List of Japanese composers
Name Birth year Death year Prominent works
Keiko Abe 1937
Kōmei Abe 1911 2006 String Quartet No . 7 ( 1950 )
Yasushi Akutagawa 1925 1989 Trinita Sinfonica ( 1948 ) , Triptyque for string orchestra ( 1953 ) Opera Orpheus in Hiroshima ( 1960 ) , Concerto Ostinato ( 1969 )
Sadao Bekku 1922 2012 Symphony No . 1 ( 1961 ) , Violin Concerto ( 1969 ) , Viola Concerto ( 1971 )
Ikuma Dan 1924 2001 Opera Yūzuru ( 1952 ) , 6 Symphonies
Keiko Fujiie 1963
Dai Fujikura 1977
Shirō Fukai 1907 1959 Quatre Mouvements Parodiques ( 1933/36 )
Kunihiko Hashimoto 1904 1949 Symphony No . 1 in D ( 1940 ) , Symphony No . 2 in F ( 1947 )
Fumio Hayasaka 1914 1955 Ancient Dances on the Left and on the Right ( 1941 ) , Yukara ( 1955 )
Hikaru Hayashi 1931 2012 Viola Concerto Elegia ( 1995 )
Ryōhei Hirose 1930 2008 Cello Concerto Triste ( 1971 ) , Shakuhachi Concerto ( 1976 )
Toshio Hosokawa 1955
Toshi Ichiyanagi 1933 Violin Concerto Circulating Scenery ( 1983 ) , Symphony Berlin Renshi ( 1989 )
Akira Ifukube 1914 2006 Ballata Sinfonica ( 1943 ) , Ritmica Ostinata for piano and orchestra ( 1961/71 ) Eclogues after Epos among Aino Races for solo voice and 4 kettle drums ( 1950 )
Shin-ichiro Ikebe 1943 Symphony No . 2 Trias ( 1979 ) , Symphony No . 3 Ego Phano ( 1984 )
Tomojirō Ikenouchi 1906 1991
Isotaro Sugata 1907 1952
Yoshirō Irino 1921 1980 Sinfonietta ( 1953 )
Kan Ishii 1921 2009 Sinfonia Ainu ( 1959 )
Classical and Contemporary
This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date.