Takanori Arisawa

Takanori Arisawa composed the score for the original 1990s Sailor Moon television series and its related video games, shaping the sound of the franchise from its earliest episodes. His music evolved over time, moving from a pop-oriented style toward fuller orchestral and classical arrangements as the series progressed.

After Sailor Moon, Arisawa composed the scores for Digimon's first four seasons, continuing his run as one of anime's most recognized composers of the era.

Arisawa began his professional career in 1980 writing the song Shinjuku Transfer, then spent years scoring television dramas for the Tokyo Broadcasting System before shifting to composing exclusively for anime in the 1990s. He was a Tokyo native who took up piano at twenty and trained at Senzoku Gakuen College.

Takanori Arisawa died in 2005 from bladder cancer, ending a career that spanned from 1980 to 2005. He was born in 1951.

Takanori Arisawa spent his career, from 1951 to 2005, as one of anime's most recognized composers, largely remembered for scoring the original Sailor Moon series and Digimon's first four seasons. He began professionally in 1980 and shifted to composing exclusively for anime during the 1990s.