Senju studied composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and received his master's degree with honors.
Between 1994 and 2003, he produced series of cover albums ''Utahime'' for Japanese singer
Akina Nakamori
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with more than million sold copies overall.
Composition credits include '' Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei'', ''
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
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Yomigaeri
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Plot
Set in the city of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, ...
'', ''
Red Garden
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and the anime version of '' Battery''. Arrangement credits include '' Hikari''. Performance credits include '' Handsome Boy,
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(Yuki no Joou).''
His brother is
Hiroshi Senju
is a Japanese ''Nihonga'' painter known for his large scale waterfall paintings.
Biography
Hiroshi Senju was born in Tokyo. He has one brother, composer Akira Senju, and one sister, violinist Mariko Senju. He completed the BFA, Tokyo Universi ...
, the
Nihonga
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painter.
His younger sister is , the violinist.
His nephew is
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Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
, is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN stations). It is the fourth TV anime in ...
'' (1993–1994,
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The Silent Service
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'' (1995–1998,
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Red Garden
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People
* Mohammed Ben Sulayem (born 1961), president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
* Mohammed bin Salman (born 1985), crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia
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Fuji TV
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Film music
* ''Ribbon RE-BORN'' (1988)
* ''226'' (1989)
* ''Tsurumoku Dokushinryō'' (1991)
* ''Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song'' (1992)
* ''Tōhō Kenbunroku (The Travels of Marco Polo)'' (1992)
* ''Kokōkyōshi'' (1993)
* ''Ienakiko'' (1994)
* ''The Mystery of Rampo'' – ''International version'' (1995)
* ''Night Train to the Stars'' (1996)
* ''Time Leap'' (1997)
* ''Acorn House'' (1997)
* '' Begging for Love'' (1998)
* ''Gensomaden Saiyuki: Requiem'' (2001)
* ''Meshita no koibito'' (2002)
* ''
Yomigaeri
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Plot
Set in the city of Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, ...
Princess Arete
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'' (2000) – directed by
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Fuji TV
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* ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk'' (2009, Square Enix)
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Artdink
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Compositions
* ''Sonata'' for clarinet and piano (1985)
* 歌曲 (''Circus'') (1986)
* 春光 for shakuhachi, synthesizer and computer (1987)
* 回帰の街f or violin and orchestra (1988)
* ''Eden'' for computer (1989)
* ''Into the Sea'' for vibraphone and computer (1990)
* ''Henri's Sky'' (1991)
* ''Aria'' for marimba (1992) – inspired from J. S. Bach
* 彩霧 (''Saimu'') for violin and string orchestra (1994)
* ''De Jabu I–IV'' for solo marimba (1994)
* 聖歌 (''Chant'') for violin and synthesizer (1997)
* ''Serenade'' for solo violin (1997)
* Violin Concerto: ''Return to the Forest'' (2000)
* 四季 (''Four Seasons'') for violin and string orchestra (2004)
* ''Symphony No. 1'' (2005)
* 日本交響詩 (''Japan Symphonic Poems'') (2005)
* ''Breath and Rosary'' for Electone (2006)
* ''Breath and Rosary'' for orchestra (2006)
* 隅田川 (''Sumidagawa''), opera (2007) – libretto: Takashi Matsumoto
* 源氏物語 (''The Tale of Genji''), Psalm symphony (2008) – libretto: Takashi Matsumoto
* ''Manyoshu'' (2009) – libretto: Madoka Mayuzumi
* ''Andante'' (2013)
* ''Waterfall no Shiraito'', opera (2014) – libretto: Madoka Mayuzumi
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