is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. With a career spanning over 40 years (beginning in the late 1970s), he is best known for his works as a record producer for acts including various choir members Mike Wyzgowski, Misia, Satoshi Tomiie, and Ken Hirai. Sagisu has also worked as a film composer for several anime and films, being well known for his collaborations with Gainax, especially in the soundtrack of Hideaki Anno's series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Sagisu's career in music started in 1977, when he became one of the members of jazz fusion band T-Square. He made three albums with the group before becoming a full-time composer and writer in 1979. By 1997, he had composed over 2,000 songs, advertising jingles and TV and movie pieces. Sagisu won the Tokyo Anime Award for "Best Music" in 2010 for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. Sagisu arranged a rendition of the Japanese national anthem, "Kimigayo", performed at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony by Misia.
Discography Solo Year Title Notes 1979 EYES With Somethin' Special 1980 Pole Position 2 With Somethin' Special 1994 Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale Orchestral arrangement of 11 tracks from the game Final Fantasy VICo-arranged with Tsuneyoshi Saito 1999 Shiro's Songbook 2000 Shiro's Songbook 2 2001 Tribute to Cool! Shiro's Songbook 2.5 5.1 Gospel Songbook 2002 Shiro's Songbook "Remixes and More" 2003 Shiro's Songbook Selection London Freedom Choir 2005 Shiro's Songbook Ver 7.0 2013 Shiro's Songbook Xpressions 2017 Shiro's Songbook The Hidden Wonder of Music 2018 Shiro's Ani-Songbook 2022 Shiro's Songbook 11 2022 Shiro's Songbook Bleach Bankai!
T-Square Year Title 1978 Lucky Summer Lady Midnight Lover 1979 Make Me A Star
Works Anime TV series Year Title 1984 Attacker You! 1987 Kimagure Orange Road 1990 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 1995 Neon Genesis Evangelion 1998 His and Her Circumstances 2002 Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi 2004 Bleach 2007 Skull Man 2012 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic 2013 Magi: The Kingdom of Magic 2014 Black Bullet 2016 Berserk 2018 SSSS.Gridman 2021 SSSS.Dynazenon 2022 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc – Memorial Edition Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
Films and original video animations Year Title Notes 1985 Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko Megazone 23 Part I 1986 Ai City 1987 Megazone 23 Part II Battle Royal High School 1988 I Want to Return to That Day 1991 Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water – The Motion Picture 1992 Macross II Ushio & Tora Composer for the first six episodes 1996 Garzey's Wing 1997 Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth The End of Evangelion 2006 Bleach: Memories of Nobody 2007 Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion 2008 Bleach: Fade to Black 2009 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance 2010 Bleach: Hell Verse 2012 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo 2014 until You come to me. Japan Animator Expo's short 2015 On a Gloomy Night Japan Animator Expo's short Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen Japan Animator Expo's short 2021 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2023 Gridman Universe
Theatrical films Year Title 2001 Musa 2004 Casshern 2006 The Restless 2015 Attack on Titan 2016 Shin Godzilla 2020 Wotakoi 2022 Shin Ultraman 2023 An Endless Sunday
Television dramas Year Title 2002 Love Quotient 2010 Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu 2025
Video games Year Title TBA Project GAMM
Songwriting credits 1980s
+ List of songs arranged for other artists, showing year released and album name Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single 1981 "Sentimental Journey"Iyo Matsumoto Sentimental Journey "Hitokakera no Natsu", "Time Capsule", "Yakan Hikou", "Scramble no Koutsuuten" Sentimental Iyo 1982 "Love me Tender", "Nijiiro no Fantasy"Iyo Matsumoto Love me Tender "TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira", "Pata Pata" TV no Kuni kara Kira Kira "Otona Janaino", "Koi wa Ban Ban" Otona Janaino "Dakishimetai", "Kiss In The Dream" Dakishimetai "Majokko Seventeen", "Pandora no Yume", "Frio no Natsu", "Nageki no Nightingale", "Tasogare no Poem" Only Seventeen "Crystal Love", "Born to be a star", Hideki Saijo Crystal Love "Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido", "Ai no Bracelet" Yu Hayami Ano Koro ni Mou Ichido Daisuke Inoue Meguriai 1983 "Taiyou ga Ippai", "Namida no Handkief"Iyo Matsumoto Taiyou ga Ippai "Toki ni Ai wa", "Shinju no Earring" Toki ni Ai wa "Oshare Namida" Endless Summer "Akai Ribbon no Present", "Shigeki Kudasai Boy", "Snow Flake Samba", "Koigokoro 3 Octave", "For you, Christmas" Yume Hitotsu Shinkirou "Chinese Kiss", "Elliot" Chinese Kiss "Sayonara no Monogatari", "Yasashisa no Yokogao" Chiemi Hori Sayonara no Monogatari "Natsuiro no Diary", "Taiyou no Romance" Natsuiro no Diary "Good-by Winter", "Anemone no Shoukei", "Love Me!", "Morning Ranvedouz", "Shyna Boy", "12Gatsu no Inori" Yuki no Concerto "Sweet Surrender", "WANGAN High Way" Miki Matsubara Sweet Surrender "Moonlight Review" Revue "Weather Song", "45 Nichi" Naoko Kawai Half Shadow 1984 "Kaze no Magical" Kyoko Koizumi Nagisa no Haikara Ningyou "Control" Naoko Kawai Control "Kuchibiru no Privacy", "Mebius no Kagami" Kuchibiru no Privacy "Taiyou no Shita no Stranger", "Machikado", "Maboroshi no Natsu" Summer Delicacy "Ai wa Kagirinaku", "Still Love Me" Hiromi Go Ougonkyou I: 2oku 4senman no Hitomi "Haru wa Sara Sara"Youko Nagayama Haru wa Sara Sara "Shabon", "Pianissimo" Shabon "100Man Tsubu no Namida"Shibugakitai Beranmee! Dandy "Kokuhaku: Aisuru Hito he", "Hoshizora kara Merry Christmas" Honesty: Maji Harumi Kamo Seishun Prelude Chie Kobayashi Love with You: Ai no Present 1985 "Gekka Bijin", "Otanoshimi wa Korekara..."Iyo Matsumoto Gekka Bijin "Dokuritsu Sengen" Pony Tail wa Nusubanai "Nantetatte Idol"Kyoko Koizumi Nantetatte Idol "Yokosuka Day Dream" Today's Girl "Flapper", "Someday" Flapper "Debut: Fly me to love" Naoko Kawai Debut: Fly me to love "I'm in love" Lavender Lips "Oriental Eyes (Sometimes, Somewhere)", "Eien no Cinema House (Thousands Frames)" Stardust Garden "Kishuu"Naoko Ken Kishuu "Kanashii Opera", "Kakashi" Deep "Imagination", "Communication", "1984", "Reaching Out" Junko Yagami Communication "Gold Wind" Youko Nagayama Gold Wind "Kill", "Yabanna Shuumatsu"Shibugakitai Kill "Moon Venus" Moon Venus "Kibun wa New Orleans", "One More Night", "Namida no Amtrak" Burrow Gag from New San Francisco "Tsumi Daze! New York", "Kanashimi no Kageki", "Good-bye Hollywood", "Otosareta China Town" Exotic "Transformer" Satoko Shimonari Transformer "" Moete Hero "" Kōsuke Shimoyama Hadashi no Soldie 1986 "Mind Game", "Mosaic no Shiro", "Pink Champagne", Exotica", "Jealous Candle" Akina Nakamori Crimson "Yuujou no Monogatari" Toshihiko Tahara Hard ni Yasashiku "Friendly you", "Utsukushiki Grotesque" Kyoko Koizumi Hard ni Yasashiku "Tasogare no Monologue" Miki Imai Tasogare no Monologue "Melting Point", "Hitomi ni I love you Yoko Oginome Non-Stopper "Venus" Youko Nagayama Venus (sg) "Sushi Kuinee!"Shibugakitai Sushi Kuinee! "Koufuku no One Eight Ticket" Tonde Hi ni Haire Natsu no Reijou "Arabian Kiss Club" Arabian Kiss Club "Ano Koro no Oretachi" Koibitotachi no Bldv. "Summer Night Carnival", "Manatsu no Dekigoto", "Hatachi no Pinocchio", "City" Passionate Paradise "Poo-side Clash", "Andromeda no Namida", "Youki na Holy Night" Horoscope "City Dreams From Tokyo", "Madness" Hideki Saijo From Tokyo "Transformer 2010" Shō Hirose Transformer 2010 , Masahito Arai Anime ja Nai – Yume o Wasureta Furui Chikyūjin yo 1987 "Star", Moshi Mouichido AerunaraYui Asaka Star "Escape no Natsu" Hitomi ni Storm "To be late" Rainbow "Nanamena Ai wo Yurushite"Miho Nakayama 50/50 "Bad Boy" Catch Me "Liberty Girl", "Okkochai na Randevouz", "Linne Magic" One and Only "U Bu" Kyoko Koizumi Kyouko no Kiyoku Tanoshiku Utsukushiku "Sleepless Heart", "Odosarete..." Junko Ohashi Question "Lonely Liar" Yu Hayami Lonely Liar "Makkana Miniskirt" Onyanko Club Circle "Killer Toori ga Mainichi Party", "Babylon A Go Go", "Shonen no Saigo no Natsu", "Wangan Taiyōzoku (version II)", "Karuizawa Collection" Yoko Oginome Route 246 Connexion "Nile in blue"Momoko Kikuchi Nile in blue "Off Limits" Glass no Sougen "Dreamin' Rider", "Yokohama City of Lights", "Sundial" Escape from Dimension "Mister Monday", "Two of hearts, "I like you", "Sunny", "Papa Don't Preach", "Give me up" Youko Nagayama Venus (al.) "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "Yajuu no Bigaku" Shibugakitai Tora! Tora! Tora Kanako Wada Natsu no Mirage Orange Mystery Mami Ayukawa Yumeiro Chaser 1988 "Kanashimi no Tsubasa"Yui Asaka Cecile "Heartbreak Bay Blues", "All My Love" Candid Girl "Sugar Baby Love", "Kaze no Prelude"Wink Sugar Baby Love "Dance with me", "Anata no Kata ni Hoho Umete " Moonlight Serenade "Yumeiro Club" Yoshie Kashiwabara Aishita dake yo "Checking Out" Yu Hayami Get Up "In the room", "Megami no Migite"Miki Matsubara In the room all songs Wink "Superstition", "Suteki ni Fade Away" Yoko Oginome CD-Rider "Lonely Goodnight"Youko Nagayama Lonely Goodnight "Show Me", "Toy Boy", "I Think We Are Alone Now", Tokyo Menu "No Escape", "Atarashii Yesterday", "Lahaina no Kaze", "Akirakani Ai ni Natteta", "Bananafish no Hi", "Be-Song" F-1 "I Should Go Away", "Once Again" Hideki Saijou 33sai 1989 "Night Dancer"Yui Asaka True Love "Bandit", "White Nights" Melody Fair "No to iu Aijou", "Anymore Ai Nante", "Bara Jikan", "Yoake no Metro" Yoshie Kashiwabara Yes I Love You: Unmei wo Koete "Sennen Roman", "Rhetorica" Yoko Oginome Fair Tension "Sukoshizutsu no Ai"Noriko Sakai Sayonara wo Sugite "All Right" All Right "Anata ni Home Sick", "100% no Koibito", "Koi to Ai no Nuance", "Blink", "Arigatou Heart Beat" My Dear/Noriko Part V Bokura no Yume ni Yoroshiku
1990s–2000s
+ List of songs arranged for other artists, showing year released and album name Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single1990 "Omatsuri Ninja" Ninja Omatsuri Ninja "Ressha" Ninja "Shake My Day", "Monalisa" Hideki Saijo Shake My Day Yōshun no Passage Yoshie Hayasaka Zettai! Part 21991 "Growing Up"Hikaru Genji Growing Up "Heart no Chikyuugi" 333 (Thank You) "Ringo Hakusho"Ninja Ringo Hakusho "Ooi! Kurumayasan" Ooi! Kurumayasan "Overture (Festival Music)" Summer Fiesta "Gyakuten Typhoon", "Harahorohirehare" Yoshie Hayasaka Gyakuten Typhoon1992 "Futari no Birthday" Kohmi Hirose Futari no Birthday "Yakusoku" Hiroko Kasahara Mou Ichido Love You 1993 "Yumemiru Planet" Yoko Oginome Yumemiru Planet 1994 "Kawaii Onna", "Yumemiru Chikara", "Mama wa Nandemo Shitteru" Izumi Yukimura I'm a Singer 1998 "Never Gonna Cry" Misia Mother Father Brother Sister "The Glory Day" The Glory Day 1999 "One! Wasurenai Hibi 2001 "Still Rain" Nanase Aikawa The Last Quarter "Nocturne" Misia Marvelous "Gaining Through Losing" Ken Hirai Gaining Through Losing "C'est la Vie" Chemistry The Way We Are 2002 "Treat or Goblins", "Anata no Kokoro ni" Megumi Hayashibara Treat or Goblins "Running Away"Chemistry Kimi wo Sagashiteta "Move on" It Takes Two "Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit" Boku ga Chikyuu wo Sukuu: Sounds of Spirit 2003 "Flapper" Smap SMAP 016/MIJ "The Light: A Journey To The Promised Land" Junpei Shiina Amai Yoru no Kaori "Kokoro Hitotsu"Misia Kokoro Hitotsu 2004 "Eyes on me", "Diamond" Mars & Roses "Fuyu no Etranger" Singer for Singer "My Rivets" Chemistry OnexOne 2005 "For Isla Bonita"Kaori Natori Darling 2006 "Stay" Stay "Hitosuji no Kiseki" Gospellers Hitosuji no Kiseki 2009 "Standing bird", "Get Ready, "XYZ", "Let Me Be Myself", "Deep Breathing", "Welcome to my fan club", "Hate me hate you", "Paranoia", "Your Rock", "Heart&Soul" May'n Styles
2010s–2020s