Toshiyuki Watanabe
Toshiyuki "Toshi" Watanabe (渡辺 俊幸 Watanabe Toshiyuki; born February 3, 1955) is a Japanese musician and composer, known for writing film scores.
Toshiyuki Watanabe
- Born
- 1955 · Nagoya.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- composer · music arranger
- Fields
- film score
- Education
- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Toshiyuki "Toshi" Watanabe (渡辺 俊幸 Watanabe Toshiyuki; born February 3, 1955) is a Japanese musician and composer, known for writing film scores.
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Early life
Early life
Tohsiyuke Watanabe (also referred to as Toshi) was born on February 3, 1955 in Nagoya, Japan. He is the son of legendary tokusatsu and anime composer, Michiaki Watanabe.
Career
Career
Watanabe has scored multiple films and anime. His most notable works are the Mothra trilogy in the 1990s and the award-winning anime seriesUchū Kyōdai ("Space Brothers") from 2012 to 2014. In he wrote a drum kit concerto for Australian drummer David Jones.
Television scores
Television scores
• Ginga Hyōryū Vifam (1983–1984) • Bosco Adventure (1986–1987) • Metal Armor Dragonar (1987–1988) (with Kentarō Haneda) • The Adventures of Peter Pan (1989) • The Three-Eyed One (1990–1991) • The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird (1991–1992) • Mōri Motonari (1997) • Ginga Hyōryū Vifam 13 (1998) • Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (1999–2000) • Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince (2013) • Space Brothers (2012–2014) • Kabukimono Keiji (2015) • Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION (2018–2019)
Video game scores
Video game scores
• Shenmue (1999) (orchestration) • Chase the Express (2000) • Shenmue II (2001) (orchestration)
Identity
Identity
Toshiyuki Watanabe is recorded with the occupation music arranger. Recorded as a citizen of Japan. Classed in the genre anime.
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1955
Toshiyuki Watanabe was born on 3 February 1955.
Notable film scores
• Declaration of a Domineering Husband (1979) • The Makioka Sisters (1983) • Jiro's Story (1987) • Golf Yoakemae (1987) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra III (1998) • Milk White (2003) • Gege (2004) • Okāsan no Ki (2015) • Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017) • Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Movie: Mirai Kara Kita Shinsoku no ALFA-X (2019)
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