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Hiroyuki Sawano

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Hiroyuki Sawano was born on 12 September 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a composer, known for Attack on Titan (2013), Aldnoah.Zero (2014) and Solo Leveling (2024).
BornSeptember 12, 1980
BornSeptember 12, 1980
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 20 nominations total

    Known for

    David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)
    Attack on Titan
    9.1
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Aldnoah.Zero (2014)
    Aldnoah.Zero
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    Solo Leveling (2024)
    Solo Leveling
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Music Department(OP, as SawanoHiroyuki)
    86 (2021)
    86
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Music Department(ED)

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    Music Department

    • To Be Hero X (2025)
      To Be Hero X
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Arranger: ending theme
      • Arranger: opening theme
      • performer: main theme (as SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]) ...
      • 2025
    • Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms (2024)
      Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Arranger: ending theme
      • Arranger: opening theme
      • theme music composer: ending theme ...
      • 2024
    • Solo Leveling (2024)
      Solo Leveling
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Arranger: OP
      • Lyrics: OP
      • performer (as SawanoHiroyuki) ...
      • 2024
    • Emi Lo, Aino Shimada, Edward A. Mendoza, Shou Komura, Kikunosuke Toya, Marin M. Miller, Ayumu Murase, Ryan Colt Levy, and Kanna Nakamura in The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (2023)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse
      7.1
      TV Series
      • theme music composer
      • 2023
    • Protocol: Rain (2023)
      Protocol: Rain
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Arranger: OP
      • theme music composer: OP
      • 2023
    • Kentarô Itô, Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Takayuki Sugô, Yuki Matsuoka, Noriaki Sugiyama, Tite Kubo, and Hiroki Yasumoto in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (2022)
      Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
      9.0
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: ED
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • 2022
    • Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn- (2022)
      Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn-
      7.1
      TV Series
      • theme music arrangement: opening theme
      • theme music composer: opening theme
      • theme song arrangement: opening theme
      • 2022
    • Ken'ichi Suzumura and Mamoru Miyano in Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (2018)
      Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
      7.7
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: OP, ED
      • theme song arrangement
      • theme song arrangement: OP, ED ...
      • 2018–2022
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (2022)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1
      5.6
      • theme music composer
      • theme song arrangement
      • 2022
    • AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline (2021)
      AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline
      6.4
      TV Series
      • theme music composer
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • 2022
    • Fanfare of Adolescence (2022)
      Fanfare of Adolescence
      5.8
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: ED
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • 2022
    • 86 (2021)
      86
      8.2
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: ED
      • theme song arrangement: ED
      • music: "Slumdog Paradise" ...
      • 2021–2022
    • Kingdom (2012)
      Kingdom
      8.7
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: ED2
      • theme song arrangement: ED2
      • theme song lyrics: ED2
      • 2020–2021
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light
      6.4
      • music: Perfect Time
      • music: ending theme
      • theme music composer
      • 2021
    • The Seven Deadly Sins (2014)
      The Seven Deadly Sins
      7.7
      TV Series
      • theme music composer: OP, ED
      • theme song arrangement: OP, ED
      • music: Perfect Time ...
      • 2015–2021

    Composer

    • Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: Sun of Bright
      • Composer
      • In Production
    • To Be Hero X (2025)
      To Be Hero X
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Solo Leveling (2024)
      Solo Leveling
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024–2025
    • Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (2025)
      Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
      8.3
      Video Game
      • Composer (music)
      • 2025
    • Aldnoah.Zero (Re+) (2025)
      Aldnoah.Zero (Re+)
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Fate/strange Fake (2024)
      Fate/strange Fake
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms (2024)
      Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Javier Ortega Arrocha, Javier Suárez, Sandra Saavedra, Elena Moreno, Tamara Aston, GaSuX, and Sergio San in A long dream (2023)
      A long dream
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)
      Attack on Titan
      9.1
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2013–2023
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2 (2023)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
      6.2
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn (2023)
      Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Ado in Ado: Tot Musica (2022)
      Ado: Tot Musica
      8.0
      Music Video
      • composer
      • 2022
    • 86 (2021)
      86
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2021–2022
    • Bubble (2022)
      Bubble
      6.4
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Attack on Titan: Before Lights Out - Samuel Hadikusuma, the Royal Family ft. Yolanda Tracy I LIVE
      Music Video
      • composer
      • 2021
    • The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light (2021)
      The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light
      6.4
      • Composer
      • 2021

    Soundtrack

    • To Be Hero X (2025)
      To Be Hero X
      7.5
      TV Series
      • arranger: "INERTIA", "KONTINUUM", "JEOPARDY"
      • music: "INERTIA", "KONTINUUM", "JEOPARDY"
      • performer: "INERTIA" (as SawanoHiroyuki[nZk])
      • 2025
    • Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms (2024)
      Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
      6.4
      TV Series
      • arranger: "VORTEX", "karma"
      • music: "VORTEX", "karma"
      • producer: "VORTEX", "karma"
      • 2024
    • Solo Leveling (2024)
      Solo Leveling
      8.6
      TV Series
      • arranger: "LEveL", "ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)"
      • lyrics: "LEveL"
      • music: "LEveL", "ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)" ...
      • 2024
    • Protocol: Rain (2023)
      Protocol: Rain
      6.7
      TV Series
      • arranger: "S9aiR"
      • music: "S9aiR"
      • 2023
    • Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn (2023)
      Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • arranger: "FAKEit"
      • music: "FAKEit"
      • 2023
    • Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn- (2022)
      Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn-
      7.1
      TV Series
      • arranger: "Ivory Tower"
      • music: "Ivory Tower"
      • performer: "Ivory Tower"
      • 2022
    • One Piece Film: Red (2022)
      One Piece Film: Red
      6.8
      • music: "Tot Musica"
      • 2022
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
      6.6
      • arranger: "Mübbius", "Tracer"
      • music: "Mübbius", "Tracer"
      • 2021
    • The Seven Deadly Sins (2014)
      The Seven Deadly Sins
      7.7
      TV Series
      • arranger: "Time"
      • music: "Time"
      • 2021
    • Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)
      Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle
      6.4
      • arranger: "Koko"
      • 2020
    • Promare (2019)
      Promare
      7.0
      • arranger: "Inferno", "NEXUS", "ASHES", "Gallant Ones"
      • music: "Inferno", "NEXUS", "ASHES", "Gallant Ones"
      • 2019
    • Mobile Suit Gundam: NT - Narrative (2018)
      Mobile Suit Gundam: NT - Narrative
      6.1
      • performer: "narrative" (as SawanoHiroyuki[nZk])
      • 2018
    • Attack on Titan: The Wings of Freedom (2015)
      Attack on Titan: The Wings of Freedom
      7.9
      • arranger: "theDOGS", "TheWeightOfLives"
      • producer: "theDOGS"
      • writer: "theDOGS", "TheWeightOfLives"
      • 2015
    • Aldnoah.Zero (2014)
      Aldnoah.Zero
      7.1
      TV Series
      • performer: "A/Z"
      • writer: "A/Z"
      • 2014
    • David Matranga and Yûki Kaji in Attack on Titan (2013)
      Attack on Titan
      9.1
      TV Series
      • producer: "Attack on Titan: Original Soundtrack", "Attack on Titan: Original Soundtrack II"
      • writer: "Attack on Titan: Original Soundtrack", "Attack on Titan: Original Soundtrack II"
      • 2013
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Born
      • September 12, 1980
      • Tokyo, Japan

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