Hiroaki Tsutsumi

Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Japanese: 堤 博明, Hepburn: Tsutsumi Hiroaki, born June 5, 1985) is a Japanese musician and composer best known for his work on various anime television series. He started his musical career at the age of 14 when he first started playing the guitar. After winning a guitar contest three years later, he decided to become a professional musician and later graduated from Kunitachi College of Music.

In 2013, he was given the role of lead composer for the first time with Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation. Since Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation, he has composed many series, including Dr. Stone and Jujutsu Kaisen.

Biography[]

Hiroaki Tsutsumi was born in Tokyo on June 5, 1985, and began his musical career when he first started playing the guitar at the age of 14 after many of his peers started playing the instrument themselves.^[1][2][3] At the age of 17, he won a guitar contest, which became the reason he decided to become a professional musician.^[3] After practicing under guidance from  [ja] and graduating from high school, he attended and later graduated from Kunitachi College of Music.^[1][2]

Before graduating, Tsutsumi worked a bit with Masaru Yokoyama, who influenced Tsutsumi to try composing for other works.^[3] In 2013, Tsutsumi was put in charge of composing for the first time with the anime television series for the Hyperdimension Neptunia media franchise.^[1] In 2019, the anime adaptation of Dr. Stone was nominated for best anime soundtrack at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which Tsutsumi co-composed.^[4] In 2021, the anime adaptation of Jujutsu Kaisen won anime of the year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which Tsutsumi also co-composed.^[5][6]

Works[]

TV series[]

• Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation (2013) (composer with Kenji Kaneko and Masaru Yokoyama)^[1]
• I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. (2013) (composer with Masaru Yokoyama)^[1]
• Meganebu! (2013) (composer with Keiko Osaki and Shota Hashimoto)^[1]
• Blue Spring Ride (2014) (composer with Keiko Osaki and Shota Hashimoto)^[1]
• Monster Musume (2015) (composer)^[7]
• Lance N' Masques (2015) (composer)^[8]
• Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid (2015) (composer)^[1]
• Kuromukuro (2016) (composer)^[9]
• Orange (2016) (composer)^[10]
• Long Riders! (2016–2017) (composer)^[1]
• Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor (2017) (composer)^[11]
• Seven Mortal Sins (2017) (composer with Masaru Yokoyama)^[12]
• Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun (2017) (composer)^[1]
• Children of the Whales (2017) (composer)^[13]
• Teasing Master Takagi-san (2018–2022) (composer)^[14]
• Anima Yell! (2018) (composer with manzo)^[15]
• Ao-chan Can't Study! (2019) (composer)^[1]
• Dr. Stone (2019–present) (composer with Tatsuya Kato and Yuki Kanesaka)^[16]
• Ahiru no Sora (2019–2020) (composer)^[17]
• Actors: Songs Connection (2019) (composer with Hideakira Kimura and Tomotaka Ōsumi)^[18]
• Jujutsu Kaisen (2020–2021) (composer with Yoshimasa Terui and Alisa Okehazama)^[5]
• By the Grace of the Gods (2020–present) (composer)^[19]
• Koikimo (2021) (composer)^[20]
• Tokyo Revengers (2021) (composer)^[21]
• My Senpai Is Annoying (2021) (composer)^[22]

Web series[]

• Monster Strike the Animation (2018) (composer with Masaru Yokoyama, Nobuaki Nobusawa, and Moe Hyūga)^[23]

Original video animation[]

• Alice in Borderland (2014–2015) (composer)^[24]

Albums[]

• Some Dreams (2018) (guitar playing)^[25]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Miracle Bus profile (in Japanese)
• Hiroaki Tsutsumi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia