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Kenji KAWAI

Family name (in kanji): 川井

Given name (in kanji): 憲次

Date of birth: 1957-04-23

Hometown: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Website:

Kenji Kawai's Official Website

Official Kenji Kawai Website (Japanese)

Non-anime roles:

Hamburger no Tetsu in "Tachigui The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters" (comedy)

Non-anime staff credits:

Music for "Avalon" (Movie, 2001) (Japanese)

Music for "Bloody Mallory" (Movie, 2002) (Japanese)

Music for "Bloody Mallory" (Movie, 2002) (French)

Music for "Burn Up!" (OAV, 1991) (Japanese)

Music for "Dragon Tiger Gate" (Movie, 2006) (Hong Kong)

Music for "Garasu no nou" (Movie, 2000, Eng. title 'Sleeping Bride') (Japanese)

Music for "Honogurai mizu no soko kara" (Movie, 2002, Eng. title 'Dark Water') (Japanese)

Music for "Ip Man" (Movie, 2008) (Hong Kong)

Music for "Jigoku no banken: akai megane" (Movie, 1987, Eng. title 'The Red Spectacles') (Japanese)

Music for "Jigoku no banken: kerubersu" (Movie, 1991, Eng. title 'Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops') (Japanese)

Music for "Kaosu" (Movie, 1999, Eng. title 'Chaos') (Japanese)

Music for "Mikadoroido" (Movie, 1991, Eng. title 'Robokill Beneath Discoclub Layla') (Japanese)

Music for "Nobunaga no Yabou Online" (Game, 2004, Eng. title 'Nobunaga's Ambition Online') (Japanese)

Music for "Princess Minerva" (OAV, 1995) (Japanese)

Music for "Ringu 2" (Movie, 1999, Eng. title 'Ring 2') (Japanese)

Music for "Ringu" (Movie, 1998, Eng. title 'Ring') (Japanese)

Music for "Sadistic and Masochistic" (Movie, 2000) (Japanese)

Music for "Samurai" (Movie, 2002) (Japanese)

Music for "Samurai" (Movie, 2002) (French)

Music for "Seven Swords" (Movie, 2005) (Hong Kong)

Music for "Talking Head" (Movie, 1992) (Japanese)

Music for "Unloved" (Movie, 2001) (Japanese)

In the news 29 times:

2009-08-22 New Moribito Episodes Start on Adult Swim Tonight

2009-03-18 Eden of the East Promo Streamed, Oasis to Sing Opening (Updated)

2009-03-13 Sky Crawlers' Oshii Plans 1 Anime, 2 Live-Action Films

2009-02-06 Production I.G. to Add Eden of the East Film in 2009

2008-12-16 Dubai Film Festival to Screen Oshii's The Sky Crawlers

2008-12-08 Oshii's Sky Crawlers Already Running in Los Angeles

2008-10-17 Macross Creator Kawamori to Work on Mugen Dai Shōnen

2008-10-12 Oshii's Sky Crawlers Picks Up 3 Awards at Sitges Fest

2008-10-01 Tetsujin 28, Samurai 7 Get Adapted as Stage Plays

2008-08-23 Moribito to Premiere on Adult Swim at 1:30 a.m. ET/PT

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