This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date. Shōka, Lied, Children's song Isawa Shūji (1851-1917) Sakunosuke Koyama (1864-1927) Teiichi Okano (1878-1941) Rentarō Taki (1879–1903) Tadashi Yanada (1883–1959) Nagayo Motoori (1885-1945) Kōsaku Yamada (1886–1965) Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952) Ryūtarō Hirota (1892-1952) Tamezō Narita (1893-1945) Kan'ichi Shimofusa (1898-1962) Yūji Koseki (1909-1989) Yoshinao Nakada (1923-2000) Classical and Contemporary Others Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614–1685) Hiromori Hayashi (1831–1896) Nakao Tozan (1876-1956) Koga Masao (1904-1978) Masaru Sato (1928-1999) Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931-2021), 20th-21st-century music producer and BGM composer Koichi Sugiyama (1931-2021) Isao Tomita (1932-2016) Takeo Watanabe (1933-1989) Yasuo Kuwahara (1946–2003) Joe Hisaishi (born 1950), 20th-21st century film composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952) Shirō Sagisu (born 1957) Yoichiro Yoshikawa (born 1957), 20th-21st century music producer and composer Jun Miyake (born 1958) Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), 20th-21st century musician and video game composer Akira Senju (born 1960) Koji Kondo (born 1961), 20th-21st century video game composer Michiru Oshima (born 1961), 20th-21st century film, television and video game composer Michiru Yamane (born 1963), 20th-21st century video game composer Hikari Ōe (born 1963) Shinkichi Mitsumune (born 1963) Yoko Kanno (born 1963), 20th-21st century music producer and composer Yuki Kajiura (born 1965), 20th-21st century music producer and composer Taro Iwashiro (born 1965) Yoshiki Hayashi (born 1965), 20th-21st century music producer and composer Yoko Shimomura (born 1967), 20th-21st century music pianist and video game composer Yasunori Mitsuda (born 1972) Hiroyuki Sawano (born 1980), 20th-21st century animation, film, television and video game composer See also Japan Composer's Association References Japanese Composers