was a Japanese pop and jazz composer.

Katsuhisa Hattori was a Japanese classical composer who also wrote music for anime films, television series and Original video animation, OVAs. Hattori was a respected composer in Japan; his style was classical, although he was experienced and respected in many ot ...

is his son. He had a great influence on Japanese pop and was awarded the People's Honor Award.

Japanese jazz Japanese jazz ( Japanese: 日本のジャズ, ''Nihon no jazu''), also called Japazz, is jazz played by Japanese musicians or jazz connected to Japan or Japanese culture. According to some estimates, Japan has the largest proportion of jazz fans i ...

was downtrodden during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, but he created a jazz boom after the war. He composed many songs for various artists such as Noriko Awaya, Shizuko Kasagi, Ichimaru and Ichirō Fujiyama. He also composed Li Xianglan's song , which has remained controversial in China despite not being a militaristic song.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hattori, Ryoichi 1907 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Japanese composers 20th-century jazz composers Japanese jazz composers Japanese male jazz composers Musicians from Osaka People from Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka People's Honour Award winners 20th-century Japanese male musicians Presidents of the Japan Composer's Association Japanese film score composers Japanese male film score composers