Shirō Sagisu

Shirō Sagisu (鷺巣 詩郎, Sagisu Shirō; born August 29, 1957)^[5] is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years (beginning in the late 1970s), he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satoshi Tomiie, and Ken Hirai. Sagisu has also worked as a film composer for several anime and films, being well known for his collaborations with Gainax, especially in the soundtrack of Hideaki Anno's series Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Shirō Sagisu 鷺巣 詩郎
Sagisu c. 2004
Background information
Born	(1957-08-29) August 29, 1957 (age 67) Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Symphonic[1] film score[2] J-pop[3] kayōkyoku[4]
Occupations	Composer arranger music producer
Years active	1978–present
Website	Official website

Sagisu's career in music started in 1977, when he became one of the members of jazz fusion band T-Square. He made three albums with the group before becoming a full-time composer and writer in 1979. By 1997, he had composed over 2,000 songs, advertising jingles and TV and movie pieces.^[6] Sagisu won the Tokyo Anime Award for "Best Music" in 2010 for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.^[7] Sagisu arranged a rendition of the Japanese national anthem, "Kimigayo", performed at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony by Misia.^[8]

Discography

Solo

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1979	EYES	With Somethin' Special	[9]
1980	Pole Position 2	With Somethin' Special	[10]
1994	Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale	Orchestral arrangement of 11 tracks from the game Final Fantasy VI Co-arranged with Tsuneyoshi Saito	[11]
1999	Shiro's Songbook		[12]
2000	Shiro's Songbook 2		[13]
2001	Tribute to Cool! Shiro's Songbook 2.5		[14]
	5.1 Gospel Songbook		[15]
2002	Shiro's Songbook "Remixes and More"		[16]
2003	Shiro's Songbook Selection London Freedom Choir		[17]
2005	Shiro's Songbook Ver 7.0		[18]
2013	Shiro's Songbook Xpressions		[19]
2017	Shiro's Songbook The Hidden Wonder of Music		[20]
2018	Shiro's Ani-Songbook		[21]
2022	Shiro’s Songbook 11		[22]
2022	Shiro's Songbook Bleach Bankai!		[23]

T-Square

Year	Title	Ref.
1978	Lucky Summer Lady	[24]
	Midnight Lover	[25]
1979	Make Me A Star	[26]

Works

Anime

TV series

Year	Title	Ref.
1984	Attacker You!	[27]
1987	Kimagure Orange Road	[28]
1990	Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water	[29]
1995	Neon Genesis Evangelion	[30]
1998	His and Her Circumstances	[31]
2002	Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi	[32]
2004	Bleach	[33]
2007	Skull Man	[34]
2012	Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic	[35]
2013	Magi: The Kingdom of Magic	[36]
2014	Black Bullet	[37]
2016	Berserk	[38][39]
2018	SSSS.Gridman	[40]
2021	SSSS.Dynazenon	[41]
2022	Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition	[42]
	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War	[43]

Films and original video animations

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1985	Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko		[44]
	Megazone 23 Part I		[45]
1986	Ai City		[46]
1987	Megazone 23 Part II		[47]
	Battle Royal High School		[48]
1988	I Want to Return to That Day		[49]
1991	Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water – The Motion Picture		[50]
1992	Macross II		[51]
	Ushio & Tora	Composer for the first six episodes	[52]
1996	Garzey's Wing		[53]
1997	Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth		[54]
	The End of Evangelion		[55]
2006	Bleach: Memories of Nobody		[56]
2007	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone		[57]
	Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion		[58]
2008	Bleach: Fade to Black		[59]
2009	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance		[60]
2010	Bleach: Hell Verse		[61]
2012	Berserk: The Golden Age Arc		[62]
	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo		[63]
2014	until You come to me.	Japan Animator Expo's short	[64]
2015	On a Gloomy Night	Japan Animator Expo's short	[65]
	Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen	Japan Animator Expo's short	[66]
2021	Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time		[67]
2023	Gridman Universe		[68]

Theatrical films

Year	Title	Ref.
2001	Musa	[69]
2004	Casshern	[70]
2006	The Restless	[71]
2015	Attack on Titan	[72]
2016	Shin Godzilla	[73]
2020	Wotakoi	[74]
2022	Shin Ultraman	[75]
2023	An Endless Sunday	[76]

Television dramas

Year	Title	Ref.
2002	Love Quotient	[77]
2010	Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu	[78]

Video games

Year	Title	Ref.
TBA	Project GAMM	[79]

Songwriting credits

1980s

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Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album/Single
1981	"Sentimental Journey"	Iyo Matsumoto	Sentimental Journey
	"Hitokakera no Natsu", "Time Capsule", "Yakan Hikou", "Scramble no Koutsuuten"		Sentimental Iyo
1982	"Love me Tender", "Nijiiro no Fantasy"	Iyo Matsumoto	Love me Tender
	"TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira", "Pata Pata"		TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira
	"Otona Janaino", "Koi wa Ban Ban"		Otona Janaino
	"Dakishimetai", "Kiss In The Dream"		Dakishimetai
	"Majokko Seventeen", "Pandora no Yume", "Frio no Natsu", "Nageki no Nightingale", "Tasogare no Poem"		Only Seventeen
	"Crystal Love", "Born to be a star",	Hideki Saijo	Crystal Love
	"Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido", "Ai no Bracelet"	Yu Hayami	Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido
	"Meguriai" (めぐりあい)[80]	Daisuke Inoue	Meguriai
1983	"Taiyou ga Ippai", "Namida no Handkief"	Iyo Matsumoto	Taiyou ga Ippai
	"Toki ni Ai wa", "Shinju no Earring"		Toki ni Ai wa
	"Oshare Namida"		Endless Summer
	"Akai Ribbon no Present", "Shigeki Kudasai Boy", "Snow Flake Samba", "Koigokoro 3 Octave", "For you, Christmas"		Yume Hitotsu Shinkirou
	"Chinese Kiss", "Elliot"		Chinese Kiss
	"Sayonara no Monogatari", "Yasashisa no Yokogao"	Chiemi Hori	Sayonara no Monogatari
	"Natsuiro no Diary", "Taiyou no Romance"		Natsuiro no Diary
	"Good-by Winter", "Anemone no Shoukei", "Love Me!", "Morning Ranvedouz", "Shyna Boy", "12Gatsu no Inori"		Yuki no Concerto
	"Sweet Surrender", "WANGAN High Way"	Miki Matsubara	Sweet Surrender
	"Moonlight Review"		Revue
	"Weather Song", "45 Nichi"	Naoko Kawai	Half Shadow
1984	"Kaze no Magical"	Kyoko Koizumi	Nagisa no Haikara Ningyou
	"Control"	Naoko Kawai	Control
	"Kuchibiru no Privacy", "Mebius no Kagami"		Kuchibiru no Privacy
	"Taiyou no Shita no Stranger", "Machikado", "Maboroshi no Natsu"		Summer Delicacy
	"Ai wa Kagirinaku", "Still Love Me"	Hiromi Go	Ougonkyou I: 2oku 4senman no Hitomi
	"Haru wa Sara Sara"	Youko Nagayama	Haru wa Sara Sara
	"Shabon", "Pianissimo"		Shabon
	"100Man Tsubu no Namida"	Shibugakitai	Beranmee! Dandy
	"Kokuhaku: Aisuru Hito he", "Hoshizora kara Merry Christmas"		Honesty: Maji
	"Seishun Prelude" (青春プレリュード)[80]	Harumi Kamo	Seishun Prelude
	"Love with You: Ai no Present" (Love with You ～愛のプレゼント～)[80]	Chie Kobayashi	Love with You: Ai no Present
1985	"Gekka Bijin", "Otanoshimi wa Korekara..."	Iyo Matsumoto	Gekka Bijin
	"Dokuritsu Sengen"		Pony Tail wa Nusubanai
	"Nantetatte Idol"	Kyoko Koizumi	Nantetatte Idol
	"Yokosuka Day Dream"		Today's Girl
	"Flapper", "Someday"		Flapper
	"Debut: Fly me to love"	Naoko Kawai	Debut: Fly me to love
	"I'm in love"		Lavender Lips
	"Oriental Eyes (Sometimes, Somewhere)", "Eien no Cinema House (Thousands Frames)"		Stardust Garden
	"Kishuu"	Naoko Ken	Kishuu
	"Kanashii Opera", "Kakashi"		Deep
	"Imagination", "Communication", "1984", "Reaching Out"	Junko Yagami	Communication
	"Gold Wind"	Youko Nagayama	Gold Wind
	"Kill", "Yabanna Shuumatsu"	Shibugakitai	Kill
	"Moon Venus"		Moon Venus
	"Kibun wa New Orleans", "One More Night", "Namida no Amtrak"		Burrow Gag from New San Francisco
	"Tsumi Daze! New York", "Kanashimi no Kageki", "Good-bye Hollywood", "Otosareta China Town"		Exotic
	"Transformer"[80]	Satoko Shimonari	Transformer
	""Moete Hero" (燃えてヒーロー)"[80]	Takayuki Takemoto [ja]	Moete Hero
	""Hadashi no Soldier" (裸足のソルジャー)"[80]	Kōsuke Shimoyama	Hadashi no Soldie
1986	"Mind Game", "Mosaic no Shiro", "Pink Champagne", Exotica", "Jealous Candle"	Akina Nakamori	Crimson
	"Yuujou no Monogatari"	Toshihiko Tahara	Hard ni Yasashiku
	"Friendly you", "Utsukushiki Grotesque"	Kyoko Koizumi	Hard ni Yasashiku
	"Tasogare no Monologue"	Miki Imai	Tasogare no Monologue
	"Melting Point", "Hitomi ni I love you	Yoko Oginome	Non-Stopper
	"Venus"	Youko Nagayama	Venus (sg)
	"Sushi Kuinee!"	Shibugakitai	Sushi Kuinee!
	"Koufuku no One Eight Ticket"		Tonde Hi ni Haire Natsu no Reijou
	"Arabian Kiss Club"		Arabian Kiss Club
	"Ano Koro no Oretachi"		Koibitotachi no Bldv.
	"Summer Night Carnival", "Manatsu no Dekigoto", "Hatachi no Pinocchio", "City"		Passionate Paradise
	"Poo-side Clash", "Andromeda no Namida", "Youki na Holy Night"		Horoscope
	"City Dreams From Tokyo", "Madness"	Hideki Saijo	From Tokyo
	"Transformer 2010"[80]	Shō Hirose	Transformer 2010
	"Anime ja Nai – Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo" (アニメじゃない〜夢を忘れた古い地球人よ〜), "Jidai ga Naiteiru" (時代が泣いている) [80]	Masahito Arai	Anime ja Nai – Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo
1987	"Star", Moshi Mouichido Aerunara	Yui Asaka	Star
	"Escape no Natsu"		Hitomi ni Storm
	"To be late"		Rainbow
	"Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite"	Miho Nakayama	50/50
	"Bad Boy"		Catch Me
	"Liberty Girl", "Okkochai na Randevouz", "Linne Magic"		One and Only
	"U Bu"	Kyoko Koizumi	Kyouko no Kiyoku Tanoshiku Utsukushiku
	"Sleepless Heart", "Odosarete..."	Junko Ohashi	Question
	"Lonely Liar"	Yu Hayami	Lonely Liar
	"Makkana Miniskirt"	Onyanko Club	Circle
	"Killer Toori ga Mainichi Party", "Babylon A Go Go", "Shonen no Saigo no Natsu", "Wangan Taiyōzoku (version II)", "Karuizawa Collection"	Yoko Oginome	Route 246 Connexion
	"Nile in blue"	Momoko Kikuchi	Nile in blue
	"Off Limits"		Glass no Sougen
	"Dreamin' Rider", "Yokohama City of Lights", "Sundial"		Escape from Dimension
	"Mister Monday", "Two of hearts, "I like you", "Sunny", "Papa Don't Preach", "Give me up"	Youko Nagayama	Venus (al.)
	"Tora! Tora! Tora!", "Yajuu no Bigaku"	Shibugakitai	Tora! Tora! Tora
	"Natsu no Mirage" (夏のミラージュ)[80]	Kanako Wada [ja]	Natsu no Mirage
	"Orange Mystery" (オレンジ・ミステリー)[80]	Hideyuki Nagashima [ja]	Orange Mystery
	"Yumeiro Chaser" (夢色チェイサー)[80]	Mami Ayukawa	Yumeiro Chaser
1988	"Kanashimi no Tsubasa"	Yui Asaka	Cecile
	"Heartbreak Bay Blues", "All My Love"		Candid Girl
	"Sugar Baby Love", "Kaze no Prelude"	Wink	Sugar Baby Love
	"Dance with me", "Anata no Kata ni Hoho Umete "		Moonlight Serenade
	"Yumeiro Club"	Yoshie Kashiwabara	Aishita dake yo
	"Checking Out"	Yu Hayami	Get Up
	"In the room", "Megami no Migite"	Miki Matsubara	In the room
	all songs		Wink
	"Superstition", "Suteki ni Fade Away"	Yoko Oginome	CD-Rider
	"Lonely Goodnight"	Youko Nagayama	Lonely Goodnight
	"Show Me", "Toy Boy", "I Think We Are Alone Now",		Tokyo Menu
	"No Escape", "Atarashii Yesterday", "Lahaina no Kaze", "Akirakani Ai ni Natteta", "Bananafish no Hi", "Be-Song"		F-1
	"I Should Go Away", "Once Again"	Hideki Saijou	33sai
1989	"Night Dancer"	Yui Asaka	True Love
	"Bandit", "White Nights"		Melody Fair
	"No to iu Aijou", "Anymore Ai Nante", "Bara Jikan", "Yoake no Metro"	Yoshie Kashiwabara	Yes I Love You: Unmei wo Koete
	"Sennen Roman", "Rhetorica"	Yoko Oginome	Fair Tension
	"Sukoshizutsu no Ai"	Noriko Sakai	Sayonara wo Sugite
	"All Right"		All Right
	"Anata ni Home Sick", "100% no Koibito", "Koi to Ai no Nuance", "Blink", "Arigatou Heart Beat"		My Dear/Noriko Part V
	"Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku" (ボクらの夢によろしく)[80]	Cha-cha [ja]	Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku

1990s–2000s

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Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album/Single
1990	"Omatsuri Ninja"	Ninja	Omatsuri Ninja
	"Ressha"		Ninja
	"Shake My Day", "Monalisa"	Hideki Saijo	Shake My Day
	"Yōshun no Passage" (陽春のパッセージ)[80]	Yoko Yanaka [ja]	Yōshun no Passage
	""Zettai! Part 2" [ja]" (絶対!Part2)[80]	Yoshie Hayasaka	Zettai! Part 2
1991	"Growing Up"	Hikaru Genji	Growing Up
	"Heart no Chikyuugi"		333 (Thank You)
	"Ringo Hakusho"	Ninja	Ringo Hakusho
	"Ooi! Kurumayasan"[80]		Ooi! Kurumayasan
	"Overture (Festival Music)"		Summer Fiesta
	"Gyakuten Typhoon", "Harahorohirehare"[80]	Yoshie Hayasaka	Gyakuten Typhoon
1992	"Futari no Birthday"	Kohmi Hirose	Futari no Birthday
	"Yakusoku"[80]	Hiroko Kasahara	Mou Ichido Love You
1993	"Yumemiru Planet"	Yoko Oginome	Yumemiru Planet
1994	"Kawaii Onna", "Yumemiru Chikara", "Mama wa Nandemo Shitteru"	Izumi Yukimura	I'm a Singer
1998	"Never Gonna Cry"	Misia	Mother Father Brother Sister
	"The Glory Day"		The Glory Day
1999	"One!		Wasurenai Hibi
2001	"Still Rain"	Nanase Aikawa	The Last Quarter
	"Nocturne"	Misia	Marvelous
	"Gaining Through Losing"	Ken Hirai	Gaining Through Losing
	"C'est la Vie"	Chemistry	The Way We Are
2002	"Treat or Goblins", "Anata no Kokoro ni"	Megumi Hayashibara	Treat or Goblins
	"Running Away"	Chemistry	Kimi wo Sagashiteta
	"Move on"		It Takes Two
	"Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit"	Skoop On Somebody [ja]	Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit
2003	"Flapper"	Smap	SMAP 016/MIJ
	"The Light: A Journey To The Promised Land"	Junpei Shiina	Amai Yoru no Kaori
	"Kokoro Hitotsu"	Misia	Kokoro Hitotsu
2004	"Eyes on me", "Diamond"		Mars & Roses
	"Fuyu no Etranger"		Singer for Singer
	"My Rivets"	Chemistry	OnexOne
2005	"For Isla Bonita"	Kaori Natori	Darling
2006	"Stay"		Stay
	"Hitosuji no Kiseki"	Gospellers	Hitosuji no Kiseki
2009	"Standing bird", "Get Ready, "XYZ", "Let Me Be Myself", "Deep Breathing", "Welcome to my fan club", "Hate me hate you", "Paranoia", "Your Rock", "Heart&Soul"	May'n	Styles

2010s–2020s

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Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album/Single
2010	"Ave Maria 2010"	Yoko Takahashi	Doukoku he no Monologue
	"Shuuketsu no Sadame", "Kyou no Hi wa Sayonara: Maternal Version"	Megumi Hayashibara	Shuuketsu no Sadame
	"Kiss of life"	Ken Hirai	Urauta Baka
	"Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku" (愛は降る星のごとく)[80]	May'n	Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku
	"Shinjitemiru", "My Lovely Thing"		Shinjitemiru
2011	"Kioku"	Misia	Kioku
	"Soul Quest Overture", "This is me"		Soul Quest
	"Smile", "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", "This Christmas"		Misia no Mori: Forest Covers
	"Moshimo Kimi ga Negaunara", "Ai wa Furu Hoshi no Gotoku", "Phonic Nation"	May'n	If you...
2012	"Jewels"	May'n	Heat
2013	"Arigatou Okagesan", "Yume ga Hontou ni Naru Fune"	Harumi Miyako	Arigatou Okagesan
	"Lethe"	May'n	Yamai Dare Darlin'
2014	"Tomorrow"	Ken Hirai	Soredemo Shitai
	"Trickstar"	Iori Nomizu	Shikkoku wo Nuritsubuse
2015	"Mayonaka no Hide and Seek"	Misia	Shiroi Kisetsu
	"Orphans no Namida"[80]		Orphans no Namida
2016	""Meimoku no Kanata" (瞑目の彼方)[80]	Nagi Yanagi	Meimoku no Kanata
2017	"Who will know - furusato", "Tensions - welcome to the stage", "Who will know - snedronningen"	Yoko Takahashi	Welcome to the stage!
2018	"Come sweet death, second impact", "The Image of black me", "Dilemmatic triangle opera AYANAMI Version"	Megumi Hayashibara	Fifty-Fifty
	"Amazing Life"	Misia	Life is going on and on
2019	"Lifetime with..."	May'n	Yell
2020	"Kagayaki no Etude"	Sumire Morohoshi	Tsumuji Kaze
2022	"Wish"	Mika Nakashima	Wish
2023	"What If?"	Yoko Takahashi	Evangelion Eternally
	"The End", "Seiza"	Junna	Dear