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Hiroyuki Sawano

1980 - Today

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Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野 弘之, Sawano Hiroyuki; born September 12, 1980 Tokyo, Japan), stylized as Hiroyuki SAWANO, is a Japanese composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, and music producer best known for his work on many anime series, video games, television dramas, and films. His works include the musical scores for Attack On Titan, Soul Link, Gigantic Formula, Zombie-Loan, Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na, The Seven Deadly Sins, Solo Leveling, Sengoku Basara, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, Blue Exorcist, Aldnoah.Zero, Seraph of the End, Guilty Crown, Kill la Kill, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Re:Creators, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Fanfare of Adolescence, and 86. In Live Action Drama series, his work includes Ns' Blue, Iryu Team Medical Dragon, Prisoners, My Girl, Bombee Men, In addition to his role on the soundtrack, Sawano also composes many opening and ending theme songs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Hiroyuki Sawano is the 1,285th most popular composer (down from 1,212th in 2024), the 1,600th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,320th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 1,285 out of 1,451. Before him are Toshio Hosokawa, Maurice Greene, Władysław Żeleński, Jonathan Larson, Andrey Petrov, and Nicholas Hooper. After him are Lowell Mason, Thomas Tomkins, Shivkumar Sharma, Paul Williams, Necil Kazım Akses, and Afrasiyab Badalbeyli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 150. Before him are Sébastien Frey, Joris Mathijsen, Mike Miller, Demet Evgar, Jason Segel, and Rebel Wilson. After him are Nikola Žigić, Motoki Imagawa, Edison Chen, Zach McGowan, Ivan Klasnić, and Tim Borowski.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 1,600 out of 6,245. Before him are Nobuo Kishi (1959), Akitsugu Konno (1944), Takamasa Watanabe (1977), Ryue Nishizawa (1966), Yuichi Nishimura (1972), and Toshi (1965). After him are Yukiko Okada (1967), Noritake Takahara (1951), Kaoru Kadohara (1970), Sumi Shimamoto (1954), Masae Kasai (1933), and Shinya Hoshido (1978).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sawano ranks 19. Before him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Masaaki Suzuki (1954), and Toshio Hosokawa (1955). After him are Junichi Masuda (1968), Kaoru Wada (1962), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), Mamoru Samuragochi (1963), Kazumi Totaka (1967), and Michiru Yamane (1963).

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