| Stand Proud | |
| Cover: | STAND PROUD.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover of "Stand Proud" featuring Stardust Crusaders protagonist Jotaro Kujo (right) and his Stand Star Platinum (left) |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jin Hashimoto |
| Genre: | Heavy metal, power metal |
| Label: | Warner Home Video |
| Chronology: | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure theme song |
| Prev Title: | Bloody Stream |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~ |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
"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 ; 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.
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.
On the Oricon's Weekly Singles Charts, "Stand Proud" peaked at number 13 after being on the charts for 2 weeks.[4] On Billboards Japan Hot 100, the song debuted and peaked at 11.[5] On Billboards 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]