is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has composed the scores for many anime series, including Inuyasha, D.Gray-man, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Samurai 7 and, more recently, Tesla Note. He also became known to the West through his arranged works for orchestra and piano in video games like Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. Wada, along with other later-famous musicians, studied at the Tokyo College of Music under Akira Ifukube and Sei Ikeno. He is also an apprentice of the famed Godzilla composer, Akira Ifukube. He is married to Inuyasha voice actress Akiko Nakagawa, who voices Sota Higurashi in that anime. Works Anime Video games References External links Discography at VGMdb Kaoru Wada search results at Media Arts Database Kaoru Wada at Oricon Interview at RocketBaby 1962 births Anime composers Inuyasha Japanese classical composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male classical composers Japanese male film score composers Japanese music arrangers Kingdom Hearts Living people Musicians from Yamaguchi Prefecture People from Shimonoseki Super Sentai