Nationality
Japan
212 composers from Japan, dated and grouped.
- Akari Kaida1974–
- Aki Takase1948–
- Akio Yashiro1929–1976
- Akio Yasuraoka1958–
- Akira Ifukube1914–2006
- Akira Inoue (musician)1953–
- Akira Miyoshi1933–2013
- Akira Nishimura1953–2023
- Akira Yamaoka1968–
- Arata Iiyoshi
- Ayumi Tanaka1986–
- Chage1958–
- Char (musician)1955–
- Chie Mukai1953–
- Chihiro Fujioka1959–
- Chu Ishikawa1966–2017
- Conisch1981–
- Dai Fujikura1977–
- Daiki Kasho1976–
- Daisuke Inoue (singer)1941–2000
- Daisuke Ishiwatari1973–
- Dance Man1963–
- Daria Kawashima1967–
- Eisuke Mochizuki1970–
- Fumio Hayasaka1914–1955
- Go Ichinose
- Go Sakabe1982–
- H-Wonder1968–
- Haruka Nakamura (composer)
- Haruna Miyake1942–
- Hashimoto Kunihiko1904–1949
- Henry Kawahara1961–2012
- Hidemaro Konoye1898–1973
- Hideyuki Fukasawa1970–
- Hifumi Shimoyama1930–2023
- Hijiri Kuwano1964–
- Hikari Ōe1963–
- Hikaru Hayashi1931–2012
- Hinako Takagi1989–
- Hiro Fujikake1949–
- Hiroaki Tsutsumi1985–
- Hiroaki Zakōji1958–1987
- Hiroki Kikuta1962–
- Hiromori Hayashi1831–1896
- Hiroshi Asai1978–
- Hiroshi Itsuki1948–
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi (composer)1965–
- Hiroyuki Yamamoto (composer)1967–
- Hisatada Otaka1911–1951
- Hisato Ohzawa1907–1953
- Hitomi Kaneko1965–
- Ichirō Fujiyama1911–1993
- Ikuma Dan1924–2001
- Ikurō Fujiwara1958–
- Isao Hayashi1912–1995
- Isao Tomita1932–2016
- Isotaro Sugata1907–1952
- Jō Kondō1947–
- Joe Hisaishi1950–
- Joji Yuasa1929–2024
- Jun Ishikawa (composer)1964–
- Jun Miyake1958–
- Jun Yamaguchi1967–
- Junko Mori (composer)1948–
- Junpei Fujita1979–
- Kan (musician)1962–2023
- Kan'ichi Shimofusa1898–1962
- Kanako Abe1973–
- Katsuhisa Hattori1936–2020
- Katsutoshi Nagasawa1923–2008
- Kazuhiko Hattori1944–
- Kazuhiko Katō1947–2009
- Kazuhiro Morita1952–2021
- Kazuko Hara1935–2014
- Kazuo Yamada1912–1991
- Keiji Inai1976–
- Keiko Abe1937–
- Keiko Fujiie1963–
- Kenichi Maeyamada1980–
- Kenichiro Fukui1970–
- Kenji Ito1968–
- Kenji Kawai1957–
- Kenji Yamamoto (composer, born 1964)1964–
- Kenjiro Ezaki1926–
- Kenta Hamano1981–
- Kentaro Sato1981–
- Kikuko Kanai1911–1986
- Kingo Hamada1953–
- Kinuyo Yamashita1965–
- Kiyoshige Koyama1914–2009
- Kohei Tanaka (composer)1954–
- Kohta Yamamoto1987–
- Koichi Domoto1979–
- Koichi Sugiyama1931–2021
- Koide Ichijūrō
- Koji Kondo1961–
- Koji Shitara1946–
- Kōmei Abe1911–2006
- Kōsaku Yamada1886–1965
- Kota Hoshino1975–
- Kumiko Omura1970–
- Kuniaki Haishima1953–
- Laura Shigihara
- Maki Ishii1936–2003
- Makoto Moroi1930–2013
- Makoto Shinohara1931–2024
- Makoto Yoshimori1969–
- Mari Takano1960–
- Marika Takeuchi1987–
- Masa Takumi1978–
- Masaharu Iwata1966–
- Masahito Arai1958–
- Masakazu Natsuda1968–
- Masaki Kyomoto1959–
- Masao Akashi1957–2025
- Masao Koga1904–1978
- Masayuki Hirahara1980–
- Mayako Kubo1947–
- Michiru Ōshima1961–
- Mieko Shiomi (composer)1938–
- Minoru Miki1930–2011
- Mitsuto Suzuki1973–
- Morishige Takei1890–1949
- Motohiro Kawashima
- Motoi Sakuraba1965–
- Motoyuki Shitanda1952–
- Naoki Kodaka
- Naoya Wada1986–
- Nobu Kōda1870–1946
- Nobuo Uematsu1959–
- Nobuyuki Nakajima1969–
- Nobuyuki Tsujii1988–
- Noriyasu Agematsu1978–
- Noriyuki Asakura1954–
- Noriyuki Iwadare1964–
- Osamu Shimizu1911–1986
- Rentarō Taki1879–1903
- Roh Ogura1916–1990
- Ryo Takahashi (musician)1985–
- Ryōhei Hirose1930–2008
- Ryonosuke Hirama
- Ryuichi Sakamoto1952–2023
- Saburō Kitajima1936–
- Saburō Moroi1903–1977
- Sadao Bekku1922–2012
- Sakunosuke Koyama1864–1927
- Satoru Kōsaki1974–
- Satoshi Yagisawa1975–
- Sei Ikeno1931–2004
- Seiichiro Kuribayashi1965–
- Shigeaki Saegusa1942–
- Shigeomi Hasumi1967–2017
- Shinji Hosoe1967–
- Shirō Hamaguchi1969–
- Shunsuke Kikuchi1931–2021
- Somei Satoh1947–
- Suguru Goto1966–
- Susumu Hirasawa1954–
- Tadatoshi Miyagawa1935–
- Takahiro Izutani1967–
- Takahiro Konagawa1979–
- Takahiro Moriuchi1988–
- Takahito Eguchi1971–
- Takanori Arisawa1951–2005
- Takashi Yoshimatsu1953–
- Takeaki Kunimoto1961–
- Takeharu Ishimoto1970–
- Takehisa Kosugi1938–2018
- Takekuni Hirayoshi1936–1998
- Takeo Watanabe1933–1989
- Takeshi Abo1973–
- Takeshi Hayama1958–
- Takeshi Kobayashi1959–
- Taku Iwasaki1968–
- Tamayo Kawamoto
- Tappi Iwase1967–
- Taro Hakase1968–
- Taro Kudo
- Teiichi Okano1878–1941
- Teizo Matsumura1929–2007
- Tenpei Sato1968–
- Tetsuji Hayashi1949–
- Tetsurō Kashibuchi1950–2013
- Tomosuke Funaki
- Tomoyasu Hotei1962–
- Tōru Takemitsu1930–1996
- Toshi Ichiyanagi1933–2022
- Toshio Hosokawa1955–
- Toshio Iwai1962–
- Toshio Masuda (composer)1959–
- Toshiro Mayuzumi1929–1997
- Tsuneo Fukuhara1932–2022
- Urato Watanabe1909–1994
- Ushio Torikai1952–
- Yasuaki Fujita
- Yasuhiko Fukuda1957–
- Yasuhiko Fukuoka
- Yasuji Kiyose1900–1981
- Yasunori Mitsuda1972–
- Yasuo Kuwahara1946–2003
- Yasushi Akutagawa1925–1989
- Yasushi Ishii1970–
- Yoko Kanno1964–
- Yoritsune Matsudaira1907–2001
- Yoshifumi Ushima1966–2022
- Yoshihisa Hirano1971–
- Yoshirō Irino1921–1980
- Yoshitaka Hirota1971–
- Yugo Kanno1977–
- Yukihiko Haida1909–1986
- Yuta Bandoh1991–
- Yuzo Koshiro1967–