Japanese composer (born 1963)
Musical artist
Yasuharu Takanashi (高梨 康治 , Takanashi Yasuharu , born April 13, 1963) is a prolific Japanese composer and arranger for anime and video game series. His anime composition credits include Naruto Shippuden , Fairy Tail , Log Horizon , Shiki , Hell Girl , and Record of Ragnarok .[ 1] [ 2]
Biography
Takanashi was born in Tokyo , in 1963. At the age of 18, he began playing keyboard , later working as the keyboardist for the band Hellen. In 1993, he formed the group Planet Earth with a Hellen's guitarist and others, releasing the album Big Bang in the same year.[ 3]
In the late 1990s, he joined Musashi Project, a rock band which features traditional Japanese musical instruments . In 2002, alongside Musashi and Toshio Masuda , he made his debut as a composer in the anime series Naruto , writing the track "Sadness and Sorrow".[ 4]
He is currently the leader of the group Yaiba, which co-composes some of Takanashi's soundtrack works.[ 5]
Takanashi has received the JASRAC International Award for the soundtrack of Naruto Shippuden five times—in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 and 2021.[ 6] [ 7]
Works
Anime
Anime films
Year
Title
Co-composer(s)
Note(s)
Ref(s)
2007
Naruto Shippuden the Movie
2008
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
2009
Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends - the Collection of Miracles!
Naoki Satō
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Fresh Pretty Cure! The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!?
2010
Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel!
Naoki Satō
Recycled tracks
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower
Composer for the film and The Three Wishes short
HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?!
Halo Legends
Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Naoyuki Hiroko, Tetsuya Takahashi, Tilman Sillescu, Alexander Roeder, Alex Pfeffer, Markus Schmidt, Robin Hoffmann, Marco Jovic, and David Christiansen
2011
Suite PreCure The Movie: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts!
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
Yaiba
[ 69]
2012
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess
Smile PreCure! the Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book!
2013
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart
2014
The Last: Naruto the Movie
[ 70]
Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends
2015
Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪
[ 71]
Boruto: Naruto the Movie
[ 72]
2017
Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry
2021
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie
[ 73]
2023
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie
[ 74]
Video games
Television dramas
Live-action films
Year
Title
Co-composer(s)
Ref(s)
2008
GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Millennium Curse
Taku Izumi
Drama CDs
Year
Title
Note(s)
Ref(s)
2002
Z/ETA Drama CD
2007
Shabake: Usuo Usuo
2009
Mikarun X
2012
Maou Yu Demon King: Female Knight in the Country of Flowers
Maou Yu Demon King: One King, Two Roads
2013
Fantasista Doll: Special
Composer for 6 episodes
Log Horizon: Gold of the Kunie 7 Offering Golden
The Severing Crime Edge: Futari no Sonomae
Recycled tracks
Maou Yu Demon King: Yuge Gaidai Dunes National Archery
Composer for part 1 and 2
2014
Maou Yu Demon King Hero Declaration: An Unnamed Girl Shouts
Recycled tracks
2018
The Testament of Sister New Devil Blu-ray BOX Ecstasy CD
[ 81]
Discography
With Hellen
Year
Title
Ref(s)
1985
Talon of King
[ 82]
With Planet Earth
Year
Title
Ref(s)
1993
Big Bang
[ 83]
With Musashi
Year
Title
Ref(s)
1998
Far East Groove
2000
Yamato
2001
Musashi with Ryudo Uzaki
2002
Miyamoto Musashi
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