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Akira Senju is a renowned Japanese composer and pianist, celebrated for his emotionally rich orchestral scores primarily for anime, film, and television. Born in Tokyo in 1960, Senju studied composition at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and later at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He gained widespread recognition for his anime soundtracks, particularly for 'Fullmetal Alchemist' and 'Mobile Suit Victory Gundam'. His work blends classical orchestration with contemporary sensibilities, earning him numerous prestigious awards in Japan.

• Senju comes from a highly artistic family; his brothers are the violinist Natsumi Senju and the painter Makoto Senju.
• He achieved significant acclaim early in his career, winning the 4th Internationaler Robert-Schumann-Wettbewerb für Klavier und Gesang composition prize in 1989.
• Beyond anime, Senju has composed concert works (symphonies, concertos, chamber music) and scores for prestigious Japanese Taiga drama series like 'Taira no Kiyomori' and 'Yoshitsune'.
• His soundtrack for the 1997 film 'Cure' by director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is critically acclaimed within the horror genre.
• Senju has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music multiple times, solidifying his status as a leading film composer in Japan.