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Kenji Yamamoto (composer, born 1958)

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Kenji Yamamoto
山本 健誌
Born (1958-07-01) July 1, 1958 (age 65)
Japan
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active1987-2011

Kenji Yamamoto (山本 健司, Yamamoto Kenji, born July 1, 1958) is a Japanese music composer and arranger who has been responsible for producing and composing soundtracks, including opening and ending sequence themes for various anime, tokusatsu and video game projects in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Most notably, he has worked on soundtracks of various Dragon Ball video games.

Yamamoto has also composed background music for Dragon Ball Z Kai, a revamped version of the anime series Dragon Ball Z. On March 9, 2011, Toei Animation publicly acknowledged that many of Yamamoto's musical works for the series infringed upon unidentified third-party copyrights. As a result, Toei removed Yamamoto and replaced his compositions with those from the original Dragon Ball Z series written by Shunsuke Kikuchi.[1][2] The plagiarism of these works have been known to fans since May 2010.[3] Due to the discovery of plagiarism in his compositions by Toei, they were replaced in Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection and later copies of Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.

Title Role
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Whole soundtrack
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Whole soundtrack
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Whole soundtrack
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug Whole soundtrack
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge Whole soundtrack
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks Whole soundtrack

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References

  1. ^ "Toei Replaces Possibly Infringing Dragon Ball Kai Music". Anime News Network. March 10, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "アニメーション「ドラゴンボール改」背景音楽について" (PDF) (Press release). Toei Animation. March 9, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "「ドラゴンボール改」BGMにパクリ疑惑。比較検証動画が公開" (in Japanese). New Akiba. May 30, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  4. ^ "Filmography". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved December 13, 2017.


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