Koutarou Nakagawa

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Japanese composer and arranger. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts' school of music. He is the son of musician and trumpet player Yoshihiro Nakagawa and older brother of the trombonist Eijirou Nakagawa. He has done music for various anime, dramas, films, and tokusatsu shows.

Nakagawa is known for collaborating with director Gorou Taniguchi, and has written and composed the scores for many of his projects since s-CRY-ed in 2001. Including the acclaimed Code Geass series. Outside anime, he is also noted for his work on many Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series.

Notable works outside anime as composer:

• Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (tokusatsu, TV series, 2001)
• GoGo Sentai Boukenger (tokusatsu, TV series, 2006)
• Kamen Rider Decade (tokusatsu, TV series, 2009) (with Shuuhei Naruse)
• Kamen Rider W (tokusatsu, TV series, 2009-10) (with Shuuhei Naruse)
• Kamen Rider OOO (tokusatsu, TV series, 2010)
• Kamen Rider Wizard (tokusatsu, TV series, 2012-13)
• Kamen Rider Drive (tokusatsu, TV series, 2014) (with Shuuhei Naruse)
• Kamen Rider Revice (tokusatsu, TV series, 2021)