Keiji Inai
Keiji Inai 井内 啓二 | |
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Birth name | Hideo Inai[1] |
Born | Hiroshima, Japan | March 17, 1976
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Instruments | Piano |
Years active | 1999–present |
Keiji Inai (井内 啓二, Inai Keiji, born March 17, 1976) is a Japanese composer, arranger and orchestrator best known for his work in anime and video games. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine.
Biography[]
Inai was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, but dropped out to pursue studio work. In 1999, while he was a college student, he served as assistant musical director to violinist Toshihiro Nakanishi on the Akira Shirai production Falstaff. In 2001 and 2002 he participated as a pianist, manipulator, and arranger on the soundtracks for the Fuji TV dramas Fighting Girl and Hatsu Taiken. After this, he began working as a composer for television programs, commercials, movies, games, radio programs, fashion shows and other areas.[2]
Discography[]
Anime works[]
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2011 | Kyoto Animation Commercial "Star" | Composer |
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: Operation Golden Spy | Composer (other tracks by Toshiyuki Arakawa and Akifumi Tada) | |
The Princess and the Pilot | Theme song composer | |
2012 | Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple OVA | Composer |
The Knight in the Area | Composer (other tracks by Yasunori Iwasaki) | |
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called!: Me and the Space Princess | Composer (other tracks by Toshiyuki Arakawa, Akifumi Tada and Hayato Matsuo) | |
Btooom! | Composer | |
Hyōka | Programming & Score assistant | |
Mai no Etchuu Manyou Taikenki | Composer | |
2013 | A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion | Arrangement (other arrangements by Yasunori Iwasaki and Hayato Matsuo) |
Karneval | Composer (other tracks by Shirō Hamaguchi) | |
Outbreak Company | Composer | |
Tokyo Ravens | Orchestrator & Score writer | |
2015 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? series | Composer |
Heavy Object | Composer (other tracks by Maiko Iuchi) | |
2016 | Alderamin on the Sky | Composer |
2017 | The Royal Tutor | Composer |
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria | Composer | |
2018 | Hakyū Hōshin Engi | Orchestrator |
Magical Girl Site | Composer | |
Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen | Composer | |
2019 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion | Composer |
Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? | Composer | |
2020 | The Misfit of Demon King Academy | Composer[3] |
2021 | I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level | Composer[4] |
Game works[]
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2008 | Gran Turismo 5 Prologue | Orchestra arrangement |
White Knight Chronicles | Orchestra arrangement | |
2010 | Gran Turismo 5 | Composer |
2011 | El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron | Orchestration & Chorus arrangement |
PlayStation Vita Operating System & Built-in Applications | Composer | |
2012 | Gravity Rush | Programming & Additional arrangement |
2013 | Gran Turismo 6 | Composer |
2017 | Gravity Rush 2 | Programming & Additional arrangement |
Movie works[]
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2009 | The Chef Of South Polar | Orchestra arrangement & Piano performance |
2013 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Arrangement (other arrangements by Shūichi Sakamoto) |
2020 | Burn the Witch | Composer |
TV works[]
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2001 | Fighting Girl | Arrangement & Piano performance |
2002 | Hatsu Taiken | Arrangement & Piano performance |
References[]
- ^ "【People of Sound】第33回 井内 啓二さん|Rock oN Company" (in Japanese). Rock oN Company. 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ^ "井内 啓二|Artist|IMAGINE" (in Japanese). IMAGINE Co.,Ltd. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ "Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha TV Anime Unveils More Cast, Staff, April Premiere". Anime News Network. January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "'I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level' Anime's Video Reveals Staff, Spring 2021 Debut". Anime News Network. October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
External links[]
- Keiji Inai's Imagine Profile (in Japanese)
- Keiji Inai discography at VGMdb
- Keiji Inai at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- 1976 births
- Anime composers
- Japanese composers
- Japanese film score composers
- Japanese male composers
- Japanese male musicians
- Japanese music arrangers
- Living people
- Male film score composers
- Musicians from Hiroshima
- Video game composers