Stand Proud

"Stand Proud" (stylized as "STAND PROUD") is a song by Jin Hashimoto, with lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi, composition by Takatuku Wakabayashi, and arrangement (and guitars) by ZENTA. It is the first opening theme song for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders; a single was released on April 23, 2014.^[1][2] The edit for the television series' broadcasts was made available for purchase exclusively through Dwango's animelo service on April 12, 2014, as a preview,^[3] and the full length on the Chaku Uta Full service on April 18.^[2]

"Stand Proud"
Cover of "Stand Proud" featuring Stardust Crusaders protagonist Jotaro Kujo (right) and his Stand Star Platinum (left)
Single by Jin Hashimoto
Released	April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	4:38
Label	Warner Home Video
Songwriter(s)	Shoko Fujibayashi, Takatugu Wakabayashi, ZENTA
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure theme song singles chronology
"Bloody Stream" (2013) "Stand Proud" (2014) "JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~" (2015)

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Shoko Fujibayashi; all music is composed by Takatugu Wakabayashi.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stand Proud"	4:38
2.	"Stand Proud" (Original Karaoke)	4:37
Total length:		9:14

Covers

Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! covered the song on their live Fantôme Iris Concept Live -Gekkoukyouen- held on September 23, 2021.

Chart performance

On the Oricon's Weekly Singles Charts, "Stand Proud" peaked at number 13 after being on the charts for 2 weeks.^[4] On Billboard's Japan Hot 100, the song debuted and peaked at 11.^[5] On Billboard's other charts in Japan, the song also performed well: number 3 on the Hot Animation ^[6] and Top Independent Albums and Singles charts,^[7] and 2 on the Hot Singles Sales charts.^[8]