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name: "Yūji Koseki"
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tmdb_id: 1429258
wikidata_id: "Q3574303"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 August 1909"
died: "18 August 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T21:04:51.298204+00:00"
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# Yūji Koseki

## Identity

Yūji Koseki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yuji-koseki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yuji-koseki
- **IMDb ID:** nm0466990
- **TMDB ID:** 1429258
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3574303
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABji_Koseki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3574303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1429258

Composer. Born 11 August 1909 in Fukushima City, Fukushima, Japan. Died 18 August 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 August 1909, Fukushima City, Fukushima, Japan
- **Died:** 18 August 1989
- **Active:** 1964–2003
- **Also known as:** Koseki Yuji, Koseki Yûji, Yuji Koseki
- **Frequently works with:** [Akira Ifukube](https://film.one/person/akira-ifukube.md), [Hiroshi Koizumi](https://film.one/person/hiroshi-koizumi.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABji_Koseki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3574303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1429258

## Biography

Yūji Koseki was a Japanese composer of film scores, popular songs, marches and military music. Born in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, in 1909, he joined Nippon Columbia in 1930. He composed the Olympic March for the 1964 Tokyo Games and numerous works for radio, sport and film.

Koseki wrote the score for the 1961 film *Mothra*, including the song 'Mothra's Song' performed by The Peanuts. His theme was reused in later productions including *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), *Godzilla vs. Mothra* (1992) and *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003).

He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1969 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1979. Koseki died in 1989.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003), Fi1m 64, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-tokyo-s-o-s.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

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

- *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.* (2003), Music — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-tokyo-s-o-s.md)
- *Rebirth of Mothra II* (1997), Music
- *Rebirth of Mothra* (1996), Music
- *Godzilla vs. Mothra* (1992), Music
- *Mothra vs. Godzilla* (1964), Music
- *At the Side of the Bridge 4* (1963), Music
- *At the Side of the Bridge 3* (1963), Music
- *Zoku aizen katsura* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *At the Side of the Bridge 2* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *A Wanderer's Notebook* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *At the Side of the Bridge* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Flower in a Storm* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Mothra* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Playboy President* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *This Greedy Old Skin* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The College Ruggers* (1959), Music
- *The Story of Iron Arm Inao* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Jōen* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Image of a Mother* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Yajikita dōchū sugoroku* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Accomplice* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Yaji and Kita on the Road* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Love River* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Mother* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Tokyo Eyes* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Schooldays* (1957), Music
- *Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion* (1957), Music
- *The Betrothed* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun* (1957), Music
- *Ujō* (1957), Music
- *8:13 PM* (1956), Music
- *Ai no kaikyō* (1956), Music
- *Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes* (1956), Music
- *The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story* (1956), Music
- *Asakusa Lights* (1956), Music
- *Teen-ager's Resistance* (1955), Music
- *The Motherless* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The History of Love* (1955), Music
- *A Song of Memory* (1955), Music
- *Yukiko* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *A Daughter's Life Guide* (1955), Music
- *A Young Samurai* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Moon Over the Ruined Castle* (1954), Music
- *Geisha Hidekoma* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Always in My Heart Part 3* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *This Love Costs 50 Million Yen* (1954), Music
- *Always in My Heart Part 2* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Eagle of the Pacific* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Always in My Heart* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *An Edoite Judge* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *親馬鹿花合戦* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Tower of Lilies* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *恐妻時代* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Nonsense Detective Story: The Phantom Woman* (1952), Music
- *The Ataka Family* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Kin no tamago: Golden Girl* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Lucky* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Big Hit Pachinko Girl* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Wakôdo no uta* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Kiri no yoru no kyōfu* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Bells of Nagasaki* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *A Mother's Love* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Odoroki ikka* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Shosuke Ohara* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Doku bara* (1949), Music
- *Kaze no ko* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume* (1948), Music
- *These Foolish Times* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Splendid Gold Mine* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Fighting Soldiers* (1939), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame 2023: Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (won)
- Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class 1979: Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class (won)
- Medal with Purple Ribbon 1969: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won)

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

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