Kenji Kawai

is a Japanese music composer and arranger. Known as one of the biggest names in the soundtrack world, he has worked on a wide range of mixed media productions, including anime, TV shows, films and video games. Among his credits are Toei's ''Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever'', Tsui Hark's ''Seven Swords'' and ''Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon''; Wilson Yip's ''Ip Man''; Mamoru Oshii's films ''The Red Spectacles'', ''StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops'', ''Ghost in the Shell'', ''Mobile Police Patlabor'', the OVA and TV anime adaptations of ''Vampire Princess Miyu'', ''The Sky Crawlers'' and ''Avalon''; the anime adaptations of Rumiko Takahashi's ''Ranma ½'' and ''Maison Ikkoku''; the live-action adaptation of ''Gantz'' and Hideo Nakata's films ''Ring'', ''Ring 2'', ''Chaos'', ''Dark Water'' and ''Kaidan''.

His nephew, Hidehiro Kawai, is a bassist in Fox Capture Plan, an instrumental band. Provided by Wikipedia