Prolific Anime and Tokusatsu Composer Shunsuke Kikuchi Has Passed Away

Prolific composer Shunsuke Kikuchi has passed away due to aspiration pneumonia last April 24th. He was 89 years old. 

Born on November 1, 1931, Kikuchi made his professional debut as a soundtrack composer in the 1961 film, Hachininme no Teki. Since then, he has composed music for numerous anime, movies, live-action series, particularly tokusatsu shows, and many more. Some of his notable works include: 

• The Dragon Ball series, namely: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Kai and its related movies
  
• Dr. Slump and its related movies
  
• The Doraemon series and some of its early movies. He also composed the show's theme song, "Doraemon no Uta". 
  
• In multiple super robot anime such as: Getter Robo, Getter Robo G, UFO Robo Grendizer, Daimos, Gaiking, and Danguard Ace
  
• Casshan
  
• Hurricane Polymar
  
• Tiger Mask and Tiger Mask II
  
• The Showa Kamen Rider series, namely: Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider V3, Kamen Rider X, Kamen Rider Amazon, Kamen Rider Stronger, Skyrider, Kamen Rider Super-1, and the Kamen Rider ZX Special, and its related movies. He also composed Kamen Rider's first theme song, "Let's Go!! Rider Kick"
  
• The Showa Gamera series, namely: Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera vs. Jiger, Gamera vs. Zigra, and Gamera: Super Monster
  
• Denjin Zabogar
  
• Robot Detective
  
• Jumborg Ace
  
• Ultraman Story
  
• Abarenbo Shogun
  
• Sister Street Fighter Series

Kikuchi has received multiple awards, most notably for Best Music in the 6th Japan Academy Prize back in 1983, and the lifetime achievement award in the 57th Japan Record Awards back in 2015. From all of us here, thank you for the memories.

[Source: Anime News Network, Wikipedia (for his various works)]