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Joe Hisaishi

1950 - Today

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Mamoru Fujisawa (Japanese: 藤澤 守, Hepburn: Fujisawa Mamoru; born December 6, 1950), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Jō), is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, Western classical, and Japanese classical. He has also worked as a music engraver and arranger. He has been associated with director and animator Hayao Miyazaki since 1984, having written scores for all but one of Miyazaki's films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Hisaishi is the 153rd most popular musician (down from 112th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Japan (down from 89th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Musician.

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer. He is most famous for his soundtracks for Studio Ghibli films.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joe Hisaishi ranks 153 out of 3,175. Before him are Robert Smith, Glenn Miller, Chet Baker, Rudolf Schenker, Woody Guthrie, and Benny Goodman. After him are Gianna Nannini, Tony Iommi, Paul Mauriat, Karl Thomas Mozart, Carlos Kleiber, and Fernando Sor.

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Among people born in 1950, Joe Hisaishi ranks 34. Before him are Flavio Briatore, Ron Perlman, Zhang Yimou, William Hurt, Russell Alan Hulse, and William H. Macy. After him are Suzi Quatro, Daniel Auteuil, Choe Ryong-hae, Jörg Haider, Janez Drnovšek, and Vesna Vulović.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Joe Hisaishi ranks 120 out of 6,245. Before him are Joan Fontaine (1917), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Benkei (1155), Prince Shōtoku (574), Eisaku Satō (1901), and Emperor Nintoku (290). After him are Emperor Kōshō (-505), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Jiro Horikoshi (1903), and Emperor Kōan (-427).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Joe Hisaishi ranks 1. After him are Kitarō (1953), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Isao Tomita (1932), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Hide (1964), Haruomi Hosono (1947), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), and Mitski (1990).

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