Shunsuke Kikuchi, a composer known as a master who has worked on many Showa anime and special effects music such as "Doraemon" and "Kamen Rider", will be at a medical treatment facility in Tokyo on the 24th of this month due to false pneumonia. died.
I was 89 years old.
That theme song that started singing "I like this"
Mr. Kikuchi was born in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture in 1958, and after studying composition at the Faculty of Arts, Nihon University, he made his debut as a film music composer in 1958.
After that, he expanded his range of activities to TV, and various historical dramas such as the anime "Tiger Mask", "Getter Robo", "Dr. Slump Arale", the special effects "Kamen Rider" series, and "The Unfettered Shogun". I have composed the theme song and BGM of the work and colored the TV of Showa.
In the music of "Doraemon", which became a masterpiece, in addition to the theme song known for singing "I like this" and "Atama Tecateka", I also worked on insert songs such as "I am Gian Samada!" ..
There are many works that have been loved by overseas fans, such as the BGM of the "Dragon Ball" series, and the ranking of overseas copyright royalties for Japanese songs released annually by JASRAC = Japan Music Copyright Association is 9 so far. It has been ranked first once.
For these achievements, in 2015, we received the Japan Record Award for Achievement.
In 2017, a concert was held in Tokyo to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the composition activity, and many fans gathered.
In recent years, Mr. Kikuchi has been absent from composing activities due to illness treatment, but according to JASRAC, he died at a medical treatment facility in Tokyo on the 24th of this month due to false pneumonia.
I was 89 years old.