is a Japanese film, television, video game and non-soundtrack music

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and

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Early life

Hattori graduated from the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

in 1988 and since then has worked in Japan.

Career

The works Hattori has scored include all of the ''

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'' anime films and OAV series, ''

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'' anime television series and film, live-action films ''

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'', '' Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla'' and '' Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald'', anime television series ''

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'', '' Code:Breaker'', '' Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan'' and ''

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'', '' Current Doraemon films'', ''

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'', Downtown Rocket and ''

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'', video games '' Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits'', '' Sangokushi V'' and '' Intelligent Qube'', and TV show '' Hook Book Row''. In recent years, Hattori has worked with popular supergroup

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, serving as orchestral arranger and conductor on two of their albums, ''Victoria Cross'' and ''Thumb Rise Again'', as well as in their live concerts promoting said albums.

Awards

Hattori has won three Japan Academy Prize awards in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music and was the music director of the Japan Pavilion at the

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Family

He is the son of the composer

Katsuhisa Hattori was a Japanese classical composer who also wrote music for anime films, television series and Original video animation, OVAs. Hattori was a respected composer in Japan; his style was classical, although he was experienced and respected in many ot ...

and grandson of composer

Ryōichi Hattori was a Japanese pop and jazz composer. Katsuhisa Hattori is his son. He had a great influence on Japanese pop and was awarded the People's Honor Award. Japanese jazz was downtrodden during World War II World War II or the Second Worl ...

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