, born June 16, 1946, in Shizuoka, Japan, is a Japanese arranger, composer and musical producer.
Biography After graduating from the Keio University, he set his goal to be arranger and composer. In 1973, he made his debut as an arranger with the song "Hitoribocchi no Heya" by Masa Takagi. He won an award for Best Arrangement on the Japan Record Awards for two consecutive years - 1975 and 1976. Since 1976, he is member of the copyright collection society JASRAC and music association Japan Composers & Arrangers Association. On the same year, he released his first solo work Secret Love. In the span of 45 years of his career, he arranged over 4,000 songs. He is considered as one of the most renovated and representative music arranger in the Japanese music industry.
Discography Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon Secret Love Released: 1976 Label: Tower to the people Formats: LP, CD -
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions JPNOricon Oto no Majutsushi: Composer/Arranger Hagita Mitsuo no Sekai Released: 2021 Label: GT Music Formats: 5-CD -
Works Anime Wata no Kunihoshi (1984) Giant Gorg (1984) Record of Lodoss War (OVA, 1990) Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (OVA, 1991) Sakura Diaries (TV, 1997)
Movies Kaseki no Kouya (1982) Miyuki (1983) Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (1987)
Songwriting credits 1970s
+ List of songs written for other artists, showing year released and album name Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single 1977 "Playback Part 2" Momoe Yamaguchi Playback Part 2
1980s
+ List of songs written for other artists, showing year released and album name Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single 1987 "Aki no Indication" Yoko Minamino Aki no Indication
1990s
+ List of songs written for other artists, showing year released and album name Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single 1996 "Take me Higher" V6 Take me Higher
2000s-present
+ List of songs written for other artists, showing year released and album name Year Title Artist(s) Album/Single 2009 "Fuyu Koihana" Yukimi Hanasaki Fuyu Koihana
Publications Books TitleAuthorReleasePublisherISBN collective author 2016 DU BOOKS collective author 2018 Rittor Music feature interview with Hagita Ichizo Seo 2020 Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings
Magazine TitleAuthorReleasePublisherISBN features interview with Hagita Tetsuji Hayashi 2001 Ongaku no Yuusha
References
External links
Mitsuo Hagita's Official Website (Japanese)