is a Japanese
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
and
arranger
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...
from
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the total urban area o ...
. Yamashita is best known for his work on ''
Digimon Xros Wars
''Digimon Fusion'', known in Japan as , is the sixth anime television series in the ''Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series aired on TV Asahi from July 2010 to March 2012.
Its storyline follows the adventures of Mikey K ...
'', ''
Xenosaga: The Animation'', and the
tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live-action films or television programs that make heavy use of practical special effects. Credited to special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, ''tokusatsu'' mainly refers to science fiction film, science fiction, War fi ...
television series ''
Mahou Sentai Magiranger Mahou or is the Japanese word for " magic", "sorcery" or "witchcraft".
Mahou may also refer to:
*Magical Company, also known as Mahou or MahÅ, a Japanese video game developer and publisher
*Mahou, Mali, a commune and village
*Mahou language, a ...
'', ''
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series and the 35th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series following '' Tensou Sentai Goseiger''. It follows a Pirate motif, joining '' Kamen Rider OO ...
'', and ''
Kamen Rider Gaim
is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi and directed by Ryuta Tasaki it began airing on TV Asahi from ...
''. He is a member of
Project.R.
Yamashita often collaborates with
Nobuhiko Obayashi
was a Japanese film director, director, screenwriter and film editing, editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream m ...
, as Yamashita met him soon after Yamashita graduated from the
Tokyo College of Music
is a private music school and university in Tokyo, Japan. Offering a range of undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral degree programs, the college was originally named as the in Kanda, Tokyo, in 1907.
History
The college moved to Toshima, T ...
.
He is a board member of the Japanese Composer Arranger Association. Since April 2011, Yamashita has been a guest lecturer at the
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
is a private educational institution in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The institution operates a school of music, a junior college, primary and secondary schools, and a kindergarten.
The first Senzoku Gakuen school, the Hiratsuka Sewing School ...
. In 2013, released the album ''
A Classical
''A Classical'' (stylized as ''Classical'') is an orchestral compilation album by Ayumi Hamasaki, released January 8, 2013 by Avex Trax. The album consists of classical arrangements of her past works, rearranged by Kousuke Yamashita. It was rel ...
'' in collaboration with
J-pop
J-pop (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in trad ...
singer
Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and producer. Nicknamed the "Empress of Pop" on account of her influence throughout Asia, she is widely recognized for her versatile music production, songwriting, and live performances. Hamasaki is the List of ...
. It was the first classical music album to top the Oricon album chart.
Works
References
External links
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(Japanese)
(Japanese)
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Kosuke Yamashita at Video Game Music Database
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Oricon profile and rankings
for the ''Kurosagi
is a Japanese manga series written by and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Weekly Young Sunday'' from November 2003 to July 2008, with its chapters collected in 20 volumes. It was followed by ''Shi ...
'' OST by Kosuke Yamashita
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1974 births
Anime composers
Japanese composers
Japanese film score composers
Japanese male film score composers
Japanese music arrangers
Living people
Musicians from Hamamatsu