Shirō Sagisu
Japanese composer & arranger (born 1957)
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Shirō Sagisu (鷺巣 詩郎, Sagisu Shirō; born August 29, 1957)[5] is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years (beginning in the late 1970s), he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satoshi Tomiie, and Ken Hirai. Sagisu has also worked as a film composer for several anime and films, being well known for his collaborations with Gainax, especially in the soundtrack of Hideaki Anno's series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Occupations
Years active1978–present
Shirō Sagisu 鷺巣 詩郎 | |
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Sagisu c. 2004 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | August 29, 1957 |
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| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Website | Official website  |
Sagisu's career in music started in 1977, when he became one of the members of jazz fusion band T-Square. He made three albums with the group before becoming a full-time composer and writer in 1979. By 1997, he had composed over 2,000 songs, advertising jingles and TV and movie pieces.[6] Sagisu won the Tokyo Anime Award for "Best Music" in 2010 for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.[7] Sagisu arranged a rendition of the Japanese national anthem, "Kimigayo", performed at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony by Misia.[8]
Discography
Solo
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | EYES | With Somethin' Special | [9] |
| 1980 | Pole Position 2 | With Somethin' Special | [10] |
| 1994 | Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale | Orchestral arrangement of 11 tracks from the game Final Fantasy VI Co-arranged with Tsuneyoshi Saito |
[11] |
| 1999 | Shiro's Songbook | [12] | |
| 2000 | Shiro's Songbook 2 | [13] | |
| 2001 | Tribute to Cool! Shiro's Songbook 2.5 | [14] | |
| 5.1 Gospel Songbook | [15] | ||
| 2002 | Shiro's Songbook "Remixes and More" | [16] | |
| 2003 | Shiro's Songbook Selection London Freedom Choir | [17] | |
| 2005 | Shiro's Songbook Ver 7.0 | [18] | |
| 2013 | Shiro's Songbook Xpressions | [19] | |
| 2017 | Shiro's Songbook The Hidden Wonder of Music | [20] | |
| 2018 | Shiro's Ani-Songbook | [21] | |
| 2022 | Shiro’s Songbook 11 | [22] | |
| 2022 | Shiro's Songbook Bleach Bankai! | [23] |
T-Square
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Lucky Summer Lady | [24] |
| Midnight Lover | [25] | |
| 1979 | Make Me A Star | [26] |
Works
Anime
TV series
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Attacker You! | [27] |
| 1987 | Kimagure Orange Road | [28] |
| 1990 | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water | [29] |
| 1995 | Neon Genesis Evangelion | [30] |
| 1998 | His and Her Circumstances | [31] |
| 2002 | Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi | [32] |
| 2004 | Bleach | [33] |
| 2007 | Skull Man | [34] |
| 2012 | Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic | [35] |
| 2013 | Magi: The Kingdom of Magic | [36] |
| 2014 | Black Bullet | [37] |
| 2016 | Berserk | [38][39] |
| 2018 | SSSS.Gridman | [40] |
| 2021 | SSSS.Dynazenon | [41] |
| 2022 | Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition | [42] |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | [43] |
Films and original video animations
Theatrical films
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Musa | [69] |
| 2004 | Casshern | [70] |
| 2006 | The Restless | [71] |
| 2015 | Attack on Titan | [72] |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla | [73] |
| 2020 | Wotakoi | [74] |
| 2022 | Shin Ultraman | [75] |
| 2023 | An Endless Sunday | [76] |
Television dramas
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Love Quotient | [77] |
| 2010 | Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu | [78] |
| 2025 | Mr. Mikami's Classroom | [79] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Project GAMM | [80] |
Songwriting credits
1980s
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| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Sentimental Journey" | Iyo Matsumoto | Sentimental Journey |
| "Hitokakera no Natsu", "Time Capsule", "Yakan Hikou", "Scramble no Koutsuuten" | Sentimental Iyo | ||
| 1982 | "Love me Tender", "Nijiiro no Fantasy" | Iyo Matsumoto | Love me Tender |
| "TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira", "Pata Pata" | TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira | ||
| "Otona Janaino", "Koi wa Ban Ban" | Otona Janaino | ||
| "Dakishimetai", "Kiss In The Dream" | Dakishimetai | ||
| "Majokko Seventeen", "Pandora no Yume", "Frio no Natsu", "Nageki no Nightingale", "Tasogare no Poem" | Only Seventeen | ||
| "Crystal Love", "Born to be a star", | Hideki Saijo | Crystal Love | |
| "Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido", "Ai no Bracelet" | Yu Hayami | Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido | |
| "Meguriai" (めぐりあい)[81] | Daisuke Inoue | Meguriai | |
| 1983 | "Taiyou ga Ippai", "Namida no Handkief" | Iyo Matsumoto | Taiyou ga Ippai |
| "Toki ni Ai wa", "Shinju no Earring" | Toki ni Ai wa | ||
| "Oshare Namida" | Endless Summer | ||
| "Akai Ribbon no Present", "Shigeki Kudasai Boy", "Snow Flake Samba", "Koigokoro 3 Octave", "For you, Christmas" | Yume Hitotsu Shinkirou | ||
| "Chinese Kiss", "Elliot" | Chinese Kiss | ||
| "Sayonara no Monogatari", "Yasashisa no Yokogao" | Chiemi Hori | Sayonara no Monogatari | |
| "Natsuiro no Diary", "Taiyou no Romance" | Natsuiro no Diary | ||
| "Good-by Winter", "Anemone no Shoukei", "Love Me!", "Morning Ranvedouz", "Shyna Boy", "12Gatsu no Inori" | Yuki no Concerto | ||
| "Sweet Surrender", "WANGAN High Way" | Miki Matsubara | Sweet Surrender | |
| "Moonlight Review" | Revue | ||
| "Weather Song", "45 Nichi" | Naoko Kawai | Half Shadow | |
| 1984 | "Kaze no Magical" | Kyoko Koizumi | Nagisa no Haikara Ningyou |
| "Control" | Naoko Kawai | Control | |
| "Kuchibiru no Privacy", "Mebius no Kagami" | Kuchibiru no Privacy | ||
| "Taiyou no Shita no Stranger", "Machikado", "Maboroshi no Natsu" | Summer Delicacy | ||
| "Ai wa Kagirinaku", "Still Love Me" | Hiromi Go | Ougonkyou I: 2oku 4senman no Hitomi | |
| "Haru wa Sara Sara" | Youko Nagayama | Haru wa Sara Sara | |
| "Shabon", "Pianissimo" | Shabon | ||
| "100Man Tsubu no Namida" | Shibugakitai | Beranmee! Dandy | |
| "Kokuhaku: Aisuru Hito he", "Hoshizora kara Merry Christmas" | Honesty: Maji | ||
| "Seishun Prelude" (青春プレリュード)[81] | Harumi Kamo | Seishun Prelude | |
| "Love with You: Ai no Present" (Love with You ～愛のプレゼント～)[81] | Chie Kobayashi | Love with You: Ai no Present | |
| 1985 | "Gekka Bijin", "Otanoshimi wa Korekara..." | Iyo Matsumoto | Gekka Bijin |
| "Dokuritsu Sengen" | Pony Tail wa Nusubanai | ||
| "Nantetatte Idol" | Kyoko Koizumi | Nantetatte Idol | |
| "Yokosuka Day Dream" | Today's Girl | ||
| "Flapper", "Someday" | Flapper | ||
| "Debut: Fly me to love" | Naoko Kawai | Debut: Fly me to love | |
| "I'm in love" | Lavender Lips | ||
| "Oriental Eyes (Sometimes, Somewhere)", "Eien no Cinema House (Thousands Frames)" | Stardust Garden | ||
| "Kishuu" | Naoko Ken | Kishuu | |
| "Kanashii Opera", "Kakashi" | Deep | ||
| "Imagination", "Communication", "1984", "Reaching Out" | Junko Yagami | Communication | |
| "Gold Wind" | Youko Nagayama | Gold Wind | |
| "Kill", "Yabanna Shuumatsu" | Shibugakitai | Kill | |
| "Moon Venus" | Moon Venus | ||
| "Kibun wa New Orleans", "One More Night", "Namida no Amtrak" | Burrow Gag from New San Francisco | ||
| "Tsumi Daze! New York", "Kanashimi no Kageki", "Good-bye Hollywood", "Otosareta China Town" | Exotic | ||
| "Transformer"[81] | Satoko Shimonari | Transformer | |
| ""Moete Hero" (燃えてヒーロー)"[81] | Takayuki Takemoto | Moete Hero | |
| ""Hadashi no Soldier" (裸足のソルジャー)"[81] | Kōsuke Shimoyama | Hadashi no Soldie | |
| 1986 | "Mind Game", "Mosaic no Shiro", "Pink Champagne", Exotica", "Jealous Candle" | Akina Nakamori | Crimson |
| "Yuujou no Monogatari" | Toshihiko Tahara | Hard ni Yasashiku | |
| "Friendly you", "Utsukushiki Grotesque" | Kyoko Koizumi | Hard ni Yasashiku | |
| "Tasogare no Monologue" | Miki Imai | Tasogare no Monologue | |
| "Melting Point", "Hitomi ni I love you | Yoko Oginome | Non-Stopper | |
| "Venus" | Youko Nagayama | Venus (sg) | |
| "Sushi Kuinee!" | Shibugakitai | Sushi Kuinee! | |
| "Koufuku no One Eight Ticket" | Tonde Hi ni Haire Natsu no Reijou | ||
| "Arabian Kiss Club" | Arabian Kiss Club | ||
| "Ano Koro no Oretachi" | Koibitotachi no Bldv. | ||
| "Summer Night Carnival", "Manatsu no Dekigoto", "Hatachi no Pinocchio", "City" | Passionate Paradise | ||
| "Poo-side Clash", "Andromeda no Namida", "Youki na Holy Night" | Horoscope | ||
| "City Dreams From Tokyo", "Madness" | Hideki Saijo | From Tokyo | |
| "Transformer 2010"[81] | Shō Hirose | Transformer 2010 | |
| "Anime ja Nai – Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo" (アニメじゃない〜夢を忘れた古い地球人よ〜), "Jidai ga Naiteiru" (時代が泣いている) [81] | Masahito Arai | Anime ja Nai – Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo | |
| 1987 | "Star", Moshi Mouichido Aerunara | Yui Asaka | Star |
| "Escape no Natsu" | Hitomi ni Storm | ||
| "To be late" | Rainbow | ||
| "Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite" | Miho Nakayama | 50/50 | |
| "Bad Boy" | Catch Me | ||
| "Liberty Girl", "Okkochai na Randevouz", "Linne Magic" | One and Only | ||
| "U Bu" | Kyoko Koizumi | Kyouko no Kiyoku Tanoshiku Utsukushiku | |
| "Sleepless Heart", "Odosarete..." | Junko Ohashi | Question | |
| "Lonely Liar" | Yu Hayami | Lonely Liar | |
| "Makkana Miniskirt" | Onyanko Club | Circle | |
| "Killer Toori ga Mainichi Party", "Babylon A Go Go", "Shonen no Saigo no Natsu", "Wangan Taiyōzoku (version II)", "Karuizawa Collection" | Yoko Oginome | Route 246 Connexion | |
| "Nile in blue" | Momoko Kikuchi | Nile in blue | |
| "Off Limits" | Glass no Sougen | ||
| "Dreamin' Rider", "Yokohama City of Lights", "Sundial" | Escape from Dimension | ||
| "Mister Monday", "Two of hearts, "I like you", "Sunny", "Papa Don't Preach", "Give me up" | Youko Nagayama | Venus (al.) | |
| "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "Yajuu no Bigaku" | Shibugakitai | Tora! Tora! Tora | |
| "Natsu no Mirage" (夏のミラージュ)[81] | Kanako Wada | Natsu no Mirage | |
| "Orange Mystery" (オレンジ・ミステリー)[81] | Hideyuki Nagashima | Orange Mystery | |
| "Yumeiro Chaser" (夢色チェイサー)[81] | Mami Ayukawa | Yumeiro Chaser | |
| 1988 | "Kanashimi no Tsubasa" | Yui Asaka | Cecile |
| "Heartbreak Bay Blues", "All My Love" | Candid Girl | ||
| "Sugar Baby Love", "Kaze no Prelude" | Wink | Sugar Baby Love | |
| "Dance with me", "Anata no Kata ni Hoho Umete " | Moonlight Serenade | ||
| "Yumeiro Club" | Yoshie Kashiwabara | Aishita dake yo | |
| "Checking Out" | Yu Hayami | Get Up | |
| "In the room", "Megami no Migite" | Miki Matsubara | In the room | |
| all songs | Wink | ||
| "Superstition", "Suteki ni Fade Away" | Yoko Oginome | CD-Rider | |
| "Lonely Goodnight" | Youko Nagayama | Lonely Goodnight | |
| "Show Me", "Toy Boy", "I Think We Are Alone Now", | Tokyo Menu | ||
| "No Escape", "Atarashii Yesterday", "Lahaina no Kaze", "Akirakani Ai ni Natteta", "Bananafish no Hi", "Be-Song" | F-1 | ||
| "I Should Go Away", "Once Again" | Hideki Saijou | 33sai | |
| 1989 | "Night Dancer" | Yui Asaka | True Love |
| "Bandit", "White Nights" | Melody Fair | ||
| "No to iu Aijou", "Anymore Ai Nante", "Bara Jikan", "Yoake no Metro" | Yoshie Kashiwabara | Yes I Love You: Unmei wo Koete | |
| "Sennen Roman", "Rhetorica" | Yoko Oginome | Fair Tension | |
| "Sukoshizutsu no Ai" | Noriko Sakai | Sayonara wo Sugite | |
| "All Right" | All Right | ||
| "Anata ni Home Sick", "100% no Koibito", "Koi to Ai no Nuance", "Blink", "Arigatou Heart Beat" | My Dear/Noriko Part V | ||
| "Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku" (ボクらの夢によろしく)[81] | Cha-cha | Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku |
1990s–2000s
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| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Omatsuri Ninja" | Ninja | Omatsuri Ninja |
| "Ressha" | Ninja | ||
| "Shake My Day", "Monalisa" | Hideki Saijo | Shake My Day | |
| "Yōshun no Passage" (陽春のパッセージ)[81] | Yoko Yanaka | Yōshun no Passage | |
| ""Zettai! Part 2"" (絶対!Part2)[81] | Yoshie Hayasaka | Zettai! Part 2 | |
| 1991 | "Growing Up" | Hikaru Genji | Growing Up |
| "Heart no Chikyuugi" | 333 (Thank You) | ||
| "Ringo Hakusho" | Ninja | Ringo Hakusho | |
| "Ooi! Kurumayasan"[81] | Ooi! Kurumayasan | ||
| "Overture (Festival Music)" | Summer Fiesta | ||
| "Gyakuten Typhoon", "Harahorohirehare"[81] | Yoshie Hayasaka | Gyakuten Typhoon | |
| 1992 | "Futari no Birthday" | Kohmi Hirose | Futari no Birthday |
| "Yakusoku"[81] | Hiroko Kasahara | Mou Ichido Love You | |
| 1993 | "Yumemiru Planet" | Yoko Oginome | Yumemiru Planet |
| 1994 | "Kawaii Onna", "Yumemiru Chikara", "Mama wa Nandemo Shitteru" | Izumi Yukimura | I'm a Singer |
| 1998 | "Never Gonna Cry" | Misia | Mother Father Brother Sister |
| "The Glory Day" | The Glory Day | ||
| 1999 | "One! | Wasurenai Hibi | |
| 2001 | "Still Rain" | Nanase Aikawa | The Last Quarter |
| "Nocturne" | Misia | Marvelous | |
| "Gaining Through Losing" | Ken Hirai | Gaining Through Losing | |
| "C'est la Vie" | Chemistry | The Way We Are | |
| 2002 | "Treat or Goblins", "Anata no Kokoro ni" | Megumi Hayashibara | Treat or Goblins |
| "Running Away" | Chemistry | Kimi wo Sagashiteta | |
| "Move on" | It Takes Two | ||
| "Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit" | Skoop On Somebody | Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit | |
| 2003 | "Flapper" | Smap | SMAP 016/MIJ |
| "The Light: A Journey To The Promised Land" | Junpei Shiina | Amai Yoru no Kaori | |
| "Kokoro Hitotsu" | Misia | Kokoro Hitotsu | |
| 2004 | "Eyes on me", "Diamond" | Mars & Roses | |
| "Fuyu no Etranger" | Singer for Singer | ||
| "My Rivets" | Chemistry | OnexOne | |
| 2005 | "For Isla Bonita" | Kaori Natori | Darling |
| 2006 | "Stay" | Stay | |
| "Hitosuji no Kiseki" | Gospellers | Hitosuji no Kiseki | |
| 2009 | "Standing bird", "Get Ready, "XYZ", "Let Me Be Myself", "Deep Breathing", "Welcome to my fan club", "Hate me hate you", "Paranoia", "Your Rock", "Heart&Soul" | May'n | Styles |
2010s–2020s
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| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album/Single |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Ave Maria 2010" | Yoko Takahashi | Doukoku he no Monologue |
| "Shuuketsu no Sadame", "Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara: Maternal Version" | Megumi Hayashibara | Shuuketsu no Sadame | |
| "Kiss of life" | Ken Hirai | Urauta Baka | |
| "Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku" (愛は降る星のごとく)[81] | May'n | Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku | |
| "Shinjitemiru", "My Lovely Thing" | Shinjitemiru | ||
| 2011 | "Kioku" | Misia | Kioku |
| "Soul Quest Overture", "This is me" | Soul Quest | ||
| "Smile", "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", "This Christmas" | Misia no Mori: Forest Covers | ||
| "Moshimo Kimi ga Negaunara", "Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku", "Phonic Nation" | May'n | If you... | |
| 2012 | "Jewels" | May'n | Heat |
| 2013 | "Arigatou Okagesan", "Yume ga Hontou ni Naru Fune" | Harumi Miyako | Arigatou Okagesan |
| "Lethe" | May'n | Yamai Dare Darlin' | |
| 2014 | "Tomorrow" | Ken Hirai | Soredemo Shitai |
| "Trickstar" | Iori Nomizu | Shikkoku wo Nuritsubuse | |
| 2015 | "Mayonaka no Hide and Seek" | Misia | Shiroi Kisetsu |
| "Orphans no Namida"[81] | Orphans no Namida | ||
| 2016 | ""Meimoku no Kanata" (瞑目の彼方)[81] | Nagi Yanagi | Meimoku no Kanata |
| 2017 | "Who will know - furusato", "Tensions - welcome to the stage", "Who will know - snedronningen" | Yoko Takahashi | Welcome to the stage! |
| 2018 | "Come sweet death, second impact", "The Image of black me", "Dilemmatic triangle opera AYANAMI Version" | Megumi Hayashibara | Fifty-Fifty |
| "Amazing Life" | Misia | Life is going on and on | |
| 2019 | "Lifetime with..." | May'n | Yell |
| 2020 | "Kagayaki no Etude" | Sumire Morohoshi | Tsumuji Kaze |
| 2022 | "Wish" | Mika Nakashima | Wish |
| 2023 | "What If?" | Yoko Takahashi | Evangelion Eternally |
| "The End", "Seiza" | Junna | Dear |