This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date.
| Name | Birth year | Death year | Prominent works | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | ||||
| 1911 | 2006 | String Quartet No. 7 (1950), Symphony No. 1 (1957) | ||
| 1925 | 1989 | Trinita Sinfonica (1948), Triptyque for string orchestra (1953), Opera "Orpheus in Hiroshima" (1960), Concerto Ostinato for cello and orchestra (1969) | ||
| 1957 | ||||
| 1922 | 2012 | Symphony No. 1 (1961), Violin Concerto (1969), Viola Concerto (1971) | ||
| 1924 | 2001 | Opera "Yūzuru" (1952), 6 Symphonies | ||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1949 | ||||
| 1977 | ||||
| 1907 | 1959 | Quatre Mouvements Parodiques (1933/36) | ||
| 1935 | 2014 | |||
| 1904 | 1949 | Symphony No. 1 in D (1940), Symphony No. 2 in F (1947) | ||
| 1914 | 1955 | Ancient Dances on the Left and on the Right (1941), Yukara (1955) | ||
| 1931 | 2012 | Symphony in G (1953), Viola Concerto "Elegia" (1995) | ||
| 1910 | 2002 | |||
| 1936 | 1998 | |||
| 1930 | 2008 | Cello Concerto "Triste" (1971), Shakuhachi Concerto (1976) | ||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1933 | 2022 | Violin Concerto "Circulating Scenery" (1983), Symphony "Berlin Renshi" (1989) | ||
| 1914 | 2006 | Ballata Sinfonica (1943), Ritmica Ostinata for piano and orchestra (1961/71), Eclogues after Epos among Aino Races for solo voice and 4 kettle drums (1950) | ||
| 1943 | Symphony No. 2 "Trias" (1979), Symphony No. 3 "Ego Phano" (1984) | |||
| 1931 | 2004 | Rapsodia Concertante for violin and orchestra (1983) | ||
| 1906 | 1991 | |||
| 1921 | 1980 | Sinfonietta (1953) | ||
| 1921 | 2009 | Sinfonia Ainu (1959) | ||
| 1936 | 2003 | |||
| 1916 | 1996 | Sinfonia in fa diesis e do (1965) | ||
| 1903 | 1993 | |||
| 1911 | 1986 | |||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1900 | 1981 | To Ancient Times for orchestra (1937) | ||
| 1870 | 1946 | Violin Sonata in E-flat major (1895), Violin Sonata in D minor (1897) | ||
| 1947 | ||||
| 1898 | 1973 | |||
| 1909 | 1989 | |||
| 1938 | 2018 | |||
| 1914 | 2009 | Kobiki-Uta (Woodcutter's Song) for Orchestra (1957), Symphonic Suite "Nohmen" (1959) | ||
| 1937 | ||||
| 1907 | 2001 | Theme and Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1951), U-mai (1957), Sa-mai (1958) | ||
| 1929 | 2007 | Achime (1957), Symphony No. 1 (1965), Prélude pour orchestre (1968), 2 Piano Concertos (1973, 1978), Cello Concerto(1984), Opera "Silence" (1993) | ||
| 1929 | 1997 | Bacchanale (1954), Tonepleromas 55 (1955), Nirvana Symphony (1958), Mandala Symphony (1960), Bugaku (1962), Opera "The Golden Pavilion" (1976) | ||
| 1930[1] | 2011[2] | |||
| 1895 | 1971 | |||
| 1942 | ||||
| 1933 | 2013 | Trois mouvements symphoniques (1960), Piano Concerto (1961), Concerto for Orchestra (1964), Violin Concerto (1965), Requiem (1970), Kyômon (1984), Litania pour Fuji (1988) | ||
| 1930 | 2013 | Piano Concerto No. 1 (1966), Concerto for Shakuhachi and 17 Strings-Koto (1975) | ||
| 1903 | 1977 | Symphony No. 2 (1938), Violin Concerto (1939), Piano Sonata No. 2 (1939) | ||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1923 | 2000 | |||
| 1953 | 2023 | Kecak for Percussion ensemble (1979), Heterophony for Two Piano and Orchestra (1987), Canticle of Light (1996) | ||
| 1971 | ||||
| 1887 | 1965 | Cantata "Kaido-Tosei" (1940) | ||
| 1916 | 1990 | Dance Suite (1953), Symphony in G (1968) | ||
| 1918 | 1982 | Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes (1955) | ||
| 1907 | 1953 | Symphony No. 1 (1934), Piano Concerto No. 3 "Kamikaze" (1938) | ||
| 1944 | 2021 | Image for orchestra (1981), Fantasy for organ and orchestra (1999) | ||
| 1911 | 1951 | Cello Concerto (1944), Flute Concerto (1948) | ||
| 1942 | Radiation Missa (1981), Opera "Chushingura" (1997) | |||
| 1947 | ||||
| 1868 | 1941 | Warship March (1897) | ||
| 1916 | 1996 | |||
| 1898 | 1962 | |||
| 1930 | ||||
| 1931 | ||||
| 1938 | ||||
| 1907 | 1952 | |||
| 1937 | 2005 | |||
| 1938 | ||||
| 1913 | 2000 | |||
| 1930 | 1996 | Requiem for String Orchestra (1957), The Dorian Horizon (1966), November Steps (1967), Asterism (1967), A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (1977), Nostalghia (1987) | ||
| 1879 | 1903 | Minuet in B minor (1900), "Urami" (1903) | ||
| 1961 | ||||
| 1931 | 2023 | Rhapsody for Orchestra (1960), Violin concerto No.1 (1963) | ||
| 1912 | 1991 | |||
| 1886 | 1965 | Symphonic Poem "Madara no Hana (Hawthorn flower)" (1913), Sinfonia "Inno Meiji" (1921), Nagauta Symphony (1934) | ||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1967 | ||||
| 1929 | 1976 | Symphony (1958), Cello Concerto (1960), Piano Sonata (1961), Piano Concerto (1967) | ||
| 1958 | ||||
| 1953 | Threnody to Toki (1980), The Age of Birds (1986), Pleiades Dances (1986–2001) | |||
| 1929 |