Known for Sound
Born in Honjo Village, Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture (currently Chikuhoku Village ). He learned the piano when he was in elementary school, bought a synthesizer when he was in junior high school, and became interested in composition. After graduating from the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering at Nagano National College of Technology, he became interested in film music and began to pursue music in college. He started his career as a composer while attending the Department of Composition at Kunitachi College of Music, and after graduating he worked on movies, anime, drama soundtracks, providing music to artists, and advertisement music. He is affiliated with the music production company Miracle Bus.
Born
November 3, 1982 (age 43)
Birthplace
Chikuhoku, Nagano, Japan
Filmography
34 films, 85 shows


10DANCE
2025 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Two dancers, opposites in all but their art, agree to train together for a competition. At first, they clash, but soon become drawn to each other.


Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Urdr-Hunt: Path of the Little Challenger
2025 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
An animated spinoff from the Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, this feature length film compiles the ONA footage from the "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – Urðr Hunt" mobile game.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 10th Anniversary Short Film - Wedge of Interposition
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 10th Anniversary Short Film - Wedge of Interposition
2025
country: Japan
A new animated short celebrating the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, shown alongside the upcoming Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Urðr Hunt Path of the Little Challenger


The Supernatural Sweet Shop: The Movie
2024 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
Zenitendo is a mysterious candy store that only lucky people can reach. All the candy recommended by Beniko, the owner of the store, is perfectly suited to the buyer's troubles. However, it depends on whether the candy will be used or eaten correctly that it can bring happiness or misfortune.


Fureru
2024 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Childhood friends find a creature with mysterious powers that pushes them to discover the bonds that tie the three students together.


Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era
2024 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
Jungle Pocket, an Umamusume who has been racing tirelessly in pursuit of becoming the greatest, is ready to take on the once-in-a-lifetime Classic Triple Crown series. However, standing in her way are rivals from the same generation, whose talent may even surpass her own.


Trapezium
2024 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
High school student Yu Azuma will do whatever it takes to become an idol. Ready to make her dream a reality, she recruits three girls from the four corners of her prefecture. But the road to stardom hides unexpected trials.


maboroshi
2023 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.


You Made My Dawn
2023 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Fukagawa Seiji is a high school student with silver color hair. He is free-spirited and fond of painting. He tells people exactly what he thinks, but he also has a mysterious side. His classmate is Niwa Akane. Akane is a model student who always wears a face mask. At first, she doesn’t like Seiji, but she is attracted by Seiji's paintings and his blunt personality. They get close with each other, and they both have their own secret they can’t tell anyone. Adapted from the novel "Yoru ga Aketara, Ichiban ni Kimi ni Ai ni Iku" (When the Dawn Breaks, I’ll Be the First to See You)


Collar×Malice -deep cover- The Movie: Part 1
2023 · 51m
country: Japan
A dangerous shadow organization launches a campaign of fear and violence in the city of Shinjuku, pushing society to the brink of chaos. As a young police officer tasked with restoring order, you become the target of an attack, and have a poisonous collar attached to your neck. With the situation spiraling out of control and time running out, five mysterious strangers appear to aid you in your quest for the truth. Who can you trust? Will you be able to save yourself and the soul of Shinjuku from the clutches of oblivion?


Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
2023 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, but he has a secret. He is actually a lousy detective and relies on the genius skills of his assistant Anna Mikami to solve cases. Their partnership continues.


Break of Dawn
2022 · 2h
country: Japan
In 2049, Yuuma Sawatari is an elementary school kid who loves everything about space and astronomy. He was initially excited when his parents bought a robot called Nanako, but he was disappointed when he learned that she was basically just a boring housekeeping robot. However, when he does finally try to talk to her about space, something strange happens. Her system crashes and is taken over by what claims to be a marooned alien ship! The alien ship wants Yuuma's help to get back to space!


The Lines That Define Me
2022 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
Sousuke Aoyama is a college student who suffers painfully from the loss of his parents in a traffic accident. He meets Kozan Shinoda, a suibokuga (India-ink painting) artist, at an exhibition. Kozan becomes interested in Sousuke and surprisingly accepts him as his disciple. However, Kozan's niece is dismissive of Sousuke and declares to compete with Sousuke for the "Kozan Award." Although Sousuke seemed uninterested in painting at first, he gradually becomes drawn to it by each stroke he draws...


Tsurune the Movie: The First Shot
2022 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
Minato Narumiya reignites his passion for kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery. Along with his friends in the school kyudo club, he returns for this feature-length sports anime film.


Fruits Basket -prelude-
2022 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, who is rude and has a strong habit, and she is gradually attracted to her. However, she is disowned by her parents in the wake of an incident with her bad fellow. It's a punishment that I've been doing as much as I like. Katsuya appears in front of Kyoko who thinks so...


DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year - the Movie: Spain Arc
2021 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Azumaya and Takato are set to star in "Blood Wedding," a two-person play that incorporates flamenco dancing; Takato decides to travel to Spain to learn about passion.


Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch
2021 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
14-year-old Nozomi Onda has only one thing on her mind: playing beautiful soccer. There's just one problem: no matter how much she longs to participate in official matches, she'd have physically superior boys as opponents. But when a boy from her past confronts her on the street, she decides she can't wait any longer.


Yowamushi Pedal
2020 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Sakamichi Onoda is a high school student. He is an otaku, who loves animation and he is also a loner. Although he isn't good in sports, he decides to enroll in the bicycle racing club. Unexpectedly, he finds that he has a talent for bicycle racing. For the first time, he has a friend. Sakamichi Onoda exceeds his limits and finds pleasure in the sport of bicycle racing.


Her Blue Sky
2019 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
High school student Aoi Aioi lives with her elder sister, Akane, after a tragic accident took their parents away 13 years ago. Because Akane has since been taking care of her single-handedly, Aoi wants to move to Tokyo after her graduation to relieve her sister's burden and pursue a musical career, inspired by Akane's ex-boyfriend Shinnosuke "Shinno" Kanamuro. Shinno was part of a band until he left for Tokyo to become a professional guitarist after the sisters' parents passed away, and he was never to be seen again.


Monster Strike the Movie: Sora no Kanata
2018 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
13 years ago, suddenly one part of Tokyo broke off and began to float in the sky. Tokyo was separated into "Old Tokyo" as the part that was floating in the air, and "New Tokyo," the part that stayed on the ground. Communication and interaction between the two Tokyos was impossible, and years passed. One day, a young girl perceives that Old Tokyo will fall back down to the ground, and she sets out on the perilous path from from Old Tokyo to New Tokyo to save the citizens from the impending crisis.


Cafe Funiculi Funicula
2018 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel back to a time of their choice.


Real Girl
2018 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Hikaru Tsutsui is a high school student. He enjoys animation and video games in the virtual world, but he doesn't enjoy his real life. People at his school don't even know he exists. One day, he cleans up the pool at his school with beautiful Iroha Ikarashi. Iroha approaches Hikaru and confesses that she likes him.


Chihayafuru: Part III
2018 · 2h 7m
country: Japan
Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.


Chihayafuru: Part II
2016 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.


Chihayafuru: Part I
2016 · 1h 51m
country: Japan
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.


Garakowa -Restore the World-
2016 · 1h 7m
country: Japan
A floating space without gravity where an infinite number of lights shine in different colors: The "Box of Wisdom." Inside of this box, there are multiple worlds, multiple timelines, and there used to be many different people. This is where Dual and Dorothy were fighting with enemies called "Viruses." Worlds infected by viruses must be erased. That is the duty, the job of these girls. However, one day, Dual and Dorothy feel the presence of a new Virus. Arriving at the scene, they see a girl being attacked by Viruses. After saving the girl, the duo wait for her to awaken so they can ask who she is, where she came from, and where she is going. Finally, when the girl opened her eyes, she gave her name, Rimo, and whispered only one sentence... "I must return to the flower patch..."


No Longer Heroine
2015 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
Hatori Matsuzaki is a female high school student. She has a crush on her childhood friend Rita Terasaka and believes he will eventually choose her as her heroine, but Rita Terasaka begins dating Miho Adachi. Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kosuke Hiromitsu takes an interest in Hatori Matsuzaki.


The Anthem of the Heart
2015 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?


My Little Nightmare: The Movie
2014 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.


Hayabusa
2011 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.