Shirō Sagisu

Shirō Sagisu 鷺巣 詩郎
Background information
Born	August 29, 1957 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Symphonic film score J-pop kayōkyoku
Occupation(s)	Composer arranger music producer
Years active	1978–present
Website	http://www.ro-jam.com

Shirō Sagisu (鷺巣 詩郎, Sagisu Shirō, born August 29, 1957) 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.

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. Sagisu won the Tokyo Anime Award for "Best Music" in 2010 for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. Sagisu arranged a rendition of the Japanese national anthem, "Kimigayo", performed at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony by Misia.

Discography

Solo

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

T-Square

Year	Title	Ref.
1978	Lucky Summer Lady
	Midnight Lover
1979	Make Me A Star

Works

Anime

TV series

Year	Title	Ref.
1984	Attacker You!
1987	Kimagure Orange Road
1990	Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
1995	Neon Genesis Evangelion
1998	His and Her Circumstances
2002	Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
2004	Bleach
2007	Skull Man
2012	Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
2013	Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
2014	Black Bullet
2016	Berserk
2018	SSSS.Gridman
2021	SSSS.Dynazenon
2022	Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition
	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

Theme song arrangements

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1984	Katri, Girl of the Meadows	Opening theme, "Love with You: Ai no Present" (Love with You ～愛のプレゼント～), performed by Chie Kobayashi
	Attacker You!	Opening theme, "Seishun Prelude" (青春プレリュード), performed by Harumi Kamo
1985	Musashi no Ken	Opening theme, "Moete Hero" (裸足のソルジャー), performed by Kōsuke Shimoyama
	Captain Tsubasa	Second opening theme, "Moete Hero" (燃えてヒーロー), performed by Takayuki Takemoto
	Fight! Super Robot Life-Form Transformers	Opening theme, "Transformer", performed by Satoko Shimonari
1986	Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ	Opening theme, "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〜), performed by Masahito Arai
	Fight! Super Robot Life-Form Transformers 2010	Opening theme, "Transformer 2010", performed by Shō Hirose
1987	Metal Armor Dragonar	First opening theme, "Yumeiro Chaser" (夢色チェイサー), performed by Mami Ayukawa
	Kimagure Orange Road	First ending theme, "Natsu no Mirage" (夏のミラージュ), performed by Kanako Wada Second opening theme, "Orange Mystery" (オレンジ・ミステリー), performed by Hideyuki Nagashima
1989	Miracle Giants Dome-kun	Opening theme, "Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku" (ボクらの夢によろしく), performed by Cha-cha
1990	Idol Angel Yokoso Yoko	Opening theme, "Yōshun no Passage" (陽春のパッセージ), performed by Yoko Yanaka
	Ranma ½ Nettōhen	Fourth opening theme, "Zettai! Part 2" (絶対!Part2), performed by Yoshie Hayasaka
1991	Anime Himitsu no Hanazono	Opening and ending themes, "Gyakuten Typhoon" (逆転タイフーン) and "Harahorohirehare" (はらほろひれはれ), respectively, both performed by Yoshie Hayasaka

Films and original video animations

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

Theatrical films

Year	Title	Ref.
2001	Musa
2004	Casshern
2006	The Restless
2015	Attack on Titan
2016	Shin Godzilla
2020	Wotakoi
2022	Shin Ultraman
2023	An Endless Sunday

Television dramas

Year	Title	Ref.
2002	Love Quotient
2010	Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu

Video games

Year	Title	Ref.
TBA	Project GAMM

Songwriting credits

1980s

1990s–2000s

2010s–2020s

See also

• An Music School