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name: "Akihiko Matsumoto"
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tmdb_id: 43657
wikidata_id: "Q11531119"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 February 1963"
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# Akihiko Matsumoto

## Identity

Akihiko Matsumoto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akihiko-matsumoto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** akihiko-matsumoto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0559504
- **TMDB ID:** 43657
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11531119
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11531119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43657

Composer. Born 14 February 1963 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 February 1963, Tokyo, Japan
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11531119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43657

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- **HBO Max:** [*Summer Wars*](https://film.one/film/summer-wars.md) (77)

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## Biography

Akihiko Matsumoto is a Japanese composer. Born in Tokyo on 14 February 1963, he began his career as a music producer and arranger in 1987, working with artists including Southern All Stars, Koji Tamaki and Masaharu Fukuyama.

He gained prominence with his music for the television series *Bayside Shakedown* and its 1998 feature film adaptation, which won a Japan Academy Award; the soundtrack became one of the best-selling in Japan. Matsumoto has since scored numerous films and series, including *Returner* (2002), *Summer Wars* (2009), *Goemon* (2009) and *Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom* (2019), as well as the video game *Resident Evil: Outbreak*.

*Sources: imdb.com, vgmdb.net, dukesoftware.appspot.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Summer Wars* (2009), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-wars.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.* (2026), Music
- *Monster Island* (2025), Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *The Greatest Teacher* (2023), series, Music
- *The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn* (2022), Music
- *NO ACTIVITY* (2021), series, Music
- *Life's Punchline* (2021), series, Music
- *Kizuna no Pedal* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Hotel on the Brink!* (2018), series, Music
- *Flay* (2017), Music
- *Rent-a-Rescue* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Girl's Speech* (2015), series, Music
- *Prince Charming Best Age for Pure Love* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL: The New Hope* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *係長 青島俊作2 事件はまたまた取調室で起きている!* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Jidankoshonin Gota Keshi* (2011), series, as Compositor
- *Section Chief Aoshima Shunsuke THE MOBILE: Cases happening in the Interrogation Room!* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Summer Wars* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/summer-wars.md)
- *Goemon* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *愛の流刑地* (2007), series, Original Music Composer
- *Fugitive Joichiro Kijima* (2005), Music
- *Negotiator* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Black Jack* (2004), series, Music, Original Music Composer
- *Bayside Shakedown 2* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Returner* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Unmarried Family* (2001), series, Music
- *Space Travelers* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Bayside Shakedown* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication* (1998), Music
- *Bayside Shakedown Extra Edition Bayside Policewoman Story Early Summer Traffic Safety Special* (1998), Music
- *Bayside Shakedown SP: Year-End Special Alert* (1997), Music
- *Bayside Shakedown* (1997), series, Original Music Composer

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