Akira Senju

• Name — Akira Senju • Birth Name — Akira Senju • Native Name — 千住 明 • Born — 21 October 1960 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Genre — * Instrumental • music score • anime soundtrack • VGM • classical • Occupation — Composer, orchestrator, music producer • Years Active — 1986–present • Label — Universal Music Japan • Website — website

Senju studied composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and received his master's degree with honors. Between 1994 and 2003, he produced series of cover albums Utahime for Japanese singer Akina Nakamori with more than million sold copies overall. Composition credits include Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei, Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Rampo, Strawberry on the Shortcake, Yomigaeri, Red Garden, Nada Sōsō, Fūrin Kazan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, the 2012 revival of Iron Chef, Triangle Strategy and the anime version of Battery. Arrangement credits include Hikari. Performance credits include Handsome Boy, The Snow Queen (Yuki no Joou). His brother is Hiroshi Senju, the Nihonga painter. His younger sister is Mariko Senju, the violinist. His nephew is artificial intelligence entrepreneur Hikari Senju.

• Mama wa Shōgaku 4 Nensei (1992, Nippon TV) • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993–1994, TV Asahi) • The Silent Service (1995–1998, OVA) • B'T X (1996, TBS Television) • Tetsujin 28-go (2004, TV Tokyo) • The Snow Queen (2005, NHK General TV) • Red Garden (2006, TV Asahi) • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009–2010, MBS) • Valvrave the Liberator (2013, MBS) • Battery (2016, Fuji TV)

• Summer Snow (2000, TBS Television) • Strawberry on the Shortcake (2001, TBS Television) • Tetsujin 28-go (2004) • Suna no Utsuwa (2004) • Red Garden (2006–2007) • Fūrin Kazan (NHK, 2007) • Gold (2010, Fuji TV) • Japanese Americans (2010, TBS Television) – miniseries

• Fighting Illusion: K-1 Grand Prix (1996, Daft Co.) • Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn (2009, Square Enix) • Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk (2009, Square Enix) • Triangle Strategy (2022, Square Enix-Artdink)

• Ribbon RE-BORN (1988) • 226 (1989) • Tsurumoku Dokushinryō (1991) • Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song (1992) • Tōhō Kenbunroku (The Travels of Marco Polo) (1992) • Kokōkyōshi (1993) • Ienakiko (1994) • The Mystery of Rampo – International version (1995) • Night Train to the Stars (1996) • Time Leap (1997) • Acorn House (1997) • Begging for Love (1998) • Gensomaden Saiyuki: Requiem (2001) • Meshita no koibito (2002) • Yomigaeri (2003) • Kurasshu (2003) • The Man Who Wipes the Mirror (Mirror no Fukuotoko) (2004) • Tetsujin 28: The Movie (2005) • Hinokio (2005) • A Heartful of Love (2005) • Nada Sōsō (2006) • Elephant no Senaka（2007年） • Run with the Wind (2009) • Magic Tree House (2012) • Reminiscence (2017)

• Princess Arete (2000) – directed by Sunao Katabuchi • Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009) – directed by Kanta Kamei