Jin Hashimoto (橋本仁)

Jin Hashimoto (橋本仁) (born July 27, 1964, in Amagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese singer and vocal trainer who has been active since 1986. He works in anime and other theme-song projects; he debuted in television theme songs as the vocalist for the ending theme of Kamen Rider Kuuga and later performed "STAND PROUD," the OP of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure". In 1989 he formed the Earth, Wind & Fire copy band Earth Wind & Fighters, and on May 19, 1990, the group won the Challenger Award in a televised band competition, narrowly missing the King title to SOLID BOND. In 1997 he formed BETCHIN' and participated as Jin alongside A・T and TOMMY（富永TOMMY弘明）; the group released two albums and six singles through avex. He joined Orquesta de la Luz in 2001 as a vocalist and chorus member, and in 2009 he formed the a cappella salsa group Salsa 5 with four other members from de la Luz. He also teaches a vocal course at Dwango Creative School.