Yūji Koseki 古関裕而
Background information
Birth name	Yūji Koseki
Born	(1909-08-11)August 11, 1909
Origin	Fukushima City,Fukushima Prefecture,Japan
Died	August 18, 1989(1989-08-18) (aged 80)
Genres	Ryūkōka,gunka,march,fight song,film score
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1930–1989

Yūji Koseki (古関 裕而,Koseki Yūji, August 11, 1909 – August 18, 1989) was a Japaneseryūkōka,gunka,march,fight song andfilm scorecomposer. His real name was also Yūji Koseki, but itskanji was 古關 勇治.

Koseki enteredNippon Columbia in 1930. He composedHanshin Tigers' song "Rokko Oroshi" in 1936. His famous military song titled "Roei no Uta" (露営の歌,lit. "The Song of The Camp") was released in 1937. Famous songs composed by him included "The Bells of Nagasaki" and "Mothra's song".^[1]Ichiro Fujiyama sang "The Bells of Nagasaki" in 1949. "Mothra's song", sung byThe Peanuts, was used in the 1961 movieMothra.^[2]"Olympic March" in 1964. He also arranged"Olympic Hymn" for Orchestra.

Music for films:

• Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1945)
• Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki (1949)
• Odoroki ikka (おどろき一家) (1949)
• The Bells of Nagasaki (1950)
• A Mother's Love (1950)
• Mothra (1961)

• Yell (TV series), the main character is inspired by him.

• (in Japanese)Memorial Hall of Yūji Koseki

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