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Composer
Naruyoshi Kikuchi
- Born June 14, 1963
Naruyoshi Kikuchi (born 1963) is a versatile Japanese musician, composer, writer, producer, and saxophonist known for his avant-garde jazz, anime soundtracks (like Gundam Thunderbolt, Cowboy Bebop, Lupin the Third), and work as a university lecturer, journalist, and DJ. He's a prominent figure in Japan's music scene, leading bands like DCPRG, signing with Impulse! Records, and producing for Sony Music, all while teaching and writing extensively.
Known for
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine2012
MoonPhase2004
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky2016
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower2017
Rohan at the Louvre2023
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan2020
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional2025
The Vanished2006
Filmography
- 2026Poca PonFilmMusic
- 2026Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Kyoka Izumi Will Not Be SilencedFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026Goodbye NoirSeriesMusic
- 2025Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a ConfessionalFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Rohan at the LouvreFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2023Almost PeopleFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Thus Spoke Kishibe RohanSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2020Akira Hamura: The World’s Most Unfortunate Private InvestigatorSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Dynamite GraffitiFilmAraki-san, Original Music Composer
- 2017Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit FlowerFilmMusic
- 2016Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December SkyFilmMusic
- 2012Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko MineSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Chase: National Taxation InspectorSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Pandora's BoxFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2009KikoeFilm
- 2006The VanishedFilm
- 2006The Pavillion SalamandreFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2005Until the Lights Come BackFilmMusic
- 2005SORANOFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2004MoonPhaseSeriesMusic, Music Arranger
- 1995Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, Tokyo 1995: Unofficial Live VideoFilm