Tatsuya Kato

Tatsuya Kato (加藤 達也, Katō Tatsuya, born July 28, 1980) is a Japanese anime composer and arranger. He is known for his works on many anime series, including Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Free!, and Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma. He is currently represented by music production company APDREAM.

This article is about the Japanese composer. For the Japanese journalist, see Tatsuya Kato (journalist).

Tatsuya Kato 加藤 達也
Background information
Born	(1980-07-28) July 28, 1980 Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Genres	Orchestral electronic acoustic rock pop soundtrack
Occupation(s)	Composer arranger
Instruments	Piano
Years active	2003–present
Labels	APDREAM

Biography

Kato was born in Funabashi, Chiba. He graduated from the film scoring program at the Tokyo College of Music and majored in composition and conducting. While there, he studied composition and arrangement under Shigeaki Saegusa, Katsuhisa Hattori, Reijiro Koroku, and Kentaro Haneda.[1]

Works

Anime

• Spider Riders (2006) – with Fumitaka Anzai, Nobuhiko Nakayama, and Tomomasa Yoneda
• Kämpfer (2009)
• Miracle Train: Welcome to the Oedo Line (2009)
• Needless (2009)
• Phantom Requiem for the Phantom (2009) – with Hikaru Nanase
• The Qwaser of Stigmata (2010)
• Demon King Daimao (2010)
• Goulart Knights (2010)
• Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls (2010)
• +Tic Elder Sister (2011)
• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011)
• Kämpfer: Für die Liebe (2011)
• T.P. Sakura: Time Paladin Sakura (2011)
• Future Diary (2011)
• Medaka Box (2012)
• Campione! (2012)
• Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II (2012)
• Medaka Box Abnormal (2012)
• Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Bride (2013)
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (2013)
• Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club (2013)
• Day Break Illusion (2013)
• Gingitsune (2013)
• Buddy Complex (2014)
• World Conquest Zvezda Plot (2014)
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! (2014)
• Free! - Eternal Summer (2014)
• Celestial Method (2014)
• Yatterman Night (2015)
• Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2015)
• The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (2015)
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! (2015)
• Comet Lucifer (2015)
• Luck & Logic (2016)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate (2016)
• Love Live! Sunshine!! (2016)
• Matoi the Sacred Slayer (2016)
• Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017)
• WorldEnd (2017)
• Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate (2017)
• IDOLiSH7 (2018)
• Kiratto Pri Chan (2018)
• The Badminton Play of Ayano Hanesaki! (2018)
• Free! - Dive to the Future (2018)
• Revue Starlight (2018) – with Yoshiaki Fujisawa
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Prisma Phantasm (2019)
• Dr. Stone (2019) – with Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Yuki Kanesaka
• Ensemble Stars! (2019)
• Food Wars! The Fourth Plate (2019)

Films

• High Speed! -Free! Starting Days- (2015)
• Free! -Timeless Medley- (2017)
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Oath Under Snow (2017) – with Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund
• Free! -Take Your Marks- (2017)
• Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow (2019)
• Free! -Road to the World- Yume (2019)

Other works

• Zeta Gundam: A New Translation (2006) – (Programming)
• Inspired Zwei / Miyu Irino (2006) – (Composition/arrangement, "Haitoku no Gajou")
• Karma to Labyrinth / GRANRODEO (2014) – (Programming)
• Sonata and Interlude / fhána (2014) – (Arrangement, "Hoshi no Kakera")
• Philosophy of Dear World / ZAQ (2015) – (Strings arrangement, "Philosophy of Dear World")
• Joy Heart / TRUE (2015) – (Composition/arrangement, "ailes")
• Koware Sekai Oware / Aki Hata (2016) – (Arrangement)
• Aqours ORIGINAL SONG CD 7 (2018) – (Composition/arrangement)
• ENSEMBLE STARS! ALBUM SERIES PRESENT -Valkyrie- (2018) – (Arrangement, "Sajou no Roukaku")
• Revue Starlight Revue Album: La Revue Éternel (2019) – (Composition/arrangement, "Gyakkyō no Orion")
• Empathy / Reina Ueda (2020) – (Composition/arrangement, "Campanula")

References

1. "Music｜オリジナルアニメーション「幻影ヲ駆ケル太陽」公式サイト" (in Japanese). geneitaiyo.com. Retrieved October 17, 2013.

External links

• Tatsuya Katou at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Discography at VGMdb