Acting credits
3
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Kenji Kawai
Sound
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
Low visibility
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Movies: 157Series: 73Crew credits: 229
TMDB ID: 57304
IMDb ID: nm0442766
Known for: Sound
Born: April 23, 1957
Age: 69
Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2026
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
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 (147)Music (79)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.
Nov 20
Music
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1
2026 • Movie
In 4 weeks
Original Music Composer
Patlabor EZY File 2
2026 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Patlabor EZY: File 1
2026 • Movie
Original Music Composer
うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる
2026 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise
2025 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Candlestick
2025 • Movie
Music
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2
2024 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1
2024 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
2024 • Movie
Original Music Composer
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
2023 • Movie
Music
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023 • Movie
Music
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1
2023 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki
2022 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Blood Friends
2022 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Limbo
2021 • Movie
Original Music Composer
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity
2020 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Remotely Killed
2020 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Ip Man 4: The Finale
2019 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Shishigari
2019 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease
2019 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z
2019 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever
2018 • Movie
Music
Kamen Rider Build: Be The One
2018 • Movie
Original Music Composer
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
2018 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kenji Kawai.
Original Music Composer • 7 eps
Criminal
2026 • Series
Music • 4 eps
Ultraman Teo
2026 • Series
Original Music Composer • 23 eps
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
2025 • Series
Music • 12 eps
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture
2024 • Series
Original Music Composer • 10 eps
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
2023 • Series
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
My Home Hero
2023 • Series
Original Music Composer • 20 eps
The Fire Hunter
2023 • Series
Music • 2 eps
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the East
2021 • Series
Original Music Composer • 2 eps
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West
2021 • Series
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
Vlad Love
2021 • Series
Original Music Composer • 39 eps
Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW
2020 • Series
Original Music Composer • 24 eps
No Guns Life
2019 • Series
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!
2018 • Series
Original Music Composer • 2 eps
BORDER The Urge Medical Examiner Mika HIGA
2017 • Series
Music • 5 eps
Sand Whale and Me
2017 • Series
Original Music Composer • 8 eps
石川五右衛門
2016 • Series
Original Music Composer • 24 eps
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
2016 • Series
Original Music Composer • 37 eps
Mob Psycho 100
2016 • Series
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
Servamp
2016 • Series
Original Music Composer • 12 eps
JOKER GAME
2016 • Series
Original Music Composer • 3 eps
Apocalypse: Stalin
2015 • Series
Original Music Composer • 11 eps
The Perfect Insider
2015 • Series
Original Music Composer • 50 eps
Burning Flower
2015 • Series
Original Music Composer • 10 eps
Ghost Theater
2015 • Series