Kenji Kawai

Known For: Sound
Born: April 23, 1957
Place of Birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Kawai

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

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1

2026 · Music

Patlabor EZY File 2

2026 · Original Music Composer

Ultraman Teo

2026 · Music

Patlabor EZY: File 1

2026 · Original Music Composer

うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる

2026 · Original Music Composer

Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise

2025 · Original Music Composer

Candlestick

2025 · Original Music Composer

Umamusume: Cinderella Gray

2025 · Original Music Composer

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture

2024 · Music

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2

2024 · Music

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1

2024 · Original Music Composer

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

2024 · Original Music Composer

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

2023 · Original Music Composer

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

2023 · Original Music Composer

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

2023 · Music

My Home Hero

2023 · Original Music Composer

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1

2023 · Music

The Fire Hunter

2023 · Original Music Composer

Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki

2022 · Original Music Composer

Blood Friends

2022 · Original Music Composer

Limbo

2021 · Original Music Composer

Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the East

2021 · Music

Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West

2021 · Original Music Composer

Vlad Love

2021 · Original Music Composer

The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

2020 · Original Music Composer

Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW

2020 · Original Music Composer

Remotely Killed

2020 · Original Music Composer

Ip Man 4: The Finale

2019 · Original Music Composer

Shishigari

2019 · Original Music Composer

No Guns Life

2019 · Original Music Composer

Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease

2019 · Original Music Composer

Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z

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

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

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

Sand Whale and Me

2017 · Music, Mixing Engineer

Dawn of the Nazis

2017 · Original Music Composer

石川五右衛門

2016 · Original Music Composer

Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru

2016 · Original Music Composer

RE:BORN

2016 · Original Music Composer

Mob Psycho 100

2016 · Original Music Composer

Servamp

2016 · Original Music Composer

G2.5

2016 · Music

JOKER GAME

2016 · Original Music Composer

Ip Man 3

2015 · Original Music Composer

Ghost Theater

2015 · Original Music Composer

Apocalypse: Stalin

2015 · Original Music Composer

The Perfect Insider

2015 · Original Music Composer

Gamera

2015 · Original Music Composer

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

2015 · Original Music Composer

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7

2015 · Music

Burning Flower

2015 · Original Music Composer

Ghost Theater

2015 · Original Music Composer

Tomcat's Big Adventure

2014 · Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6

2014 · Music

Garm Wars: The Last Druid

2014 · Music

The Perfect Insider

2014 · Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5

2014 · Music

World Trigger

2014 · Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4

2014 · Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3

2014 · Music

Barakamon

2014 · Original Music Composer

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2

2014 · Music

Monsterz

2014 · Original Music Composer

Border

2014 · Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1

2014 · Music

Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky

2014 · Original Music Composer

The Next Generation: Patlabor

2014 · Original Music Composer

Genome Hazard

2014 · Music

Nezumi-Kozo, Running Around Edo

2014 · Original Music Composer

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

The Complex: Prologue

2013 · Original Music Composer

NEXT A-Class

2012 · Music

009 Re:Cyborg

2012 · Original Music Composer

Sadako 3D

2012 · Original Music Composer

Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger

2012 · Music

Umechan Sensei

2012 · Music

Wild 7

2011 · Original Music Composer

Tsukahara Bokuden

2011 · Music

Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon

2011 · Original Music Composer

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

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

009: The Reopening

2010 · Music

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-

2010 · Original Music Composer

Chatroom

2010 · Original Music Composer

28½

2010 · Original Music Composer

Steel Frame

2010 · Original Music Composer

Ip Man 2

2010 · Original Music Composer

Shoka

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

Apocalypse: The Second World War

2009 · Music

Shrill Cries: Reshuffle

2009 · Music

Eden of the East

2009 · Original Music Composer

Ip Man

2008 · Original Music Composer

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming

2008 · Original Music Composer

Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality

2008

Nanase Once More

2008 · Music

Orochi - Blood

2008 · Music

The Sky Crawlers

2008 · Original Music Composer

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

2008 · Original Music Composer

ＮＨＫスペシャル沸騰都市

2008 · Musician

Shrill Cries of Summer

2008 · Original Music Composer

Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony

2008 · Composer, Music, Writer

Death Note: L Change the WorLd

2008 · Original Music Composer

The Women of Fast Food

2007 · Music

Kaidan

2007 · Original Music Composer

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 · Hamburger Tetsu (voice), Original Music Composer

Higurashi: When They Cry

2006 · Original Music Composer

The Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament

2006 · Art Direction

Running Wild

2006 · Original Music Composer

Fate/stay night

2006 · Original Music Composer

Inferno

2005 · Original Music Composer

Reincarnation

2005 · Original Music Composer

Seven Swords

2005 · Original Music Composer

Open Your Mind

2005 · Music, Writer

Antarctic Journal

2005 · Original Music Composer

Starship Operators

2005 · Music

Premonition

2004 · Music

Ultraman Nexus

2004 · Music

Windy Tales

2004 · Music

Kibakichi 2

2004 · Original Music Composer

Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama

2004 · Music

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004 · Original Music Composer

Kibakichi

2004 · Original Music Composer

Tokyo Vein

2003 · Music

Bloody Mallory

2002 · Original Music Composer

Samouraïs

2002 · Original Music Composer

Patlabor WXIII the Movie

2002 · Music

MiniPato

2002 · Music

Dark Water

2002 · Original Music Composer

The Princess Blade

2001 · Original Music Composer

Unloved

2001 · Original Music Composer

G.R.M.: The Record Of Garm War

2001 · Music

Sadistic and Masochistic

2001 · Music

Avalon

2001 · Original Music Composer

Chaos

2000 · Original Music Composer

Ghiblies

2000 · Music

Sleeping Bride

2000 · Original Music Composer

The Woman of S.R.I.

1999 · Original Music Composer

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

Vampire Princess Miyu

1997 · Original Music Composer

Hyper Police

1997 · Music

Yat, The Space Patrol

1996 · Original Music Composer

Blue Seed Beyond

1996 · Music

Hime-chan's Ribbon

1996 · Original Music Composer

Ghost in the Shell

1995 · Original Music Composer

Sorcerer Hunters

1995 · Original Music Composer

Wild Knights Gulkeeva

1995 · Original Music Composer

Mighty Space Miners

1994 · Original Music Composer

Blue Seed

1994 · Original Music Composer

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA

1994 · Music, Songs

Patlabor 2: The Movie

1993 · Original Music Composer

Wolf Guy

1992 · Original Music Composer

Talking Head

1992 · Original Music Composer

Patlabor: One Day of Noa

1992 · Original Music Composer

Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

1991 · Original Music Composer

Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring

1991 · Music

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

DRAGON FIST

1991 · Music

Luna Varga

1991 · Music

Go Nagai World

1991 · Music

Patlabor: The New Files

1990 · Music

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V

1990 · Music

Project A-Ko Versus Battle 1: Grey Side

1990 · Music

Hana no Asuka-gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale

1990 · Original Music Composer

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III

1990 · Music

MAROKO

1990 · Original Music Composer

Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird

1990 · Music

Samurai Pizza Cats

1990 · Music

Patlabor: The TV Series

1989 · Music

Patlabor: The Movie

1989 · Original Music Composer

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II

1989 · Music

All That Gundam

1989 · Music

One Pound Gospel

1988 · Original Music Composer

Vampire Princess Miyu

1988 · Music Editor

Vampire Princess Miyu

1988 · Music

Star Virgin

1988 · Original Music Composer

Patlabor: Early Days

1988 · Original Music Composer

Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth

1987 · Music

Twilight Q

1987 · Music

Twilight Q

1987 · Music

The Red Spectacles

1987 · Original Music Composer

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission

1987 · Music

Kamen Rider

1971 · Music

Patlabor EZY File 3

Patlabor EZY File 3

— · Original Music Composer

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