Tomoki Kikuya (菊谷 知樹,Kikuya Tomoki, born 21 February 1968) is a Japanesecomposer,arranger andguitarist. Kikuya is best known for composing originalsoundtracks foranime series, including most notablyNisekoi,Eromanga Sensei,Bocchi the Rock!,Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs,A Sister's All You Need andHigehiro. He is represented by the music production company POPHOLIC.^[1]

Kikuya was born inTokyo, in 1968. His mother was apiano teacher, so he has had contact with music since an early age. He started his musician career in 1992, when in college, as a member of therock band Mustang A.K.A., which lasted for two years.^[2] Later, he worked as a guitarist in the band Funanori.^[3] After that, besides guitar, he learned a wide range ofmusical instruments.^[1]

In 2005, after joining POPHOLIC, Kikuya made his debut as a composer in the animeTona-Gura!.^[4] Since then, he has been active as a songwriter, providing the scores for anime series, as well as elaborating music to artists.^[1]

• Official POPHOLIC page(in Japanese)
• Tomoki Kikuya's Personal Blog(in Japanese)
• Tomoki Kikuya discography at VGMdb
• Tomoki Kikuya atIMDb
• Tomoki Kikuya atAnime News Network's encyclopedia

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• Japanese male film score composers
• 21st-century Japanese male musicians
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