Kosuke Yamashita

Kosuke Yamashita (山下 康介, Yamashita Kōsuke; born February 17, 1974) is a Japanese composer and arranger from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Yamashita is best known for his work on Digimon Xros Wars, Xenosaga: The Animation, and the tokusatsu television series Mahou Sentai Magiranger, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, and Kamen Rider Gaim. He is a member of Project.R.^[1]

Kosuke Yamashita 山下 康介
Born	(1974-02-17) February 17, 1974 (age 51) Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Occupation(s)	Composer, arranger
Years active	1996–present

Yamashita often collaborates with Nobuhiko Obayashi, as Yamashita met him soon after Yamashita graduated from the Tokyo College of Music.^[2]

He is a board member of the Japanese Composer Arranger Association.^[3] Since April 2011, Yamashita has been a guest lecturer at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music.^[4][5] In 2013, released the album A Classical in collaboration with J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki.^[6] It was the first classical music album to top the Oricon album chart.^[7]

Discography

Year	Title	Notes	Source[8]
1996	Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction [ja]		[2]
2005	Hana Yori Dango		[9]
2005	Xenosaga: The Animation		[10]
2006	Glass Fleet
2006	Kurosagi		[11]
2006	Xenosaga I & II		[12]
2007	Getsumento Heiki Mina
2007	Dragonaut		[13]
2007	Shion no Ō
2007	Hana Yori Dango Returns		[14]
2008	R2: Reign of Revolution
2008	Hana Yori Dango Final		[15]
2009	Konnichiwa Anne		[16]
2009	Smile		[17]
2010–12	Digimon Fusion (Digimon Xros Wars)	3 seasons	[18]
2010	The Wallflower	live-action TV drama	[19]
2011–20	Chihayafuru	3 seasons	[20]
2011	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship		[21]
2012	Ozuma
2014	Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii		[22]
2016	Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R		[23]
2016	Puzzle & Dragons X		[24]
2022	Human Bug Daigaku		[25]
2024	Dragon Ball Daima		[26]
2026	A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation		[27]