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Koichi Sugiyama

1931 - 2021

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Koichi Sugiyama (すぎやま こういち, Sugiyama Kōichi; April 11, 1931 – September 30, 2021) was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing for the Dragon Quest franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, television shows, and pop songs. Classically trained, Sugiyama was considered a major inspiration for other Japanese game music composers and was active from the 1960s until his death in 2021. Sugiyama was also a council member of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers, and Publishers (JASRAC), board member of the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Koichi Sugiyama is the 847th most popular composer (down from 790th in 2019), the 953rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 870th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 847 out of 1,451. Before him are Nicolas Gombert, Cesare Pugni, Heino Eller, Edmond Audran, István Kertész, and Shunsuke Kikuchi. After him are Aimeric de Peguilhan, Temistocle Solera, Alfred Bruneau, Mateo Flecha, Alexander Spendiaryan, and Xavier Montsalvatge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 232. Before him are Ann E. Todd, Mukaghali Makatayev, E. L. Doctorow, Krzysztof Komeda, Jean-Jacques Marcel, and Shunsuke Kikuchi. After him are Janosch, Ingvar Wixell, Boris Pankin, Robert Morris, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, and Elliott Belgrave. Among people deceased in 2021, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 246. Before him are Alan Lancaster, B. J. Thomas, Yegor Ligachyov, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Joey Jordison, and Shunsuke Kikuchi. After him are Ursula Happe, Yitzhak Arad, Leon Spinks, José Freire Falcão, John Miles, and Carlos Correia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 953 out of 6,245. Before him are Shunsuke Nakamura (1978), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Hide (1964), and Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931). After him are Nakayama Yoshiko (1836), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Oku Yasukata (1847), Kuniharu Nakamoto (1959), Haruomi Hosono (1947), and Yukio Kasaya (1943).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Koichi Sugiyama ranks 8. Before him are Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Toru Takemitsu (1930), Miki Matsubara (1959), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), and Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931). After him are Keiko Abe (1937), Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), Koji Kondo (1961), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), and Fumio Hayasaka (1914).

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