{"id":1481,"date":"2024-07-29T12:13:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:13:20","slug":"satoru-kosaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/satoru-kosaki\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anime Song Genius of Satoru Kosaki: From Past Hits to Nademonogatari&#8217;s Latest OP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Monogatari series, Nademonogatari has aired, and the OP, which seems to be related to &#8220;Renai Circulation&#8221; and &#8220;Mousou Express,&#8221; has been well received.<br \/>\nThe stylish OP video, unique to the Monogatari series, combined with its distinctive design, entertains fans.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nBy the way, the one who has composed numerous OPs for the Monogatari series is Satoru Kosaki.<br \/>\nHe has worked on music for many anime and games, producing numerous popular songs.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s take this opportunity to look back at Satoru Kosaki&#8217;s works.<br \/>\nThere are too many to count, so I&#8217;ve picked out some of the major ones.<\/p>\n<h2>A Brief Biography of Satoru Kosaki<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Born in 1974, turning 50 in 2024<\/li>\n<li>Started music in a piano class he attended in kindergarten<\/li>\n<li>Graduated from Kyoto University, joined the university&#8217;s music club<\/li>\n<li>Joined Namco as a sound creator after graduation<\/li>\n<li>Joined MONACA in 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Looking Back at Satoru Kosaki&#8217;s Famous Songs<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8220;Futari no Mojipittan&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2iNZn26fkEA?si=za1zXzNzLdNLIO7Y\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nRelease: 2003 (used in-game from 2001~)<br \/>\nSung by: Nana Furuhara<br \/>\nLyrics by: Hiroyuki Goto<br \/>\nComposed by: Satoru Kosaki<br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\nA popular song from Namco&#8217;s game series &#8220;Mojipittan.&#8221;<br \/>\nOriginally used only as BGM for the 2-player mode, it later became synonymous with &#8220;Mojipittan.&#8221;<br \/>\nA different version was included in a fan disc for another Namco game, it was covered in &#8220;The Idolmaster,&#8221; and used in &#8220;Lucky Star,&#8221; gaining fame.<br \/>\nAs we will see, all these uses are connected to Satoru Kosaki.<br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\nIt was a very popular song on Nico Nico Douga during that era, and before YouTube and other video platforms became widespread, there were several popular Flash works that used this song.<\/p>\n<h3>Songs Related to &#8220;The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5aHrE7d2XgA?si=VL9_Z8gsUEZt-S8h\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FbYAMYxQl6k?si=rr5sxJ7a2gIf2cJT\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nBGM, &#8220;Koi no Mikuru Densetsu,&#8221; &#8220;God knows&#8230;,&#8221; and the second season opening &#8220;Super Driver,&#8221; among others.<br \/>\nHe has worked on many songs for the series.<br \/>\nOtaku over 30 likely heard these during their student days.<\/p>\n<h3>Songs Related to THE IDOLM@STER<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3FK3dQCrZRY?si=8OQt0o_-vcvFiePr\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8220;Kiramekirari,&#8221; &#8220;GO MY WAY!!,&#8221; &#8220;M@STERPIECE,&#8221; and others.<\/p>\n<p>He has composed many songs for &#8220;The Idolmaster.&#8221;<br \/>\nSince &#8220;The Idolmaster&#8221; is outside my scope, I&#8217;ll leave it at that!<\/p>\n<h3>Songs Related to &#8220;Lucky Star&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lAaU7EO_8AA?si=ig0WrEQ5tf2d8e-r\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAfter &#8220;The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya&#8221; exploded in popularity among otaku, &#8220;Lucky Star&#8221; became popular shortly after.<br \/>\nIt aired from April 2007.<br \/>\nThis was the period when Satoru Kosaki&#8217;s name became known even to otaku not familiar with music.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nStarting with the opening song &#8220;Motteke! Sailor Fuku,&#8221; he handled many songs including BGM and character songs.<br \/>\nThe most famous are &#8220;Motteke! Sailor Fuku&#8221; and &#8220;Fun Fun Fun dayo Lucky Star&#8221; which is used in many youtube videos in Japan.<\/p>\n<h3>Monogatari Series<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I5pr-Q-pcn4?si=xT6QnB_ILmO_qw14\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe first season aired in 2009, so over 15 years have passed.<br \/>\nIn the first season of the Monogatari series, &#8220;Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari&#8221; (which was not composed by Satoru Kosaki) and &#8220;Renai Circulation&#8221; were very popular.<br \/>\nThe distinctively designed openings and animation direction, now familiar, were fresh at the time.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8220;Nisemonogatari&#8221; aired in 2012.<br \/>\n&#8220;Platinum Disco&#8221; became popular as material on YouTube and Nico Nico Douga.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mXnhS_x4dMk?si=R_6LPTBiz8YvYnzD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\nIn the second season in 2013, &#8220;Mousou\u2661Express&#8221; aired, sparking discussions comparing it to &#8220;Renai Circulation.&#8221;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JsGpBoq3pbU?si=USAreZKXZDIyesos\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\nThe popular Monogatari series continued with subsequent installments.<br \/>\nIn &#8220;Koyomimonogatari&#8221; in 2016, he was responsible for the BGM, and for the OP theme in the 2016 part of &#8220;Owarimonogatari&#8221; aired in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;Zoku Owarimonogatari&#8221; in 2019, he composed the opening theme &#8220;07734.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And now, in this off-season, &#8220;Caramel Ribbon Custard&#8221; in &#8220;Nademonogatari.&#8221;<br \/>\nSatoru Kosaki&#8217;s music is indispensable for Nadeko Sengoku-related works.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhL7GvLbSyw?si=h2Irf0X4M4JWDQ5q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Many More<\/h3>\n<p>He has also been responsible for the theme songs and in-show songs of many popular anime like &#8220;WORKING!!&#8221; and &#8220;Kannagi,&#8221; but there are too many to list.<br \/>\nAnyway, &#8220;Caramel Ribbon Custard&#8221; is great along with the OP video!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32sEP0LPVj0?si=ftefxP4QeANmxeAc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monogatari serie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","category-anime-song"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comic-addict.com\/editorial\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}