This summer, "Kyutama Ondo! is the theme for the summer season of "Space Sentai Kyuranger! Space Sentai Kyuranger" summer season ending theme "Kyutama Ondo! and Hiroyuki Deguchi of Monobrite in a special conversation!

The groovy sound and comical choreography by Lucky Ikeda have been attracting attention as the ending theme of "Space Sentai Kyuranger" "Kyutama Dancing! has been replaced by a summer version, "Kyutama Ondo! a summer version of the theme song!

The funk style "Kyutama Dancing! is already attracting a great deal of attention. is already creating quite a stir.

Akiba Research Institute" has been working on a new version of "Cutie Tama Dancing! and "Kyutama Ondo! and "Kyutama Ondo!　The interviewer is Hiroyuki Deguchi, bassist of the rock band Monobrite and DJ of special effects and anime songs. The interviewer is Hiroyuki Deguchi, bassist of the rock band Mono Bright and special effects and ani-song DJ. The interviewer, Hiroyuki Deguchi, bassist for the rock band Monobrite and special effects and ani-song DJ, also interviewed Mr. Tsuyoshi Matsubara!

Cutama Dancing! Kyutama Ondo! Secret production story

Deguchi: It's nice to meet you. Today, we would like to hear about the appeal of tokusatsu songs and Mr. Matsubara's musical history.

Matsubara Thank you very much for your time.

Deguchi Let's start right away with "Kyutama Ondo! (hereafter referred to as "Ondo!"). (Ondo!) is the same as the original "Kyutama Dancing! (hereafter referred to as "Dancing!"). (Dancing!).

Matsubara That's right. Dancing! was sung with an emphasis on a funk groove, but this time, since it is an "ondo" song, I was conscious of singing it in a way that would reach the hearts of Japanese people, like Haruo Samba. To be specific, "Dancing! I sing in English and katakana, but "Ondo! I sang "Ondo!" with the image of " hiragana in bold letters.

Deguchi The vocals for "Ondo! vocals are completely newly recorded, aren't they? At first, I thought you had changed only the track without changing the vocals.

Matsubara I re-recorded the entire song. Actually, the demo I received at first was just the track "Ondo" and the song "Dancing! But when I heard it, I thought, "Isn't this good enough? I thought, "That's all right" (laughs). (Laughs.) However, the rhythm of the "ondo" rhythm changed the musical arrangement, so I had to re-sing it with the groove of the "ondo" rhythm.

I was especially particular about the part where the singer sings "Cutama Dancing! Dancing! Dancing!" in the "Dancing!" version, whereas in the "Ondo! Dancing!" is sung as "Kyutama Dansing," whereas "Ondo! I believe that those who like it will understand the difference and will be able to sing "Shingu" well at karaoke (laughs).

(while watching the music video with 999 extras singing)

Deguchi: Amazing! The groove is totally festival, isn't it?　Where was it filmed?

Matsubara It was in Saitama, about 3 interchanges away from Kawagoe. It takes about 4 hours to get there by train. We asked for extras from the residents of the area and other Kyuranger fans from all over the country, and about 999 people showed up.

Deguchi: The dance moves are also very sharp. There is a video of the live performance at Kawasaki Lazona on the Internet, and Ms. Matsubara's movements are more snappy than anyone else's (laughs). Is that because of your background in musicals?

Matsubara Yes, I trained in dance for about three years before I was allowed to perform in musicals, and even now I perform in musicals that include dance, so I have a bit of a background in ....... Well, I think it is something that professional dancers would snicker at.

Exit Originally, "Dancing! is an old-school funk song with a small number of notes for today's music.

Matsubara The arranger, Satoshi Kawase, is a guitarist, so I think he was particular about making it cool by combining little side dishes of guitar without relying on keyboards or synths.

Deguchi Ah, I see!　It's an arrangement where the guitar doesn't come to the forefront and clatter around, but instead sounds like craftsmanship all the way in the background.

Matsubara They layered about 10 tracks on top of each other.

Deguchi I see!　The mystery has been solved. When I was listening to it side by side with the other songs, I was wondering why this song was so strong.

Matsubara And yet, there is a gap in terms of the number of notes, so I couldn't help but listen to it.

Deguchi The more you listen to it, the more you discover something new. Was the change of tempo in the middle of the song an original direction?

Matsubara It was there from the beginning. The composer, Atsushi Hirasawa, is a DJ and an expert in black music, and I think it was the intention of Toei and Nippon Columbia producers to change the tempo and stir things up using this song as a motif.