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Hiroyuki Namba
Toshima, Japan
Hiroyuki Namba is credited on 610 releases across 257 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1975–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
610
Pressings credited
257
Albums
6
Decades active
288
In collections
Biography
Hiroyuki Namba (難波 弘之, Nanba Hiroyuki; born September 9, 1953) (occasionally credited as Hiroyuki Nanba) is a Japanese musician. He has composed for and arranged songs from Japanese anime, OVA and video games. Notably, Hiroyuki Namba composed for Dallos, the first anime Original video animation. However, in the United States, he is known for composing the soundtrack to the Armitage III film. Namba plays keyboards in Sense of Wonder, a Japanese progressive rock band.
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Credited work
610 releases · 257 albums · active 1975–2025
- Performance · 1,434
- Other credits · 102
- Production · 20
Studios: Onkio Haus · CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio · Nichion Studio · Sound Inn Studio
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

I Robot
1977

Hot Space
1982

Eve
1979

For You
1982

Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR And Boogie 1975-1987
2023

Union
1991

Big Wave = ビッグウェイブ
1984

Ride On Time = ライドオン・タイム
1980

Variety = ヴァラエティ
1984

Love Trip = ラブ・トリップ
1982

Rit/2
1982

Tropic Of Capricorn =トロピック・オブ・カプリコーン 南回帰線
1985

Moonglow = ムーングロウ
1979

Chocolate Kings
1975

Melodies
1983

Communication
1985

Photos Of Ghosts
1973

Incredible Tour
1994

僕の中の少年
1988

Breeze
1987

City Swimmer
1987

Request = リクエスト
1987

Each Time
1984

Fish Inn
1984
Frequent collaborators
- Tatsuro Yamashita
- Mariya Takeuchi
- Horii Katsumi Project
- Sense Of Wonder
- Various
- Tatsu Yamashita
- Hitomi Tohyama
- Atlas
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