Born in Mito, Japan, in 1943, Shin-ichirō Ikebe (池辺晋一郎, Ikebe Shin'ichirō) studied composition with Tomojiro Ikenouchi, Akio Yashiro and Akira Miyoshi. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music with a masters degree in 1971. As one of Japan's busiest composers of our times, he has actively engaged in a wide range of compositional media, including symphonies, operas and theater pieces, as well as music for radio, television and movies. Read more on Last.fm