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Hiroyuki Sawano

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Hiroyuki Sawano was born on 12 September 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a composer, known for Attack on Titan (2013), Aldnoah.Zero (2014) and Solo Leveling (2024).
BornSeptember 12, 1980
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 21 nominations total

    Known for

    David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)
    Attack on Titan
    9.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Aldnoah.Zero (2014)
    Aldnoah.Zero
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    Solo Leveling (2024)
    Solo Leveling
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    86 (2021)
    86
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Music Department

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Kamen Rider Zeztz (2025)
      Kamen Rider Zeztz
      8.1
      TV Series
      • theme song composer
      • 2025–2026
    • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
      6.8
      • theme music composer
      • 2026
    • To Be Hero X (2025)
      To Be Hero X
      8.5
      TV Series
      • theme music composer
      • arranger: ending theme
      • arranger: opening theme (as SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]) ...
      • 2025
    • Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms (2024)
      Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
      6.3
      TV Series
      • arranger: ending theme
      • arranger: opening theme
      • theme music composer: ending theme ...
      • 2024
    • Eve: Pray (2024)
      Eve: Pray
      Music Video
      • arranger
      • 2024
    • Solo Leveling (2024)
      Solo Leveling
      8.5
      TV Series
      • arranger: OP
      • lyrics: OP
      • performer (as SawanoHiroyuki, as SawanoHiroyuki nZk) ...
      • 2024
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (2023)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse
      7.1
      TV Series
      • theme music composer
      • 2023
    • Protocol: Rain (2023)
      Protocol: Rain
      5.5
      TV Series
      • arranger: OP
      • theme music composer: OP
      • 2023
    • Kentarô Itô, Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Takayuki Sugô, Yuki Matsuoka, Noriaki Sugiyama, Tite Kubo, and Hiroki Yasumoto in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022)
      Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
      9.0
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: ED
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • 2022
    • Ken'ichi Suzumura and Mamoru Miyano in Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (2018)
      Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
      7.8
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: OP, ED
      • theme song arrangement
      • theme song arrangement: OP, ED ...
      • 2018–2022
    • Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn- (2022)
      Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn-
      7.0
      TV Series
      • theme music arrangement: opening theme
      • theme music composer: opening theme
      • theme song arrangement: opening theme
      • 2022
    • Ado in Ado: Tot Musica (2022)
      Ado: Tot Musica
      8.3
      Music Video
      • arranger
      • 2022
    • AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline (2021)
      AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline
      5.8
      TV Series
      • theme music composer
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • 2022
    • Fanfare of Adolescence (2022)
      Fanfare of Adolescence
      5.8
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: ED
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • 2022
    • 86 (2021)
      86
      8.3
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: ED
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • music: "Slumdog Paradise" ...
      • 2021–2022

    Composer

    • Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
      Video Game
      • music
      • 2026
    • Tokyo P.D. Keishi-chô Kôhô 2gakari (2026)
      Tokyo P.D. Keishi-chô Kôhô 2gakari
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2026
    • Fate/Strange Fake (2024)
      Fate/Strange Fake
      8.1
      TV Series
      • music
      • 2024–2026
    • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
      6.8
      • Composer
      • 2026
    • To Be Hero X (2025)
      To Be Hero X
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Solo Leveling (2024)
      Solo Leveling
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024–2025
    • Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (2025)
      Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
      8.0
      Video Game
      • music
      • 2025
    • Aldnoah.Zero (Re+) (2025)
      Aldnoah.Zero (Re+)
      6.7
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Solo Leveling: ReAwakening (2024)
      Solo Leveling: ReAwakening
      8.7
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms (2024)
      Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Eve: Pray (2024)
      Eve: Pray
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Javier Ortega Arrocha, Javier Suárez, Sandra Saavedra, Elena Moreno, Tamara Aston, GaSuX, and Sergio San in A Long Dream (2023)
      A Long Dream
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)
      Attack on Titan
      9.1
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2013–2023
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2 (2023)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
      6.2
      • music (as Hiroyuki SAWANO)
      • 2023
    • Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn (2023)
      Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2023

    Soundtrack

    • Kamen Rider Zeztz (2025)
      Kamen Rider Zeztz
      8.1
      TV Series
      • arranger: "VISIONS"
      • writer: "VISIONS" (as Hiroyuki SAWANO, as Hiroyuki SAWANO)
      • 2025–2026
    • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026)
      Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
      6.8
      • arranger: "CIRCE", "ENDROLL"
      • music: "CIRCE", "ENDROLL"
      • performer: "ENDROLL"
      • 2026
    • To Be Hero X (2025)
      To Be Hero X
      8.5
      TV Series
      • arranger: "PARAGON"
      • music: "PARAGON"
      • arranger: "INERTIA", "KONTINUUM", "JEOPARDY" (as SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]) ...
      • 2025
    • Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms (2024)
      Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
      6.3
      TV Series
      • arranger: "VORTEX", "karma"
      • music: "VORTEX", "karma"
      • producer: "VORTEX", "karma"
      • 2024
    • That Person Has Disappeared (2024)
      That Person Has Disappeared
      6.6
      • arranger: "FALLOUT"
      • writer: "FALLOUT" (as Hiroyuki SAWANO, as Hiroyuki SAWANO)
      • 2024
    • Solo Leveling (2024)
      Solo Leveling
      8.5
      TV Series
      • arranger: "LEveL", "ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)"
      • lyrics: "LEveL"
      • music: "LEveL", "ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)" ...
      • 2024
    • Protocol: Rain (2023)
      Protocol: Rain
      5.5
      TV Series
      • arranger: "S9aiR"
      • music: "S9aiR"
      • 2023
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2 (2023)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
      6.2
      • arranger: "odd:I"
      • writer: "odd:I"
      • 2023
    • Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn (2023)
      Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • arranger: "FAKEit"
      • music: "FAKEit"
      • performer: "FAKEit"
      • 2023
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (2022)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1
      5.6
      • arranger: "LEMONADE"
      • writer: "LEMONADE"
      • 2022
    • Yakuza Lover (2022)
      Yakuza Lover
      5.2
      TV Series
      • arranger: "TOUCH"
      • writer: "TOUCH" (as Hiroyuki SAWANO, as Hiroyuki SAWANO)
      • 2022
    • Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn- (2022)
      Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn-
      7.0
      TV Series
      • arranger: "Ivory Tower"
      • music: "Ivory Tower"
      • performer: "Ivory Tower"
      • 2022
    • One Piece Film: Red (2022)
      One Piece Film: Red
      6.7
      • arranger: "Tot Musica"
      • music: "Tot Musica"
      • 2022
    • Bubble (2022)
      Bubble
      6.4
      • writer: " Parkour"
      • 2022
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
      6.6
      • arranger: "Mübbius", "Tracer"
      • music: "Mübbius", "Tracer"
      • 2021
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    Trailer 1:14
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    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Official Site
      • SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] Official Site
    • Alternative names
      • Hiroyuki SAWANO
    • Born
      • September 12, 1980
      • Tokyo, Japan

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