is a

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and

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best known for his work in anime and video games. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine.

Biography

Inai was born in

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

, Japan. He studied at the

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, but dropped out to pursue studio work. In 1999, while he was a college student, he served as assistant musical director to violinist Toshihiro Nakanishi on the Akira Shirai production

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. In 2001 and 2002 he participated as a pianist, manipulator, and arranger on the soundtracks for the

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dramas ''Fighting Girl'' and ''Hatsu Taiken''. After this, he began working as a composer for television programs, commercials, movies, games, radio programs, fashion shows and other areas.

Discography

Anime works

Game works

Movie works

TV works

References

External links

Keiji Inai's Imagine Profile

Keiji Inai discography at VGMdb
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