Ryosuke Nakanishi

Ryosuke Nakanishi (中西 亮輔, Nakanishi Ryosuke; born March 6, 1976) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer best known for his role on the soundtrack of several anime series and video games.^[1] His works include the musical scores for High School DxD, Kuroko's Basketball and The Devil is a Part-Timer!.^[2] He often goes by the alias R-midwest.^[3]

Ryosuke Nakanishi 中西 亮輔
Also known as	R-midwest
Born	(1976-03-06) March 6, 1976 (age 49) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Classical orchestral J-pop anison
Occupations	Composer arranger music producer
Instruments	Keyboard
Years active	2000–present
Labels	ApDream Group Artus
Website	www.studio-r.jp

Nakanishi is the co-founder of the music agency ApDream Group,^[4] as well as the executive director of the music production company Artus.^[5] He is also a member of the Japan Composers and Arrangers Association (JCAA).^[6]

Biography

Nakanishi was born in Tokyo, in 1976. He was born in a family of musicians, so he received music education since an early age.^[1] He began composing music for other artists in 2000.^[7] In 2004, he made his debut as a soundtrack composer with the ending theme song "Aoi Tabibito", from the anime Mars Daybreak.^[8] Since then, he has been active as a musician, having provided the music for many visual media works, mostly arranging tracks, opening themes and ending themes for anime.^[7]

Works

Anime

Year	Title	Role(s)
2004	Mars Daybreak	Ending theme song arranger[8]
2006	Tokimeki Memorial Only Love	Ending theme song arranger
2007	Gigantic Formula	Ending theme song arranger
	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3	Opening theme song composer[9]
	Kamichama Karin	Ending theme song arranger
	Hidamari Sketch	Opening theme song arranger[10]
2010	Cat Planet Cuties	Ending theme song arranger
2011	C3	Ending theme song arranger[11]
	Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!	Composer
2012	Cardfight!! Vanguard	Ending theme song arranger
	Kuroko's Basketball	Composer[12]
	High School DxD	Composer[13]
2013	Monogatari: Second Season	Ending theme song arranger
	Da Capo III	Composer
	High School DxD New	Composer[14]
	The Devil is a Part-Timer!	Composer[15]
	Walkure Romanze	Composer
2014	Mekakucity Actors	Composer Insert song arranger [16]
	Cardfight!! Vanguard: The Movie	Ending theme song arranger
	Love Live! 2nd Season	Insert song arranger
	Recently, My Sister Is Unusual	Composer
	Sakura Trick	Composer[17]
	Healthy Robo Daimidaler	Composer
	Love Stage!!	Composer[18]
	Invaders of the Rokujouma!?	Composer
2015	Show by Rock!!	Insert song arranger
	High School DxD Born	Composer[19]
	Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama	Composer
2016	Cardfight!! Vanguard: G Stride Gate Edition	Ending theme song arranger
	Bakuon!!	Composer
2017	Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama the Movie	Composer
2018	High School DxD Hero	Composer[20]
	Peacemaker Kurogane Part 1: Belief	Composer
	Peacemaker Kurogane Part 2: Friend	Composer
2019	B-PROJECT～Zecchō＊Emotion～	Composer
2021	Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!	Composer[21]
2022	Cue!	Composer
	The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2	Composer[22]

Video games

Year	Title	Role(s)
2006	Hiiro no Kakera Shintama Yorihime Densetsu -Piece of Future-	Ending theme song arranger
	Da Capo II	Character song composer and arranger
2007	Eternal Fantasy	Ending theme song arranger[23]
2008	Momotaro Dentetsu	Arranger
2012	Girlfriend Music（♪）	Composer and arranger[24]
2016	Yuukyuu no Tierblade: Lost Chronicle	Opening and ending theme song arranger[25]