Kenji Kawai
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Kenji Kawai | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 23, 1957 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Film score Electronic music Instrumental music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, conductor |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Website | www |
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 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.
List of works
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Years 1985–1990
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| 1986 | めぞん一刻 (Maison ikkoku, Ikkoku House) | |
| 1987 | 地獄の番犬：赤い目がね (The Red Spectacles,) | |
| 1987 | デビルマン (Devilman – The Birth) | |
| 1988 | 機動警察パトレイバ— (Mobile Police Patlabor) | |
| 1988 | 吸血姫美夕 (Vampire Princess Miyu) | |
| 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) | |
| 1989 | 御先祖様万々歳！ (Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, Long Long Live the Ancestors!) | |
| 1989 | らんま１／２ 熱闘編 (Ranma 1/2: Nettohen) | |
| 1990 | デビルマン (Devilman – The Demon Bird) | |
| 1990 | プロジェケトA子 (Project A-ko) | |
| 1990 | からくり剣豪伝ムサシロード (Karakuri Kengō Den Musashi Lord, Musashi, the Samurai Lord) | |
| 1990 | サンサーラ・ナーガ (Sansara Naga) | |
| 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) | |
| 1990 | キャッ党 忍伝 てやんでえ (Kyatto Ninden Teyandee, Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee) | |
| 1990 | 麿子 (MAROKO) |
Years 1991–2000
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| 1991 | バ—ンナップ (Burn up!) | |
| 1991 | ミカドロイド (Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla) | |
| 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) | |
| 1991 | 人魚の森 (Mermaid Forest) | |
| 1991 | 地獄の番犬: ケルベロス (StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops) | |
| 1991 | 魔獣戦士ルナ・ヴァルガ— (Demon Warrior Luna Varga) | |
| 1992 | ソーサリアン (Sorcerian) | |
| 1992 | 絶愛 －１９８９－ (Zetsuai 1989) | |
| 1992 | ト—キング・ヘッド (Talking Head) | |
| 1992 | 姫ちゃんのリボン (Hime-chan's Ribbon) | |
| 1993 | らんま1/2 OVA (Ranma ½ OVA) | |
| 1993 | 無責任艦長タイラ— (The Irresponsible Captain Tylor) | |
| 1993 | 機動警察パトレイバ—2 the Movie (Patlabor 2: The Movie) | |
| 1994 | チーム・イノセント (Team Innocent: The Point of No Return) | |
| 1994 | サンサーラ・ナーガ２ (Sansara Naga 2) | |
| 1994 | ブル—シ—ド (Blue Seed) | |
| 1994 | 戦え!! イクサ—1 (Iczer Girl Iczelion) | |
| 1995 | プリンセス ミネルバ (Princess Minerva) | |
| 1995 | 攻殻機動隊 (GITS, Ghost in The Shell) | |
| 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) | |
| 1998 | リング (Ring, The Ring) | |
| 1998 | ディープフィアー (Deep Fear) | |
| 1999 | 逮捕しちゃうぞ the MOVIE (You're Under Arrest THE MOVIE) | |
| 1999 | リング2 (Ring 2, The Ring 2) | |
| 1999 | 地球防衛企業ダイ・ガ—ド (Dai-Guard) | |
| 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) |
Years 2001–present
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| 2001 | ガイスタ—ズ (Geisters – Fractions of Earth) | |
| 2001 | アヴァロン (Avalon) | |
| 2001 | UNLOVED | |
| 2001 | あなたがここにいてほしい (Zaion: I Wish You Were Here) | |
| 2001 | 新白雪姫伝説プリ—ティア (New Snow White's Legend Pretear) | |
| 2001 | 修羅雪姫 (The Princess Blade) | |
| 2002 | 仄暗い水の底から (Dark Water) | |
| 2002 | パトレイバ— WXIII (WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3) | |
| 2002 | Le Samouraï (Samurai, Samuraj) | |
| 2002 | Bloody Mallory | |
| 2003 | 信長の野望Online (Nobunaga's Ambition Online) (Chapter of Hiryu) | |
| 2003 | ガンパレ—ド・マ—チ -新たなる行軍歌 (Gunparade March) | |
| 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) | |
| 2004 | イノセンス (Ghost in The Shell 2: INNOCENCE) | |
| 2004 | ウルトラマンネクサス (Ultraman Nexus) | |
| 2004 | 風人物語 (Windy Tales, Fūjin Monogatari) | |
| 2005 | スタ—シップ・オペレ—タ—ズ (Starship Operators) | |
| 2005 | MAKOTO | |
| 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 | フェイト/ステイナイト (Fate/Stay Night) | |
| 2006 | 立喰師列伝 – Tachiguishi-Retsuden (Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters) – music and actor | |
| 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) | |
| 2006 | ひぐらしのなく頃に (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) | |
| 2007 | 怪谈 (Kaidan) | |
| 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 | |
| 2007 | FolksSoul -失われた伝承- (FolksSoul) | |
| 2007–2010 | 三國志Online (Sangokushi Online) | |
| 2008 | The Sky Crawlers | |
| 2008 | 葉問 Ip Man | |
| 2009 | Eden of the East | |
| 2009 | アサルトガールズ (Assault Girls) | |
| 2009 | Apocalypse: The Second World War | |
| 2009 | Samayou Yaiba | |
| 2010 | 劇場版フェイト/ステイナイト Unlimited Blade Works (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) | |
| 2010 | 葉問2 Ip Man 2 | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 2011 | GANTZ (Gantz) | |
| 2011 | GANTZ: Perfect Answer (GANTZ: Perfect Answer) | |
| 2011 | ラビット・ホラー３Ｄ (Tormented) | |
| 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) | |
| 2014 | Garm Wars: The Last Druid | |
| 2015 | 花燃ゆ (Hana Moyu) | |
| 2015 | すべてがFになる (Subete ga F ni Naru) | |
| 2015 | 葉問3 Ip Man 3 | |
| 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 | Biohazard Vendetta |
See also
External links
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