Kentarō Haneda


Kentarō Haneda was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken.

Biography

Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he taught as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He was best known as the composer of Wizardry—which was ported to NES and SNES console by Ascii at early 1990—, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series, Barefoot Gen, Ys Symphony, Symphony Sorcerian and Genso Suikoden Ongaku-shu.
He died of liver cancer on June 2, 2007, at the age of 58.

Selected works

Anime soundtracks

The Adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi Treasure Island Space Warrior Baldios The White Whale of Mu Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein Manga Mito Kōmon Natsu e no Tobira Thunderbirds 2086 Space Cobra The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Super Dimension Century Orguss Final Yamato Barefoot Gen Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature God Mazinger Macross: Do You Remember Love? Sherlock Hound Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight Onegai! Samia Don Barefoot Gen 2 Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet Prefectural Earth Defense Force Metal Armor Dragonar Samurai Gold Project A-ko 4: FINAL Sunset on Third Street Dear Brother Genji
  • ''Mikeneko Holmes: The Lord of Ghost Castle''

Game soundtracks

Live-action TV

Live-action movies