Koichi Sugiyama Musical artist

Koichi Sugiyama (すぎやま こういち, Sugiyama Kōichi, born April 11, 1931 as 椙山 浩一) is a Japanese composer, conductor, orchestrator, council member of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers, and Publishers), board member of Japan Institute for National Fundamentals, and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. He is best known for composing the music for the Dragon Quest video game series, which is published by Square Enix, along with several Japanese anime, film, and TV shows.A classically trained conductor, he is considered a primary inspiration for other game music composers such as Nobuo Uematsu, and has been referred to as a "Big boss of game music."

Personal facts

Koichi Sugiyama
Birth dateApril 11, 1931
Birth place
Japan , Tokyo

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Musical artist

Career started1958
BackgroundNon performing personnel
genre
Electronic music
Jazz
Classical music
Music of Japan
Video game music
record label
King Records (Japan)
Aniplex

Koichi Sugiyama on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://altpop.com/stc/reviews/search.mv?term=dragon+quest&field=series
  2. http://squarehaven.com/people/Koichi-Sugiyama
  3. http://sugimania.com
  4. http://www.ocremix.org/artist/25/koichi-sugiyama