birthdate: '1958'
birthplace: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
discography:
- catalog: KICA-555
  date: '2001-09-05'
  link: album/122208
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: Bokura ga Utatta Anime-tachi Yuu Plus
    ja: ぼくらが歌ったアニメたち 優+(プラス)
    ja-latn: Bokura ga Utatta Anime-tachi Yuu Plus
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-61445
  date: '2004-07-14'
  link: album/28500
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Photographer
  titles:
    en: STEAMBOY Original Sound Track
    ja: スチームボーイ オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: STEAMBOY O.S.T.
  type: anime
- catalog: SVWC-7489
  date: '2007-09-19'
  link: album/30161
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Interviewer
  - Writer
  - Interview Planner
  titles:
    en: SWORD OF THE STRANGER Original Soundtrack
    ja: ストレンヂア－無皇刃譚－オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Stranger -Mukou Hadan- Original Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: KICA-886
  date: '2008-05-21'
  link: album/22384
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Writer
  titles:
    en: EVANGELION:1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE. original sound track
    ja: EVANGELION:1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE. original sound track
    ja-latn: EVANGELION:1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE. original sound track
  type: anime
- catalog: KICA-3101~3
  date: '2009-11-26'
  link: album/44137
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Interviewer
  - Interview Planner
  - Commentary
  titles:
    en: Sunrise Robot Anime Encyclopedia
    ja: サンライズ ロボットアニメ大鑑
    ja-latn: Sunrise Robot Anime Taikan
  type: anime
- catalog: KICA-3104~5
  date: '2009-11-26'
  link: album/135246
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Interviewee
  - Commentary
  titles:
    en: Robot Anime Taikan Joukan
    ja: ロボットアニメ大鑑 上巻
    ja-latn: Robot Anime Taikan Joukan
  type: anime
- catalog: KICA-3106~7
  date: '2009-11-26'
  link: album/135261
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Interviewee
  - Interview Planner
  - Commentary
  titles:
    en: Robot Anime Taikan Gekan
    ja: ロボットアニメ大鑑 下巻
    ja-latn: Robot Anime Taikan Gekan
  type: anime
- catalog: SSX-10351
  date: '2015-05-27'
  link: album/131283
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Planner
  titles:
    en: TEKKAMAN. THE SPACE KNIGHT ME-MIX Collection
    ja: 宇宙の騎士テッカマン ME-MIX集
    ja-latn: Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman ME-MIX-shuu
  type: bonus
- catalog: KICA-3253~6
  date: '2015-10-28'
  link: album/54305
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Planner
  titles:
    en: Aura Battler DUNBINE Complete Music Collection
    ja: 聖戦士ダンバイン 総音楽集
    ja-latn: Seisenshi Dunbine Souongakushuu
  type: anime
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: '1958'
  Birthplace: Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  Credited works: 9 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 3 interview planner
  - 3 commentary
  - 2 interviewer
  - 2 writer
  - 2 interviewee
  - 2 planner
  - 1 liner notes
  - 1 photographer
  Education: School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
    Tokyo Institute of Technology
link: artist/56860
meta:
  added_date: 2023-04-26T15:16
  edited_date: 2023-04-28T02:24
  fetched_date: 2026-01-04T04:14
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 291
name: Ryusuke Hikawa
name_real: 氷川 竜介
name_trans: ひかわ りゅうすけ
notes: 'Japanese anime and tokusatsu researcher, critic, writer and editor

  Real name: Tatsuya Nakatani (中谷達也)'
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/06/56860/56860-1682551090.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/06/56860/56860-1682551090.jpg
sex: male
twitter_names:
- Ryu_Hikawa
type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/56860?perpage=99999
websites:
  Official: []
  Personal: []
  Reference: []
