Shōka, Lied, Children's song
* Isawa Shūji (1851-1917) * Sakunosuke Koyama (1864-1927) * Teiichi Okano (1878-1941) * Rentarō Taki (1879–1903) * Tadashi Yanada (1883–1959) * Nagayo Motoori (1885-1945) * Kōsaku Yamada (1886–1965) * Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952) * Ryūtarō Hirota (1892-1952) * Tamezō Narita (1893-1945) * Kan'ichi Shimofusa (1898-1962) * Yūji Koseki (1909-1989) * Yoshinao Nakada (1923-2000)Classical and Contemporary
Others
* Koga Masao (1904-1978) * Masaru Sato (1928-1999) * Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931-2021), 20th-21st-century music producer and BGM composer * Koichi Sugiyama (1931-2021) * Isao Tomita (1932-2016) * Takeo Watanabe (1933-1989) * Yasuo Kuwahara (1946–2003) * Joe Hisaishi (born 1950), 20th-21st century film composer * Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952) * Shirō Sagisu (born 1957) * Yoichiro Yoshikawa (born 1957), 20th-21st century music producer and composer * Jun Miyake (born 1958) * Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), 20th-21st century musician and video game composer * Akira Senju (born 1960) * Koji Kondo (born 1961), 20th-21st century video game composer * Michiru Oshima (born 1961), 20th-21st century film, television and video game composer * Michiru Yamane (born 1963), 20th-21st century video game composer * Hikari Ōe (born 1963) * Shinkichi Mitsumune (born 1963) * Yoko Kanno (born 1963), 20th-21st century music producer and composer * Yuki Kajiura (born 1965), 20th-21st century music producer and composer * Taro Iwashiro (born 1965) * Yoshiki Hayashi (born 1965), 20th-21st century music producer and composer * Yoko Shimomura (born 1967), 20th-21st century music pianist and video game composer * Yasunori Mitsuda (born 1972) * Hiroyuki Sawano (born 1980), 20th-21st century animation, film, television and video game composerSee also
*Japan Composer's AssociationReferences
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