is a Japanese artist and scientist. He is also known by his pseudonym, .Library of Congress authority file

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Early life

Born in

Tochigi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 km2 (2,474 sq mi). Tochigi Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to th ...

, he attended

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and graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture. He received a Doctorate of Agriculture.

Career

He held positions such as Instructor at

Tsukuba University is a public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Project. The university has 28 college ...

, Professor at the National Institute of Multimedia Education, Professor at

Chiba Institute of Technology is a private university in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. Abbreviated as , , , . The school was founded in 1942 in Machida, Tokyo. In 1946 it was relocated to Kimitsu, Chiba, adopted the present name at the same time. Four years later, it was moved ...

, and General manager at the Department of KANSEI Brain Science, ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories. While he is a

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

, conductor, and producer, as a scientist he has interests including

environmental science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geog ...

information science Information science (also known as information studies) is an academic field which is primarily concerned with analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval, movement, dissemination, and protection of information. ...

, Kansei engineering,

production engineering Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering. Manufa ...

molecular biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and phys ...

artificial life Artificial life (often abbreviated ALife or A-Life) is a field of study wherein researchers examine systems related to natural life, its processes, and its evolution, through the use of simulations with computer models, robotics, and biochemistry ...

, and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

. In 1974, he founded the Geinoh Yamashirogumi, which is a Japanese musical collective consisting of hundreds of different people, among them journalists, doctors, engineers, students, businessmen, etc. He is also known for composing and conducting the score for the renowned 1988

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

film '' Akira'' under his pseudonym, Shoji Yamashiro. He is the President of the Yamashiro Institute of Science and Culture and the Director and chief researcher of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Science.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Tsutomu Ōhashi,

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encompasses roughly 10+ works in 10+ publications in 5 language and 400+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities山城祥二
/ref> * 群れ創り学 (1981) * 「仮面考」シンポジウム (1982) * 情緖ロボットの世界 (1985) * '' Akira'' (1988) * 情報環境学 (1989) * ピグミ－の脳, 西洋人の脳 : 夢舞亭対話 (1992) * 音と文明 : 音の環境学ことはじめ (2003)

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External links

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Geinoh Yamashirogumi's website
1933 births Anime composers Artists from Tochigi Prefecture Japanese composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male composers Japanese male film score composers Living people People from Tochigi Prefecture Tohoku University alumni Akira (franchise) {{Japan-bio-stub