OK this is only for my reference, but maybe you guys might find some use for it. I've been looking for music to listen to on Grooveshark while I workout my brain, and I like instrumental stuff, so here is a list of Japanese composers, gleaned from this page.
- Joe Hisashi - Departures, Howl's Moving Castle, Kaze No Tani No Nausicaä, etc.
- Yuki Kajiura - Pandora Hearts, Petit Cossette, Madlax, Achilles To Kame, etc.
- Yasunori Mitsuda - Scars Left by Time, KiRite, Chrono (3 games), Xenogears
- Toshiro Masuda
- Taro Iwashiro - Red Cliff, Shinobi
- Takanashi Yasuharu - Mononoke, Jigoku Shoujo, Shippuuden
- Shoji Meguro
- Nobuo Uematsu - Aerith's Theme
- Takeharu Ishimoto
- Yoko Shimomura - Drammatica
- Masanori Sasaji - Loveless
- Hiroyuki Sawano - Sengoku BASARA, Zombie Loan
- Taku Iwasaki
- Motoi Sakuraba
