Kidnapper. He received an Award of Merit at the 2013 Tokyo Anime Awards. 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 in the previous year. He won the International Award, which is based on foreign income, in 1983 (UFO Robot Grendizer), 1989 (UFO Robot Grendizer), 2008 (Dragon Ball Z), 2010 (Doraemon), 2012 (Doraemon), 2015 (Dragon Ball Z), 2016 (Kiteretsu Daihyakka), 2018 (Dragon Ball Z), and 2019 (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 Awards. Selected works Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi (1991-1994) The Unfettered Shogun / Abarenbō Shōgun (1978) Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (1975-1976) Babel II (1973) Casshan (1973-1974) Castle of Sand (1977) Chōshichirō Edo Nikki (1983-1991) Daimos (1978-1979) Danguard Ace (1977-1978) Denjin Zaborger (1974-1975) Doraemon (1979-2005) Dotakon (1981) Dr. Slump and Arale-chan (1981-1986) Dragon Ball (1986-1989) Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008) Dragon Ball Z Kai (2011, replacing Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1958); music taken from Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z) Dragon Princess (1976) Female Convict 701: Scorpion (1972) Gaiking (1976-1977) Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) Gamera: Super Monster (1980) G-Men '75 (1975-82) Getter Robo (1974-1975) and Getter Robo G (1975-1976) Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) High School! Kimengumi (1985-1987) Hurricane Polymar (1974-1975) Jumborg Ace (1973) Kamen Rider (first series - ZX) (1971-1984) Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1988-1996) Kure Kure Takora (1973-1974) La Seine no Hoshi (1975-1976) Message from Space: Galactic Wars (1978-1979) (with Kenichiro Morioka) Little Ghost Q-Taro (1985-1987) Robot Detective / Robot Keiji (1973) Ronin of the Wilderness (1972-1974) Sakigake!! Otokojuku (1988) Sister Street Fighter / Revenge of the Dragon / Onna Hissatsu Ken (1974) Starzinger / Spaceketeers / Sci-Bots (1978-1979) Tenchi in Tokyo / New Tenchi Muyo (1997) Terror Beneath the Sea (1966) The Fierce Battles of Edo (1979) Tiger Mask (1969-1971) and Tiger Mask II (1981-1982) Tōyama no Kin-san (with Ryōtarō Sugi) UFO Robo Grendizer (1975-1977) Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974) References External links 1931 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Japanese composers 21st-century Japanese composers Anime composers Deaths from pneumonia in Japan Japanese film score composers Japanese male film score composers Japanese music arrangers People from Hirosaki