Kentarō Haneda

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Kentarō Haneda (羽田 健太郎, Haneda Kentarō, January 12, 1949 – June 2, 2007) was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken.

Kentarō Haneda
羽田 健太郎
Born(1949-01-12)January 12, 1949
Tokyo, Japan
DiedJune 2, 2007(2007-06-02) (aged 58)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesHaneken
Alma materToho Gakuen School of Music
Occupations
Musical career
Genres
Instruments

Biography

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Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he taught as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He was best known as the composer of Wizardry—which was ported to NES and SNES console by Ascii at early 1990—, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series, Barefoot Gen, Ys Symphony, Symphony Sorcerian and Genso Suikoden Ongaku-shu.

He died of liver cancer on June 2, 2007, at the age of 58.

Selected works

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Anime soundtracks

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Game soundtracks

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Live-action TV

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Live-action movies

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