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Anime composers
- Mina KubotaMina Kubota began her professional journey in the Japanese music industry as a composer and vocal arranger. Her early training laid the groundwork for a…
- Yoko UenoYoko Ueno began her professional journey within the Japanese pop-rock band Oranges & Lemons. She later joined the group Vita Nova, expanding her vocal range…
- Kentarō HanedaKentarō Haneda entered the world in Tokyo, Japan. His musical journey began at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. He completed his formal studies there before…
- Mitsuto SuzukiIn the early 1980s, Mitsuto Suzuki's life changed when his older brother brought home a synthesizer. The instrument became a playground for the young boy who…
- Masashi HamauzuMasashi Hamauzu was born in Munich, Germany, into a household where music was not an elective subject but a household language. His mother taught piano.
- Yuji YoshinoYuji Yoshino began his career composing for video games in the early 2000s. His first major credit appeared on .hack//Legend of the Twilight, a title…
- Hitoshi SakimotoHitoshi Sakimoto was born on the 26th of February 1969 in Tokyo, Japan, and by the age of 16 he was already being paid to compose music for video games.
- Yoko ShimomuraYoko Shimomura was born on the 19th of October 1967, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and started taking piano lessons "at the age of four or five".
- Hiroyuki NambaHiroyuki Namba began his career in the late 1970s as a pop musician. He started working with Tatsuro Yamashita in 1978. This collaboration laid the…
- Joe HisaishiHisaishi was born in Nakano, Nagano, Japan. He started learning the violin at the age of four using the Suzuki method. His father took him to watch hundreds…
- Nobuo UematsuNobuo Uematsu was born on the 21st of March, 1959, in Kochi, the capital city of Kochi Prefecture, Japan. He never took a single formal piano lesson.