is a Japanese

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. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various

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series (including OVAs, movies, and drama CDs), video games, movies, dramas, and musicals. His works include the original soundtracks for '' Zipang'', '' Ghost Sweeper Mikami'', ''

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'', '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', '' Gunslinger Girl'', '' Black Blood Brothers'', '' Seijuu Sentai Gingaman'', '' Kamen Rider Kuuga'', ''

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'', '' Kamen Rider Hibiki'', ''

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'', '' Full Metal Panic!'', ''

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'', '' Simoun'', '' Reborn!'' and composed all three Saint Seiya anime series. Together with the

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, two symphonic albums have been released, each arranging his compositions from ''Gundam SEED'' and ''Gundam SEED Destiny''. For the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' franchise's 30th anniversary, he again collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra for another symphonic music album. The style of his composition is richly symphonic and classical (occasionally

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). The use of sophisticated compositional techniques, as well as complicated harmony writing such as

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can often be heard in his work, demonstrating his solid training in the western classical music. He also uses

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s to deliver more sentimental soundtracks to good effect.

Musics

*'' Akazukin Chacha'' (TV) *'' Angel Links'' (TV) *'' The Big O'' (TV) *'' Black Blood Brothers'' (TV) *''

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'' (VG) *'' Burn-Up Scramble'' (TV) *''

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'' (TV) *'' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' (TV) *''

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'' (TV) *'' Cosprayers'' (TV) *'' Cutie Honey Flash'' (TV) *'' Digimon Adventure:'' (TV) *'' Element Hunters'' (TV) *'' Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle'' (TV) *'' Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf'' (TV) *'' Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture'' *'' Full Metal Panic!'' (TV) * ''Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory'' (TV) * ''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'' (OVA) * ''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'' (TV) *''

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'' (TV) *'' Future GPX Cyber Formula Saga'' (OVA) *''

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'' (OVA) *'' Gear Fighter Dendoh'' (TV) *'' Gekisou Sentai Carranger'' (live-action TV) *''

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'' (TV) *'' Ghost Sweeper Mikami'' (TV) *'' Gunslinger Girl'' (TV) *''

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'' (TV) * ''Haō Taikei Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend'' (OVA) * ''Haō Taikei Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend II'' (OVA) * ''Haō Taikei Ryū Knight: Adeu's Legend Final - Onsen Dungeon no Kettō'' (OVA) *'' Hit o Nerae!'' (TV) *''

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'' (OVA) * ''Hunter × Hunter: Greed Island'' (OVA) * ''Hunter × Hunter: G.I. Final'' (OVA) *''

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'' (live-action TV) *'' Kamen Rider Kuuga'' (live-action TV) *'' Kamen Rider Hibiki'' (live-action TV) *'' Kamen Rider Zi-O'' (live-action TV) *''

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'' (OAV) *'' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo'' (TV) *'' Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo: The Movie'' *''

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'' (TV) *'' Magic Knight Rayearth'' (OVA) *'' Majin And The Forsaken Kingdom'' *''

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'' (TV) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition'' (OVA) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' (TV) *'' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition'' (OVA) *''

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'' (Musical, 20th anniversary stage: ''La Reconquista''–''Le Movement Final'') *'' Reborn!'' (TV) *'' Rizelmine'' (TV) *'' Sacred Seven'' (TV) *'' Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō'' (TV) *'' Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold'' (ONA) *'' Saint Seiya Omega'' (TV) *'' Seijuu Sentai Gingaman'' (live-action TV) * Simoun (TV) *''

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'' (TV) * ''Steel Angel Kurumi 2'' (TV) * ''Steel Angel Kurumi Encore'' (OVA) * ''Steel Angel Kurumi Pure'' (live-action TV) * ''Steel Angel Kurumi Zero'' (OVA) *''

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'' (Movie) *''

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'' (TV) *'' Tomica Hero: Rescue Fire'' (TV) *'' Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero'' (live-action TV) *'' Ultraman Gaia'' (live-action TV) *'' Ultraman Mebius'' (live-action TV) *''

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'' (Movie) *'' Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle'' (live-action TV) *''

Vampiyan Kids is a Japanese anime television series created by Production I.G and directed by Masatsugu Arakawa, with Suzuka Yoshida and Miyako Yatsu in charge of character designs and Toshihiko Sahashi composing the music. It began airing in Japan on Octob ...

'' (TV) *''

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'' (TV) *'' Zipang'' (TV) *'' Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'' (live-action TV)

References

External links

Official homepage
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahashi, Toshihiko 1959 births Anime composers Japanese composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male composers Japanese male film score composers Living people People from Tachikawa Tokyo University of the Arts alumni Video game composers