Koichi Sugiyama

Person · Open Library

Born

1932

Works

1

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Film & TV

Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Sugiyama was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He is known for composing the music for the Dragon Quest franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, and television shows. Classically trained, he is considered a major inspiration for other Japanese game music composers.

Known for

• Dragon Quest - 30th Anniversary NHK Special — Self2016
• Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome — Himself - Conductor2015
• Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite: London Philharmonic Orchestra Live — Himself - Conductor1991

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Listeners

36,169

Total plays

1,359,246

Koichi Sugiyama (すぎやまこういち, Sugiyama Kōichi) (his birth name is 椙山浩一, which is pronounced the same) (born April 11, 1931) is a Japanese classical music composer, council member of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. He is best known composing music for the Dragon Quest video game series from Enix (later Square Enix) and several Japanese TV shows such as Space Runaway Ideon, Cyborg 009, and Gatchaman.

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Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Empire of Japan

Place of birth

Taitō-ku

Place of death

Tokyo

Occupation

pianist

Employer

Nippon Cultural Broadcasting

Languages spoken

Japanese

Award

Person of Cultural Merit

Genre

kayōkyoku

Instrument

piano

Official website

sugimania.com

Image

Kohichi Sugiyama 2011-06-30.jpg

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