# Yasuharu Takanashi

Yasuharu Takanashi (高梨 康治, Takanashi Yasuharu, born April 13, 1963) is a prolific Japanese composer and arranger for anime and video game series. His anime composition credits include Naruto Shippuden, Fairy Tail, Log Horizon, Shiki, Hell Girl, and Record of Ragnarok.

## Biography

Takanashi was born in Tokyo, in 1963. At the age of 18, he began playing keyboard, later working as the keyboardist for the band Hellen. In 1993, he formed the group Planet Earth with a Hellen's guitarist and others, releasing the album Big Bang in the same year.
In the late 1990s, he joined Musashi Project, a rock band which features traditional Japanese musical instruments. In 2002, alongside Musashi and Toshio Masuda, he made his debut as a composer in the anime series Naruto, writing the track "Sadness and Sorrow".
He is currently the leader of the group Yaiba, which co-composes some of Takanashi's soundtrack works.
Takanashi has received the JASRAC International Award for the soundtrack of Naruto Shippuden five times—in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020 and 2021.

## Works
### Anime

| Year | Title | Co-composer(s) | Note(s) |
| 2002 | Naruto | Toshio Masuda and Musashi Project | Recomposed "Sadness and Sorrow" for Shippuden |
| 2003 | Beyblade G-Revolution | | |
| 2003 | New Fist of the North Star | Yaiba | |
| 2004 | Soreike! Zukkoke Sanningumi | | |
| 2004 | Gantz | Natsuki Sogawa | From episode 6 onwards |
| 2005 | Idaten Jump | | |
| 2005 | Hell Girl | Hiromi Mizutani | |
| 2006 | Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales | | |
| 2006 | Poka Poka Mori no Rascal | | |
| 2006 | The Wallflower | Hiromi Mizutani | |
| 2006 | Hell Girl: Two Mirrors | Hiromi Mizutani | |
| 2007 | Bird's Song | | |
| 2007 | Naruto Shippuden | | |
| 2007 | Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny | | |
| 2007 | Toward the Terra | | |
| 2007 | Mononoke | | |
| 2008 | My Bride is a Mermaid | | |
| 2008 | Our Home's Fox Deity | | |
| 2008 | Itazura na Kiss | | |
| 2008 | Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians | | |
| 2008 | Hyakko | Tsunku, Hiromi Mizutani and Kenji Fujisawa | |
| 2008 | Hell Girl: Three Vessels | Hiromi Mizutani and Kenji Fujisawa | |
| 2008 | My Bride is a Mermaid OVA | | |
| 2009 | Fresh Pretty Cure! | | |
| 2009 | Kon'nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables | Hiromi Mizutani and Kenji Fujisawa | |
| 2009 | Fairy Tail | | |
| 2010 | HeartCatch PreCure! | | |
| 2010 | Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor | | |
| 2010 | Shiki | | |
| 2011 | Beelzebub | Kenji Fujisawa | |
| 2011 | Suite PreCure | | |
| 2011 | Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku | | |
| 2011 | Carnival Phantasm | | |
| 2011 | Fate Prototype | | |
| 2012 | Smile PreCure! | | |
| 2012 | The Ambition of Oda Nobuna | | |
| 2013 | The Severing Crime Edge | | |
| 2013 | Dust | Jason Gallaty | |
| 2013 | Fantasista Doll | | |
| 2013 | Log Horizon | | |
| 2013 | Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road | | |
| 2014 | Z/X Ignition | | |
| 2014 | Show by Rock!! | Rega Sound | |
| 2014 | Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters | Norihito Sumitomo and Yo Yamazaki | Composer of insert song "Let it Burn" |
| 2014 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season I | | |
| 2014 | Log Horizon 2 | | |
| 2014 | Francesca | Shūji Katayama | |
| 2014 | Fairy Tail (2014) | | |
| 2014 | Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! | | |
| 2015 | The Testament of Sister New Devil | | |
| 2015 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season II | | |
| 2015 | Show by Rock!! 2 | Rega Sound | |
| 2015 | Journey to the West: Surprise | | |
| 2015 | Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch | | |
| 2016 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III | | |
| 2016 | Super Lovers | Shūji Katayama | |
| 2016 | The Morose Mononokean | | |
| 2016 | Kaiju Girls | | |
| 2016 | Tiger Mask W | | |
| 2016 | ĒlDLIVE | | |
| 2016 | All Out!! | | |
| 2016 | Fairy Tail Zero | | |
| 2017 | Tsugumomo | | |
| 2017 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | | |
| 2017 | Genbanojou | Shuji Katayama | |
| 2017 | Hell Girl: Fourth Twilight | | |
| 2017 | Yuri's World | | Composer of 2 tracks |
| 2018 | Killing Bites | | |
| 2018 | The Testament of Sister New Devil Departures | | Recycled tracks |
| 2018 | GeGeGe no Kitarō | Yaiba | |
| 2018 | Zombie Land Saga | | |
| 2018 | Fairy Tail: Final Series | | |
| 2018 | Bakugan: Battle Planet | | |
| 2019 | Ikki Tousen: Western Wolves | | |
| 2019 | Ultramarine Magmell | | |
| 2019 | Kengan Ashura | | |
| 2020 | Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!! | | |
| 2020 | Tsugu Tsugumomo | | |
| 2020 | Talentless Nana | | |
| 2021 | Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table | | |
| 2021 | Show By Rock!! Stars!! | | |
| 2021 | Fate/Grand Carnival | Keita Haga | |
| 2021 | Record of Ragnarok | | |
| 2021 | Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy | | |
| 2021 | Taisho Otome Fairy Tale | | |
| 2022 | Shin Ikki Tousen | | |
| 2022 | Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- | | |
| 2022 | Tokyo Mew Mew New | | |
| 2022 | Shine On! Bakumatsu Bad Boys! | | |
| 2022 | Reincarnated as a Sword | | |
| 2023 | Farming Life in Another World | Johannes Nilsson | |
| 2024 | Gushing over Magical Girls | Akinari Suzuki and Johannes Nilsson | |
| 2024 | Kinnikuman Kanpeki Chо̄jin Shiso-hen | | |
| 2024 | Baki Hanma vs. Kengan Ashura | | |
| 2025 | From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman | | |

### Anime films

| Year | Title | Co-composer(s) | Note(s) |
| 2007 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie | | |
| 2008 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds | | |
| 2009 | Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone's Friends - the Collection of Miracles! | Naoki Satō | |
| 2009 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire | | |
| 2009 | Fresh Pretty Cure! The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!? | | |
| 2010 | Pretty Cure All Stars DX2: Light of Hope - Protect the Rainbow Jewel! | Naoki Satō | Recycled tracks |
| 2010 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower | | Composer for the film and The Three Wishes short |
| 2010 | HeartCatch PreCure! the Movie: Fashion Show in the Flower Capital... Really?! | | |
| 2010 | Halo Legends | Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Naoyuki Hiroko, Tetsuya Takahashi, Tilman Sillescu, Alexander Roeder, Alex Pfeffer, Markus Schmidt, Robin Hoffmann, Marco Jovic, and David Christiansen | |
| 2011 | Suite PreCure The Movie: Take it back! The Miraculous Melody that Connects Hearts! | | |
| 2011 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison | Yaiba | |
| 2012 | Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future | | |
| 2012 | Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie | | |
| 2012 | Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess | | |
| 2012 | Smile PreCure! the Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! | | |
| 2013 | Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart | | |
| 2014 | The Last: Naruto the Movie | | |
| 2014 | Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eternal Friends | | |
| 2015 | Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪ | | |
| 2015 | Boruto: Naruto the Movie | | |
| 2017 | Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry | | |
| 2021 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie | | |
| 2023 | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie | | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Co-composer(s) |
| 2002 | Maximum Chase | |
| 2003 | Dinosaur Hunting | |
| 2003 | Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander | |
| 2005 | Genji: Dawn of the Samurai | |
| 2005 | Beat Down: Fist of Vengeance | |
| 2006 | Genji: Days of the Blade | |
| 2007 | Pachi-Slot Sengoku Musou, Yamasa Digi World SP: Pachi-Slot Sengoku Musou | |
| 2007 | Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander the 2nd | |
| 2008 | Neoromance Stage: In the Time of Being Far Away ~ Mai One night ~ | Kenji Fujisawa |
| 2008 | Neoromance Stage: In the Middle of a Distant Time ~ Obtain Prevention ~ | Kenji Fujisawa |
| 2012 | Onimusha Soul | Kenji Fujisawa, Hiromi Mizutani and Hiroshi Motofuji |
| 2014 | J-Stars Victory VS | |
| 2016 | Celestial Arculs | |
| 2019 | Decisive Battle! Heiankyo | |
| 2019 | Dragon Raja | |
| 2020 | Shan Hai Jing Hua | |
| 2021 | Gate of Nightmares | |

### Television dramas

| Year | Title | Co-composer(s) |
| 2003 | Chouseishin Gransazer | |
| 2004 | Tokyo Wankei | Yiruma |
| 2004 | Genseishin Justirisers | Kenji Kojima |
| 2007 | Kawaii! JeNny | |
| 2013 | Fire Leon | Kenji Fujisawa |
| 2018 | Ultraman R/B | |

### Live-action films

| Year | Title | Co-composer(s) | Ref(s) |
| 2008 | GeGeGe no Kitarō: The Millennium Curse | Taku Izumi | |

### Drama CDs

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2002 | Z/ETA Drama CD | |
| 2007 | Shabake: Usuo Usuo | |
| 2009 | Mikarun X | |
| 2012 | Maou Yu Demon King: Female Knight in the Country of Flowers | |
| 2012 | Maou Yu Demon King: One King, Two Roads | |
| 2013 | Fantasista Doll: Special | Composer for 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Log Horizon: Gold of the Kunie 7 Offering Golden | |
| 2013 | The Severing Crime Edge: Futari no Sonomae | Recycled tracks |
| 2013 | Maou Yu Demon King: Yuge Gaidai Dunes National Archery | Composer for part 1 and 2 |
| 2014 | Maou Yu Demon King Hero Declaration: An Unnamed Girl Shouts | Recycled tracks |
| 2018 | The Testament of Sister New Devil Blu-ray BOX Ecstasy CD | |

## Discography
### With Hellen

| Year | Title | Ref(s) |
| 1985 | Talon of King | |

### With Planet Earth

| Year | Title | Ref(s) |
| 1993 | Big Bang | |

### With Musashi

| Year | Title |
| 1998 | Far East Groove |
| 2000 | Yamato |
| 2001 | Musashi with Ryudo Uzaki |
| 2002 | Miyamoto Musashi |