Keiji Inai | |
Native Name: | 井内 啓二 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Name: | Hideo Inai[1] |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1976 |
Birth Place: | Hiroshima, Japan |
Instrument: | Piano |
Years Active: | 1999–present |
is a Japanese composer, arranger and orchestrator best known for his work in anime and video games. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine.
Inai was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He studied at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, but dropped out to pursue studio work. In 1999, while he was a college student, he served as assistant musical director to violinist Toshihiro Nakanishi on the Akira Shirai production Falstaff. In 2001 and 2002 he participated as a pianist, manipulator, and arranger on the soundtracks for the Fuji TV dramas Fighting Girl and Hatsu Taiken. After this, he began working as a composer for television programs, commercials, movies, games, radio programs, fashion shows and other areas.[2]
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2011 | Kyoto Animation Commercial "Star" | Composer |
Composer (other tracks by Toshiyuki Arakawa and Akifumi Tada) | ||
The Princess and the Pilot | Theme song composer | |
2012 | OVA | Composer |
The Knight in the Area | Composer (other tracks by Yasunori Iwasaki) | |
Composer (other tracks by Toshiyuki Arakawa, Akifumi Tada and Hayato Matsuo) | ||
Btooom! | Composer | |
Hyōka | Programming & Score assistant | |
Mai no Etchuu Manyou Taikenki | Composer | |
2013 | A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion | Arrangement (other arrangements by Yasunori Iwasaki and Hayato Matsuo) |
Karneval | Composer[3] (other tracks by Shirō Hamaguchi) | |
Outbreak Company | Composer[4] | |
Tokyo Ravens | Orchestrator & Score writer | |
2015 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | Composer[5] |
Heavy Object | Composer (other tracks by Maiko Iuchi) | |
2016 | Alderamin on the Sky | Composer[6] |
2017 | The Royal Tutor | Composer[7] |
Composer | ||
2018 | Hakyū Hōshin Engi | Orchestrator |
Magical Girl Site | Composer[8] | |
Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen | Composer[9] | |
2019 | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion | Composer |
Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? | Composer[10] | |
2020 | The Misfit of Demon King Academy | Composer[11] |
2021 | I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level | Composer[12] |
Build Divide -#00000 (Code Black)- | Composer[13] (other tracks by Kenta Higashioji) | |
Composer (episode: "The Duel") | ||
2023 | Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion | Composer[14] |
2024 | A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero | Composer[15] |
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2008 | Gran Turismo 5 Prologue | Orchestra arrangement |
White Knight Chronicles | Orchestra arrangement | |
2010 | Gran Turismo 5 | Composer |
2011 | Orchestration & Chorus arrangement | |
PlayStation Vita Operating System & Built-in Applications | Composer | |
2012 | Gravity Rush | Programming & Additional arrangement |
2013 | Gran Turismo 6 | Composer |
2017 | Gravity Rush 2 | Programming & Additional arrangement |
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2009 | The Chef Of South Polar | Orchestra arrangement & Piano performance |
2013 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Arrangement (other arrangements by Shūichi Sakamoto) |
2020 | Burn the Witch | Composer[16] |
Year | Title | Role(s) |
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2001 | Fighting Girl | Arrangement & Piano performance |
2002 | Hatsu Taiken | Arrangement & Piano performance |