Takafumi Wada
Takafumi Wada | |
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和田 貴史 | |
Born | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | February 8, 1979
Education | Department of Composition, Tokyo College of Music |
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Years active | 2002–present |
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Website | takafumi-wada |
Takafumi Wada (和田 貴史, Wada Takafumi, born February 8, 1979) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. He has provided the music for several anime series, television dramas, movies and video games.[1][2] He is best known for his role on the soundtrack of The Seven Deadly Sins, Seraph of the End and Highschool of the Dead.[3]
Wada is the founder and current CEO of the music production company Dimension Cruise, established in 2006.[4] He is also the founder of the music agency Beagle Kick.[5]
Biography
Wada was born in Chiba Prefecture, in 1979.[6] After he finished highschool, he went to Tokyo and later graduated from the Department of Composition at Tokyo College of Music. After that, he studied composition under the music teacher Kazuki Kuriyama, whom Wada would work with as an assistant on future projects.[7]
Wada's musician career started in 2002, with him primarily involved in video game soundtracks.[8]
In 2006, he founded Dimension Cruise, a music agency with the labels Dimension Cruise Records and As Vox Records.[4]
He began composing for anime series in 2009.[8] A year later, he became more popular on the industry for his role as the composer for the series Highschool of the Dead.[9][10]
Since then, he has been involved in many visual media works, mostly in projects alongside composer Hiroyuki Sawano.[8]
Works
Anime
Year | Title | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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2009 | Rideback | [11] | |
2010 | Highschool of the Dead | [9][10] | |
2011 | Highschool of the Dead: Drifters of the Dead | ||
2014 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano | [12] |
2015 | Seraph of the End | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano, Asami Tachibana and Megumi Shiraishi | [13][14][15] |
The Seven Deadly Sins OVA | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano | ||
Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano, Asami Tachibana and Megumi Shiraishi | [16] | |
2016 | Terra Formars: Revenge | [17] | |
The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano | [18] | |
2018 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto | [19] |
The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano | [20] | |
2019 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto | [21] |
2021 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto | [22][23] |
Television dramas
Year | Title | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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2009 | RESCUE ~ Special Altitude Rescue Team | [24] | |
BOSS | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Yuki Hayashi | [25] | |
Hi no Sakana | |||
My Girl | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano | [26] | |
2010 | Massugu na Otoko | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano | [27] |
Tumbling | |||
2011 | BOSS 2nd Season | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Yuki Hayashi | |
2012 | Presumed Guilty | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kengo Tokusashi | [28] |
2013 | Someday at a Place in the Sun | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kengo Tokusashi | |
Hard Nuts! | |||
2015 | Gattan Gattan Soredemo Go | ||
2018 | Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 2 | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano | [29] |
2020 | Utsubyō Kudan | Other tracks by Junka Horiguchi | [30] |
2021 | Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 3 | Other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto | [31] |
Movies
Year | Title | Ref(s) |
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2006 | Beruna no Shippo | [32] |
Mizutama Mizuchi | [33] | |
2008 | Yesterdays | [34] |
Video games
Year | Title | Note(s) | Ref(s) |
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2002 | Genmukan ~Aiyoku to Ryoujoku no Inzai~ | [35] | |
Initial D: Another Stage | |||
2003 | Bakuso Dekotra Densetsu Otoko Hanamichi Yume Roman | ||
The Wild Rings | |||
Fire Pro Wrestling Z | |||
After... | Other tracks by Keishi Yanao and Daisuke Ban | [36] | |
Tomorrow's Joe Masshiro ni Moe Tsukiro! | |||
Tomorrow's Joe Makkani Moeagare! | |||
Zatch Bell! Electric Arena | |||
2004 | Shinshou Genmukan | [37] | |
2005 | Kenka Banchou | [38] | |
2007 | Fighting Chief 2 ~ Full Throttle ~ | ||
Arkanoid DS | Other tracks by Hirokazu Koshio, Kemmei Adachi, Mitsugu Suzuki, Ryu and OGR | [39] | |
2008 | Jawa: Mammoth and the Secret Stone | ||
Space Invaders Get Even | Other tracks by Atsuhiro Motoyama and Hirotaka Kikuchi | [40] | |
2009 | Fault!! | [41] | |
2015 | Monster Hunter Generations | [42] |
References
- ^ "和田貴史". RecoChoku (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "和田貴史". Tower Records Music (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "「和田貴史」的作品". bangumi.tv (in Chinese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ a b "会社情報|株式会社Dimension Cruise 公式サイト". Dimension Cruise (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "PROFILE - BEAGLEKICK". Beagle Kick (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "PROFILE_WORKS|作曲家 和田貴史 公式ウェブサイト". takafumi-wada.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "和田貴史プロフィール". dimension-cruise.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Takafumi Wada". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ a b "Funimation UK/IE Adds Highschool of the Dead, Plus Boruto, The Last & Road to Ninja Naruto Films for Streaming". Anime UK News. August 22, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ a b ""Highschool of the Dead" maintenant sur Anime on Demand". JapanFM (in French). February 13, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "TOKYO MX *アニメ「RIDEBACK -ライドバック-」". mxtv.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "TVアニメ「七つの大罪 聖戦の予兆」公式サイト". TVアニメ「七つの大罪 聖戦の予兆」. Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ Loo, Egan (December 19, 2014). "Seraph of the End's English-Subtitled Trailer, Split-Season Plans, More Cast Unveiled". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "CD -終わりのセラフ/Seraph of the End animated TV series-". owarino-seraph.jp. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "STAFF/CAST -終わりのセラフ/Seraph of the End animated TV series-". owarino-seraph.jp. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "CD -終わりのセラフ/Seraph of the End animated TV series-". owarino-seraph.jp. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (February 18, 2016). "New Main Visual for "Terra Formars" TV Anime 2nd Season "Revenge" Revealed". Crunchyroll. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins of the Holy War (Complete Limited Production Edition) (Blu-ray)". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments Original Soundtrack vol.1". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". amazon.com. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ Antonio Pineda, Rafael (September 6, 2019). "New Seven Deadly Sins TV Anime Premieres on October 9". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ Lee, Crystal (November 10, 2020). "The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement Anime Staff and Premiere Date Announced". Anime Trending. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "STAFF/CAST|TVアニメ「七つの大罪 憤怒の審判」公式サイト". 7-taizai.net (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ ""Rescue Tokubetsu Kodo Kyujo Tai" Original Soundtrack". CDJapan. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "BOSS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "My Girl original soundtrack". amazon.com. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Massugu na Otoko ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK | WPCL-10771 - VGMdb". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Suitei Yuuzai Original Soudtrack | LEGD-0008 - VGMdb". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ Antonio Pineda, Rafael (March 24, 2018). "Thunderbolt Fantasy Puppet Show's 2nd Season Premieres in October". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "NHK特集ドラマ「うつ病九段」オリジナルサウンドトラック". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "キャスト&スタッフ|Thunderbolt Fantasy 東離劍遊紀3". thunderboltfantasy.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "『ベルナのしっぽ』映画 公式サイト/スタッフ". bsproject.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "mizuchi Original Soundtrack". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "映画 イエスタデイズ (2008)について 映画データベース". allcinema.net (in Japanese). Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Genmukan ~Aiyoku to Ryoujoku no Inzai~ First Press Bonus CD". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "After... Song Collection". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Shinshou Genmukan Original Sound Track". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Kenka Banchou Yoroshiku Onban". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "ARKANOID DS -Audio Planet-". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Space Invaders Get Even Original Sound Tracks". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Fault!! Original SoundTrack CD". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ^ "Monster Hunter X Original Soundtrack". VGMdb. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Discography at VGMdb
- Takafumi Wada at IMDb
- Takafumi Wada at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Category:1979 births
Category:21st-century Japanese composers
Category:Anime composers
Category:Japanese film score composers
Category:Japanese male musicians
Category:Japanese music arrangers
Category:Japanese television composers
Category:Living people
Category:Video game composers