Kentarō Haneda facts for kids

Kentarō Haneda (羽田 健太郎, Haneda Kentarō, January 12, 1949 – June 2, 2007) was a super talented Japanese musician. He was a brilliant pianist, a creative composer, and an amazing arranger. He wrote music for many popular anime shows, movies, and even video games! People often called him by his nickname, Haneken.

About Kentarō Haneda

Kentarō Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. He studied music at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. After he finished his studies, he even taught music as a professor. He worked at the Tokyo College of Music.

Haneda was especially famous for the music he created. He composed for the Wizardry video game series. This game was very popular on consoles like the NES and SNES. He also wrote music for the The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series. Other well-known works include Barefoot Gen, Ys Symphony, and Symphony Sorcerian.

Kentarō Haneda passed away on June 2, 2007. He was 58 years old.

Kentarō Haneda's Music

Kentarō Haneda composed music for many different types of projects. He created soundtracks for animated shows, video games, and live-action TV and movies.

Anime Soundtracks

Here are some of the anime shows and movies he composed music for:

• The Adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi (1977)
• Treasure Island (1978)
• Space Warrior Baldios (1980)
• The White Whale of Mu (1980)
• Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein (TV movie, 1981)
• Manga Mito Kōmon (1981)
• Natsu e no Tobira (1981)
• Thunderbirds 2086 (Scientific Rescue Team Technoboyger) (1982)
• Space Cobra (1982)
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982)
• Super Dimension Century Orguss (1983)
• Final Yamato (film, 1983)
• Barefoot Gen (film, 1983)
• Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (TV movie, 1984)
• God Mazinger (1984)
• Macross: Do You Remember Love? (film, 1984)
• Sherlock Hound (1984)
• Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (film, 1985)
• Onegai! Samia Don (1985)
• Barefoot Gen 2 (film, 1986)
• Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet (TV movie, 1986)
• Prefectural Earth Defense Force (OVA, 1986, with Masahiru Komatsu)
• Metal Armor Dragonar (1987, with Toshiyuki Watanabe)
• Samurai Gold (OVA, 1987)
• Project A-ko 4: FINAL (OVA, 1989)
• Sunset on Third Street (1990)
• Dear Brother (1991)
• Genji (OVA, 1992)
• Mikeneko Holmes: The Lord of Ghost Castle (OVA, 1992)

Video Game Soundtracks

Kentarō Haneda also created music for these video games:

• Wizardry series (Famicom and Super Famicom versions)
• Suikoden

Live-Action TV Shows

He composed music for this live-action TV series:

• Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger (2003)

Live-Action Movies

He also worked on this live-action movie:

• Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)