Yasuharu Takanashi

Yasuharu Takanashi (高梨 康治, Takanashi Yasuharu) is a prolific Japanese composer and arranger of anime series and video games. His anime composing credits include Naruto Shippuden, Fairy Tail, Log Horizon, Shiki, Hell Girl, Zombie Land Saga, 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.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuharu_Takanashi
==List of Works==
* All Out!! (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* (The) Ambition of Oda Nobuna (TV) : Music
* Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales (TV) : Music (Bakeneko)
* Baki Hanma vs. Kengan Ashura (ONA) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Bakugan Battle Planet (TV) : Music (Team－MAX)
* Bakugan: Armored Alliance (TV) : Music (Team－MAX)
* Bakugan: Evolutions (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Bakugan: Geogan Rising (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (ONA) : Music (Team-MAX)
* BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-: Hell's Requiem (ONA) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Beelzebub (TV) : Music
* Beelzebub: Hirotta Akachan wa Daimaō!? (special) : Music
* Before Green Gables (TV) : Music
* Beyblade G Revolution (TV) : Music
* Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (TV) : Music
* Boruto: Naruto the Movie : Music, Musician (keyboards)
* Caligula (TV) : Music
* Carnival Phantasm (OAV) : Music
* Chōseishin GranSazer (live-action TV) : Music
* Eiga Precure All Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi (movie) : Music
* Eiga Precure All Stars: Haru no Carnival (movie) : Music
* Eiga Smile Precure: Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu! (movie) : Music, Theme Song Arrangement (movie theme song), Theme Song Composition (movie theme song)
* Eiga Suite Precure: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody (movie) : Music
* ēlDLIVE (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Eyeshield 21 (TV) : Theme Song Arrangement (ED4), Theme Song Composition (ED4)
* Fairy Tail (OAV 2/2016) : Music
* Fairy Tail (TV) : Music
* Fairy Tail (TV 2/2014) : Music
* Fairy Tail (TV 3/2018) : Music, Insert Song Arrangement (ep 278), Insert Song Composition (ep 278)
* Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess : Music, Music Performance (Keyboards)
* Fairy Tail the Movie: Prologue - The First Morning (OAV) : Music
* Fairy Tail x Rave (OAV) : Music
* Fairy Tail Zero (TV) : Music
* Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (TV) : Music
* Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (movie) : Music
* Fantasista Doll (TV) : Music, Theme Song Arrangement (OP), Theme Song Composition (OP)
* Farming Life in Another World (TV) : Music
* Fate/Grand Carnival (OAV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Fate/Prototype (OAV) : Music
* Francesca (TV) : Music
* Fresh Precure! Omocha no Kuni wa Himitsu ga Ippai!? (movie) : Music
* Fresh Pretty Cure (TV) : Music
* From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman (TV) : Music
* Gantz (TV) : Music
* GeGeGe no Kitarō (TV 2018) : Music
* Genbanojō (movie) : Music
* Glitter Force (TV) : Music
* Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! (TV) : Musica (Team-MAX)
* Gushing Over Magical Girls (TV) : Music
* Halo Legends (OAV) : Music (The Duel)
* Heartcatch Precure! (TV) : Music
* Heartcatch Precure! Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show…Desu ka!? (movie) : Music
* Hell Girl (TV) : Music
* Hell Girl: Fourth Twilight (TV) : Music
* Hell Girl: Three Vessels (TV) : Musica
* Hell Girl: Two Mirrors (TV) : Musica
* Hyakko (TV) : Music
* Hyakko Extra (OAV) : Musica
* Idaten Jump (TV) : Musica
* Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny (OAV) : Music
* Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny (TV) : Music
* Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch (OAV) : Music
* Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians (TV) : Music
* Ikki Tousen: Shūgaku Tōshi Keppu-roku (OAV) : Music
* Ikki Tousen: Western Wolves (OAV) : Music
* Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor (TV) : Music, Insert Song Composition ("Warrior's Cry;" ep. 12)
* ItaKiss (TV) : Music
* Kaiju Girls (ONA) : Music
* Kaiju Girls (TV 2) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Kengan Ashura (ONA) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Kengan Ashura (ONA 2) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Killing Bites (TV) : Music
* Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc (TV) : Music, Theme Song Arrangement (OP), Theme Song Performance (OP)
* Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (live-action movie) : Music
* (The) Last: Naruto The Movie : Music, Music Performance (keyboards)
* Log Horizon (TV) : Music
* Log Horizon (TV 2) : Music
* Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table (TV) : Music
* Mononoke (TV) : Music
* (The) Morose Mononokean (TV) : Music
* My Bride is a Mermaid (TV) : Music, Insert Song Arrangement ("Eiyuu no Shi"), Insert Song Composition ("Eiyuu no Shi")
* Naruto Shippūden (movie) : Music
* Naruto Shippūden (TV) : Music
* Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds : Music, Music Performance (organ)
* Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison (movie) : Music
* Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower (movie) : Music
* Naruto Shippūden: The Will of Fire (movie) : Music, Musician (organ)
* Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (movie 2) : Musician (keyboard)
* Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow : Musician (keyboard)
* Naruto, the Genie, and the Three Wishes, Believe It! (movie) : Music
* Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road (special) : Music (Team-MAX)
* New Fist of the North Star (OAV) : Music
* Our Home's Fox Deity (TV) : Music
* Poka Poka Mori no Rascal (TV) : Music
* Pokémon Advance (TV) : Theme Song Arrangement
* Precure All Stars DX: Minna Tomodachi—Kiseki no Zenin Daishūgō (movie) : Music
* Precure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi (movie) : Music, Theme Song Arrangement (OP), Theme Song Composition (OP)
* Precure All Stars New Stage: Mirai no Tomodachi (movie) : Music, Theme Song Arrangement (OP), Theme Song Composition (OP)
* Precure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana (movie) : Music
* Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie : Music
* Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (ONA 2014) : Music, Music Performance (Keyboards)
* Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (ONA 2015) : Music, Music Performance (Keyboards)
* Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Season III (TV 2016) : Music
* Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal (movie) : Music
* Record of Ragnarok (TV) : Music
* Record of Ragnarok II (TV 2) : Music
* Reincarnated as a Sword (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie : Music, Musician (keyboard)
* Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō (ONA) : Theme Song Arrangement (OP), Theme Song Composition (OP)
* Seto no Hanayome (OAV) : Music, Insert Song Arrangement ("Hageshii Shi"), Insert Song Composition ("Hageshii Shi")
* (The) Severing Crime Edge (TV) : Music
* Shiki (TV) : Music
* Shin Ikki Tousen (OAV) : Music
* Shine on! Bakumatsu Bad Boys (TV) : Music
* Show By Rock!! (TV) : Music
* Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!! (TV) : Music
* Show By Rock!! Short!! (TV) : Music
* Soreike! Zukkoke Sanningumi (TV) : Music
* Suite Precure (TV) : Music
* Super Lovers (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Super Lovers 2 (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Taisho Otome Fairy Tale (TV) : Music
* Talentless Nana (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* (The) Testament of Sister New Devil (TV) : Music
* (The) Testament of Sister New Devil BURST (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* (The) Testament of Sister New Devil Departures (OAV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Tiger Mask W (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Tokyo Mew Mew New (TV) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Tokyo Mew Mew New (TV 2) : Music (Team-MAX)
* Tori no Uta (OAV) : Music
* Toward the Terra (TV) : Music
* Tsugumomo (OAV) : Music
* Tsugumomo (TV) : Music
* Tsugumomo2 (TV 2) : Music
* Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- (TV) : Music, Theme Song Arrangement (ED for ep. 4)
* Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- (TV 2) : Music
* Ultramarine Magmell (TV) : Music
* URVAN (ONA) : Music (Team-MAX)
* (The) Wallflower (TV) : Music
* Z/X Ignition (TV) : Music
* Zombie Land Saga (TV) : Music
* Zombie Land Saga Revenge (TV) : Music
==Trivia==
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==References==
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