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This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date.
Name | Birth year | Death year | Prominent works |
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Keiko Abe | 1937 | ||
Kōmei Abe | 1911 | 2006 | String Quartet No. 7 (1950), Symphony No. 1 (1957) |
Yasushi Akutagawa | 1925 | 1989 | Trinita Sinfonica (1948), Triptyque for string orchestra (1953), Opera "Orpheus in Hiroshima" (1960), Concerto Ostinato for cello and orchestra (1969) |
Masamichi Amano | 1957 | ||
Sadao Bekku | 1922 | 2012 | Symphony No. 1 (1961), Violin Concerto (1969), Viola Concerto (1971) |
Ikuma Dan | 1924 | 2001 | Opera "Yūzuru" (1952), 6 Symphonies |
Mamoru Fujieda | 1955 | ||
Keiko Fujiie | 1963 | ||
Hiro Fujikake | 1949 | ||
Dai Fujikura | 1977 | ||
Shirō Fukai | 1907 | 1959 | Quatre Mouvements Parodiques (1933/36) |
Kazuko Hara | 1935 | 2014 | |
Kunihiko Hashimoto | 1904 | 1949 | Symphony No. 1 in D (1940), Symphony No. 2 in F (1947) |
Fumio Hayasaka | 1914 | 1955 | Ancient Dances on the Left and on the Right (1941), Yukara (1955) |
Hikaru Hayashi | 1931 | 2012 | Symphony in G (1953), Viola Concerto "Elegia" (1995) |
Kozaburo Hirai | 1910 | 2002 | |
Takekuni Hirayoshi | 1936 | 1998 | |
Ryōhei Hirose | 1930 | 2008 | Cello Concerto "Triste" (1971), Shakuhachi Concerto (1976) |
Toshio Hosokawa | 1955 | ||
Toshi Ichiyanagi | 1933 | 2022 | Violin Concerto "Circulating Scenery" (1983), Symphony "Berlin Renshi" (1989) |
Akira Ifukube | 1914 | 2006 | Ballata 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 | 1943 | Symphony No. 2 "Trias" (1979), Symphony No. 3 "Ego Phano" (1984) | |
Sei Ikeno | 1931 | 2004 | Rapsodia Concertante for violin and orchestra (1983) |
Tomojirō Ikenouchi | 1906 | 1991 | |
Yoshirō Irino | 1921 | 1980 | Sinfonietta (1953) |
Kan Ishii | 1921 | 2009 | Sinfonia Ainu (1959) |
Maki Ishii | 1936 | 2003 | |
Mareo Ishiketa | 1916 | 1996 | Sinfonia in fa diesis e do (1965) |
Noboru Ito | 1903 | 1993 | |
Kikuko Kanai | 1911 | 1986 | |
Motoharu Kawashima | 1972 | ||
Makiko Kinoshita | 1956 | ||
Michio Kitazume | 1948 | ||
Yasuji Kiyose | 1900 | 1981 | To Ancient Times for orchestra (1937) |
Nobu Kōda | 1870 | 1946 | Violin Sonata in E-flat major (1895), Violin Sonata in D minor (1897) |
Jo Kondo | 1947 | ||
Hidemaro Konoye | 1898 | 1973 | |
Yūji Koseki | 1909 | 1989 | |
Takehisa Kosugi | 1938 | 2018 | |
Kiyoshige Koyama | 1914 | 2009 | Kobiki-Uta (Woodcutter's Song) for Orchestra (1957), Symphonic Suite "Nohmen" (1959) |
Kikuko Masumoto | 1937 | ||
Yoritsune Matsudaira | 1907 | 2001 | Theme and Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1951), U-mai (1957), Sa-mai (1958) |
Teizo Matsumura | 1929 | 2007 | Achime (1957), Symphony No. 1 (1965), Prélude pour orchestre (1968), 2 Piano Concertos (1973, 1978), Cello Concerto(1984), Opera "Silence" (1993) |
Toshiro Mayuzumi | 1929 | 1997 | Bacchanale (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 | 1895 | 1971 | |
Haruna Miyake | 1942 | ||
Akira Miyoshi | 1933 | 2013 | Trois mouvements symphoniques (1960), Piano Concerto (1961), Concerto for Orchestra (1964), Violin Concerto (1965), Requiem (1970), Kyômon (1984), Litania pour Fuji (1988) |
Makoto Moroi | 1930 | 2013 | Piano Concerto No. 1 (1966), Concerto for Shakuhachi and 17 Strings-Koto (1975) |
Saburō Moroi | 1903 | 1977 | Symphony No. 2 (1938), Violin Concerto (1939), Piano Sonata No. 2 (1939) |
Jun Nagao | 1964 | ||
Yoshinao Nakada | 1923 | 2000 | |
Akira Nishimura | 1953 | 2023 | Kecak for Percussion ensemble (1979), Heterophony for Two Piano and Orchestra (1987), Canticle of Light (1996) |
Takatomi Nobunaga | 1971 | ||
Kiyoshi Nobutoki | 1887 | 1965 | Cantata "Kaido-Tosei" (1940) |
Roh Ogura | 1916 | 1990 | Dance Suite (1953), Symphony in G (1968) |
Hiroshi Ohguri | 1918 | 1982 | Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes (1955) |
Hisato Ohzawa | 1907 | 1953 | Symphony No. 1 (1934), Piano Concerto No. 3 "Kamikaze" (1938) |
Atsutada Otaka | 1944 | 2021 | Image for orchestra (1981), Fantasy for organ and orchestra (1999) |
Hisatada Otaka | 1911 | 1951 | Cello Concerto (1944), Flute Concerto (1948) |
Shigeaki Saegusa | 1942 | Radiation Missa (1981) , Opera "Chushingura" (1997) | |
Somei Satoh | 1947 | ||
Tokichi Setoguchi | 1868 | 1941 | Warship March (1897) |
Minao Shibata | 1916 | 1996 | |
Kan'ichi Shimofusa | 1898 | 1962 | |
Hifumi Shimoyama | 1930 | ||
Makoto Shinohara | 1931 | ||
Meiko Shiomi | 1938 | ||
Isotaro Sugata | 1907 | 1952 | |
Yoshihisa Taira | 1937 | 2005 | |
Yūji Takahashi | 1938 | ||
Saburō Takata | 1913 | 2000 | |
Toru Takemitsu | 1930 | 1996 | Requiem 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 | 1879 | 1903 | Minuet in B minor (1900), "Urami" (1903) |
Karen Tanaka | 1961 | ||
Yuzo Toyama | 1931 | 2023 | Rhapsody for Orchestra (1960), Violin concerto No.1 (1963) |
Kazuo Yamada | 1912 | 1991 | |
Kōsaku Yamada | 1886 | 1965 | Symphonic Poem "Madara no Hana (Hawthorn flower)" (1913), Sinfonia "Inno Meiji" (1921), Nagauta Symphony (1934) |
Jun Yamaguchi | 1967 | ||
Hiroyuki Yamamoto | 1967 | ||
Akio Yashiro | 1929 | 1976 | Symphony (1958), Cello Concerto (1960), Piano Sonata (1961), Piano Concerto (1967) |
Akio Yasuraoka | 1958 | ||
Takashi Yoshimatsu | 1953 | Threnody to Toki (1980), The Age of Birds (1986), Pleiades Dances (1986–2001) | |
Joji Yuasa | 1929 |
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