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Nihon University.
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Shunsuke Kikuchi
Edit Profile菊池 俊輔
Career
He specializes in incidental music for media such as television and film. Active since the early 1960s, he has been one of Japan"s most highly demanded film and television composers, working principally on tokusatsu and anime productions for children, as well as violent action films, jidaigeki and television dramas. As anime and tokusatsu like Doraemon Kamen Rider, Z, jidaigeki such as and, and Turner Broadcasting System Saturday-night productions ranging from Key Hunter to G-Men "75 became long-running hit series, people began to say that "if Kikuchi Shunsuke is in charge of the music, the show will be a hit." He retired after Z ended in 1996 is replaced by Akihito Tokunaga as the new composer for GT. The song "Urami Bushi" (怨み節) which he composed for the Female Convict Scorpion series was included in the American film Kill Bill and on its soundtrack.
Achievements
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Kikuchi was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Music in 1983 for his work on The Gate of Youth and To Trap a Kidnapper. He received an Award of Merit at the 2013 Tokyo Anime Kikuchi has won several annual awards from the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers based on the royalties he earned from his works. He won the International Award, which is based on foreign income, in 2007 (Dragon Ball Z), 2009 (Doraemon), 2011(Doraemon), and 2015 (Dragon Ball Z). He came in second in overall royalties in 2004 (Dragon Ball Z). In 2015, he received a lifetime achievement award at the 57th Japan Record.
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Japan Record ; Award of Merit Kikuchi was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Music in 1983 for his work on The Gate of Youth and To Trap a Kidnapper. He received an Award of Merit at the 2013 Tokyo Anime Kikuchi has won several annual awards from the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers based on the royalties he earned from his works. He won the International Award, which is based on foreign income, in 2007 (Dragon Ball Z), 2009 (Doraemon), 2011(Doraemon), and 2015 (Dragon Ball Z). He came in second in overall royalties in 2004 (Dragon Ball Z). In 2015, he received a lifetime achievement award at the 57th Japan RecordJapan Record ; Award of Merit Kikuchi was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Music in 1983 for his work on The Gate of Youth and To Trap a Kidnapper. He received an Award of Merit at the 2013 Tokyo Anime Kikuchi has won several annual awards from the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers based on the royalties he earned from his works. He won the International Award, which is based on foreign income, in 2007 (Dragon Ball Z), 2009 (Doraemon), 2011(Doraemon), and 2015 (Dragon Ball Z). He came in second in overall royalties in 2004 (Dragon Ball Z). In 2015, he received a lifetime achievement award at the 57th Japan Record