Kōtarō Nakagawa

Kōtarō Nakagawa (中川 幸太郎, Nakagawa Kōtarō, born 7 February 1969) is a Japanese composer and arranger. He is a graduate of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music's school of music.

He is the son of trumpet player Yoshihiro Nakagawa, the elder brother of trombone player Eijirō Nakagawa and the nephew of clarinet player Takeshi Nakagawa and trombone player Atsushi Nakagawa. He is noted for composing the soundtracks for several anime series, including the Gorō Taniguchi-directed productions s-CRY-ed, Planetes, GUN×SWORD, and CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion.

Work

Anime

• Kiko-chan Smile (1996)
• Geobreeders (1998, 2000)
• s-CRY-ed (2001)
• Planetes (2003)
• Transformers: Energon (theme song arrangement only)
• Fushigiboshi no Futagohime (2005)
• Zoids Genesis (2005)
• GUN×SWORD (2005)
• CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006)
• Dōbutsu no Mori (a.k.a. Animal Crossing) (2006) (Orchestra)
• Bamboo Blade (2007)
• Hayate the Combat Butler (2007)
• CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008)
• Zettai Karen Children (2008)
• Cross Game (2009)
• 07 Ghost (2009)
• Major (2008~2010)
• Gosick (2011)
• Inu x Boku SS (2012)
• Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³ (2012)
• Unlimited Psychic Squad (2013)
• Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (2013)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V (2014)
• Argevollen (2014)
• Prison School (2015)
• Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (2015)
• Active Raid (2016)

Tokusatsu

• Mirai Sentai Timeranger (2000) (insert song and theme song arrangement only)
• Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (2001)
• Kamen Rider 555 (2003) (theme song arrangement only)
• GoGo Sentai Boukenger (2006)
• Kamen Rider Decade (2009)
  • Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker (2009)
  • Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 (2009)
• Kamen Rider W (2009)
  • Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 (2009)
  • Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate (2010)
• Kamen Rider OOO (2010)
• Kamen Rider Wizard (2012)

Drama

• Hi no Ryousen (1998)
• Onna Doushi (2000)
• Egao no Housoku (2003)
• Botan to Bara (2004)
• Fuyu no Rinbu (2005)