What is Katsuhisa Hattori?
{{nihongo|'''Katsuhisa Hattori'''|服部 克久|Hattori Katsuhisa|extra=November 1, 1936 &ndash; June 11, 2020}} was a Japanese classical [[composer]]. He also wrote music for [[anime]] movies, television shows and [[Original video animation|OVA]]s. He was born in [[Tokyo]]. His style was classical, although he also had works which were [[New Age]], [[Jazz]], etc. He was the son of [[Ryoichi Hattori]] and father of [[Takayuki Hattori]]. He was a [[Record producer|producer]] and music [[supervisor]] for many years, and had his own publishing company, Hattori Music Publishing. He was also pianist, judge and a chairman for the Tokyo music festivals.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218070451/http://www.kikutv.com/shows/Japanese_Programs/Inactive/specials_2000_ny/|archive-date=December 18, 2007|url=http://www.kikutv.com/shows/Japanese_Programs/Inactive/specials_2000_ny/|title=Hattori Katsuhisa & Friends|publisher=www.kikutv.com|access-date=October 26, 2015}}</ref> Hattori died on June 11, 2020 in Tokyo from [[heart failure]], aged 83.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2020-06-11-composer-katsuhisa-hattori-died-many-tv-and-movie-theme-songs-.SkvjpFuJTI.html/ |title=Composer Katsuhisa Hattori dies |access-date=2020-06-11 |archive-date=2020-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611105309/https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2020-06-11-composer-katsuhisa-hattori-died-many-tv-and-movie-theme-songs-.SkvjpFuJTI.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{official website|http://www.hatkat.com/}} {{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.hatkat.com/tokyo-pops/ Hattori Katsuhisa & Tokyo Pops Orchestra website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814041234/http://www.hatkat.com/tokyo-pops/ |date=2020-08-14 }} {{in lang|ja}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hattori, Katsuhisa}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Japanese composers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Tokyo]] [[Ca