is a Japanese anime composer and arranger. He is known for his works on many anime series, including Future Diary, Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Love Live! Sunshine!! and Free!. He is currently represented by the music production company APDREAM.
Biography Kato was born in Funabashi, Chiba. He graduated from the film scoring program at the Tokyo College of Music and majored in composition and conducting. While there, he studied composition and arrangement under Shigeaki Saegusa, Katsuhisa Hattori, Reijiro Koroku, and Kentaro Haneda.
Works Anime
Spider Riders (2006) – with Fumitaka Anzai, Nobuhiko Nakayama, and Tomomasa Yoneda Kämpfer (2009) Miracle Train: Welcome to the Oedo Line (2009) Needless (2009) Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (2009) – with Hikaru Nanase The Qwaser of Stigmata (2010) Demon King Daimao (2010) Goulart Knights (2010) Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls (2010) +Tic Elder Sister (2011) Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere (2011) Kämpfer: Für die Liebe (2011) T.P. Sakura: Time Paladin Sakura (2011) Future Diary (2011) Medaka Box (2012) Campione! (2012) Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II (2012) Medaka Box Abnormal (2012) Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Bride (2013) Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya (2013) Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club (2013) Day Break Illusion (2013) Gingitsune (2013) Buddy Complex (2014) World Conquest Zvezda Plot (2014) Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! (2014) Free! - Eternal Summer (2014) Celestial Method (2014) Yatterman Night (2015) Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2015) The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (2015) Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! (2015) Comet Lucifer (2015) Luck & Logic (2016) Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate (2016) Love Live! Sunshine!! (2016) Matoi the Sacred Slayer (2016) Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017) WorldEnd (2017) Saiyuki Reload Blast (2017) Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate (2017) IDOLiSH7 (2018) Kiratto Pri Chan (2018) The Badminton Play of Ayano Hanesaki! (2018) Free! - Dive to the Future (2018) Revue Starlight (2018) – with Yoshiaki Fujisawa Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Prisma Phantasm (2019) Dr. Stone (2019) – with Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Yuki Kanesaka Ensemble Stars! (2019) Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fourth Plate (2019) IDOLiSH7: Second Beat! (2020) Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate (2020) Dr. Stone: Stone Wars (2021) – with Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Yuki Kanesaka IDOLiSH7: Third Beat! (2021) Sakugan (2021) Parallel World Pharmacy (2022) – with Satoshi Hono Trigun Stampede (2023) Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror (2023) Masamune-kun's Revenge R (2023) Demon Lord 2099 (2024) Your Forma (2025) Snowball Earth (2026) – with Hiroaki Tsutsumi and Yuki Kanesaka Fool Night (2026)
Films High Speed! Free! Starting Days (2015) Free! Timeless Medley (2017) Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Oath Under Snow (2017) – with Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund Free! Take Your Marks (2017) Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over The Rainbow (2019) Free! Road to the World - the Dream (2019) Revue Starlight: Rondo Rondo Rondo (2020) – with Yoshiaki Fujisawa Free! The Final Stroke - Part 1 (2021) Free! The Final Stroke - Part 2 (2022) Komada: A Whisky Family (2023)
Other involvements Year Title Artist Role(s) Album 2006ProgrammingZeta Gundam: A New Translation"Haitoku no Gajou"Miyu IrinoComposition & arrangementInspired Zwei2014GRANRODEOProgrammingKarma to Labyrinth"Hoshi no Kakera"fhánaArrangementSonata and Interlude2015"Philosophy of Dear World"ZAQStrings arrangementPhilosophy of Dear World"ailes"TRUEComposition & arrangementJoy Heart2016Aki HataArrangementKoware Sekai Oware2018Composition & arrangementAqours ORIGINAL SONG CD 7"Sajou no Roukaku"ArrangementENSEMBLE STARS! ALBUM SERIES PRESENT -Valkyrie-2019"Gyakkyō no Orion"Composition & arrangementRevue Starlight Revue Album: La Revue Éternel2020"Campanula"Reina UedaComposition & arrangementEmpathy2021AqoursComposition & arrangementsmile smile ship Start!
References
External links
Discography at VGMdb