List of Japanese composers

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This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date.

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Classical and contemporary

NameBirth yearDeath yearProminent works
Keiko Abe 1937
Kōmei Abe 19112006String Quartet No. 7 (1950), Symphony No. 1 (1957)
Yasushi Akutagawa 19251989Trinita Sinfonica (1948), Triptyque for string orchestra (1953), Opera "Orpheus in Hiroshima" (1960), Concerto Ostinato for cello and orchestra (1969)
Masamichi Amano 1957
Sadao Bekku 19222012Symphony No. 1 (1961), Violin Concerto (1969), Viola Concerto (1971)
Ikuma Dan 19242001Opera "Yūzuru" (1952), 6 Symphonies
Mamoru Fujieda 1955
Keiko Fujiie 1963
Hiro Fujikake 1949
Dai Fujikura 1977
Shirō Fukai 19071959Quatre Mouvements Parodiques (1933/36)
Kazuko Hara 19352014
Kunihiko Hashimoto 19041949Symphony No. 1 in D (1940), Symphony No. 2 in F (1947)
Fumio Hayasaka 19141955Ancient Dances on the Left and on the Right (1941), Yukara (1955)
Hikaru Hayashi 19312012Symphony in G (1953), Viola Concerto "Elegia" (1995)
Kozaburo Hirai 19102002
Takekuni Hirayoshi 19361998
Ryōhei Hirose 19302008Cello Concerto "Triste" (1971), Shakuhachi Concerto (1976)
Toshio Hosokawa 1955
Toshi Ichiyanagi 19332022Violin Concerto "Circulating Scenery" (1983), Symphony "Berlin Renshi" (1989)
Akira Ifukube 19142006Ballata Sinfonica (1943), Ritmica Ostinata for piano and orchestra (1961/71), Eclogues after Epos among Aino Races for solo voice and 4 kettle drums (1950)
Shin-ichiro Ikebe 1943Symphony No. 2 "Trias" (1979), Symphony No. 3 "Ego Phano" (1984)
Sei Ikeno 19312004Rapsodia Concertante for violin and orchestra (1983)
Tomojirō Ikenouchi 19061991
Yoshirō Irino 19211980Sinfonietta (1953)
Kan Ishii 19212009Sinfonia Ainu (1959)
Maki Ishii 19362003
Mareo Ishiketa 19161996Sinfonia in fa diesis e do (1965)
Noboru Ito 19031993
Kikuko Kanai 19111986
Motoharu Kawashima 1972
Makiko Kinoshita 1956
Michio Kitazume 1948
Yasuji Kiyose 19001981To Ancient Times for orchestra (1937)
Nobu Kōda 18701946Violin Sonata in E-flat major (1895), Violin Sonata in D minor (1897)
Jo Kondo 1947
Hidemaro Konoye 18981973
Yūji Koseki 19091989
Takehisa Kosugi 19382018
Kiyoshige Koyama 19142009Kobiki-Uta (Woodcutter's Song) for Orchestra (1957), Symphonic Suite "Nohmen" (1959)
Kikuko Masumoto 1937
Yoritsune Matsudaira 19072001Theme and Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1951), U-mai (1957), Sa-mai (1958)
Teizo Matsumura 19292007Achime (1957), Symphony No. 1 (1965), Prélude pour orchestre (1968), 2 Piano Concertos (1973, 1978), Cello Concerto(1984), Opera "Silence" (1993)
Toshiro Mayuzumi 19291997Bacchanale (1954), Tonepleromas 55 (1955), Nirvana Symphony (1958), Mandala Symphony (1960), Bugaku (1962), Opera "The Golden Pavilion" (1976)
Minoru Miki 1930 [1] 2011 [2]
Shukichi Mitsukuri 18951971
Haruna Miyake 1942
Akira Miyoshi 19332013Trois mouvements symphoniques (1960), Piano Concerto (1961), Concerto for Orchestra (1964), Violin Concerto (1965), Requiem (1970), Kyômon (1984), Litania pour Fuji (1988)
Makoto Moroi 19302013Piano Concerto No. 1 (1966), Concerto for Shakuhachi and 17 Strings-Koto (1975)
Saburō Moroi 19031977Symphony No. 2 (1938), Violin Concerto (1939), Piano Sonata No. 2 (1939)
Jun Nagao 1964
Yoshinao Nakada 19232000
Akira Nishimura 19532023Kecak for Percussion ensemble (1979), Heterophony for Two Piano and Orchestra (1987), Canticle of Light (1996)
Takatomi Nobunaga 1971
Kiyoshi Nobutoki 18871965Cantata "Kaido-Tosei" (1940)
Roh Ogura 19161990Dance Suite (1953), Symphony in G (1968)
Hiroshi Ohguri 19181982Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes (1955)
Hisato Ohzawa 19071953Symphony No. 1 (1934), Piano Concerto No. 3 "Kamikaze" (1938)
Atsutada Otaka 19442021Image for orchestra (1981), Fantasy for organ and orchestra (1999)
Hisatada Otaka 19111951Cello Concerto (1944), Flute Concerto (1948)
Shigeaki Saegusa 1942Radiation Missa (1981) , Opera "Chushingura" (1997)
Somei Satoh 1947
Tokichi Setoguchi 18681941 Warship March (1897)
Minao Shibata 19161996
Kan'ichi Shimofusa 18981962
Hifumi Shimoyama 1930
Makoto Shinohara 1931
Meiko Shiomi 1938
Isotaro Sugata 19071952
Yoshihisa Taira 19372005
Yūji Takahashi 1938
Saburō Takata 19132000
Toru Takemitsu 19301996Requiem for String Orchestra (1957), The Dorian Horizon (1966), November Steps (1967), Asterism (1967), A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (1977), Nostalghia (1987)
Rentarō Taki 18791903Minuet in B minor (1900), "Urami" (1903)
Karen Tanaka 1961
Yuzo Toyama 19312023Rhapsody for Orchestra (1960), Violin concerto No.1 (1963)
Kazuo Yamada 19121991
Kōsaku Yamada 18861965Symphonic Poem "Madara no Hana (Hawthorn flower)" (1913), Sinfonia "Inno Meiji" (1921), Nagauta Symphony (1934)
Jun Yamaguchi 1967
Hiroyuki Yamamoto 1967
Akio Yashiro 19291976Symphony (1958), Cello Concerto (1960), Piano Sonata (1961), Piano Concerto (1967)
Akio Yasuraoka 1958
Takashi Yoshimatsu 1953Threnody to Toki (1980), The Age of Birds (1986), Pleiades Dances (1986–2001)
Joji Yuasa 1929

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References

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