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Toshio Masuda

1959 - Today

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Toshio Masuda (増田 俊郎, Masuda Toshio; born October 28, 1959) is a Japanese composer. He has composed and synthesized scores for several Japanese television shows and animated series. Masuda is perhaps best known as the composer of the 2002 hit anime series Naruto where he combined traditional instruments like the shamisen and shakuhachi together with guitar, drums, bass, piano and other keyboard instruments along with chanting. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Toshio Masuda is the 1,831st most popular musician (up from 1,966th in 2024), the 1,656th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,590th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Toshio Masuda ranks 1,831 out of 3,175. Before him are George Gruntz, Bill Black, Tadd Dameron, Tobias Sammet, Christopher Franke, and Jimmy Garrison. After him are Utada Hikaru, Bobby Hutcherson, Pino Palladino, Bootsy Collins, LiSA, and Percy Heath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Toshio Masuda ranks 393. Before him are Beth Broderick, Heather Oakes, Mats Näslund, Rick Carlisle, David Frankel, and Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani. After him are Erwin Olaf, Roberto Fiore, Gelindo Bordin, Glenn Morshower, Daniel Goldhagen, and Raf.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toshio Masuda ranks 1,656 out of 6,245. Before him are Tomo Sakurai (1971), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Takao Sakurai (1941), Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Chiharu Shiota (1972), and Takahiro Sakurai (1974). After him are Seiji Ueda (1952), Yuji Horii (1954), LiSA (1987), Nikka Costa (1972), Kazumasa Shimizu (1976), and Ryota Takahashi (1986).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Toshio Masuda ranks 23. Before him are Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Hyde (1969), Miyavi (1981), Nobuko Imai (1943), Yoko Shimomura (1967), and Nigo (1970). After him are LiSA (1987), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), Ringo Sheena (1978), Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), and Keiko Matsui (1961).

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