Kenji Kawai
Biography
Kenji Kawai (川井 憲次, Kawai Kenji; born April 23, 1957) is a Japanese music composer and arranger. Known as one of the biggest names in the soundtrack world, he has worked on a wide range of mixed media productions, including anime, TV shows, films, video games and ice shows. Among his credits are Toei's: Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever, 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 Assault Girls. He also worked on the OVA and TV anime adaptations of: Vampire Princess Miyu, The Sky Crawlers 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. His nephew, Hidehiro Kawai, is a bassist in Fox Capture Plan, an instrumental band.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
286 releases · 62 albums · active 1980–2026
- Performance · 1,353
- Other credits · 399
- Production · 32
- Engineering · 10
Studios: Aube Studio · Hitokuchizaka Studio · Sound City Studio · Studio Terra
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Makai
- Hero Carry
- Yoko Ishida
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Yawmin
- DoCo (4)
- Klangkarussell