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Kenji Kawai

Sound

Kenji Kawai

ZH, JA, CN, EN cinema · 163 credits

Born

23 April 1957 (age 69)

Birthplace

Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Also known as 川井 憲次 · かわい けんじ · かーい · かーいさん · Kawai Kenji · Kaai

Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer for video games, television and movies. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other Asian countries, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror, sci-fi and historical epic.

Known for

Filmography

哪吒传奇·龙与地下铁 poster

哪吒传奇·龙与地下铁

ZHNot rated

Music

Patlabor EZY File 3 poster

Patlabor EZY File 3

JA · 2027Not rated

Original Music Composer

Patlabor EZY File 1 poster

Patlabor EZY File 1

JA · 2026Not rated

Original Music Composer

Patlabor EZY File 2 poster

Patlabor EZY File 2

JA · 2026Not rated

Original Music Composer

うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる poster

うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる

JA · 20265.0

Original Music Composer

科捜研の女 ファイナル

2026

科捜研の女 ファイナル

JA · 2026Not rated

Original Music Composer

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1 poster

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1

JA · 2026Not rated

Original Music Composer

Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise poster

Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise

JA · 20257.7

Original Music Composer

Candlestick poster

Candlestick

JA · 20254.0

Original Music Composer

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1 poster

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1

JA · 20246.5

Original Music Composer

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In poster

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

CN · 20247.0

Original Music Composer

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2 poster

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2

JA · 20245.0

Music

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe poster

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

JA · 20237.3

Original Music Composer

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1 poster

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1

JA · 20237.6

Music

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 poster

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

JA · 20237.8

Music

Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru  ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki poster

Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki

JA · 20223.7

Original Music Composer

Blood Friends poster

Blood Friends

JA · 20226.5

Original Music Composer

Limbo poster

Limbo

CN · 20217.2

Original Music Composer

The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity poster

The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

ZH · 20207.2

Original Music Composer

Remotely Killed poster

Remotely Killed

JA · 20205.8

Original Music Composer

Shishigari poster

Shishigari

JA · 20197.5

Original Music Composer

Ip Man 4: The Finale poster

Ip Man 4: The Finale

CN · 20197.3

Original Music Composer

Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease poster

Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease

JA · 20198.0

Original Music Composer

Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z poster

Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z

JA · 20196.2

Original Music Composer

Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden poster

Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden

JA · 20186.0

Music

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms poster

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

JA · 20188.1

Original Music Composer, Mixing Engineer

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings poster

Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

ZH · 20186.3

Original Music Composer

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever poster

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever

JA · 20186.2

Original Music Composer

Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! poster

Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!

JA · 20187.2

Original Music Composer

Kamen Rider Build: Be The One poster

Kamen Rider Build: Be The One

JA · 20187.0

Original Music Composer

Resident Evil: Vendetta poster

Resident Evil: Vendetta

JA · 20176.9

Original Music Composer

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders poster

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders

JA · 20175.8

Original Music Composer

Dawn of the Nazis poster

Dawn of the Nazis

EN · 20176.0

Original Music Composer

BORDER Redemption poster

BORDER Redemption

JA · 20177.4

Original Music Composer

Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield poster

Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield

ZH · 20176.8

Original Music Composer

RE:BORN poster

RE:BORN

JA · 20167.1

Original Music Composer

G2.5 poster

G2.5

JA · 2016Not rated

Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7 poster

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 7

JA · 20156.0

Music

Ip Man 3 poster

Ip Man 3

CN · 20157.0

Original Music Composer

Gamera poster

Gamera

JA · 20159.2

Original Music Composer

Ghost Theater poster

Ghost Theater

JA · 20156.1

Original Music Composer

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War poster

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

JA · 20156.4

Original Music Composer

Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky poster

Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky

JA · 20146.3

Original Music Composer

Genome Hazard poster

Genome Hazard

KO · 20146.8

Music

Garm Wars: The Last Druid poster

Garm Wars: The Last Druid

EN · 20144.6

Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1 poster

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 1

JA · 20146.0

Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2 poster

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 2

JA · 20146.0

Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6 poster

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 6

JA · 20146.0

Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4 poster

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 4

JA · 20146.0

Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3 poster

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 3

JA · 20146.0

Music

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5 poster

THE NEXT GENERATION Patlabor: Chapter 5

JA · 20146.0

Music

Tomcat's Big Adventure poster

Tomcat's Big Adventure

JA · 20148.0

Music

Monsterz poster

Monsterz

JA · 20145.6

Original Music Composer

Higurashi: When They Cry - Outbreak poster

Higurashi: When They Cry - Outbreak

JA · 20136.6

Music

Tales from the Dark 2 poster

Tales from the Dark 2

CN · 20136.2

Original Music Composer

Sadako 3D 2 poster

Sadako 3D 2

JA · 20134.7

Original Music Composer

Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto poster

Hakuouki: Wild Dance of Kyoto

JA · 20136.0

Original Music Composer

Tales from the Dark 1 poster

Tales from the Dark 1

CN · 20135.7

Original Music Composer

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon poster

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon

ZH · 20136.3

Original Music Composer

The Complex poster

The Complex

JA · 20134.9

Original Music Composer

009 Re:Cyborg poster

009 Re:Cyborg

JA · 20127.0

Original Music Composer

NEXT A-Class poster

NEXT A-Class

JA · 2012Not rated

Music

Sadako 3D poster

Sadako 3D

JA · 20125.2

Original Music Composer

Towa no Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petals poster

Towa no Quon 1: The Ephemeral Petals

JA · 20116.8

Original Music Composer

Wild 7 poster

Wild 7

JA · 20115.7

Original Music Composer

Towa no Quon 2: Dancing Orchid in Chaos poster

Towa no Quon 2: Dancing Orchid in Chaos

JA · 20116.7

Original Music Composer

Gantz: Perfect Answer poster

Gantz: Perfect Answer

JA · 20116.6

Original Music Composer

Xi AVANT poster

Xi AVANT

JA · 20115.9

Music

Rabbit Horror poster

Rabbit Horror

JA · 20115.2

Original Music Composer

Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams poster

Towa no Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams

JA · 20116.9

Original Music Composer

Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon poster

Towa no Quon 6: Eternal Quon

JA · 20116.7

Original Music Composer

Towa no Quon 4: The Roaring Anxiety poster

Towa no Quon 4: The Roaring Anxiety

JA · 20116.8

Original Music Composer

Towa no Quon 5: The Return of the Invincible poster

Towa no Quon 5: The Return of the Invincible

JA · 20116.6

Original Music Composer

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer- poster

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: -A Wakening of the Trailblazer-

JA · 20106.4

Original Music Composer

Shoka poster

Shoka

JA · 20107.0

Original Music Composer

Gantz poster

Gantz

JA · 20106.5

Original Music Composer

Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial poster

Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial

JA · 20107.3

Original Music Composer

Ip Man 2 poster

Ip Man 2

CN · 20107.5

Original Music Composer

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works poster

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

JA · 20106.9

Original Music Composer

Chatroom poster

Chatroom

EN · 20105.8

Original Music Composer

Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost poster

Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost

JA · 20106.7

Original Music Composer

009: The Reopening poster

009: The Reopening

JA · 20104.0

Music

The Incite Mill poster

The Incite Mill

JA · 20105.5

Original Music Composer

28½ poster

28½

JA · 20105.0

Original Music Composer

ランデブー! poster

ランデブー!

JA · 2010Not rated

Original Music Composer

Shrill Cries: Reshuffle poster

Shrill Cries: Reshuffle

JA · 20095.8

Music

Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden poster

Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden

JA · 20096.8

Original Music Composer

Assault Girls poster

Assault Girls

JA · 20094.6

Original Music Composer

Eden of The East Compilation: Air Communication poster

Eden of The East Compilation: Air Communication

JA · 20096.3

Music

The Hovering Blade poster

The Hovering Blade

JA · 20098.2

Original Music Composer

Rain Fall poster

Rain Fall

JA · 20094.8

Original Music Composer

Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony poster

Kenji Kawai - Cinema Symphony

EN · 20087.2

as Composer, Music, Writer

Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality poster

Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality

JA · 2008Not rated

Actor

Orochi - Blood poster

Orochi - Blood

JA · 20086.6

Music

Ip Man poster

Ip Man

CN · 20087.8

Original Music Composer

The Sky Crawlers poster

The Sky Crawlers

JA · 20086.7

Original Music Composer

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 poster

Ghost in the Shell 2.0

JA · 20087.4

Original Music Composer

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming poster

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming

JA · 20086.0

Original Music Composer

Death Note: L Change the WorLd poster

Death Note: L Change the WorLd

JA · 20086.0

Original Music Composer

Shrill Cries of Summer poster

Shrill Cries of Summer

JA · 20085.4

Original Music Composer

The Women of Fast Food poster

The Women of Fast Food

JA · 20078.5

Music

Kaidan poster

Kaidan

JA · 20076.7

Original Music Composer

Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters poster

Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters

JA · 20066.5

as Hamburger Tetsu (voice), Original Music Composer

Death Note: The Last Name poster

Death Note: The Last Name

JA · 20067.1

Original Music Composer

Trapped Ashes poster

Trapped Ashes

EN · 20065.1

Original Music Composer

Battle of the Warriors poster

Battle of the Warriors

ZH · 20066.4

Original Music Composer

Death Note poster

Death Note

JA · 20067.1

Original Music Composer

Running Wild poster

Running Wild

KO · 20066.2

Original Music Composer

Dragon Tiger Gate poster

Dragon Tiger Gate

CN · 20066.7

Original Music Composer

Seven Swords poster

Seven Swords

ZH · 20056.2

Original Music Composer

Inferno poster

Inferno

JA · 20057.0

Original Music Composer

Antarctic Journal poster

Antarctic Journal

KO · 20056.0

Original Music Composer

Reincarnation poster

Reincarnation

JA · 20056.1

Original Music Composer

Open Your Mind poster

Open Your Mind

JA · 20055.8

Music, Writer

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence poster

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

JA · 20047.4

Original Music Composer, Music

Premonition poster

Premonition

JA · 20046.4

Music

Kibakichi poster

Kibakichi

JA · 20045.9

Original Music Composer

Kibakichi 2 poster

Kibakichi 2

JA · 20045.0

Original Music Composer

Tokyo Vein poster

Tokyo Vein

JA · 2003Not rated

Music

Dark Water poster

Dark Water

JA · 20026.8

Original Music Composer

Bloody Mallory poster

Bloody Mallory

FR · 20025.0

Original Music Composer

Samouraïs poster

Samouraïs

FR · 20024.0

Original Music Composer, Music

Patlabor WXIII the Movie poster

Patlabor WXIII the Movie

JA · 20026.6

Music

Avalon poster

Avalon

PL · 20016.5

Original Music Composer

The Princess Blade poster

The Princess Blade

JA · 20015.6

Original Music Composer

Sadistic and Masochistic poster

Sadistic and Masochistic

JA · 20017.5

Music

Unloved poster

Unloved

JA · 20017.4

Original Music Composer

G.R.M.: The Record Of Garm War poster

G.R.M.: The Record Of Garm War

EN · 2001Not rated

Music

Sleeping Bride poster

Sleeping Bride

JA · 20004.6

Original Music Composer

Chaos poster

Chaos

JA · 20006.4

Original Music Composer

Ghiblies poster

Ghiblies

JA · 20005.4

Music

Ring 2 poster

Ring 2

JA · 19995.8

Original Music Composer

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture poster

You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture

JA · 19996.0

Music

Ring poster

Ring

JA · 19987.1

Original Music Composer

Ghost in the Shell poster

Ghost in the Shell

JA · 19957.9

Original Music Composer

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor: Tylor's War poster

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor: Tylor's War

EN · 199410.0

Music

Patlabor 2: The Movie poster

Patlabor 2: The Movie

JA · 19937.4

Original Music Composer

Patlabor: One Day of Noa poster

Patlabor: One Day of Noa

JA · 19927.0

Original Music Composer

Talking Head poster

Talking Head

JA · 19926.5

Original Music Composer

Mikadroid poster

Mikadroid

JA · 19915.7

Original Music Composer

Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China poster

Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

JA · 19917.3

Original Music Composer

Burn Up poster

Burn Up

JA · 19915.9

Music

Mermaid Forest poster

Mermaid Forest

JA · 19916.3

Music

DRAGON FIST poster

DRAGON FIST

JA · 19913.0

Music

Kekko Kamen poster

Kekko Kamen

JA · 19915.2

Original Music Composer

Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring poster

Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring

JA · 19917.0

Music

Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops poster

Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops

JA · 19916.5

Music

MAROKO poster

MAROKO

JA · 19906.0

Original Music Composer

Hana no Asuka-gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale poster

Hana no Asuka-gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale

JA · 19908.0

Original Music Composer

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III poster

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III

JA · 19906.3

Music

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V poster

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V

JA · 19905.5

Music

Project A-Ko Versus Battle 1: Grey Side poster

Project A-Ko Versus Battle 1: Grey Side

JA · 19903.5

Music

Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird poster

Devilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird

JA · 19906.9

Original Music Composer

All That Gundam poster

All That Gundam

JA · 19895.5

Music

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II poster

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II

JA · 19895.8

Music

Patlabor: The Movie poster

Patlabor: The Movie

JA · 19896.9

Original Music Composer

Vampire Princess Miyu poster

Vampire Princess Miyu

JA · 19886.8

Music Editor

Star Virgin poster

Star Virgin

JA · 19885.2

Original Music Composer

One Pound Gospel poster

One Pound Gospel

JA · 19886.4

Original Music Composer

Twilight Q poster

Twilight Q

JA · 19875.9

Music

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission poster

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission

EN · 19878.0

Music

The Red Spectacles poster

The Red Spectacles

JA · 19876.5

Original Music Composer

Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth poster

Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth

JA · 19877.1

Original Music Composer