| Ryōichi Hattori | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1907 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan | ||||||||
| Death Place: | Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||
| Alias: | Masao Murasame Toshi Natsubata | ||||||||
| Children: | Katsuhisa Hattori Ryoji Hattori/(stage name: Yoshitsugu Hattori) | ||||||||
| Relatives: | Takayuki Hattori (grandson) Moné Hattori (great-granddaughter) | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Composer | ||||||||
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was a Japanese pop and jazz composer. Katsuhisa Hattori is his son. He had a great influence on Japanese pop and was awarded the People's Honor Award. Japanese jazz was downtrodden during World War II, but he created a jazz boom after the war.[1] He composed many songs for various artists such as Noriko Awaya, Shizuko Kasagi, Ichimaru and Ichirō Fujiyama. He also composed Li Xianglan's song, which has remained controversial in China despite not being a militaristic song.[2] [3]