Hironobu Kageyama

Hironobu Kageyama (影山 ヒロノブ, Kageyama Hironobu?) (born February 18, 1961) is a Japanese musical artist prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game, and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami (Kei) by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the pop group Lazy. By the early ’80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo. He found major success once he started to sing the theme songs of anime and tokusatsu shows. Becoming immensely popular soon after, Kageyama went on to be dubbed the «Prince of Anime/Tokusatsu Songs» and is a main fixture for shows to this day. He also got the nickname «Mr. DBZ» by fans of Dragon Ball Z as he did the most songs for that anime. He is an original member and the current leader of the popular vocal group JAM Project. Also, along with Masaaki Endoh, he hosts Anipara Ongakukan, a TV show aired on the Kids Station Channel that shows live performances of the theme songs of recent anime and tokusatsu shows. His real given name written in kanji as «浩宣».