Kosuke Yamashita(山下 康介, Yamashita Kōsuke; born February 17, 1974) is a Japanese composer and arranger from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Yamashita is best known for his work on Digimon Xros Wars, Xenosaga: The Animation, and the tokusatsu television series Mahou Sentai Magiranger, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, and Kamen Rider Gaim. He is a member of Project.R.

Yamashita often collaborates with Nobuhiko Obayashi, as Yamashita met him soon after Yamashita graduated from the Tokyo College of Music.

He is a board member of the Japanese Composer Arranger Association. Since April 2011, Yamashita has been a guest lecturer at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. In 2013, released the album A Classical in collaboration with J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was the first classical music album to top the Oricon album chart.

Discography

YearTitleNotesSource
1996Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction[ja]
2005Hana Yori Dango
2005Xenosaga: The Animation
2006Glass Fleet
2006Kurosagi
2006Xenosaga I & II
2007Getsumento Heiki Mina
2007Dragonaut
2007Shion no Ō
2007Hana Yori Dango Returns
2008R2: Reign of Revolution
2008Hana Yori Dango Final
2009Konnichiwa Anne
2009Smile
2010–12Digimon Fusion (Digimon Xros Wars)3 seasons
2010The Wallflowerlive-action TV drama
2011–20Chihayafuru3 seasons
2011Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship
2012Ozuma
2014Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii[better source needed]
2016Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R[better source needed]
2016Puzzle & Dragons X[better source needed]
2022Human Bug Daigaku[better source needed]
2024Dragon Ball Daima[better source needed]
2026A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation

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