Kouichi Sugiyama
Video game music, Composer
1931 –
Who is Kouichi Sugiyama?
Koichi Sugiyama is a Japanese music composer, council member of JASRAC, board member of Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. He is best known for composing music for the Dragon Quest video game series, which is published by Square Enix, and several Japanese anime, film, and TV shows, such as Space Runaway Ideon, Godzilla vs. Biollante, Cyborg 009, and Gatchaman.
A classically trained conductor, he is considered a primary inspiration for other game music composers such as Nobuo Uematsu, and has been referred to as a "Big boss of game music."
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- Born
- Apr 11, 1931
Taitō, Tokyo - Also known as
- Sugiyama, Kouichi
- Koichi Sugiyama
- すぎやまこういち
- Sugiyama Koichi
- Koichi Sugiyma
- Kooichi Sugiyama
- Sugiyama, Koichi
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Lived in
- Tokyo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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