---
name: "Akira Kuwahara"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/akira-kuwahara"
fi1m_id: "akira-kuwahara"
imdb_id: "nm7810072"
tmdb_id: 1895790
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "4 April 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:07:22.403941+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Akira Kuwahara

## Identity

Akira Kuwahara

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/akira-kuwahara
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** akira-kuwahara
- **IMDb ID:** nm7810072
- **TMDB ID:** 1895790
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7810072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1895790

Composer. Born 4 April 1985 in Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 4 April 1985, Japan
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** RADWIMPS, 桑原 彰
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Genki Kawamura](https://film.one/person/genki-kawamura.md), [Kōichirō Itō](https://film.one/person/koichiro-ito.md), [Makoto Shinkai](https://film.one/person/makoto-shinkai.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7810072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1895790

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Your Name.*](https://film.one/film/your-name.md) (84)
- **Crunchyroll:** [*Suzume*](https://film.one/film/suzume.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Akira Kuwahara is a Japanese guitarist and composer, best known as a member of the rock band RADWIMPS. He was born on 4 April 1985.

Kuwahara contributed to the band's soundtrack work for the animated films *Your Name.* (2016) and *Suzume* (2022), directed by Makoto Shinkai. The band received Japan Academy Awards for best music for their collaborations with the director.

He parted ways with RADWIMPS in October 2024.

*Sources: vgmdb.net, nytimes.com, radwimps.jp.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Your Name.* (2016), Fi1m 84, as (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Suzume* (2022), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/suzume.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *You, Like a Star* (2026), as Theme Song Performance
- *Suzume* (2022), as Theme Song Performance · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/suzume.md)
- *ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?* (2022), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *The Last 10 Years* (2022), as Theme Song Performance · Original Music Composer
- *It's a Flickering Life* (2021), as Theme Song Performance
- *Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau* (2021), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *Weathering with You* (2019), as (voice), Theme Song Performance · Original Music Composer
- *Frankenstein's Love* (2017), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *Your Name.* (2016), as (voice), Theme Song Performance · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/your-name.md)
- *Pieta in the Toilet* (2015), as Theme Song Performance

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