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name: "Koichi Sugiyama"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/koichi-sugiyama"
fi1m_id: "koichi-sugiyama"
imdb_id: "nm0837543"
tmdb_id: 549553
wikidata_id: "Q1192498"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 April 1931"
died: "30 September 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T20:51:43.634408+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."
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# Koichi Sugiyama

## Identity

Koichi Sugiyama

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/koichi-sugiyama
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** koichi-sugiyama
- **IMDb ID:** nm0837543
- **TMDB ID:** 549553
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1192498
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Sugiyama, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/549553

Composer. Born 11 April 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 30 September 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 April 1931, Tokyo, Japan
- **Died:** 30 September 2021
- **Also known as:** Kôichi Sugiyama, すぎやま こういち, Kouichi Sugiyama, Kohichi Sugiyama
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Sugiyama, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0837543/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/549553

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- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla vs. Biollante*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md) (76)

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## Biography

Koichi Sugiyama was a Japanese composer, conductor and orchestrator. He was born in Tokyo on 11 April 1931 and died there on 30 September 2021. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he worked in television before becoming a freelance composer in 1968.

Sugiyama composed the score for the film *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989). He is best known for his music for the *Dragon Quest* video game series, beginning with the first game in 1986, as well as for other video games, anime, television shows and pop songs. He was among the first video game composers to record with a live orchestra.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tohokingdom.com, wikizilla.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Godzilla Fest 5: Great Monster Battle* (2024), Music
- *Dragon Quest: Your Story* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome* (2015), Original Music Composer, Executive Producer
- *Ballet Dragon Quest ~ Star Dancers Ballet* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai* (1991), series, Original Music Composer
- *Dragon Quest IV Symphonic Suite: London Philharmonic Orchestra Live* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md)
- *Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel* (1989), series, Music
- *Dragon Quest Fantasia Video* (1988), Music
- *Kojika Monogatari* (1983), series, Music
- *Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Space Runaway Ideon: Contact* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Sea Prince and the Fire Child* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy* (1980), Music
- *Space Runaway Ideon* (1980), series, Music
- *Hell Worms* (1979), Music
- *Gatchaman: The Movie* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *A Lavish Invitation* (1968), Music
- *The Tigers: The World is Waiting For Us* (1968), Music
- *Cyborg 009* (1968), series, Music

## Gallery

- ![Kōichi Sugiyama, Director of Japan Composers and Arrangers Association, received the Person of Cultural Merit on November, 2020.](https://film.one/media/person/4095971/gallery-ee655937c8e7.jpg) Kōichi Sugiyama, Director of Japan Composers and Arrangers Association, received the Person of Cultural Merit on November, 2020. — 大臣官房人事課, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Koichi_Sugiyama_202011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Koichi Sugiyama](https://film.one/media/person/4095971/gallery-e66532362786.jpg) Koichi Sugiyama — (See the source column), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Kohichi_Sugiyama_2011-06-30.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Person of Cultural Merit 2020: Person of Cultural Merit (won)
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette 2018: The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (won)
- CEDEC Awards - Special Award 2014: CEDEC Awards - Special Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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