alias_of:
  link: artist/1706
  names:
    en: Kenji Yamamoto
    ja: 山本健司
birthdate: '1958-07-01'
birthplace: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
discography:
- catalog: SVWC-7325
  date: '2005-12-21'
  link: album/28756
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Keyboard
  titles:
    en: energy / Marina Inoue
    ja: energy / 井上麻里奈
    ja-latn: energy / Marina Inoue
  type: anime
- catalog: ANZB-2036
  date: '2006-12-20'
  link: album/95605
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Angel Heart DVD Premium BOX Vol.3 Bonus CD
    ja: エンジェル・ハート DVD Premium BOX Vol.3 Bonus CD
    ja-latn: Angel Heart DVD Premium BOX Vol.3 Bonus CD
  type: bonus
- catalog: SVWC-7435
  date: '2006-12-20'
  link: album/28754
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: GINBAN KALEIDOSCOPE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: 銀盤カレイドスコープ オリジナル･サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: GINBAN KALEIDOSCOPE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: anime
- catalog: SVWC-7436
  date: '2006-12-20'
  link: album/25218
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Keyboard
  titles:
    en: Angel Heart Vocal Collection Vol.2
    ja: エンジェル・ハート ヴォーカルコレクション Vol.2
    ja-latn: Angel Heart Vocal Collection Vol.2
  type: anime
- catalog: LACA-5770
  date: '2008-07-28'
  link: album/10495
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Arranger
  - Vocable
  - Acoustic Guitar
  - Electric Guitar
  - Synthesizer Programmer
  titles:
    en: Super Survivor / Hironobu Kageyama
    ja: Super Survivor / 影山ヒロノブ
    ja-latn: Super Survivor / Hironobu Kageyama
  type: game
- catalog: LACA-5808
  date: '2008-08-27'
  link: album/9107
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Electric Bass
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Mixing Engineer
  - Synthesizer
  - Shouting
  - Arranger
  - Electric Guitar
  - Synthesizer Programmer
  titles:
    en: DRAGONBALL Z BURST LIMIT Original Soundtrack
    ja: ドラゴンボールZ バーストリミット オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: DRAGONBALL Z BURST LIMIT Original Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: LACM-4555
  date: '2008-12-25'
  link: album/11192
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Hikari no Sasu Mirai e! / Hironobu Kageyama
    ja: 光のさす未来へ! / 影山ヒロノブ
    ja-latn: Hikari no Sasu Mirai e! / Hironobu Kageyama
  type: game
- catalog: LACA-5852
  date: '2009-01-07'
  link: album/10818
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Pre-mastering Engineer
  - Electric Bass
  - Recording Engineer
  - Mixing Engineer
  - Shouting
  - Arranger
  - Keyboard
  - Crowd Voices
  - Electric Guitar
  - Synthesizer Programmer
  - Composer (as kenz)
  titles:
    en: DRAGONBALL Z INFINITE WORLD Original Soundtrack
    ja: 『ドラゴンボールZ インフィニットワールド』オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: DRAGONBALL Z INFINITE WORLD Original Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: LACM-4647
  date: '2009-08-26'
  link: album/23373
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Power Of Dreamer / Hiroki Takahashi
    ja: Power Of Dreamer / 高橋洋樹
    ja-latn: Power Of Dreamer / Hiroki Takahashi
  type: game
- catalog: LACM-4775
  date: '2010-12-22'
  link: album/21672
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Mixing Engineer
  - Arranger
  - Vocable
  - Electric Guitar
  - Synthesizer Programmer
  titles:
    en: Battle of Omega / Hironobu Kageyama
    ja: Battle of Omega / 影山ヒロノブ
    ja-latn: Battle of Omega / Hironobu Kageyama
  type: game
- catalog: LACA-15111
  date: '2011-03-23'
  link: album/23447
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Pre-mastering Engineer
  - Composer
  - Recording Engineer
  - Mixing Engineer
  - Arranger
  - Keyboard
  - Vocable
  - Synthesizer Programmer
  titles:
    en: Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 Original Soundtrack Overseas version
    ja: PlayStation3/Xbox360 用ソフト「ドラゴンボール レイジングブラスト2」海外版オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: PlayStation3/Xbox360 You Soft 'DRAGON BALL RAGING BLAST 2' Kaigai-ban
      Original Soundtrack
  type: cancel
- catalog: LACA-9700~20
  date: '2020-01-01'
  link: album/88758
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: JAM Project 20th Anniversary Complete BOX
    ja: JAM Project 20th Anniversary Complete BOX
    ja-latn: JAM Project 20th Anniversary Complete BOX
  type: game
featured_on:
- catalog: N/A
  date: '2019-04-04'
  link: album/85741
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  titles:
    en: D3 Covers Album Vol. 5
    ja: D3 Covers Album Vol. 5
    ja-latn: D3 Covers Album Vol. 5
  type: game
info:
  Birthdate: Jul 1, 1958
  Birthplace: Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
  Bloodtype: A
  Credited works:
  - 12 albums in database
  - 2 products in database
  Credits:
  - 14 arranger
  - 11 composer
  - 7 recording engineer
  - 6 keyboard
  - 5 synthesizer programmer
  - 5 mixing engineer
  - 5 computer programmer
  - 5 electric guitar
  - 4 shouting
  - 3 electric bass
  - 3 vocable
  - 2 pre-mastering engineer
  - 2 crowd voices
  - 1 acoustic guitar
  - 1 synthesizer
  - 1 backing vocals
  - 1 music
  Education: Photography, Kyushu Institute of Design
link: artist/45496
meta:
  added_date: 2021-09-22T15:14
  edited_date: 2021-09-22T15:14
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T22:38
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1350
name: Kenz
notes: 'Father of cAnON.

  After graduating from university, Yamamoto became employed at the Kyushu branch
  of Yamaha, composing music for various commercials and creating arrangements for
  the company''s music contests known as the Popcon and the World Popular Song Festival.
  His departure from Yamaha enabled him to write music for a wider range of works
  such as plays and TV dramas. At that time, he became involved with the Dragon Ball
  series and was put in charge of the composition for several video games and writing
  arrangements for complete album releases. In the more recent years, he became one
  of the executives of 59''s Laboratory, a music production company founded in 2004,
  has been producing live concerts and started to provide his music services as a
  freelance composer.

  In March of 2011, he was sacked by Toei upon discovery of multiple tracks in his
  projects that infringed on third party copyrights.'
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/60/1706/1706-1265162688.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/60/1706/1706-1265162688.jpg
sex: male
type: Alias
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/45496?perpage=99999
websites: {}
