This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date.
ShÃ
Âka, Lied, children's song
Classical and contemporary
Others
- Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614âÂÂ1685)
- Hiromori Hayashi (1831âÂÂ1896)
- Nakao Tozan (1876âÂÂ1956)
- Koga Masao (1904âÂÂ1978)
- Masaru Sato (1928âÂÂ1999)
- Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931âÂÂ2021), 20thâÂÂ21st-century music producer and BGM composer
- Koichi Sugiyama (1931âÂÂ2021)
- Isao Tomita (1932âÂÂ2016)
- Takeo Watanabe (1933âÂÂ1989)
- Yasuo Kuwahara (1946âÂÂ2003)
- Joe Hisaishi (born 1950), 20thâÂÂ21st century film composer
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952âÂÂ2023)
- Yoko Noge (born 1957)
- ShirÃ
 Sagisu (born 1957)
- Yoichiro Yoshikawa (born 1957), 20thâÂÂ21st century music producer and composer
- Jun Miyake (born 1958)
- Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), 20thâÂÂ21st century musician and video game composer
- Akira Senju (born 1960)
- Koji Kondo (born 1961), 20thâÂÂ21st century video game composer
- Michiru Oshima (born 1961), 20thâÂÂ21st century film, television and video game composer
- Michiru Yamane (born 1963), 20thâÂÂ21st century video game composer
- Hikari Ã
Âe (born 1963)
- Shinkichi Mitsumune (born 1963)
- Yoko Kanno (born 1963), 20thâÂÂ21st century music producer and composer
- Yuki Kajiura (born 1965), 20thâÂÂ21st century music producer and composer
- Taro Iwashiro (born 1965)
- Yoko Shimomura (born 1967), 20thâÂÂ21st century music pianist and video game composer
- Yasunori Mitsuda (born 1972)
- Hiroyuki Sawano (born 1980), 20thâÂÂ21st century animation, film, television and video game composer
See also
References