Kenji Kawai

Biography

Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer for video games, television and movies. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other Asian countries, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror, sci-fi and historical epic.

Most Famous Work

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Mob Psycho 100

(2016) Original Music Composer

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Japan Animator Expo

(2014) Original Music Composer

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Kamen Rider

(1971) Music

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Joker Game

(2016) Original Music Composer

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Barakamon

(2014) Original Music Composer

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Patlabor: The TV Series

(1989) Music

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World Trigger

(2014) Music

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The Fire Hunter

(2023) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2008	Composer	Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony 2008-03-19 Movie
2006	Hamburger Tetsu (voice)	Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters 2006-04-08 Movie
2004	Self	The Making of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2004-01-01 Movie
1995	Self	Ghost in the Shell: Production Report 1995-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Music	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture 2024-06-21 TV Show
	Music	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Act 2 2024-06-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture Act 1 2024-05-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 2024-04-23 Movie
2023	Original Music Composer	The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe 2023-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ōoku: The Inner Chambers 2023-06-29 TV Show
	Music	Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 2023-04-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	My Home Hero 2023-04-02 TV Show
	Music	Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part1 2023-02-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Fire Hunter 2023-01-14 TV Show
2022	Original Music Composer	Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki 2022-05-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	I Can't Stop Biting You 2022-02-05 Movie
2021	Original Music Composer	Limbo 2021-11-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on The West (1940) 2021-10-11 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Vlad Love 2021-02-14 TV Show
2020	Original Music Composer	The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity 2020-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW 2020-10-01 TV Show
	Music	Remotely Killed 2020-07-26 Movie
2019	Original Music Composer	Ip Man 4: The Finale 2019-12-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	No Guns Life 2019-10-11 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Shishigari 2019-07-21 Movie
2018	Original Music Composer	Kamen Rider: Heisei Generations Forever 2018-12-22 Movie
	Music	Kamen Rider Build The Movie: Be The One 2018-08-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings 2018-07-27 Movie
	Music	Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden 2018-04-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! 2018-03-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms 2018-02-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! 2018-01-08 TV Show
2017	Original Music Composer	Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders 2017-12-09 Movie
	Music	Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield 2017-06-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Resident Evil: Vendetta 2017-05-27 Movie
	Music	Sand Whale and Me 2017-03-18 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Dawn of the Nazis 2017-01-01 Movie
2016	Original Music Composer	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru 2016-10-03 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	RE:BORN 2016-09-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mob Psycho 100 2016-07-12 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Servamp 2016-07-05 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Joker Game 2016-04-05 TV Show
2015	Original Music Composer	Ip Man 3 2015-12-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Perfect Insider 2015-10-09 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Gamera 2015-10-08 Movie
	Music	The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War 2015-05-01 Movie
	Music	THE NEXT GENERATION パトレイバー 第7章 2015-01-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ghost Theater 2015-01-01 TV Show
2014	Music	Tomcat's Big Adventure 2014-12-20 Movie
	Music	THE NEXT GENERATION パトレイバー 第6章 2014-11-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Japan Animator Expo 2014-11-07 TV Show
	Music	Garm Wars: The Last Druid 2014-10-24 Movie
	Music	The Perfect Insider 2014-10-21 TV Show
	Music	THE NEXT GENERATION パトレイバー 第5章 2014-10-18 Movie
	Music	World Trigger 2014-10-05 TV Show
	Music	THE NEXT GENERATION パトレイバー 第4章 2014-08-30 Movie
	Music	THE NEXT GENERATION パトレイバー 第3章 2014-07-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Barakamon 2014-07-05 TV Show
	Music	THE NEXT GENERATION パトレイバー 第2章 2014-05-31 Movie
	Music	Border 2014-04-10 TV Show
	Music	THE NEXT GENERATION パトレイバー 第1章 2014-04-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Next Generation: Patlabor 2014-03-08 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky 2014-03-08 Movie
	Music	Genome Hazard 2014-01-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Nezumi-Kozo, Running Around Edo 2014-01-09 TV Show
2013	Original Music Composer	Tales From The Dark 2 2013-09-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sadako 3D 2 2013-08-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto 2013-08-24 Movie
	Music	Higurashi: When They Cry - Kaku: Outbreak 2013-08-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tales From The Dark 1 2013-07-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Complex: Prologue 2013-04-09 TV Show
2012	Music	NEXT A-Class 2012-11-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	009 Re:Cyborg 2012-10-27 Movie
	Music	Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger 2012-04-06 TV Show
	Music	Umechan Sensei 2012-04-02 TV Show
2011	Original Music Composer	Wild 7 2011-12-21 Movie
	Music	Tsukahara Bokuden 2011-11-02 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler 2011-10-25 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon 2011-10-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Towa no Quon 5: The Return of the Invincible 2011-10-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Towa no Quon 4: The Roaring Anxiety 2011-09-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tormented 2011-08-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams 2011-08-12 Movie
	Music	NHKスペシャル 未解決事件 2011-07-29 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Towa no Quon 2: Dancing Orchid in Chaos 2011-07-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Towa no Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petals 2011-06-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gantz: Perfect Answer 2011-04-23 Movie
	Music	Xi AVANT 2011-03-26 Movie
2010	Original Music Composer	Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial 2010-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2010-12-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gantz 2010-11-29 Movie
	Music	009: The Reopening 2010-10-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer 2010-09-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Chatroom 2010-08-11 Movie
	Music	28½ 2010-07-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Steel Frame 2010-07-03 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Ip Man 2 2010-04-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Shoka 2010-03-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost 2010-03-13 Movie
2009	Original Music Composer	Assault Girls 2009-12-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden 2009-11-28 Movie
	Music	The Hovering Blade 2009-10-10 Movie
	Music	Apocalypse: The Second World War 2009-09-08 TV Show
	Music	Shrill Cries: Reshuffle 2009-04-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Eden of the East 2009-04-09 TV Show
2008	Original Music Composer	Ip Man 2008-12-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming 2008-11-08 Movie
	Music	Nanase Once More 2008-10-09 TV Show
	Music	Orochi - Blood 2008-09-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Sky Crawlers 2008-08-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ghost in the Shell 2.0 2008-07-12 Movie
	Musician	ＮＨＫスペシャル 沸騰都市 2008-05-18 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Shrill Cries of Summer 2008-05-10 Movie
	Music	Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony 2008-03-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death Note: L Change the World 2008-02-07 Movie
2007	Music	The Women of Fast Food 2007-11-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kaidan 2007-08-04 Movie
	Music	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit 2007-04-07 TV Show
2006	Original Music Composer	Battle of the Warriors 2006-11-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death Note: The Last Name 2006-10-28 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Trapped Ashes 2006-09-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death Note 2006-06-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters 2006-04-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Running Wild 2006-01-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Fate/stay night 2006-01-07 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Reincarnation 2006-01-07 Movie
2005	Original Music Composer	Inferno 2005-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Seven Swords 2005-07-25 Movie
	Music	Open Your Mind 2005-05-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Antarctic Journal 2005-05-19 Movie
	Music	Starship Operators 2005-01-05 TV Show
2004	Music	Ultraman Nexus 2004-10-02 TV Show
	Music	Premonition 2004-10-02 Movie
	Music	Windy Tales 2004-09-11 TV Show
	Music	Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama 2004-07-06 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2004-03-06 Movie
	Music	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2004-03-06 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	Bloody Mallory 2002-07-17 Movie
	Music	Samouraïs 2002-06-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samouraïs 2002-06-19 Movie
	Music	MiniPato: Mobile Police Patlabor Minimum 2002-03-30 TV Show
	Music	WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 2002-03-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dark Water 2002-01-19 Movie
2001	Original Music Composer	The Princess Blade 2001-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Unloved 2001-11-05 Movie
	Music	Sadistic and Masochistic 2001-01-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Avalon 2001-01-20 Movie
2000	Original Music Composer	Chaos 2000-06-30 Movie
	Music	Ghiblies 2000-04-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sleeping Bride 2000-01-29 Movie
1999	Original Music Composer	The Woman of S.R.I. 1999-10-21 TV Show
	Music	Dai-Guard: Terrestrial Defense Corp. 1999-10-05 TV Show
	Music	You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture 1999-04-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ring 2 1999-01-23 Movie
1998	Original Music Composer	Ring 1998-01-31 Movie
1997	Original Music Composer	Vampire Princess Miyu 1997-10-07 TV Show
	Music	Hyper Police 1997-04-03 TV Show
1996	Music	Blue Seed Beyond 1996-07-23 TV Show
1995	Original Music Composer	Ghost in the Shell 1995-11-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Sorcerer Hunters 1995-10-03 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Wild Knights Gulkeeva 1995-04-04 TV Show
1994	Original Music Composer	Mighty Space Miners 1994-11-11 TV Show
	Music	The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA 1994-10-01 TV Show
	Songs	The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA 1994-10-01 TV Show
1993	Original Music Composer	Patlabor 2: The Movie 1993-08-07 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	Wolf Guy 1992-12-17 TV Show
	Music	Talking Head 1992-10-10 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	Ranma ½: The Movie — The Battle of Nekonron: The Fight to Break the Rules! 1991-11-02 Movie
	Music	Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring 1991-08-30 Movie
	Music	Mermaid Forest 1991-08-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla 1991-07-10 Movie
	Music	Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops 1991-03-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kekko Kamen 1991-03-22 Movie
	Music	Burn Up 1991-03-21 Movie
	Music	Luna Varga 1991-03-20 TV Show
	Music	DRAGON FIST 1991-03-20 Movie
	Music	I am Devilman, the Devil! 1991-02-20 Movie
1990	Music	Patlabor: The New Files 1990-11-22 TV Show
	Music	Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V 1990-10-25 Movie
	Music	Project A-Ko Versus Battle 1: Grey Side 1990-07-21 Movie
	Music	Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III 1990-03-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hana no Asuka-gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale 1990-03-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	MAROKO 1990-03-19 Movie
	Music	Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird 1990-02-23 Movie
	Music	Samurai Pizza Cats 1990-02-01 TV Show
1989	Music	Patlabor: The TV Series 1989-10-11 TV Show
	Music	Patlabor: The Movie 1989-07-15 Movie
	Music	Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II 1989-06-25 Movie
	Music	All That Gundam 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Music	One Pound Gospel 1988-12-02 Movie
	Music	Vampire Princess Miyu 1988-07-21 TV Show
	Music Editor	Vampire Princess Miyu 1988-07-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Star Virgin 1988-06-05 Movie
	Music	Patlabor: The Mobile Police 1988-04-25 TV Show
1987	Music	Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth 1987-11-01 Movie
	Music	Twilight Q 1987-02-28 TV Show
	Music	Twilight Q 1987-02-28 Movie
	Music	The Red Spectacles 1987-02-07 Movie
1971	Music	Kamen Rider 1971-04-03 TV Show
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2017	Mixing Engineer	Sand Whale and Me 2017-03-18 TV Show
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2008	Writer	Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony 2008-03-19 Movie
2005	Writer	Open Your Mind 2005-05-23 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2006	Art Direction	Tennis no Ouji-sama: Zenkoku Taikai Hen 2006-03-24 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv