Keiichi Suzuki
{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Redirect-distinguish Template:Expand Japanese Template:BLP primary sources Template:Infobox musical artist Template:Nihongo is a Japanese musician, singer, and record producer who co-founded the Moonriders, a group that became one of Japan's most innovative rock bands.Template:Citation needed lead He is known to audiences outside Japan for his musical contributions to the video games EarthBound Beginnings/Mother (1989) and EarthBound/Mother 2 (1994), both of which have been released on several soundtracks. More recently, he has composed film scores including The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi (2003), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Uzumaki (2000), Chicken Heart (2009), as well as Takeshi Kitano's Outrage trilogy.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Career
Template:BLP unsourced section Suzuki was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of actor Akio Suzuki. He has a younger brother, Hirobumi Suzuki.<ref name=":0" /> In the early 1970s, Keiichi became involved with the Japanese band Hachimitsu Pie, who released one album in 1973. Later in the 1970s, Suzuki functioned as the occasional leader and regular singer of the Moonriders — the group's first album was in fact credited to "Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders". The band included his brother Hirobumi on bass. Afterward, he collaborated with Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Yukihiro Takahashi as the duo The Beatniks. He was also a member of the trio Three Blind Moses.
As an actor, Suzuki appeared in the 1980s films; Body Drop Asphalt, Shunji Iwai's Swallowtail, and Love Letter, as well as other films from the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In 1989, Suzuki cowrote the soundtrack to the video game EarthBound Beginnings/Mother. In 1994, he would write more music for the game's sequel, EarthBound/Mother 2. A few years after EarthBound/Mother 2, Suzuki provided the music for the audio game Real Sound: Kaze no Regret.
His song "Satellite Serenade" was remixed by The Orb and was later featured on Sasha & Digweed's Northern Exposure and The Orb's Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty compilation.
In February 2008, Suzuki released a new solo album Captain Hate & First Mate Love in collaboration with Keiichi Sokabe, touring together in late spring 2008. The follow-up Pirate Radio Seasick appeared in 2009, and the third part In Retrospect in January 2011.
Influences
Suzuki cited John Lennon of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Andy Partridge of XTC, Godley & Creme, Miklos Rozsa, and Harry Nilsson as influences, particularly on the tracks he composed for the Mother series.<ref name="1101: music">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Discography
with Hachimitsu-Pie
- Sentimental Dohri (Template:Nihongo2 "Sentimental Street")(1973)
with Moonriders
- MOONRIDERS (1977)
- Istanbul mambo (1977)
- NOUVELLES VAGUES (1978)
- MODERN MUSIC (1979)
- CAMERA EGAL STYLO (1980)
- Aozora Hyakkei (Template:Nihongo2 "100 spectacular views of the blue sky") (1982)
- MANIA MANIÈRA (1982)
- AMATEUR ACADEMY (1984)
- ANIMAL INDEX (1985)
- DON'T TRUST OVER THIRTY (1986)
- Christ, Who's gonna die first? (Template:Nihongo2)(1991)
- A.O.R. (1992)
- Moonriders No Yoru (Template:Nihongo2 "Night of the Moonriders")(1995)
- Bizarre Music For You (1996)
- GetsuMen Sanka (Template:Nihongo2 "Lunar anthem")(1998)
- dis-covered (1999)
- Dire Morons TRIBUNE (2001)
- P.W Babies Paperback (2005)
- MOON OVER the ROSEBUD (2006)
- Tokyo7 (2009)
- Ciao! (2011)
- it's the moooonriders (2022)
The SUZUKI (with his brother Hirobumi Suzuki)
- The Suzuki meets GREAT SKIFFLE AUTREY(1990)
- The Suzuki ’95(1995)
- The Suzuki meets 栗コーダーカルテット(1998)
No Lie-Sense (with Keralino Sandorovich)
- First Suicide Note (2013)
- JAPAN'S PERIOD (2016)
- 駄々録〜Dadalogue (2020)
Controversial Spark
- After Intermission (2019)
Suzuki-Matsuwo (with Kiyonori matsuo)
- One Hit Wonder(2023)
Solo studio albums
- Hyi No Tama Boy Template:Nihongo (1976, Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders)
- S.F. (1978), (宇宙からの物体X)
- Suzuki White-Report Template:Nihongo (1991)
- Tokyo Taro Is Living in Tokyo (1993, as Tokyo Taro)
- Satelliteserenade (1994) – as Suzuki K1 >> 7.5cc
- Yes, Paradise, Yes | M.R.B.S.(1999) – as Suzuki K1 >> 7.5cc
- No.9 (2004) – with Moonriders
- Captain Hate & First Mate Love Template:Nihongo (2008)
- Pirate Radio, Seasick' Template:Nihongo (2009)
- In Retrospective Template:Nihongo (2011)
- Keiichi Suzuki: Music for Films and Games (2010, Soundtracks Compilation)
- Records and Memories (2015)
- Mother Music Revisited (2021)
Video games
| Title | Notes |
|---|---|
| EarthBound Beginnings/Mother | with Hirokazu Tanaka |
| EarthBound/Mother 2 | with Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno |
| Real Sound: Kaze no Regret | |
| Mother 1+2 | with Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Original game supervisor |
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U | |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
Filmography
Film
- Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
- Uzumaki (2000)
- The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi (2003)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
- Chicken Heart (2009)
- For the Plasma (2014)
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- Last Letter (2020)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Just Remembering (2022), Nagura<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Call Me Chihiro (2023), old musician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Plastic (2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Kyrie (2023)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ghost Cat Anzu (2024), buddhist monk (voice)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Paradise of Solitude (2024)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Gosh!! (2025)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues (2025), Takuo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- First Kiss (2025)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Spirit World (2025)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Television
- Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses (2021), Shimura<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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References
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- the Moonriders official website
- 1951 births
- 20th-century Japanese composers
- 20th-century Japanese male actors
- 21st-century Japanese composers
- 21st-century Japanese male actors
- Composers from Tokyo
- Japanese film score composers
- Japanese male film actors
- Japanese male film score composers
- Japanese male television actors
- Japanese record producers
- Japanese rock musicians
- Japanese video game composers
- Living people
- Male actors from Tokyo