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Kenji Kawai

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Kenji Kawai

Born Apr 23, 1957 · 69 years233 titles 160 movies · 73 TV
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Biography

Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer for video games, television and movies. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other Asian countries, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror, sci-fi and historical epic.

Also known as

川井 憲次 · かわい けんじ · かーい · かーいさん · Kawai Kenji · Kaai

Born

Apr 23, 1957

Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

3

Acting credits

0

Directing

2

Writing

232

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1971 1 title(s)

1987 5 title(s)

1988 5 title(s)

1989 4 title(s)

1990 8 title(s)

1991 10 title(s)

1992 3 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 3 title(s)

1995 3 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 3 title(s)

2001 5 title(s)

2002 5 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 7 title(s)

2005 6 title(s)

2006 10 title(s)

2007 3 title(s)

2008 11 title(s)

2009 7 title(s)

2010 13 title(s)

2011 13 title(s)

2012 5 title(s)

2013 8 title(s)

2014 18 title(s)

2015 9 title(s)

2016 7 title(s)

2017 7 title(s)

2018 7 title(s)

2019 5 title(s)

2020 3 title(s)

2021 4 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 6 title(s)

2024 4 title(s)

2025 3 title(s)

2026 7 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)