Akira Senju

Akira Senju (千住 明, Senju Akira, born October 21, 1960) is a Japanese composer, arranger and conductor.

Akira Senju
千住 明
Birth nameAkira Senju
Born (1960-10-21) October 21, 1960
Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, orchestrator, music producer
Years active1986–present
LabelsUniversal Music Japan
Websitewebsite

Biography

Senju studied composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and received his master's degree with honors.[1] Between 1994 and 2003, he produced series of cover albums Utahime for Japanese singer Akina Nakamori with more than million sold copies overall.[2][3]

Composition credits include Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Rampo, Yomigaeri, Red Garden, Nada Sōsō, Fūrin Kazan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, the 2012 revival of Iron Chef, and anime version of Battery.[4] Arrangement credits include Hikari. Performance credits include Handsome Boy, The Snow Queen (Yuki no Joou). His brother is Hiroshi Senju, the Nihonga painter. His younger sister is Mariko Senju, the violinist.

Works
gollark: Macron is like Minoteaur, except nobody made it whatsoever.
gollark: Oh, you're right, it just defines a "macro" when it encounters certain punctuation.
gollark: I thought it was whitespace-sensitive.
gollark: Macron is to support them, then?
gollark: ZWJ indents *are* the future and you cannot stop me.

References
  1. Profile on the official website.
  2. "中森明菜、アルバム売り上げ枚数１５００万枚突破". Sanspo.com (WebArchived).
  3. "作曲家の千住明氏と椎名豪氏を支援─ゲーム作品に関わる活動についてソルトとアイキスが業務提携". Gamebusiness.
  4. Allmusic.com discography.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.