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Kaoru Wada

Kaoru Wada is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has composed the scores for many anime series, including Inuyasha, D.Gray-man, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Samurai 7 and, more recently, Tesla Note. He also became known to the West through his arranged works for orchestra and piano in video games like Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. Wada, along with other later-famous musicians, studied at the Tokyo College of Music under Akira Ifukube and Sei Ikeno.

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Kaoru Wada

Name
Kaoru Wada
Born
5 May 1962
Birthplace
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Occupation
* Composer
Nationality
Japan.
Fields
classical music.
Education
Tokyo College of Music.
Languages
Japanese.

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Kaoru Wada is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has composed the scores for many anime series, including Inuyasha, D.Gray-man, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Samurai 7 and, more recently, Tesla Note. He also became known to the West through his arranged works for orchestra and piano in video games like Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. Wada, along with other later-famous musicians, studied at the Tokyo College of Music under Akira Ifukube and Sei Ikeno.

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