Japanese Music Spotlight #5

Vanguard!



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Title ~ Vanguard!
Artist ~ JAM Project
Lyrics ~ Hironobu Kageyama
Composed by ~ Hironobu Kageyama
Music by ~ Anze Hijiri

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