Toshiyuki Watanabe (渡辺俊幸 ''Watanabe Toshiyuki'') (born February 3, 1955, in

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

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) is a Japanese musician and composer who has scored multiple

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and

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. His most notable works are the Mothra trilogy in the 1990s and the award-winning anime series "Uchū Kyōdai" ("Space Brothers") from 2012 to 2014. He is the son of legendary

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and anime composer, Michiaki Watanabe.

Notable film scores

* '' Declaration of a Domineering Husband'' (1979) * '' Fine Snow'' (1983) * '' Jiro's Story'' (1987) * '' Golf Yoakemae'' (1987) * ''

Rebirth of Mothra is a 1996 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Okihiro Yoneda, with special effects by Kōichi Kawakita. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, the film serves as a reboot for the fictional giant monster character Mothra, and is the first ...

'' (1996) * ''

Rebirth of Mothra II is a 1997 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Kunio Miyoshi, written by Masumi Suetani, and produced by Hiroaki Kitayama and Shōgo Tomiyama. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film features the fictional monster character Mothra, an ...

'' (1997) * ''

Rebirth of Mothra III is a 1998 Japanese Kaiju, ''kaiju'' film directed by Okihiro Yoneda, written by Masumi Suetani, and produced by Shōgo Tomiyama. Produced and distributed by Toho, Toho Studios, it is the final film in the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy, following ...

'' (1998) * '' Milk White'' (2003) * ''Gege'' (2004) * '' Mazinger Z: Infinity'' (2017) * '' Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X'' (2019)

Television scores

* ''

Bosco Adventure is an anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book " Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author. The series was very popular in Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990 ...

'' (1986-1987) * ''

Metal Armor Dragonar is a 48-episode mecha anime series, created by Nippon Sunrise (later renamed Sunrise during production) and aired from 1987 to 1988. Devised shortly after the release of ''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'', ''Dragonar'' was intended to be both a "sta ...

'' (1987-1988) (with

Kentarō Haneda was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken. Biography Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he ta ...

) * '' The Adventures of Peter Pan'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1990-1991) * ''

The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird is a 1991 anime television series, created by Takara and Sunrise under the direction of Katsuyoshi Yatabe. It is the second incarnation in the long-running " ''Brave''", (or ''Yūsha''), franchise. This series's title's English translation bea ...

'' (1991-1992) * ''Mōri Motonari'' (1997) * ''

Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive is the twenty-third entry of the long-running Japanese ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. Its footage was used in the American television series, '' Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue''. It aired from February 21, 1999 to February 6, 2000, ''Seijuu Sent ...

'' (1999-2000) * '' Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince'' (2013) * '' Space Brothers'' (2012-2014) * ''

Kabukimono Keiji is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in prime-time on NHK in 2015. Tatsuya Fuji played Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji. Kabukimono Keiji depicts the later life of Maeda Toshimasu, Maeda Keiji who was called Kabuki ...

'' (2015) * '' Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION'' (2018-2019)

Video game scores

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Shenmue is an action-adventure game series created, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki. '' Shenmue'' (1999) and ''Shenmue II'' (2001) were developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for Dreamcast. '' Shenmue III,'' developed by Suzuki's company Y ...

'' (1999) (orchestration) *''

Chase the Express , known in North America as ''Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn'', is a video game created by Sugar & Rockets for the PlayStation, and released in 2000. On March 16, 2000 Activision announced that they had acquired the North American publishing rights to ...

'' (2000) *'' Shenmue II'' (2001) (orchestration)

Sources

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References

External links

Official website
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