Kenji Kawai
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Kenji Kawai | |
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Kenji Kawai in 2007 | |
Background information | |
Born | (1957-04-23) April 23, 1957 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | Film score Electronic music Instrumental music |
Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, conductor |
Instruments | Guitar, keyboard, drums, multi instruments |
Years active | 1986–present |
Associated acts | Mamoru Oshii |
Website | www.kenjikawai.com |
Kenji Kawai (川井 憲次, Kawai Kenji, born April 23, 1957) is a Japanese music composer for motion pictures, anime movies, video games and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other countries in Asia, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror, sci-fi and historical epic. Among his credits are Tsui Hark's Seven Swords and Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon; Wilson Yip's Ip Man; Mamoru Oshii's films The Red Spectacles, StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, Ghost in the Shell, Mobile Police Patlabor and Avalon; the anime adaptations of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ and Maison Ikkoku; the live-action adaptation of Gantz and Hideo Nakata's films Ring, Ring 2, Chaos, Dark Water and Kaidan.
He was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
Contents
1 Works
1.1 Anime/television
1.2 Film
1.3 Video games
1.4 Documentary
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Works
Anime/television
Year | Title | Notes |
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1986 | めぞん一刻 (Maison ikkoku, Ikkoku House) | |
1987 | デビルマン (Devilman – The Birth) | OVA |
1988 | 機動警察パトレイバ— (Mobile Police Patlabor) | OVA |
1988 | 吸血姫美夕 (Vampire Princess Miyu) | OVA |
1989 | 機動警察パトレイバ— (Patlabor: The TV Series) | |
1989 | らんま1/2 (Ranma 1/2) | |
1989 | 機動警察パトレイバ— 劇場版 (Patlabor: The Movie) | Movie |
1989 | 御先祖様万々歳! (Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, Long Long Live the Ancestors!) | OVA |
1989 | らんま1/2 熱闘編 (Ranma 1/2: Nettohen) | |
1990 | デビルマン (Devilman – The Demon Bird) | OVA |
1990 | プロジェケトA子 (Project A-ko) | OVA |
1990 | からくり剣豪伝ムサシロード (Karakuri Kengō Den Musashi Lord, Musashi, the Samurai Lord) | |
1990 | キャッ党 忍伝 てやんでえ (Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee) | |
1990 | 麿子 (MAROKO) | |
1991 | バ—ンナップ (Burn up!) | OVA |
1991 | らんま 1/2 中国寝崑崙大決戦! 掟やぶりの激闘編!! (Ranma 1/2: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China) | OVA |
1991 | 人魚の森 (Mermaid Forest) | OVA |
1991 | 魔獣戦士ルナ・ヴァルガ— (Demon Warrior Luna Varga) | OVA |
1992 | 絶愛 -1989- (Zetsuai 1989) | OVA |
1992 | 姫ちゃんのリボン (Hime-chan's Ribbon) | |
1993 | らんま1/2 OVA (Ranma ½ OVA) | OVA |
1993 | 無責任艦長タイラ— (The Irresponsible Captain Tylor) | OVA, TV Series |
1993 | 機動警察パトレイバ—2 the Movie (Patlabor 2: The Movie) | Movie |
1994 | ブル—シ—ド (Blue Seed) | |
1994 | 戦え!! イクサ—1 (Iczer Girl Iczelion) | OVA |
1995 | プリンセス ミネルバ (Princess Minerva) | OVA |
1995 | 攻殻機動隊 (GITS, Ghost in The Shell) | Movie |
1996 | 爆れつハンタ— (Sorcerer Hunters) | |
1996 | 赤ちゃんと僕 (Baby and Me) | |
1997 | はいぱ—ぽりす (Hyper Police) | |
1997 | 吸血姫美夕 (Vampire Princess Miyu) | |
1999 | 逮捕しちゃうぞ the MOVIE (You're Under Arrest THE MOVIE) | |
1999 | 地球防衛企業ダイ・ガ—ド (Dai-Guard) | Movie |
2001 | ガイスタ—ズ (Geisters – Fractions of Earth) | |
2001 | あなたがここにいてほしい (Zaion: I Wish You Were Here) | OVA |
2001 | 新白雪姫伝説プリ—ティア (New Snow White's Legend Pretear) | Movie |
2002 | パトレイバ— WXIII (WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3) | |
2003 | ガンパレ—ド・マ—チ -新たなる行軍歌 (Gunparade March) | |
2004 | イノセンス (Ghost in The Shell 2: INNOCENCE) | Movie |
2004 | ウルトラマンネクサス (Ultraman Nexus)[1] | |
2004 | 風人物語 (Windy Tales, Fūjin Monogatari) | |
2005 | スタ—シップ・オペレ—タ—ズ (Starship Operators) | |
2005 | MAKOTO | |
2006 | フェイト/ステイナイト (Fate/Stay Night) | TV series |
2006 | 立喰師列伝 – Tachiguishi-Retsuden (Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters) | Music and Actor |
2006 | ひぐらしのなく頃に (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) | |
2007 | 精霊の守り人 (Seirei no Moribito) | |
2007 | ひぐらしのなく頃に解 (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai) | |
2007 | Mobile Suit Gundam 00 | |
2008 | The Sky Crawlers | |
2009 | Eden of the East | |
2010 | 劇場版フェイト/ステイナイト Unlimited Blade Works (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) | |
2010 | 劇場版機動戦士ガンダム00(ダブルオー)-A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer) | |
2011 | トワノクオン (Towa no Quon) | |
2011 | 武装中学生 バスケットアーミー (Busou Chuugakusei Basket Army) | |
2012 | 009 RE:CYBORG (009 Re:Cyborg) | |
2012 | 非公認戦隊アキバレンジャー (Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger) | |
2014 | ばらかもん (Barakamon) | |
2014 | ワールドトリガー (World Trigger) | |
2014 | すべてがFになる (The Perfect Insider) | |
2015 | 花燃ゆ (Hana Moyu) | Taiga drama |
2015 | すべてがFになる (Subete ga F ni Naru) | |
2016 | ジョーカー・ゲーム (Joker Game) | |
2016 | モブサイコ100 (Mob Psycho 100) | |
2016 | SERVAMP -サーヴァンプ- (Servamp) | |
2016 | 刀剣乱舞-花丸- (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru) | |
2017 | ウルトラマンジード- (Ultraman Geed)[1] | |
2017 | 仮面ライダービルド- (Kamen Rider Build)[2] | |
2018 | りゅうおうのおしごと!- (The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!)[citation needed] | |
2018 | まんぷく- (Manpuku) | Asadora |
Film
Year | Title |
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1987 | 地獄の番犬:赤い目がね (The Red Spectacles) |
1991 | ミカドロイド (Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla) |
1991 | 地獄の番犬: ケルベロス (StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops) |
1992 | ト—キング・ヘッド (Talking Head) |
1998 | リング (Ring, The Ring) |
1999 | リング2 (Ring 2, The Ring 2) |
2000 | サディスティック&マゾヒスティック (Sadistic and Masochistic) |
2000 | ガラスの脳 (Sleeping Bride) |
2000 | カオス (Chaos) |
2001 | アヴァロン (Avalon) |
2001 | UNLOVED |
2001 | 修羅雪姫 (The Princess Blade) |
2002 | 仄暗い水の底から (Dark Water) |
2002 | Le Samouraï (Samurai, Samuraj) |
2002 | Bloody Mallory |
2004 | 跋扈妖怪传之牙吉 (Kibakichi: Bakko yokaiden) |
2004 | 跋扈妖怪传之牙吉2 (Kibakichi: Bakko yokaiden 2) |
2005 | めざめの方舟 (Open Your Mind) |
2005 | Namgeuk-ilgi (Antarctic Journal) |
2005 | 七劍(Qī Jian, Seven Swords) |
2005 | 輪廻 (Rinne, Reincarnation) |
2005 | 奇谈 (Kidan) |
2006 | デスノ—ト (Death Note) |
2006 | 야수 (Running Wild) |
2006 | 龍虎門 (Dragon Tiger Gate) |
2006 | Trapped Ashes |
2006 | Death Note 2: The Last Name |
2006 | 墨攻(Mo Gōng, A Battle of Wits) |
2007 | 怪谈 (Kaidan) |
2008 | 葉問 Ip Man |
2009 | アサルトガールズ (Assault Girls) |
2009 | Samayou Yaiba |
2010 | 葉問2 Ip Man 2 |
2010 | インシテミル 7日間のデス・ゲーム (The Incite Mill: A Death Game in 7 Days) |
2010 | ウルトラマンゼロ THE MOVIE 超決戦!ベリアル銀河帝国 (Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial)[1] |
2011 | GANTZ (Gantz) |
2011 | GANTZ: Perfect Answer (GANTZ: Perfect Answer) |
2011 | ラビット・ホラー3D (Tormented) |
2013 | 狄仁傑之神都龍王 (Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon) |
2014 | Garm Wars: The Last Druid |
2015 | 葉問3 Ip Man 3 |
2017 | Biohazard Vendetta |
Video games
Year | Title | Notes |
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1990 | サンサーラ・ナーガ (Sansara Naga) | Famicom |
1990 | ブラッディ・ウァリアーズ シャンゴーの逆襲 (Bloody Warriors: Shangō no Gyakushū) | Famicom |
1992 | ソーサリアン (Sorcerian) | PC Engine |
1994 | チーム・イノセント (Team Innocent: The Point of No Return) | PC-FX |
1994 | サンサーラ・ナーガ2 (Sansara Naga 2) | Super Famicom |
1998 | ディープフィアー (Deep Fear) | Sega Saturn |
2003 | 信長の野望Online (Nobunaga's Ambition Online) (Chapter of Hiryu) | |
2007 | FolksSoul -失われた伝承- (FolksSoul) | PlayStation 3 |
2007–2010 | 三國志Online (Sangokushi Online) | PC |
Documentary
Year | Title |
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2009 | Apocalypse: The Second World War |
See also
- Hideo Nakata
- Mamoru Oshii
- Japanese horror
- Anime
- Cinema of Japan
References
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External links
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Official website (in Japanese)
Kenji Kawai on IMDb
Kenji Kawai at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)