This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date.
Classical and Contemporary
Tokichi Setoguchi (1868–1941)
Rentarō Taki (1879–1903)
Kosaku Yamada (1886–1965)
Kiyoshi Nobutoki（1887–1965
Kan'ichi Shimofusa (1898-1962)
Yasuji Kiyose (1900–1981)
Saburō Moroi (1903–1977)
Kunihiko Hashimoto (1904–1949)
Tomojirō Ikenouchi (1906–1991)
Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907–2001)
Hisato Ohzawa (1907–1953)
Shirō Fukai (1907–1959)
Yūji Koseki (1909-1989)
Kōmei Abe (1911-2006)
Kikuko Kanai (1911-1986)
Kazuo Yamada (1912-1991)
Saburō Takata (1913-2000)
Akira Ifukube (1914–2006)
Fumio Hayasaka (1914–1955)
Kiyoshige Koyama (1914-2009)
Mareo Ishiketa (1916-1996)
Hiroshi Ohguri (1918-1982)
Yoshirō Irino (1921–1980)
Kan Ishii (1921–2009)
Yoshirō Irino (1921-1980)
Sadao Bekku (1922–2012)
Yoshinao Nakada (1923-2000)
Ikuma Dan (1924–2001)
Yasushi Akutagawa (1925–1989)
Roh Ogura (1926–1990)
Joji Yuasa (born 1929)
Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997)
Akio Yashiro (1929–1976)
Teizo Matsumura (1929–2007)
Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996)
Minoru Miki (1930-2011)
Makoto Moroi (1930-2013), son of Saburo Moroi
Ryōhei Hirose (1930-2008)
Hikaru Hayashi (1931–2012)
Yuzo Toyama (born 1931)
Akira Miyoshi (born 1933)
Toshi Ichiyanagi (born 1933)
Maki Ishii (1936–2003)
Keiko Abe (born 1937)
Shigeaki Saegusa (born 1942)
Shin-ichiro Ikebe (born 1943)
Somei Satoh (born 1947)
Jo Kondo (born 1947)
Michio Kitazume (born 1948)
Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)
Akira Nishimura (born 1953)
Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955)
Karen Tanaka (born 1961)
Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
Dai Fujikura (born 1977)
Shunsuke Kikuchi (born 1931), 20th-21st century music producer and BGM composer
Koichi Sugiyama (born 1931)
Ichirou Mizuki (born 1948)
Isao Tomita (1932-2016)
Yasuo Kuwahara (1946–2003)
Joe Hisaishi (born 1950), 20th-21st century film composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952)
Shirō Sagisu (born 1957)
Yoichiro Yoshikawa (born 1957), 20th-21st century music producer and composer
Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), 20th-21st century musician and video game composer
Koji Kondo (born 1961), 20th-21st century video game composer
Yoko Kanno (born 1964), 20th-21st century music producer and composer
Yuki Kajiura (born 1965), 20th-21st century music producer and composer
Yasunori Mitsuda (born 1972)
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