🎬 composer

Kouhei Tanaka田中公平

Music and Theme Song Composition on ONE PIECE, Assassination Classroom and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV).

anime credits: 22; anime credits
most credited as: Music; most credited as
busiest year (3): 2012; busiest year (3)

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Kouhei Tanaka worked on, by premiere year

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3 in 2012

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Item	Credits
95	0 in 1995
96	0 in 1996
97	0 in 1997
98	0 in 1998
99	1 in 1999
00	1 in 2000
01	1 in 2001
02	0 in 2002
03	0 in 2003
04	2 in 2004
05	2 in 2005
06	1 in 2006
07	0 in 2007
08	2 in 2008
09	1 in 2009
10	1 in 2010
11	1 in 2011
12	3 in 2012
13	0 in 2013
14	0 in 2014
15	1 in 2015
16	0 in 2016
17	0 in 2017
18	0 in 2018
19	0 in 2019
20	1 in 2020
21	0 in 2021
22	1 in 2022
23	0 in 2023
24	1 in 2024

All credits

2024ONE PIECE FAN LETTERMusic
2022Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2Theme Song Composition
2020Princess Connect! Re:DiveTheme Song Composition
2015Assassination ClassroomTheme Song Composition
2012JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV)Theme Song Composition, Insert Song Composition
2012HyoukaMusic
2012Hyouka: What Should Be HadMusic
2011Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Demon CapitalMusic
2010Nura: Rise of the Yokai ClanMusic
2009One Piece Film: Strong WorldMusic
2008Rosario + VampireMusic
2008Rosario + Vampire Capu2Music
2006Arms AlchemyMusic
2005One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret IslandMusic
2005Oh! My Goddess (TV)Theme Song Composition
2004Desert PunkMusic
2004Gunbuster 2: DiebusterMusic
2001One Piece: Clockwork Island AdventureMusic
2000ONE PIECE: The MovieMusic
1999ONE PIECEMusic, Theme Song Composition
1988GunbusterMusic
1986Dragon BallTheme Song Arrangement, Insert Song Arrangement

Profile

Birthday: February 14, 1954
Age: 72
Hometown: Osaka, Japan
Gender: Male

About

Twitter Kouhei attended Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Music Faculty, Composition Department), studying under Tomojirou Ikenouchi and other professors. He worked for three consecutive years at Victor Music Industries after he graduated from the University. He attended Berklee College of Music for two years after he left Victor Music Industries. After returning to Japan, Kouhei started his activities as a composer. Though Kouhei had been playing at the hotel at first, he was requested to compose an insert song for "Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX", a 1982 TV anime, and it became his first work as a composer. Afterwards, he handled some more compositions of insert songs, this time for the Super Sentai series and he also did the composition of the background music for a TV anime, Konpora Kid, in 1985. Notably, the score for Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster made his name and talent very famous among anime fans, and is recognized as one of his most important works. He also handled the composition of Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster and showed a peculiar arrangement, which he added to his previous 17-year-old work. Another of his most important work is often said to be Yuusha-Ou GaoGaiGar, and the sequel following it. In 2002, he won the first Tokyo Anime Award for Best Music for his work on Overman King Gainer.

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Frequently asked questions

What anime has Kouhei Tanaka worked on?

Kouhei Tanaka's best-known work includes ONE PIECE (Music), Assassination Classroom (Theme Song Composition), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (TV) (Theme Song Composition), Hyouka (Music), Dragon Ball (Theme Song Arrangement), Rosario + Vampire (Music).

What does Kouhei Tanaka do?

Kouhei Tanaka is credited most often as music, theme song composition, insert song composition on anime.

When was Kouhei Tanaka born?

Kouhei Tanaka was born on February 14, 1954 in Osaka.