Asami Tachibana (橘 麻美, Tachibana Asami, born April 28, 1987) is a Japanese composer, arranger, pianist and music producer.[2] She has provided the music for several anime series, television dramas and video games. She is best known for composing the soundtrack for Darling in the Franxx, as well as for co-composing the scores for Seraph of the End and Haikyu!!.[3]

Asami Tachibana
橘 麻美
Born (1987-04-28) April 28, 1987 (age 37)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
Years active2011–present
LabelsLegendoor[1]

Biography edit

Tachibana was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, in 1987. She began playing piano from an early age. Later, she learned other instruments by joining music clubs at school, playing horn in junior high school and double bass in high school. After school, she decided to devote herself to music, studying composition and arrangement diligently.[4]

In 2011, alongside Yutaka Yamada, Tachibana made her debut as a composer in the television series HUNTER - Women After Reward Money. Since then, she has been involved in many soundtrack works, several of which with composer Yuki Hayashi.[5]

Works edit

Anime edit

Year Title Note(s)
2012 Robotics;Notes Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi and Takeshi Abo[6]
2014 Haikyu!! Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[7]
Soul Eater Not! Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[8]
Gundam Build Fighters Try Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[9]
2015 Seraph of the End Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano, Takafumi Wada and Megumi Shiraishi[10][11]
Aoharu × Machinegun [12]
Attack on Titan: Junior High [13]
Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano, Takafumi Wada and Megumi Shiraishi[14]
2016 Haikyu!! Season 3 Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[15]
2018 Darling in the Franxx [16]
Between the Sky and Sea [17]
2019 Star Twinkle PreCure Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[18]
PreCure Miracle Universe Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[19]
Star Twinkle PreCure the Movie: Hoshi no Uta ni Omoi wo Komete Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[20]
2020 Haikyu!! To the Top Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[21]
Haikyu!! To the Top Part 2 Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[22]
Moriarty the Patriot [23]
2021 Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
2022 Raven of the Inner Palace [24]

Television dramas edit

Year Title Broadcast channel Note(s)
2011 HUNTER - Women After Reward Money Kansai Telecasting Corporation Other tracks by Yutaka Yamada[25]
2013 LINK Wowow Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano[26]
Hard Nuts! NHK BS Premium Other tracks by Takafumi Wada[27]
2014 Kazoku Kari TBS TV Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[28]
Dear Sister Fuji TV Other tracks by Megumi Shiraishi, Takashi Ohmama and Jhameel[29]
2016 Fragile Fuji TV Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[30]
Offbeat Chief Police Fuji TV [31]
2017 War of Lie Kansai TV Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[1]
Thrill!: Aka no Shō Kuro no Shō NHK BS Premium [1]
My Lover's Secret NTV Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[32][33]
2018 Signal Kansai TV Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[34]
2019 Your Turn to Kill NTV Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[35]
2020 The Secrets Kansai Telecasting Corporation Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[1]
Moyamoya: Asuka to Akai Kingyo NHK Educational TV [1]

Video games edit

Year Title Note(s)
2019 Unknown Future Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[36][37]
2021 Light and Night Other tracks by Yuki Hayashi[38][39]
Alchemy Stars [40]

References edit

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