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Asei Kobayashi (小林 亜星, Kobayashi Asei, 11 August 1932 – 30 May 2021)[1][2] was a Japanese composer. He was also a lyricist, actor, and multi-tarento. He could also sing songs and advertisement songs.

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Asei Kobayashi 小林 亜星
Born	(1932-08-11)11 August 1932 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Died	30 May 2021(2021-05-30) (aged 88) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Anime film score
Occupation(s)	Composer lyricist actor tarento
Website	Official website

Kobayashi was represented by Astro Music. He was the director of the Japan Songwriters Association (J-scat). Kobayashi served as the first president of the Dai Nihon Piman-sha Renmei (Dai Pi Ren). His songs are used in advertisements and television themes.

Asei also composed the music for the 1990 Famicom video game Niji no Silkroad. A soundtrack CD was later released titled Rainbow Silkroad Image Album WINDY ROAD.

He also composed The TV Asahi song in 1977 when the television station changed its name to its current name.

Filmography

Anime

List of production work in anime

Year	Title	Crew role	Notes	Source[3]
1963–65	Wolf Boy Ken	Music, OP/ED composition
1965–66	Hustle Punch	Music, OP/ED composition
1966–68	Sally the Witch	ED3 composition
1967	The King Kong Show	Music, OP composition
1969	Himitsu no Akko-chan	ED composition
1970–71	Kick no Oni	Music, ED composition
1972–74	Gatchaman	ED1/OE2 composition
1972–73	Hazedon	OP2/ED2 composition
1973–74	Dororon Enma-kun	ED composition
1975	Tekkaman: The Space Knight	ED composition
1976	Gowappa 5 Gōdam	ED composition
1976–77	Chōdenji Robo Combattler V	ED composition
1980–82	Kaibutsu-kun	Music	2nd TV series
1982	Asari-chan Ai no Marchen Shōjo	ED composition	Film
2002	Minna no Uta	Song	Ep. "Buta ma n-gokoro" ぶたまんごころ
2003	ja:もも子、かえるの歌がきこえるよ	IS1 composition

List of voice work in anime

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Source[3]
1983	Noel's Fantastic Trip	Sunday	Film
1985	A Journey Through Fairyland	Teacher	Film

See also

• Hideki Saijo
• Kirin Kiki
• MoJo
• Kuniko Mukōda

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Asei Kobayashi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Asei Kobayashi at Oricon (in Japanese)
• Asei Kobayashi

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