes a limited edition toy Engine Soul that plays the opening theme melody. It is the first Super Sentai theme song single to ever make it onto the Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts' top ten list, reaching #4 on the weekly singles chart by selling 22,000 records in its first week. It had started out at #3 on the daily singles chart on its first day of sale, March 19, 2008, peaking at #2 on March 20, 2008. It had remained in the top 20 of the weekly charts for four weeks, and became the #113 top selling single on the Oricon's yearly rankings. As part of a Kodomo no Hi

Kodomo no hi

is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month, and is part of the Golden Week. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness...

 report, the Oricon listed "Engine Sentai Go-onger" as the #1 tokusatsu hero karaoke

Karaoke

is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...

 request, ahead of songs such as AAA DEN-O form

AAA (band)

, and also known as Attack All Around, is a Japanese pop band signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in September 2005. The group originally consisted of five young men and three young women who had all acted in commercials and had been dancers for other Japanese stars, such as Ayumi Hamasaki...

's "Climax Jump

Climax Jump

"Climax Jump" is the 13th single by the Japanese group AAA, released by Avex Mode on March 21, 2007. The song was composed by Shuhei Naruse with the lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi. The song is the first opening theme for the 2007 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O...

" for Kamen Rider Den-O

Kamen Rider Den-O

is the seventeenth installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu programs. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei. It premiered January 28, 2007 on TV Asahi, and concluded airing on January 20, 2008...

and V6

V6 (band)

V6 is a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. The group debuted on November 1, 1995 with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1995...

's "TAKE ME HIGHER" for Ultraman Tiga

Ultraman Tiga

is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 11th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Tiga was aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes with 4 movies After a franchise hiatus of over 15 years, set in a...

.

A final album was released for Go-onger on March 18, 2009, which included all of the character songs in the series, including versions of "G3 Princess Rap" performed as a group and by each individual member, "Smile×Smile" performed by Rina Aizawa

Rina Aizawa

is a Japanese actress & gravure idol signed under Box Corporation. Her debut role is Saki Rōyama/Go-on Yellow in the 2008 TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Engine Sentai Go-onger.She is ranked 249th out of 422001 people according to Oricon Style's page....

, performed by Yumi Sugimoto

Yumi Sugimoto

is a Japanese model, actress, gravure idol and singer.-Modeling career:Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-audition for the girls manga magazine Ribon.-Acting career:...

, performed by Nao Oikawa

Nao Oikawa

born April 21, 1981 in Hiroshima, Japan is a Japanese actress, TV Personality and was also a former AV idol who was very popular in early 2000s.- Life and career :...

, "G5 Prince Rap", versions of performed by G5 Prince and each of the individual members, "miss you" performed by Hidenori Tokuyama

Hidenori Tokuyama

is a Japanese actor and singer from Tokyo. A fan of tokusatsu, Tokuyama has had a role in several series, most notably Sou Yaguruma/Kamen Rider TheBee/Kamen Rider KickHopper in Kamen Rider Kabuto and Hiroto Sutō/Go-on Gold in Engine Sentai Go-onger....

 for episode 31, and by Project.R

Project.R

is a Japanese musical ensemble established by Nippon Columbia and Toei Company to perform on the soundtracks for the Super Sentai Series beginning with Engine Sentai Go-onger....

, featuring "Engine First Rap", "Engine Second Rap", "Engine Third Rap", "Engine Final Rap", and "Engine Winning Run" as a single song.

External links

• Engine Sentai Go-onger at TV Asahi
  TV Asahi
  , also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
  
  
• Engine Sentai Go-onger at Toei
  Toei Company
  is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...
  
  
• Engine Sentai Go-onger at Columbia Music Entertainment
  Columbia Music Entertainment
  is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as . It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK Columbia trademarks in 1931. The company changed its name to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. in 1946. It used the Nippon Columbia name until...
  
  
• Super-Sentai.net
• Engine Blog - Official cast blog