Kenji Kawai
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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.
Known for
Credits
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Original Music Composer
Ring (1998)
Original Music Composer
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)
Original Music Composer
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Original Music Composer
RE:BORN (2016)
Original Music Composer
Ip Man (2008)
Original Music Composer
Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)
Original Music Composer
Gantz (2010)
Original Music Composer
Death Note (2006)
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Original Music Composer
The Sky Crawlers (2008)
Original Music Composer
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
Original Music Composer
Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
Original Music Composer
Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008)
Original Music Composer
Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010)
Original Music Composer
Ring 2 (1999)
Original Music Composer
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
Original Music Composer
Dark Water (2002)
Original Music Composer
Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Original Music Composer
Seven Swords (2005)
Original Music Composer
Ip Man 3 (2015)
Original Music Composer
Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
Original Music Composer
Chatroom (2010)
Original Music Composer
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
Original Music Composer
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
Original Music Composer
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)
Original Music Composer
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (2017)
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever (2018)
Original Music Composer
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)
Original Music Composer
Battle of the Warriors (2006)
Original Music Composer
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (2010)
Original Music Composer
009 Re:Cyborg (2012)
Original Music Composer
Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (1991)
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
Original Music Composer
Tales from the Dark 1 (2013)
Original Music Composer
Sadako 3D (2012)
Original Music Composer
Patlabor EZY: File 1 (2026)
Original Music Composer
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010)
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams (2011)
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease (2019)
Original Music Composer
Reincarnation (2005)
Original Music Composer
Limbo (2021)
Original Music Composer
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! (2018)
Original Music Composer
Avalon (2001)
Original Music Composer
The Red Spectacles (1987)
Original Music Composer
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023)
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petals (2011)
Original Music Composer
Kekko Kamen (1991)
Original Music Composer
Sadako 3D 2 (2013)
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon (2011)
Original Music Composer
The Princess Blade (2001)
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z (2019)
Original Music Composer
Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto (2013)
Original Music Composer
Tales from the Dark 2 (2013)
Original Music Composer
Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden (2009)
Original Music Composer
Trapped Ashes (2006)
Original Music Composer
Running Wild (2006)
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 4: The Roaring Anxiety (2011)
Original Music Composer
Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla (1991)
Original Music Composer
Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 2: Dancing Orchid in Chaos (2011)
Original Music Composer
The Incite Mill (2010)
Original Music Composer
Patlabor EZY File 2 (2026)
Original Music Composer
Kaidan (2007)
Original Music Composer
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006)
Original Music Composer
Dawn of the Nazis (2017)
Original Music Composer
Ghost Theater (2015)
Original Music Composer
Monsterz (2014)
Original Music Composer
The Complex (2013)
Original Music Composer
Assault Girls (2009)
Original Music Composer
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015)
Original Music Composer
Towa no Quon 5: The Return of the Invincible (2011)
Original Music Composer
Antarctic Journal (2005)
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders (2017)
Original Music Composer
MAROKO (1990)
Original Music Composer
Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki (2022)
Original Music Composer
One Pound Gospel (1988)
Original Music Composer
Shrill Cries of Summer (2008)
Original Music Composer
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise (2025)
Original Music Composer
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming (2008)
Original Music Composer
Remotely Killed (2020)
Original Music Composer
BORDER Redemption (2017)
Original Music Composer
Talking Head (1992)
Original Music Composer
Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky (2014)
Original Music Composer
Rabbit Horror (2011)
Original Music Composer
Kibakichi (2004)
Original Music Composer
Star Virgin (1988)
Original Music Composer
The Hovering Blade (2009)
Original Music Composer
Ip Man 2 (2010)
Original Music Composer
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1 (2024)
Original Music Composer
Wild 7 (2011)
Original Music Composer
Shishigari (2019)
Original Music Composer
Patlabor EZY File 3 (—)
Original Music Composer
Sleeping Bride (2000)
Original Music Composer
Chaos (2000)
Original Music Composer
Inferno (2005)
Original Music Composer
Bloody Mallory (2002)
Original Music Composer
Blood Friends (2022)
Original Music Composer
Samouraïs (2002)
Original Music Composer
Candlestick (2025)
Original Music Composer
Unloved (2001)
Original Music Composer
28½ (2010)
Original Music Composer
Hana no Asuka-gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale (1990)
Original Music Composer
Shoka (2010)
Original Music Composer
うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる (2026)
Original Music Composer
Patlabor: One Day of Noa (1992)
Original Music Composer
Gamera (2015)
Original Music Composer
Kibakichi 2 (2004)
Original Music Composer