Keiichi Suzuki
Keiichi Suzuki is a Japanese composer, singer, and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Moonriders and is best known known outside of Japan for his musical contributions to the video games Mother (1989) and EarthBound (1994), both of which have been released on several soundtracks. More recently, he has composed film scores including The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi (2003), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Uzumaki (2000), Chicken Heart (2009), as well as Takeshi Kitano's Outrage trilogy.
Also recorded as Suzuki Keiichi
Keiichi Suzuki
- Name
- Keiichi Suzuki
- Born
- 28 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- * Musician
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- rock
- Education
- Tokyo Metropolitan Tsubasa Sogo Senior High School
- Known for
- Zatōichi
- Languages
- Japanese
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Keiichi Suzuki is a Japanese composer, singer, and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Moonriders and is best known known outside of Japan for his musical contributions to the video games Mother (1989) and EarthBound (1994), both of which have been released on several soundtracks. More recently, he has composed film scores including The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi (2003), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Uzumaki (2000), Chicken Heart (2009), as well as Takeshi Kitano's Outrage trilogy.
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Keiichi Suzuki (born 1951) is an actor, composer and guitarist, among other activities, of Japanese nationality. The actor was born in Ota.
Keiichi Suzuki was educated at Tokyo Metropolitan Tsubasa Sogo Senior High School. The actor is a member of Hachimitsupai, Moonriders and The Beatniks.
Among the works is Zatōichi. The work spans rock. Languages used include Japanese.
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• Name — Keiichi Suzuki • Native Name — 鈴木 慶一 • Born — 28 August 1951 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — * Musician • composer • singer • record producer • actor • Years Active — 1970–present • Associated Acts — * The Beatniks • Moonriders • Hirokazu Tanaka • Yukihiro Takahashi • Website — keiichisuzuki.com
Career
Career
Suzuki was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of actor Akio Suzuki. He has a younger brother, Hirobumi Suzuki. In the early 1970s, Keiichi became involved with the Japanese band Hachimitsu Pie, who released one album in 1973. Later in the 1970s, Suzuki functioned as the occasional leader and regular singer of the Moonriders — the group's first album was in fact credited to "Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders ". The band included his brother Hirobumi on bass. Afterward, he collaborated with Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Yukihiro Takahashi as the duo The Beatniks. He was also a member of the trio Three Blind Moses. As an actor, Suzuki appeared in the 1980s films; Body Drop Asphalt, Shunji Iwai's Swallowtail, and Love Letter, as well as other films from the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 1989, Suzuki cowrote the soundtrack to the video game EarthBound Beginnings/Mother. In 1994, he would write more music for the game's sequel, EarthBound/Mother 2. A few years after EarthBound/Mother 2, Suzuki provided the music for the audio game Real Sound: Kaze no Regret. His song "Satellite Serenade" was remixed by The Orb and was later featured on Sasha & Digweed's Northern Exposure and The Orb's Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty compilation. In February 2008, Suzuki released a new solo album Captain Hate & First Mate Love in collaboration with Keiichi Sokabe, touring together in late spring 2008. The follow-up Pirate Radio Seasick appeared in 2009, and the third part In Retrospect in January 2011.
with Hachimitsu-Pie
with Hachimitsu-Pie
• Sentimental Dohri ("Sentimental Street")(1973) • Beibyilon (Baby-Lon) (2017, Morio Agata & Hachimitsu-Pie)
with Moonriders
with Moonriders
• MOONRIDERS (1977) • Istanbul mambo (1977) • NOUVELLES VAGUES (1978) • MODERN MUSIC (1979) • CAMERA EGAL STYLO (1980) • Aozora Hyakkei ("100 spectacular views of the blue sky") (1982) • MANIA MANIÈRA (1982) • AMATEUR ACADEMY (1984) • ANIMAL INDEX (1985) • DON'T TRUST OVER THIRTY (1986) • Christ, Who's gonna die first? (1991) • A.O.R. (1992) • Moonriders No Yoru ("Night of the Moonriders")(1995) • Bizarre Music For You (1996) • GetsuMen Sanka ("Lunar anthem")(1998) • dis-covered (1999) • Dire Morons TRIBUNE (2001) • P.W Babies Paperback (2005) • MOON OVER the ROSEBUD (2006) • Tokyo7 (2009) • Ciao! (2011) • it's the moooonriders (2022) • e.d morrison (2026)
The SUZUKI (with his brother Hirobumi Suzuki)
The SUZUKI (with his brother Hirobumi Suzuki)
• The Suzuki meets GREAT SKIFFLE AUTREY(1990) • The Suzuki ’95(1995) • The Suzuki meets 栗コーダーカルテット(1998)
No Lie-Sense (with Keralino Sandorovich)
No Lie-Sense (with Keralino Sandorovich)
• First Suicide Note (2013) • JAPAN'S PERIOD (2016) • 駄々録〜Dadalogue (2020)
Controversial Spark
Controversial Spark
• After Intermission (2019)
Suzuki-Matsuwo (with Kiyonori Matsuo)
Suzuki-Matsuwo (with Kiyonori Matsuo)
• One Hit Wonder(2023)
Solo studio albums
Solo studio albums
• Hinotama Boy 火の玉ボーイ (1976, Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders) • S.F. (1978), (宇宙からの物体X) • Suzuki White-Report Suzuki白書 (1991) • Tokyo Taro Is Living in Tokyo (1993, as Tokyo Taro) • Satelliteserenade (1994) – as Suzuki K1 >> 7.5cc • Yes, Paradise, Yes | M.R.B.S.(1999) – as Suzuki K1 >> 7.5cc • No.9 (2004) – with Moonriders • Captain Hate & First Mate Love ヘイト船長とラヴ航海士 (2008) • Pirate Radio, Seasick シーシック・セイラーズ登場! (2009) • In Retrospective ヘイト船長回顧録 ラヴ航海士抄 (2011) • Keiichi Suzuki: Music for Films and Games (2010, Soundtracks Compilation) • Records and Memories (2015) • Mother Music Revisited (2021)
Video games
Video games
• Title — Notes • EarthBound Beginnings/Mother — with Hirokazu Tanaka • EarthBound/Mother 2 — with Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno • Real Sound: Kaze no Regret • Mother 1+2 — with Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno • Super Smash Bros. Brawl — Original game supervisor • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Television
Television
• Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021), Shimura
Film
• Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) • Uzumaki (2000) • The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi (2003) • Tokyo Godfathers (2003) • Chicken Heart (2009) • For the Plasma (2014) • His (2020) • Last Letter (2020) • Just Remembering (2022), Nagura • Call Me Chihiro (2023), old musician • Plastic (2023) • Kyrie (2023) • Ghost Cat Anzu (2024), buddhist monk (voice) • Paradise of Solitude (2024) • Gosh!! (2025) • BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025), Takuo • 1st Kiss (2025) • Spirit World (2025)
Influences
Suzuki cited John Lennon of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Andy Partridge of XTC, Godley & Creme, Miklos Rozsa, and Harry Nilsson as influences, particularly on the tracks he composed for the Mother series.
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- 1.Keiichi Suzuki. Keiichi Suzuki / Profile.
- 2.Itoi, Shigesato. 『MOTHER』の音楽は鬼だった。. 1101.com. June 16, 2003.
- 3.座頭市. eiga.com.
- 4.his. eiga.com.
- 5.ラストレター. eiga.com.
- 6.ちょっと思い出しただけ. eiga.com.
- 7.ちひろさん. eiga.com.
- 8.PLASTIC. eiga.com.
- 9.キリエのうた. eiga.com.
- 10.化け猫あんずちゃん. eiga.com.
- 11.孤独な楽園. eiga.com.
- 12.THE オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ MOVIE. eiga.com.
- 13.BAUS 映画から船出した映画館. eiga.com.
- 14.ファーストキス 1ST KISS. eiga.com.
- 15.SPIRIT WORLD スピリットワールド. eiga.com.
- 16.オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮. Natalie.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Suzuki Keiichi. His recorded language was Japanese. He was the child of Shōsei Suzuki. He married Saeko Suzuki. Recorded as having studied at Tokyo Metropolitan Tsubasa Sogo Senior High School.
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