is a prolific Japanese

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and

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for

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and

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series. His anime composition credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Shiki'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He also composed on four ''

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'' series: ''

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'', '' HeartCatch PreCure!'', '' Suite PreCure'', and ''

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'', as well as their related films, some of which were with composer Naoki Sato. Game music compositions include '' Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'', '' Genji: Days of the Blade'' and ''

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''. He also composed theme music for ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Takanashi was born in

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, in 1963. At the age of 18, he began playing

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, later working as the

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for the band Hellen. In 1993, he formed the group Planet Earth with a Hellen's

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and others, releasing an album in the same year. In the late 1990s, he joined Musashi Project, a

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band which features

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. In 2002, alongside Musashi and Toshio Masuda, he made his debut as a composer in the anime series ''

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''. He is currently the leader of the group Yaiba, which co-composes some of Takanashi's soundtrack works. Takanashi has received the

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International Award for the soundtrack of ''Naruto Shippuden'' five times—in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 and 2021.

Works

Anime

Anime films

Video games

Television dramas

Live-action films

Drama CDs

Discography

With Hellen

With Planet Earth

With Musashi

References

External links

Discography at VGMdb
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