Acting credits
5
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Kenji Kawai
Sound
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 156Series: 66Crew credits: 219
TMDB ID: 57304
IMDb ID: nm0442766
Known for: Sound
Born: April 23, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2026
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q443712
Also known as
川井 憲次 • かわい けんじ • かーい • かーいさん • Kawai Kenji • Kaai
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (134)Music (82)Art Direction (1)Music Editor (1)Musician (1)
Biography
Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer for video games, television and movies. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other Asian countries, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror, sci-fi and historical epic.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kenji Kawai.
May 15
Patlabor EZY File 1
Original Music Composer
2026 Movie
8.0
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise
Original Music Composer
2025 Movie
5.0
Candlestick
Original Music Composer
2025 Movie
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2
Music
2024 Movie
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1
Original Music Composer
2024 Movie
7.0
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Original Music Composer
2024 Movie
7.3
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
Original Music Composer
2023 Movie
8.2
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Music
2023 Movie
7.8
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1
Music
2023 Movie
5.0
Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki
Original Music Composer
2022 Movie
6.5
I Can't Stop Biting You
Original Music Composer
2022 Movie
7.2
Limbo
Original Music Composer
2021 Movie
7.3
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
Original Music Composer
2020 Movie
5.8
Remotely Killed
Original Music Composer
2020 Movie
7.3
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Original Music Composer
2019 Movie
Shishigari
Original Music Composer
2019 Movie
8.3
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease
Original Music Composer
2019 Movie
6.7
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z
Original Music Composer
2019 Movie
6.1
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever
Original Music Composer
2018 Movie
7.3
Kamen Rider Build The Movie: Be The One
Music
2018 Movie
6.3
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Original Music Composer
2018 Movie
6.0
Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden
Music
2018 Movie
7.1
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Original Music Composer
2018 Movie
8.2
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Original Music Composer
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kenji Kawai.
7.4
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
Original Music Composer • 23 eps
2025 Series
8.1
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture
Music • 12 eps
2024 Series
7.4
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
Original Music Composer • 10 eps
2023 Series
7.0
My Home Hero
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
2023 Series
6.2
The Fire Hunter
Original Music Composer • 20 eps
2023 Series
8.7
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the East
Music • 2 eps
2021 Series
7.7
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West
Original Music Composer • 2 eps
2021 Series
5.6
Vlad Love
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
2021 Series
7.5
Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW
Original Music Composer • 39 eps
2020 Series
6.7
No Guns Life
Original Music Composer • 24 eps
2019 Series
6.5
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
2018 Series
6.7
BORDER The Urge Medical Examiner Mika HIGA
Original Music Composer • 2 eps
2017 Series
Sand Whale and Me
Music • 5 eps
2017 Series
6.8
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Original Music Composer • 24 eps
2016 Series
8.5
Mob Psycho 100
Original Music Composer • 37 eps
2016 Series
8.2
Servamp
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
2016 Series
6.7
JOKER GAME
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
2016 Series
7.3
Apocalypse: Stalin
Original Music Composer • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.5
The Perfect Insider
Original Music Composer • 11 eps
2015 Series
5.0
Ghost Theater
Original Music Composer • 10 eps
2015 Series
6.0
The Perfect Insider
Music • 10 eps
2014 Series
7.3
World Trigger
Music • 99 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Barakamon
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
2014 Series
7.1
Border
Music • 9 eps
2014 Series