Kenji Kawai
Sound
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.
Born: April 23, 1957 · Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Filmography (161)
TV
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
2025
Original Music Composer
TV
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture
2024
Music
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
2024
Original Music Composer
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
2023
Original Music Composer
TV
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
2023
Original Music Composer
TV
My Home Hero
2023
Original Music Composer
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1
2023
Music
TV
The Fire Hunter
2023
Original Music Composer
Limbo
2021
Original Music Composer
TV
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West
2021
Original Music Composer
TV
Vlad Love
2021
Original Music Composer
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
2020
Original Music Composer
TV
Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW
2020
Original Music Composer
Remotely Killed
2020
Original Music Composer
Ip Man 4: The Finale
2019
Original Music Composer
TV
No Guns Life
2019
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever
2018
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Build The Movie: Be The One
2018
Music
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018
Original Music Composer
Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden
2018
Music
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018
Original Music Composer
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
2018
Original Music Composer
TV
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!
2018
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders
2017
Original Music Composer
BORDER Redemption
2017
Original Music Composer
TV
BORDER The Urge Medical Examiner Mika HIGA
2017
Original Music Composer
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield
2017
Original Music Composer
Resident Evil: Vendetta
2017
Original Music Composer
TV
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
2016
Original Music Composer
RE:BORN
2016
Original Music Composer
TV
Mob Psycho 100
2016
Original Music Composer
TV
Servamp
2016
Original Music Composer
TV
JOKER GAME
2016
Original Music Composer
Ip Man 3
2015
Original Music Composer
Ghost Theater
2015
Original Music Composer
TV
Apocalypse: Stalin
2015
Original Music Composer
TV
The Perfect Insider
2015
Original Music Composer
Gamera
2015
Original Music Composer
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War
2015
Music
Garm Wars: The Last Druid
2014
Music
TV
The Perfect Insider
2014
Music
TV
World Trigger
2014
Music
TV
Barakamon
2014
Original Music Composer
Monsterz
2014
Original Music Composer
TV
Border
2014
Music
Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky
2014
Original Music Composer
TV
The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014
Original Music Composer
Genome Hazard
2014
Music
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013
Original Music Composer
Tales from the Dark 2
2013
Original Music Composer
Sadako 3D 2
2013
Original Music Composer
Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto
2013
Original Music Composer
Higurashi: When They Cry - Outbreak
2013
Music
Tales from the Dark 1
2013
Original Music Composer
The Complex
2013
Original Music Composer
TV
The Complex: Prologue
2013
Original Music Composer
009 Re:Cyborg
2012
Original Music Composer
Sadako 3D
2012
Original Music Composer
TV
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
2012
Music
TV
Umechan Sensei
2012
Music
Wild 7
2011
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon
2011
Original Music Composer
TV
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
2011
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 5: The Return of the Invincible
2011
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 4: The Roaring Anxiety
2011
Original Music Composer
Rabbit Horror
2011
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams
2011
Original Music Composer
TV
NHK Special: Unsolved Cases
2011
Music
Towa no Quon 2: Dancing Orchid in Chaos
2011
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petals
2011
Original Music Composer
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011
Original Music Composer
Xi AVANT
2011
Music
Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
2010
Original Music Composer
Gantz
2010
Original Music Composer
The Incite Mill
2010
Original Music Composer
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-
2010
Original Music Composer
Chatroom
2010
Original Music Composer
Ip Man 2
2010
Original Music Composer
Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost
2010
Original Music Composer
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
2010
Original Music Composer
Assault Girls
2009
Original Music Composer
Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden
2009
Original Music Composer
The Hovering Blade
2009
Original Music Composer
Eden of The East Compilation: Air Communication
2009
Music
TV
Apocalypse: The Second World War
2009
Music
Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2009
Music
TV
Eden of the East
2009
Original Music Composer
Ip Man
2008
Original Music Composer
Orochi - Blood
2008
Music
The Sky Crawlers
2008
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
2008
Original Music Composer
Shrill Cries of Summer
2008
Original Music Composer
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008
Original Music Composer
Kaidan
2007
Original Music Composer
TV
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2007
Music
Battle of the Warriors
2006
Original Music Composer
Death Note: The Last Name
2006
Original Music Composer
Trapped Ashes
2006
Original Music Composer
Dragon Tiger Gate
2006
Original Music Composer
Death Note
2006
Original Music Composer
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
2006
Actor: Hamburger Tetsu (v…Original Music Composer
TV
Higurashi: When They Cry
2006
Original Music Composer
TV
The Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament
2006
Art Direction
Running Wild
2006
Original Music Composer
TV
Fate/stay night
2006
Original Music Composer
Reincarnation
2005
Original Music Composer
Seven Swords
2005
Original Music Composer
Antarctic Journal
2005
Original Music Composer
TV
Starship Operators
2005
Music
Premonition
2004
Music
TV
Ultraman Nexus
2004
Music
TV
Windy Tales
2004
Music
TV
Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama
2004
Music
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004
Original Music ComposerMusic
Kibakichi
2004
Original Music Composer
Bloody Mallory
2002
Original Music Composer
Samouraïs
2002
Original Music ComposerMusic
Patlabor WXIII The Movie
2002
Music
Dark Water
2002
Original Music Composer
The Princess Blade
2001
Original Music Composer
Unloved
2001
Original Music Composer
Avalon
2001
Original Music Composer
Chaos
2000
Original Music Composer
Ghiblies
2000
Music
Sleeping Bride
2000
Original Music Composer
TV
The Woman of S.R.I.
1999
Original Music Composer
TV
Dai-Guard: Terrestrial Defense Corp.
1999
Music
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
1999
Music
Ring 2
1999
Original Music Composer
Ring
1998
Original Music Composer
TV
Vampire Princess Miyu
1997
Original Music Composer
TV
Hyper Police
1997
Music
TV
Blue Seed Beyond
1996
Music
TV
Hime-chan's Ribbon
1996
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell
1995
Original Music Composer
TV
Sorcerer Hunters
1995
Original Music Composer
TV
Wild Knights Gulkeeva
1995
Original Music Composer
TV
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
1994
MusicSongs
Patlabor 2: The Movie
1993
Original Music Composer
Talking Head
1992
Music
Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
1991
Original Music Composer
Mermaid Forest
1991
Music
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla
1991
Original Music Composer
Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops
1991
Music
Kekko Kamen
1991
Original Music Composer
Burn Up
1991
Music
TV
Patlabor: The New Files
1990
Music
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V
1990
Music
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III
1990
Music
Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird
1990
Music
TV
Samurai Pizza Cats
1990
Music
TV
Patlabor: The TV Series
1989
Music
Patlabor: The Movie
1989
Original Music Composer
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II
1989
Music
Vampire Princess Miyu
1988
Music Editor
Star Virgin
1988
Original Music Composer
TV
Patlabor: The Mobile Police
1988
Original Music Composer
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
Music
Twilight Q
1987
Music
The Red Spectacles
1987
Music
TV
Kamen Rider
1971
Music