birthdate: '1951-05-06'
birthplace: Japan
discography:
- catalog: CX-7041
  date: 1981-12
  link: album/67722
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Electric Guitar
  titles:
    en: SPACE GUITAR SUITE IN ANIMATION
    ja: スペースギター組曲 イン アニメーション
    ja-latn: Space Guitar Kumikyoku in Animation
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7069
  date: '1982-11-01'
  link: album/48805
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guitar
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Commentary
  titles:
    en: ROCK SYMPHONY BLUE SONNET
    ja: Rock Symphony 紅い牙 BLUE SONNET
    ja-latn: Rock Symphony Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET
  type: print
- catalog: CX-7103
  date: '1983-07-01'
  link: album/48809
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Electric Guitar
  - Commentary
  titles:
    en: ROCK SYMPHONY BLUE SONNET II
    ja: Rock Symphony 紅い牙 BLUE SONNET II
    ja-latn: Rock Symphony Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET II
  type: print
- catalog: CX-7154
  date: '1984-03-21'
  link: album/48826
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guitar
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Synthesizer
  - Programmer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: BLUE SONNET III Ballade
    ja: 紅い牙 ブルーソネットIII Ballade
    ja-latn: Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET III Ballade
  type: print
- catalog: CX-7228
  date: '1985-07-01'
  link: album/66182
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guitar
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: 'Shonan Bakusozoku II: Shobaku Heart★Break'
    ja: 湘南爆走族II 湘爆ハート★ブレイク
    ja-latn: 'Shonan Bakusozoku II: Shobaku Heart★Break'
  type: print
- catalog: CX-7283
  date: '1986-09-21'
  link: album/52907
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Voice
  - Guitar
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: BLUE SONNET IV DESERT CITY
    ja: 紅い牙 ブルーソネットIV ～Desert City (砂漠都市)～
    ja-latn: Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET IV ~Desert City (Sabaku Toshi)~
  type: print
- catalog: 33CC-1469
  date: '1987-04-21'
  link: album/61288
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  - Electric Guitar
  titles:
    en: Shonan Bakusozoku II 1/5 LONELY NIGHT Original Video Animation Original Soundtrack
    ja: 湘南爆走族II 1/5 LONELY NIGHT オリジナル・ビデオアニメーション オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku II 1/5 LONELY NIGHT Original Video Animation Original
      Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7299
  date: '1987-04-21'
  link: album/61287
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  - Electric Guitar
  titles:
    en: Shonan Bakusozoku II 1/5 LONELY NIGHT Original Video Animation Original Soundtrack
    ja: 湘南爆走族II 1/5 LONELY NIGHT オリジナル・ビデオアニメーション オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku II 1/5 LONELY NIGHT Original Video Animation Original
      Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: 32CC-2042
  date: '1987-11-21'
  link: album/61290
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guitar Synthesizer
  - Computer Programmer
  - Conductor
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  - Electric Guitar
  titles:
    en: Shonan Bakusozoku III -10 Ounce no Kizuna- Original Video Animation Original
      Soundtrack
    ja: 湘南爆走族III -10オンスの絆- オリジナル・ビデオアニメーション オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku III -10 Ounce no Kizuna- Original Video Animation Original
      Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: 32CC-2574
  date: '1988-08-21'
  link: album/70842
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Conductor
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  - Acoustic Guitar
  - Electric Guitar
  titles:
    en: Shonan Bakusozoku 4 -Hurricane Riders- Video Animation ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: 湘南爆走族4 -ハリケーン・ライダーズ- オリジナル・ビデオアニメーション オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku 4 -Hurricane Riders- Video Animation ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: anime
- catalog: 32CC-2575
  date: '1988-08-21'
  link: album/70846
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: ORIGINAL VIDEO ANIMATION SHOBAKU VOCAL COLLECTION
    ja: オリジナル・ビデオアニメーション 湘南爆走族 ボーカル・コレクション
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku Vocal Collection
  type: anime
- catalog: CC-3404
  date: '1989-05-01'
  link: album/51019
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Conductor
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Keyboard
  - Liner Notes
  - Electric Guitar
  titles:
    en: Shonan Bakusozoku 5 -Aozameta Akatsuki- ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: 湘南爆走族5—青ざめた暁— ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku 5 -Aozameta Akatsuki- ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: anime
- catalog: TECD-28001
  date: '1989-11-21'
  link: album/64367
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  titles:
    en: MIYUKI WORLD
    ja: 美由紀·界
    ja-latn: MIYUKI WORLD
  type: print
- catalog: ESCB-1019
  date: '1989-12-01'
  link: album/19283
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: CITY HUNTER 3 ORIGINAL ANIMATION SOUNDTRACK
    ja: シティーハンター3 オリジナル・アニメーション・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: CITY HUNTER 3 ORIGINAL ANIMATION SOUNDTRACK
  type: anime
- catalog: FLCF-31076
  date: '1990-05-21'
  link: album/101652
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Music
  titles:
    en: SHONAN BAKUSOZOKU 6 GT380 HISTORY ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
    ja: 湘南爆走族6 GT380ヒストリー オリジナルサウンドトラック オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション
    ja-latn: SHONAN BAKUSOZOKU 6 GT380 HISTORY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ORIGINAL VIDEO
      ANIMATION
  type: anime
- catalog: COCC-7667~8
  date: '1991-06-21'
  link: album/72873
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: IMAGE TRIP SERIES BLUE SONNET
    ja: イメージ・トリップ・シリーズ 紅い牙 ブルーソネット
    ja-latn: IMAGE TRIP SERIES Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET
  type: print
- catalog: TODT-2939
  date: '1992-11-11'
  link: album/127506
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Ai ni SUN Kyuu / HIKARU KUSAKA
    ja: 愛にSUNキュー / 日下ひかる
    ja-latn: Ai ni SUN Kyuu / HIKARU KUSAKA
  type: anime
- catalog: COCC-12265
  date: '1995-01-21'
  link: album/101657
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guitar
  - Music
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: Shonan Bakusozoku 10 FROM SAMANTHA TOEI V ANIME / ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: 湘南爆走族10 FROM SAMANTHA 東映Vアニメ オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku 10 FROM SAMANTHA TOEI V ANIME / ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: anime
- catalog: COCC-13486
  date: '1996-06-21'
  link: album/101662
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  - Co-producer
  - Guitar
  titles:
    en: Shonan Bakusozoku Vocal Collection ENDLESS STORY
    ja: 湘南爆走族 ■ヴォーカルコレクション■ENDLESS STORY
    ja-latn: Shonan Bakusozoku Vocal Collection ENDLESS STORY
  type: anime
- catalog: CODC-1283
  date: '1997-08-21'
  link: album/89583
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Stand by U!! / Rumi Kasahara
    ja: Stand by U!! / 笠原留美
    ja-latn: Stand by U!! / Rumi Kasahara
  type: anime
- catalog: COCC-14505
  date: '1997-09-20'
  link: album/120824
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Acoustic Guitar (as Koh-ichi Hirai)
  - Electric Guitar (as Koh-ichi Hirai)
  titles:
    en: ROBOMETAL ZZZ / Metal Brothers
    ja: ロボメタルZZZ / 鋼鉄兄弟
    ja-latn: ROBOMETAL ZZZ / Koutetsu Kyoudai
  type: anime
- catalog: TYCY-5627
  date: '1999-03-25'
  link: album/68591
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: YOUMEX ORIGINAL LIBRARY SERIES 4
    ja: ユーメックス オリジナル ライブラリー シリーズ 4
    ja-latn: YOUMEX ORIGINAL LIBRARY SERIES 4
  type: anime
- catalog: ABDS-5
  date: '1999-04-23'
  link: album/104272
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: forever c/w WITH YOU / Mihiro Arisaka
    ja: forever c/w WITH YOU / 有坂美裕
    ja-latn: forever c/w WITH YOU / Mihiro Arisaka
  type: anime
- catalog: FLCF-3772
  date: '1999-12-01'
  link: album/148113
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: mind soap / Raphael
    ja: mind soap / Raphael
    ja-latn: mind soap / Raphael
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-32370
  date: '2003-08-27'
  link: album/104478
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: SHONAN BAKUSOZOKU SUPER BEST
    ja: 湘南爆走族 SUPER BEST
    ja-latn: SHONAN BAKUSOZOKU SUPER BEST
  type: anime
- catalog: ABCA-5049~50
  date: '2004-05-26'
  link: album/132126
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: YOUMEX ORIGINAL LIBRARY SERIES VOL.2
    ja: ユーメックス オリジナル ライブラリ シリーズ VOL.2
    ja-latn: YOUMEX ORIGINAL LIBRARY SERIES VOL.2
  type: anime
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: May 6, 1951
  Birthplace: Japan
  Credited works: 26 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 24 arranger
  - 18 composer
  - 9 music
  - 9 liner notes
  - 8 electric guitar
  - 6 guitar
  - 5 computer programmer
  - 3 conductor
  - 2 commentary
  - 2 acoustic guitar
  - 1 synthesizer
  - 1 programmer
  - 1 voice
  - 1 guitar synthesizer
  - 1 keyboard
  - 1 performer
  - 1 co-producer
  Units: &id001
  - link: artist/53423
    names:
      en: Angels
      ja: Angels
  - link: artist/27579
    names:
      en: Dune
      ja: Dune
  - link: artist/26029
    names:
      en: Honey Angels '85
      ja: Honey Angels '85
  - link: artist/21218
    names:
      en: Honey Angels '87
      ja: Honey Angels '87
  Variations:
  - names:
      en: Kohichi Hirai
link: artist/28054
meta:
  added_date: 2018-01-31T01:45
  edited_date: 2020-07-19T20:52
  fetched_date: 2026-01-05T16:42
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1707
name: Koichi Hirai
name_real: 平井 光一
name_trans: ひらい こういち
notes: No notes available for this artist.
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/45/28054/28054-1517392210.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/45/28054/28054-1517392210.jpg
sex: male
type: Individual
units: *id001
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/28054?perpage=99999
websites:
  Reference: []
