13 Notable alumni of
Kunitachi College of Music
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The Kunitachi College of Music is 518th in the world, 103rd in Asia, and 40th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from the Kunitachi College of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Joe Hisaishi
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- music directorfilm directorsingeruniversity teacherpianist
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Mamoru Fujisawa, known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Jō), is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, Western classical, and Japanese classical. He has also worked as a music engraver and arranger.
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Mari Iijima
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- radio personalityseiyūsingeractor
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Mari Iijima is a Japanese actress and singer. She writes and produces most of her own music, and plays the piano and other instruments. After being signed to JVC Victor in 1982, Mari first became known for her voice-acting role as Lynn Minmay in the anime Macross. Her debut original album, Rosé, was released in 1983, which was produced by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
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Masayuki Hiizumi
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- music arrangerjazz musiciancomposersinger-songwriterpianist
- Biography
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Masayuki Hiizumi, also known by the name H Zett M (stylised as H ZETT M) is a Japanese keyboardist and producer. He became a member of jazz instrumental band Pe'z in 1999, and was a member of Ringo Sheena's band Tokyo Jihen between 2004 and 2005. In 2007, Hiizumi debuted as a solo musician with the name H Zett M.
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Yōsuke Yamashita
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 83)
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- composerjazz musicianmusicianpianistwriter
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Yōsuke Yamashita is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. His piano style is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz.
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Masato Honda
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- composermusiciansaxophonist
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Masato Honda, is a Japanese saxophone player, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Nakamura City, Kochi Prefecture (now Shimanto City), he graduated from Kunitachi College of Music. He is most well known for being a member of the band T-Square and appearing on Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack with The Seatbelts.
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Seiji Yokoyama
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- composer
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Seiji Yokoyama was a Japanese incidental music composer from Hiroshima. He graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music in 1957. Yokoyama is best known for his work on the anime series Saint Seiya and Space Pirate Captain Harlock, and for his symphonic sound for many television programs. In 1992, he won the JASRAC award for his work on Saint Seiya. On July 8, 2017, Yokoyama died from pneumonia at age 82.
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Masaru Sato
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- composerfilm score composer
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Masaru Sato was a Japanese composer of film scores. Following the 1955 death of Fumio Hayasaka, whom Sato studied under, Sato was the composer of Akira Kurosawa's films for the next 10 years. He was nominated for Best Music at the 15th Japan Academy Prize in 1992. In 1999, the Japanese government decorated Sato with the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contributions to the arts.
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Ahn Eak-tai
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- composercellistconductor
- Biography
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Ahn Eak-tai was a South Korean classical composer and conductor. He conducted numerous major orchestras across Europe, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra. Ahn composed "Aegukga", a song best known as the national anthem of South Korea, Korean Dance, Nongae, and the Symphonic Fantasy Korea. His unpublished works, some of which have been discovered recently, include Poema Synfonic 'Mallorca, Lo Pi Formentor, and The Death of Emperor Gojong.
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Miho Hazama
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- composerconductormusic arrangerpianist
- Biography
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Miho Hazama is a Tokyo-born composer and jazz musician, based in New York City.
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Kazutoki Umezu
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- saxophonistjazz musician
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Kazutoki Umezu is a Japanese jazz saxophonist.
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Shirō Fukai
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- composermusic critic
- Biography
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Shirō Fukai was a Japanese composer.
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Masashi Fujimoto
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- singeractor
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Masashi Fujimoto is a Japanese actor, singer, musician, and entertainer who lives in London, UK. He was born in Hiroshima in 1963, and graduated in music from Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo in 1985. He joined Nikikai Opera in 1988. He moved to Italy in 1992, then to the UK in 1995.
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Ichirō Saitō
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Ichirō Saitō was a Japanese film composer.
