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Go Sakabe

Go Sakabe is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has provided the music for several anime series, such as Date A Live and Digimon Adventure tri., as well as television dramas and movies—especially tokusatsu—, such as the Kamen Rider series. His works also include opening and ending theme songs for many series and video games.

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Go Sakabe
坂部 剛
Born (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982
Japan
EducationDepartment of Composition, Kunitachi College of Music
Occupations
Years active2005–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
LabelAsh Bunny1
Websitewww.ashbunny.com/artist-go-sakabe

Go Sakabe (坂部 剛, Sakabe Gō; born 31 January 1982) is a Japanese composer and arranger.2 He has provided the music for several anime series, such as Date A Live and Digimon Adventure tri., as well as television dramas and movies—especially tokusatsu—, such as the Kamen Rider series.3 His works also include opening and ending theme songs for many series and video games.4

Biography

Sakabe was born in Japan, in 1982.2 He began learning piano in the first grade of elementary school. Around his junior high school, he used to compose songs at home, using the music notation software Finale. In high school, he joined the choir club and became more familiar with music. In the winter of his second year of high school, he decided to go to a music college, and later entered the Department of Composition at Kunitachi College of Music. After that, Sakabe studied under composer Toshihiko Sahashi while working as his assistant.5

Sakabe's musician career started in 2005, with him involved in writing songs for other artists.6

In 2007, he made his debut as a series composer with the opening theme song "I Say Yes" from the season 2 of the anime The Familiar of Zero.78

Works

Anime

Year Title Role(s) Note(s)
2007 The Familiar of Zero Season 2 Opening theme song composer 78
2010 Yumeiro Patissiere SP Professional Ending theme song composer 2
2011 Gosick Opening and ending theme song composer and arranger 9
2012 Strike Witches: The Movie Theme song composer and arranger 10
2013 Date A Live
  • Composer
  • Opening theme song composer and arranger
 		1112
Chronicles of the Going Home Club Composer 13
2014 SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation 14
Date A Live II
  • Composer
  • Opening theme song composer and arranger
Wolf Girl and Black Prince Composer 15
2015 World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman 16
Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion 17
2016 Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination
First Love Monster
  • Composer
  • Ending theme song composer and arranger
 		18
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 3: Confession Composer
Cheating Craft
  • Composer
  • Opening theme song composer and arranger
 		19
Kiss Him, Not Me Ending theme song composer and arranger 20
Magic-kyun! Renaissance Composer 21
2017 Digimon Adventure tri. Part 4: Loss 3
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 5: Coexistence
2018 Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls 22
Digimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future
Reizouko no Tsukenosuke!
2019 Forest of Piano Season 2 Ending theme song composer and arranger
Date A Live III
  • Composer
  • Opening theme song composer and arranger
 		23
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Climax Season Ending theme song composer and arranger 24
Bakumatsu Crisis Composer Other tracks by Ryo Kawasaki25
2020 Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet
  • Composer
  • Opening and ending theme song composer and arranger
 		2627
Date A Bullet: Nightmare or Queen
  • Composer
  • Opening theme song composer and arranger
 		2628
2021 LBX Girls Composer
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House 29
2022 She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man 3031
Date A Live IV
  • Composer
  • Opening and ending theme song composer and arranger
 		3233
2023 Kizuna no Allele Composer 34
2024 Re:Monster 35
Date A Live V 36
2025 I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! 37

Television dramas

Year Title Note(s)
2015 Kamen Rider Ghost 38
2018 Mob Psycho 100 (television drama)
2019 4 Week Continuous Special Super Sentai Strongest Battle!! Other tracks by Koichiro Kameyama, Kousuke Yamashita, Kei Haneoka, Hiroshi Takaki, Kotaro Nakagawa and Eiji Kawamura
Kamen Rider Zero-One 39
2021 Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga 40
2023 Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
2024 Kamen Rider Gavv
2025 Kamen Rider ZEZTZ With Hiroshi Takaki

Movies

Year Title Note(s)
2015 Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis Other tracks by Shuhei Naruse and Kotaro Nakagawa41
2016 Kamen Rider 1 Other tracks by Shuhei Naruse and Kotaro Nakagawa
Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fated Moment 42
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider Other tracks by ats-, Takehito Shimizu and Toru Watanabe43
2017 Ghost Re:Birth: Kamen Rider Specter
Hurricane Polymar (2017 movie) 44
2019 Kamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation Other tracks by Toshihiko Sahashi45
2020 Kamen Rider Zero-One the Movie: Real×Time 46
2021 Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai
Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Vulcan & Valkyrie

Video games

Year Title Role(s) Note(s)
2013 Date A Live: Rinne Utopia Opening and ending theme song composer and arranger 4748
2014 Date A Live: Ars Install
  • Composer
  • Opening theme song composer and arranger
 		Other tracks by Shigeki Hayashi, Kenichi Sakoh, Yusuke Shirato, and Motoi Sakuraba495051
2019 Blue Oath Composer Other tracks by Yoshiaki Fujisawa, Shigenobu Okawa, Fukuhiro Shuichiro, Akiyuki Tateyama, Mamoru Mori, Makino Tadayoshi, Miao Jinchuan, Shiki, and G-angle52
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