This is a list of Japanese
composers, ordered by birth date.
Shōka, Lied, children's song
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Isawa Shūji (1851–1917)
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Sakunosuke Koyama (1864–1927)
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Teiichi Okano (1878–1941)
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Rentarō Taki (1879–1903)
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Tadashi Yanada (1883–1959)
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Nagayo Motoori (1885–1945)
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Kōsaku Yamada (1886–1965)
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Shinpei Nakayama (1887–1952)
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Ryūtarō Hirota (1892–1952)
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Tamezō Narita (1893–1945)
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Kan'ichi Shimofusa (1898–1962)
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Yūji Koseki
was a Japanese ''ryūkōka'', '' gunka'', march, fight song and film score composer. His real name was also Yūji Koseki, but its kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the ...
(1909–1989)
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Yoshinao Nakada (1923–2000)
Classical and contemporary
Others
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Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614–1685)
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Hiromori Hayashi (1831–1896)
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Nakao Tozan (1876–1956)
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Koga Masao (1904–1978)
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Masaru Sato (1928–1999)
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Shunsuke Kikuchi
was a Japanese composer who was active from the early 1960s until 2017. He specialized in incidental music for media such as television and film. Kikuchi was regarded as one of Japan's most highly demanded film and TV composers, working princi ...
(1931–2021), 20th–21st-century music producer and BGM composer
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Koichi Sugiyama (1931–2021)
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Isao Tomita (1932–2016)
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Takeo Watanabe (1933–1989)
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Yasuo Kuwahara (1946–2003)
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Joe Hisaishi (born 1950), 20th–21st century film composer
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
was a Music of Japan, Japanese musician, composer, keyboardist, record producer, singer and actor. He pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the Synthesizer, synth-based band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his ...
(1952–2023)
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Yoko Noge (born 1957)
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Shirō Sagisu (born 1957)
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Yoichiro Yoshikawa (born 1957), 20th–21st century music producer and composer
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Jun Miyake (born 1958)
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Nobuo Uematsu
is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the ''Final Fantasy'' video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton Joh ...
(born 1959), 20th–21st century musician and video game composer
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Akira Senju (born 1960)
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Koji Kondo (born 1961), 20th–21st century video game composer
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Michiru Oshima (born 1961), 20th–21st century film, television and video game composer
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Michiru Yamane (born 1963), 20th–21st century video game composer
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Hikari Ōe (born 1963)
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Shinkichi Mitsumune (born 1963)
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Yoko Kanno (born 1963), 20th–21st century music producer and composer
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Yuki Kajiura
is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as ''Sword Art Online'', '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', '' Fate/Zero'', ''The Garden of Sinners'', '' Pandora Hearts'', and ...
(born 1965), 20th–21st century music producer and composer
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Taro Iwashiro (born 1965)
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Yoshiki Hayashi (born 1965), 20th–21st century music producer and composer
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Yoko Shimomura (born 1967), 20th–21st century music pianist and video game composer
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Yasunori Mitsuda
is a Japanese composer and musician. He is best known for his work in video games, primarily for the '' Chrono'', '' Xeno'', '' Shadow Hearts'', and '' Inazuma Eleven'' franchises, among various others. Mitsuda began composing music for his own ...
(born 1972)
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Hiroyuki Sawano
, stylized as Hiroyuki SAWANO, is a Japanese composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, and music producer best known for his work on many anime series, video games, Japanese television drama, television dramas, and films. His works include the Sou ...
(born 1980), 20th–21st century animation, film, television and video game composer
See also
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Japan Composer's Association
References
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