Joe Hisaishi

Composer
Music Department
Director

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Joe Hisaishi at an event for Tôkyô kazoku (2013)

Joe Hisaishi was born on 6 December 1950 in Nakano, Japan. He is a composer and director, known for Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001), Le Garçon et le Héron (2023) and Hana-bi - feux d'artifice (1997). He is married to Ayame Fujisawa . They have one child.

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Awards
- 31 wins & 35 nominations total

Known for

Rumi Hiiragi in Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001)

Le Voyage de Chihiro

8.6

Composer

2001

Le Garçon et le Héron (2023)

Le Garçon et le Héron

7.4

Composer

2023

Takeshi Kitano in Hana-bi - feux d'artifice (1997)

Hana-bi - feux d'artifice

7.7

Composer

1997

Le Château ambulant (2004)

Le Château ambulant

8.2

Composer

2004

Credits

Composer

Silent Love
6.4
- Composer
- 2024
Grissini Project: Famous Themes from Studio Ghibli
Music Video
- Composer
- 2023
Le Garçon et le Héron
7.4
- Composer
- 2023
A Summer Trip
7.0
- Composer
- 2023
Yuzuru Hanyu Ice Story GIFT at Tokyo Dome
8.5
- Composer
- 2023
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi: Butai
8.6
- Composer (original score by)
- 2022
Klay World Remastered: Yellow Seed
Short
- Composer
- 2021
Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds
4.6
Video Game
- Composer
- 2021
Chi hu shu sheng
5.4
- Composer
- 2020
Joe Hisaishi: My Neighbour Totoro
Music Video
- Composer
- 2020
Joe Hisaishi: World Dreams
Music Video
- Composer
- 2020
Shinka no toki
9.4
- Composer
- 2019
Ni no Kuni
6.1
- Composer
- 2019
Les Enfants de la mer
6.5
- Composer (as Jô Hisaishi)
- 2019
In This Corner of the World
6.3
TV Mini Series
- composer
- 2018

Music Department

Le Garçon et le Héron
7.4
- piano
- 2023
Ni no Kuni
6.1
- conductor
- orchestration
- 2019
Les Enfants de la mer
6.5
- conductor
- 2019
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
7.9
Video Game
- conductor
- 2018
Le conte de la princesse Kaguya
8.0
- conductor
- musician: piano
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 2013
Le vent se lève
7.8
- conductor
- music producer
- musician: piano (uncredited) ...
- 2013
Râmen yori taisetsu na mono
7.1
- composer: theme music
- 2013
Saka no ue no kumo
7.6
TV Series
- conductor: Tokyo New City Orchestra
- musician: piano
- orchestrator
- 2009–2011
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
8.5
Video Game
- conductor
- music arranger
- orchestrator
- 2011
Akunin
7.0
- conductor
- music arranger
- musician (piano, uncredited) ...
- 2010
Ururu no mori no monogatari
6.7
- conductor
- music arranger
- orchestrator
- 2009
Departures
8.0
- conductor
- music arranger
- music producer (uncredited) ...
- 2008
Ponyo sur la falaise
7.6
- conductor
- orchestrator
- piano
- 2008
Mari to koinu no monogatari
7.3
- conductor
- music arranger
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 2007
Otoko-tachi no Yamato
6.4
- conductor
- musician: piano solos
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 2005

Director

Personal details

Official sites
- Facebook
- Instagram
Alternative names
- Mamoru Fujisawa
Born
- December 6, 1950
- Nakano, Japan
Spouse
- Ayame Fujisawa ? - present (1 child)
Children
- Mai Fujisawa
Other works
Worked on the ceremonies and cultural events of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano (Japan).

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Trivia
Japanese composer, arranger, conductor & pianist.

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74 years old
When was Joe Hisaishi born?
December 6, 1950
Where was Joe Hisaishi born?
Nakano, Japan
What is Joe Hisaishi's birth name?
Mamoru Fujisawa
What is Joe Hisaishi known for?
Fireworks, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and The Boy and the Heron

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