Hidden Gem: The Music work of Shunsuke Kikuchi

Today on Hidden Gems we are going to talk about a man, who for the past 58 years created some of the most memorable music in anime, Japanese film, and television and that person is Shunsuke Kikuchi.

Kikuchi has been working as a composer since 1961; he specializes in incidental music, better know saw soundtrack music for any media work. Over the next 58 years, he has work in anime, TV, and film, and the list is enormous. Here is the list of some of the famous music you might have heard and didn’t know it was his work:

• Doraemon
• Dr. Slump
• Dragon Ball
• Dragon Ball Z
• Getter Robo
• Kamen Rider
• Tiger Mask
• Sister Street Fighter
• UFO Robo Grendizer
• Abarenbo Shogun
• Urami Bushi
• Key Hunter
• G-Men ’75

As of today, he has a total of 243 music he composed under his belt and has been a part of the lives of almost everyone for the past 58 years and we didn’t know it.