Kenji Kawai
Known for: Sound
Born: April 23, 1957
Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Filmography
160 movies · 73 TV shows, newest first
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Patlabor EZY File 3
2027
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Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1
2026
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Patlabor EZY File 2
2026
7.3
The Criminal
2026
9.1
Ultraman Teo
2026
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Patlabor EZY File 1
2026NR
科捜研の女 ファイナル
2026
5.0
うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる
2026
7.7
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise
2025
4.0
Candlestick
2025
7.5
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
2025
7.9
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture
2024
5.0
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2
2024
6.5
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1
2024
7.0
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
2024
7.4
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
2023
7.3
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
2023
7.8
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
7.1
My Home Hero
2023
7.6
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1
2023
6.1
The Fire Hunter
2023
3.7
Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki
2022
6.5
Blood Friends
2022
7.2
Limbo
2021
8.8
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the East
2021
7.8
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West
2021
5.6
Vlad Love
2021
7.2
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
2020
7.2
Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW
2020
5.8
Remotely Killed
2020
7.3
Ip Man 4: The Finale
2019
7.5
Shishigari
2019
6.7
No Guns Life
2019
8.0
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease
2019
6.2
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z
2019
6.1
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever
2018
7.0
Kamen Rider Build: Be The One
2018
6.3
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018
6.0
Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden
2018
7.1
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018
8.1
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
2018
6.5
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!
2018
5.6
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders
2017
7.4
BORDER Redemption
2017
6.7
BORDER The Urge Medical Examiner Mika HIGA
2017
6.8
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield
2017
6.9
Resident Evil: Vendetta
2017
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Sand Whale and Me
2017
6.0
Dawn of the Nazis
2017
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石川五右衛門
2016
6.8
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
2016
7.1
RE:BORN
2016
8.5
Mob Psycho 100
2016
8.2
Servamp
2016
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G2.5
2016
6.7
JOKER GAME
2016
7.0
Ip Man 3
2015
6.1
Ghost Theater
2015
7.4
Apocalypse: Stalin
2015
6.4
The Perfect Insider
2015
9.2
Gamera
2015
6.4
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War
2015
6.0
THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7
2015
7.7
Burning Flower
2015
5.0
Ghost Theater
2015
8.0
Tomcat's Big Adventure
2014
6.0
THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6
2014
4.6
Garm Wars: The Last Druid
2014
6.0
The Perfect Insider
2014
6.0
THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5
2014
7.3
World Trigger
2014
6.0
THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4
2014
6.0
THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3
2014
8.1
Barakamon
2014
6.0
THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2
2014
5.6
Monsterz
2014
7.1
Border
2014
6.0
THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1
2014
6.3
Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky
2014
7.0
The Next Generation: Patlabor
2014
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Shitamachi Bobsleigh
2014
6.8
Genome Hazard
2014
10.0
Nezumi-Kozo, Running Around Edo
2014
6.3
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon
2013
6.2
Tales from the Dark 2
2013
4.8
Sadako 3D 2
2013
6.0
Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto
2013
6.6
Higurashi: When They Cry - Outbreak
2013
5.6
Tales from the Dark 1
2013
4.9
The Complex
2013
4.8
The Complex: Prologue
2013
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NEXT A-Class
2012
7.0
009 Re:Cyborg
2012
5.2
Sadako 3D
2012
8.2
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
2012
8.0
Umechan Sensei
2012
5.7
Wild 7
2011
8.5
Tsukahara Bokuden
2011
6.6
Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon
2011
7.6
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler
2011
6.6
Towa no Quon 5: The Return of the Invincible
2011
6.8
Towa no Quon 4: The Roaring Anxiety
2011
5.2
Rabbit Horror
2011
6.8
Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams
2011
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NHK Special: Unsolved Cases
2011
6.7
Towa no Quon 2: Dancing Orchid in Chaos
2011
6.8
Towa no Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petals
2011
6.6
Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011
5.9
Xi AVANT
2011
7.3
Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
2010
6.5
Gantz
2010
5.6
The Incite Mill
2010
4.0
009: The Reopening
2010
6.4
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-
2010
5.8
Chatroom
2010
5.0
28½
2010
6.0
Steel Frame
2010
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ランデブー！
2010
7.5
Ip Man 2
2010
7.0
Shoka
2010
6.7
Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost
2010
6.8
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
2010
4.6
Assault Girls
2009
6.8
Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden
2009
8.2
The Hovering Blade
2009
6.3
Eden of The East Compilation: Air Communication
2009
8.4
Apocalypse: The Second World War
2009
5.8
Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2009
6.9
Eden of the East
2009
7.8
Ip Man
2008
6.0
The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
2008
NR
Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality
2008
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Nanase Once More
2008
6.6
Orochi - Blood
2008
6.7
The Sky Crawlers
2008
7.4
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
2008
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ＮＨＫスペシャル 沸騰都市
2008
5.4
Shrill Cries of Summer
2008
7.2
Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony
2008
6.0
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008
8.5
The Women of Fast Food
2007
6.7
Kaidan
2007
7.7
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
2007
6.4
Battle of the Warriors
2006
7.1
Death Note: The Last Name
2006
5.1
Trapped Ashes
2006
6.7
Dragon Tiger Gate
2006
7.1
Death Note
2006
6.5
Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
2006
7.7
Higurashi: When They Cry
2006
7.6
The Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament
2006
6.2
Running Wild
2006
7.2
Fate/stay night
2006
7.0
Inferno
2005
6.1
Reincarnation
2005
6.2
Seven Swords
2005
5.8
Open Your Mind
2005
6.0
Antarctic Journal
2005
6.7
Starship Operators
2005
6.3
Premonition
2004
8.2
Ultraman Nexus
2004
7.2
Windy Tales
2004
5.0
Kibakichi 2
2004
7.6
Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama
2004
7.4
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004
5.9
Kibakichi
2004
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Tokyo Vein
2003
5.1
Bloody Mallory
2002
4.0
Samouraïs
2002
6.6
Patlabor WXIII the Movie
2002
2.5
MiniPato
2002
6.8
Dark Water
2002
5.6
The Princess Blade
2001
7.4
Unloved
2001
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G.R.M.: The Record Of Garm War
2001
7.7
Sadistic and Masochistic
2001
6.5
Avalon
2001
6.4
Chaos
2000
5.4
Ghiblies
2000
4.6
Sleeping Bride
2000
7.3
The Woman of S.R.I.
1999
8.0
Dai-Guard: Terrestrial Defense Corp.
1999
6.0
You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture
1999
5.8
Ring 2
1999
7.1
Ring
1998
6.3
Vampire Princess Miyu
1997
9.2
Hyper Police
1997
4.0
Yat, The Space Patrol
1996
4.0
Blue Seed Beyond
1996
7.6
Hime-chan's Ribbon
1996
7.9
Ghost in the Shell
1995
5.8
Sorcerer Hunters
1995
7.0
Wild Knights Gulkeeva
1995
8.0
Mighty Space Miners
1994
6.9
Blue Seed
1994
7.3
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
1994
7.4
Patlabor 2: The Movie
1993
6.0
Wolf Guy
1992
6.5
Talking Head
1992
7.0
Patlabor: One Day of Noa
1992
7.2
Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
1991
7.0
Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring
1991
6.3
Mermaid Forest
1991
5.7
Mikadroid
1991
6.5
Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops
1991
5.2
Kekko Kamen
1991
5.9
Burn Up
1991
3.0
DRAGON FIST
1991
6.5
Luna Varga
1991
8.0
Go Nagai World
1991
9.8
Patlabor: The New Files
1990
5.5
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V
1990
3.5
Project A-Ko Versus Battle 1: Grey Side
1990
8.0
Hana no Asuka-gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale
1990
6.3
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III
1990
6.0
MAROKO
1990
7.0
Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird
1990
8.1
Samurai Pizza Cats
1990
7.1
Patlabor: The TV Series
1989
6.9
Patlabor: The Movie
1989
5.8
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II
1989
5.5
All That Gundam
1989
6.4
One Pound Gospel
1988
6.8
Vampire Princess Miyu
1988
6.7
Vampire Princess Miyu
1988
5.2
Star Virgin
1988
7.4
Patlabor: Early Days
1988
7.1
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
5.9
Twilight Q
1987
6.0
Twilight Q
1987
6.5
The Red Spectacles
1987
8.0
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission
1987
6.4
Kamen Rider
1971