Kenji Kawai

Composer

Born: April 23, 1957 (69 years old)

Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Filmography (160)

• Gamera (2015, ★ 9.8)
• Hyper Police (1997, ★ 9.2)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004, ★ 7.3)
• Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010, ★ 7.5)
• Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009, ★ 8.4)
• The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020, ★ 7.3)
• Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018, ★ 8.2)
• Ip Man (2008, ★ 7.8)
• Mob Psycho 100 (2016, ★ 8.5)
• Ip Man 2 (2010, ★ 7.5)
• The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023, ★ 7.4)
• Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993, ★ 7.4)
• Limbo (2021, ★ 7.2)
• Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991, ★ 7.2)
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008, ★ 7.4)
• Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1 (2023, ★ 7.6)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995, ★ 7.9)
• Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 (2023, ★ 7.8)
• The Hovering Blade (2009, ★ 8.2)
• Samurai Pizza Cats (1990, ★ 8.2)
• Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012, ★ 8.2)
• Ultraman Nexus (2004, ★ 8)
• Barakamon (2014, ★ 8.1)
• Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021, ★ 7.8)
• Servamp (2016, ★ 8.2)
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007, ★ 7.8)
• Mighty Space Miners (1994, ★ 8)
• Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (2024, ★ 7.9)
• Ghost in the Shell: Production Report (1995, ★ 6.2)
• Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006, ★ 6.5)