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formed in 1988, originally with two members. The name stands for "Sound, Earth, Nature, and Spirit" based on their spiritual policy. They have produced many musical scores for TV dramas, documentaries, and movies in Japan, also making it into the anime scene with the score for '' xxxHolic''. Their albums have also been released in European and Asian countries. In Japan, the album ''Tomei na Ongaku'' was awarded second prize for "Instrumental Album of the Year" in the 2001 Japan Gold Disc Award.THE 16th JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD 2001
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Members

* Akihiko Fukaura: Keyboards and programming * Yukari Katsuki: Vocal, piano and programming

Works

TV drama

*''Gorilla – Keishicho Sousadaihappan'' (ゴリラ・警視庁捜査第８班 / 1989) *''Chushingura – TBS 40th anniversary drama'' (忠臣蔵 – TBS開局40周年記念ドラマ / 1990) *''Turn Around and That Guy'll Be There'' (振り返れば奴がいる / 1993) *''

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'' (あすなろ白書 / 1993) *''Deatta Koro No Kimi De Ite'' (出逢った頃の君でいて / 1994) *''Kagayaku Kisetsu No Nakade'' (輝く季節の中で / 1995) *''Mrs. Cinderella'' (ミセスシンデレラ / 1997) *''Aoi Tori'' (青い鳥 Blue Bird / 1997) *''Kamisama, Mo Sukoshi Dake'' (神様、もう少しだけ God, Just a Little More / 1998) *''Sotsugyo Ryoko'' (卒業旅行 / 1999) *''P.S. Genki desu, Shunpei'' (P.S. 元気です、俊平 P.S. I'm Fine, Shunpei / 1999) *''Nisen-nen no Koi'' (二千年の恋 Love 2000 / 2000) *''Yanagibashi Bojou'' (柳橋慕情 / 2000) *''MARIA'' (マリア / 2001) *'' Beautiful Days'' (美しき日々 / 2001) *''Satomi Hakken Den'' – TBS 50th anniversary project (里見八犬伝 / 2006) *''Yakusya Damashii!'' (役者魂！ / 2006) *''

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'' (ラストフレンズ / 2008) *'' Aishiteru – Kaiyo'' (アイシテル – 海容 / 2008) *''Tenshi no dairinin'' (天使の代理人 / 2010) *''Aishiteru – Kizuna'' (アイシテル – 絆 / 2011) *''Kyogu – ABC 60th anniversary special drama'' (境遇 – ABC創立60周年記念スペシャルドラマ / 2011) *''Yoake No lullaby'' (夜明けのララバイ / 2012) *''Boku no Natsuyasumi'' (僕の夏休み / 2012) *''Ao No Umi – LONG SUMMER -'' (碧の海 – LONG SUMMER – / 2014) *'' Sparrow'' (麻雀 / 2016 / Chinese drama) *'' The Glory of Tang Dynasty'' (大唐荣耀 / 2017) *''

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'' (大军师司马懿之军师联盟 / 2017) *''Totto-Chan !'' (トットちゃん！/2017) * Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon (虎嘯龍吟/2017) *

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(新笑傲江湖/2018)

TV documentary

*''NHK Special Umi No Silk Road'' (NHK特集海のシルクロード / 1988) *''NHK Special Chikyu Osen'' (NHK特集地球汚染 / 1989) *''NHK Special Ningen Ha Nani Wo Tabetekita Ka'' (NHKスペシャル人間は何を食べてきたか / 1900) *''MBS 40th anniversary Program ''Shin Beagle-Go Tankenki'' (MBS40周年記念番組新ビーグル号探検記 New Beagle Explorational Journal / 1991) *''TBS Yomigaeru Ougon No Miyako Shikan'' (TBS 蘇る黄金の都シカン / 1994) *''TBS 40th Anniversary Special Project – Nihonkai Daikikou'' (TBS40周年特別企画日本海大紀行 / 1995) *''NHK Special Kokyu – Shihou Ga Kataru Chuka Gosen-nen -'' (NHKスペシャル故宮 – 至宝が語る中華五千年 – / 1996) *''NHK Kokyo No Shihou'' (NHK 故宮の至宝 / 1997) *''TBS The 21st Century Project Kokyu Daiensei – Chugoku Koutei No Hihou 10,000 km No Tabi'' (TBS21世紀プロジェクト故宮大遠征 – 中国皇帝の秘宝 – 10000キロの旅 / 1999) *''NHK Nippon Kawa Kikou'' (NHK にっぽん川紀行 / 1998) *''NHK Asia Ningen Kaidou'' (NHK アジア人間街道 / 2001) *''FujiTV Echika No Kagami – Kokoro Ni Kiku TV -'' (フジテレビ系エチカの鏡 – ココロにキクTV – /2008 – 2009) *''NHK ASIAN PASSION – Asia Wo Kakeru Nihonjin'' – (NHK ASIAN PASSION – アジアを駆ける日本人 – / 2010 – ) *''NHK Umi To Ikiru'' (NHK 海と生きる / 2013) *''NHK Gurutto Setouchi No Tabi'' (NHK ぐるっと瀬戸内の旅 / 2013) *''Roof of the World'' (中国CCTV 第三极 / 2015) *''The Land of Spirits'' (中国bilibili 众神之地 / 2022)

TV commercial

*''Onward Kashiyama – KUMIKYOKU -'' (オンワード樫山 – 組曲 – / 1993, 1998) *''Sagami – I,KIMONO -'' (さが美 – I,KIMONO – / 1994, 1995) *'' KIRIN Seagram – Chivas Regal -'' (キリンシーグラム – シーバスリーガル – / 1995) *''

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– Company Commercial -'' (味の素企業CM / 2000) *''

J-PHONE is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo which focuses on investment management. The Group primarily invests in companies operating in technology, energy, and financial sectors. It also runs th ...

Tokai'' (J-PHONE 東海 / 2001) *''KATAOKA – MON CAFE -'' (片岡物産 MON CAFE / 2003, 2004) *''

Tokyo Gas , founded in 1885, is the primary provider of natural gas to the main cities of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Yamanashi, and Nagano. , Tokyo Gas is the largest natural gas utility in Japan. Timeline *October 1, ...

– company commercial -'' (東京ガス企業CM / 2005) *''Take and Give. Needs – House Wedding -'' (テイクアンドギヴ・ニーズハウスウェディング / 2005, 2006) *''Kibun –

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-'' (紀文おせち料理 / 2005, 2006, 2007)

Movie

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A City of Sadness ''A City of Sadness'' () is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It tells the story of a family embroiled in the " White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their ...

'' (悲情城市 / 1989) *'' Ichigensan'' (いちげんさん / 2000) *'' All About My Dog'' series ( いぬのえいがシリーズ / 2005, 2011) *''Shissou'' (疾走 / 2005) *''

Mezamashi TV is a Japanese news magazine show broadcast every weekday on Fuji TV from 4:55 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. ''Mezamashi'' is a form of the Japanese verb mezamasu (to wake up). Mezamashi TV has several spin-off shows such as (replacing Meza News w ...

Nyanko The Movie'' (めざましテレビにゃんこ THE MOVIE / 2006) *''Shikyuu No Kioku Koko Ni Anata Ga Iru'' (子宮の記憶ここにあなたがいる / 2007) *''Mezamashi TV Nyanko The Movie 2'' (めざましテレビにゃんこ THE MOVIE 2 / 2007) *''Crossing Over'' (日中合作映画鳳凰わが愛 / 2007 / Japan and China collaboration movie) *''Mezamashi TV Nyanko The Movie 3'' (めざましテレビにゃんこ THE MOVIE 3 / 2009) *''Mezamashi TV Nyanko The Movie 4'' (めざましテレビにゃんこ THE MOVIE 4 / 2010) *'' The Warring States'' (日中韓合作映画戦国 / 2011 / Japan, China, and Korea collaboration movie) * ''Little Ghostly Adventures of the Tofu Boy'' (豆富小僧 ''Tōfu Kozō'' / 2011) *''Mezamashi TV Nyanko The Movie 5'' (めざましテレビにゃんこ THE MOVIE 5 / 2012) *''

Time Raiders ''Time Raiders'' () is a 2016 Chinese fantasy-action-adventure film directed by Daniel Lee and starring Jing Boran and Luhan. It is based on the online novel series ''Daomu Biji'' written by Xu Lei. The film was released in China by Le Vision Pict ...

'' (中国映画盗墓筆記タイム・レイダース / 2016 / Chinese Movie) *''Born in 2000'' (中国映画零零后 / 2019 / Chinese Movie)

TV animation

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The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz ''Space Oz no Bōken'' ( Japanese: スペースオズの冒険, Hepburn: ''Supēsu Ozu no Bōken'', ''Adventures of Space Oz'') is an anime TV series based on the 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum. Produced by Enoki ...

'' (スペースオズの冒険 / 1992) *''

KURAU Phantom Memory ''Kurau Phantom Memory'' (stylized as ''KURAU Phantom Memory'') is a Japanese science fiction anime series, produced by Bones and Media Factory, which was broadcast in Japan by the anime television networks Animax and TV Asahi from June to Dec ...

'' (2004) * '' xxxHolic'' (×××HOLiC / 2006) * ''xxxHolic: Kei'' (×××HOLiC◆継 / 2008) *''

Genji Monogatari Sennenki is a Japanese anime adaptation of '' The Tale of Genji''. Originally, it was meant to be an anime adaptation of Waki Yamato's '' The Tale of Genji'' manga, but the director decided to make it a direct adaptation of the original tale. The chara ...

'' (源氏物語千年紀 Genji / 2009) *''

Kimi ni Todoke is a Japanese '' shōjo'' romance manga by Karuho Shiina. It was published by Shueisha in ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2005 to 2017 and collected in 30 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 2008, it won the Best Shōjo Manga award in the 32nd Annual ...

'' (君に届け / 2009) *''Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season'' (君に届け 2ND SEASON / 2011) *''Dededen'' (西武鉄道100周年、トムス・エンタテインメント50周年記念 – でででん – / 2015) *''

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'' (俺物語!! / 2015) *'' Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love'' Ending Song of Chapter 2～6 (「宇宙戦艦ヤマト2202 愛の戦士たち」第二～六章エンディング主題歌 / 2017～2018)

Others

*Stage Drama – ''Kaijin Bessou'' – (舞台 – 海神別荘 – / 1994) *''– KENZO collection – Music Produce'' (KENZOコレクション / 音楽プロデュース / 1997) *– Koibumi /

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– ''Produce'' (薬師丸ひろ子 – 恋文 – / 音楽プロデュース / 1997) *''

Tokyo Dome is an indoor stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium. Construction on the stadium began on May 16, 1985, and it opened on March 17, 1988. It was built on the site of th ...

– Colosseum 2000 – Theme Song'' (東京ドーム – コロシアム2000 – テーマ曲 / 2000) *'' Beijing Olympics – Opening Theme of Unveiling ceremony of Symbol'' (北京オリンピックシンボルマーク除幕式オープニングテーマ / 2003) *''– I'm Remembering Me / Hanayo – Produce'' (花世 – I'm Remembering Me – / プロデュース / 2005) *''– Bokura no Ao Setouchi no Uta /

Ayaka Hirahara is a Japanese pop singer. She was affiliated with the Dreamusic label until 2013 when she moved to Universal Music Japan. Biography Hirahara comes from a musical family; her father, Makoto Hirahara, is a saxophone player, her grandfather, T ...

– Produce'' (平原綾香 – 僕らの青~ 瀬戸内の詩 ~ / プロデュース / 2013)

Discography

Singles

Albums

Other project singles

Other project albums

Awards

* Venezia International Festival of Film Grand Prix (1989) * The 8th Japan Gold Disc Grand-Prix Album Award (Instrumental) (1994) * The 15th Japan Gold Disc Grand-Prix Award of the year (Instrumental) (2001)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:SENS Anime composers Japanese electronic musicians Japanese film score composers Musical groups established in 1988 New-age music groups