A checklist of published instrumental music by Japanese composers
Compiled by Hitoshi Matsushita
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| Abe, Keiko (b. 1943) | marimba, composer |
| Abe, Komei (b. 1911) | composer |
| Abe, Kyoko (b. 1950 a. 1972) | composer |
| Abiko, Yoshihiro (b. 1951) | composer |
| Adachi, Motohiko (b. 1940) | composer |
| Akita, Kazuhisa (b. 1949) | composer |
| Akutagawa, Yasushi (b. 1925 d. 1989) | composer |
| Amachi, Masao (b. 1910) | composer |
| Amada, Kohei (d. 1985) | composer |
| Aoki, Susumu (b. 1953) | composer |
| Aoki, Takayoshi (b. 1951) | composer |
| Arashino, Hideo (b. 1935) | composer |
| Arima, Reiko (b. 1933) | composer |
| Ashikawa, Satoshi (b. 1953 d. 1983) | composer |
| Askawa, Haruo (b. 1942) | composer |
| Bekku, Sadao (b. 1922) | composer |
| Butsugu, Atsuhi | composer |
| Chigusa, Takayuki | composer |
| Dan, Ikuma (b. 1924) | composer |
| Doi, Yoshiyuki (b. 1944) | composer |
| Endo, Hitomi | composer |
| Endo, Masao (b. 1947) | composer |
| Ezaki, Kenjiro (b. 1926) | composer |
| Fujieda, Mamoru (b. 1955) | composer |
| Fujii, Kiyomi (b. 1989 d. 1944) | composer |
| Fujikake, Hiroyuki (b. 1949) | composer |
| Fujisawa, Michio (b. 1947) | composer |
| Fujita, Genba (b. 1937) | composer |
| Fujita, Kohei (b. 1945) | composer |
| Fujita, Masanori (b. 1946) | composer |
| Fukai, Shiro (b. 1907 d. 1959) | composer |
| Fukami, Zenji (b. 1904) | composer |
| Fukui, Iwao (b. 1902) | composer |
| Fukushi, Norio (b. 1945) | composer |
| Fukushima, Kazuo (b. 1930) | composer, musicisti |
| Goh, Taijiro (b. 1907 d. 1972) | composer |
| Goto, Yo (b. 1958) | composer |
| Gunji, Takashi | composer |
| Hachimura, Yoshio (b. 1938 d. 1985) | composer |
| Hagiwara, Hidehiko (b. 1933) | composer |
| Hamaguchi, Shoji (b. 1899 d. 1971) | composer |
| Hanamura, Mitsuhiro (b. 1936) | composer |
| Hara, Hiroshi (b. 1933) | composer |
| Hara, Kazuko (b. 1935) | composer |
| Hasegawa, Koichi | composer |
| Hasegawa, Yoshio (b. 1907 d. 1981) | composer, teacher |
| Hashimoto, Kunihiko (b. 1904 d. 1949) | composer |
| Hattori, Itsuro (b. 1907 d. 1973) | composer |
| Hattori, Koichi (b. 1933) | composer |
| Hattori, Ryoichi (b. 1907) | composer |
| Hayakawa, Hirotsugu (b. 1925) | composer |
| Hayakawa, Kazuko (b. 1944) | composer |
| Hayakawa, Masaaki (b. 1934) | composer |
| Hayama, Mitsuaki (b. 1932) | composer |
| Hayasaka, Fumio (b. 1914 d. 1955) | composer |
| Hayashi, Azusa (b. 1936) | composer |
| Hayashi, Hikaru (b. 1931) | composer |
| Hayashi, Matsuki (b. 1887) | composer |
| Hayashi, Yoshiteru (b. 1934) | composer |
| Higo, Ichiro (b. 1940) | composer |
| Hirai, Kozaburo Yasuki (b. 1910) | conductor, composer |
| Hirai, Takeichiro (b. 1937) | composer |
| Hirai, Takejiro (b. 1939) | composer |
| Hirai, Tetsusaburo (b. 1927) | composer |
| Hiraishi, Hirokazu (b. 1948) | composer |
| Hirano, Jun'ichi (b. 1947) | composer |
| Hirao, Kishio (b. 1907 d. 1953) | composer |
| Hiraoka, Teruaki (b. 1907) | composer |
| Hirayoshi, Takekuni (b. 1936) | composer |
| Hirose, Ryohei (b. 1930) | composer |
| Honma, Masao (b. 1930) | composer |
| Hori, Etsuko (b. 1943) | composer |
| Hoshina, Hiroshi (b. 1936) | composer |
| Hoshino, Takeshi (b. 1920) | composer |
| Hosokawa, Midori (b. 1906 d. 1950) | composer |
| Hosokawa, Toshio (b. 1955) | composer |
| Ichiba, Kosuke (b. 1910) | composer |
| Ichikawa, Toshiharu (b. 1912) | composer |
| Ichiyanagi, Toshi (b. 1933) | composer, piano |
| Ifukube, Akira (b. 1914) | composer |
| Iida, Saburo (b. 1912) | composer |
| Iida, Takashi (b. 1930) | composer |
| Ikebe, Shinichiro (b. 1943) | composer |
| Ikegami, Satoshi (b. 1949) | composer |
| Ikeno, Sei (b. 1931) | composer |
| Ikenouchi, Tomojiro (b. 1906) | composer, teacher |
| Imagawa, Mikio | composer |
| Imanaka, Takayuki | composer |
| Inagaki, Seiichi (b. 1935) | composer |
| Inagaki, Takuzo (b. 1940) | composer |
| Inoue, Shigetaka (b. 1900) | composer |
| Irino, Yoshiro (b. 1921 d. 1980) | composer |
| Ishida, Ichiro (b. 1909) | composer |
| Ishida, Sumio (b. 1939) | composer |
| Ishihara, Tadaoki (b. 1940) | composer |
| Ishii, Kan (b. 1921) | composer |
| Ishii, Maki (b. 1936) | composer |
| Ishijima, Masahiro (b. 1960) | composer |
| Ishikawa, Gado | composer |
| Ishiketa, Mareo (b. 1916) | composer |
| Ito, Hidenao (b. 1933) | composer |
| Ito, Hideo (b. 1932) | composer |
| Ito, Minoru (b. 1944) | composer |
| Ito, Ryuta (b. 1936) | composer |
| Ito, Yuji (b. 1956) | composer |
| Iwagami, Gyonin (b. 1909) | composer |
| Iwai, Naohiro (b. 1923) | composer |
| Iwakawa, Saburo (b. 1923) | composer |
| Iwamura, Mitsuoki | composer |
| Izumi, Koji (b. 1947) | composer |
| Izumi, Taku (b. 1930) | composer |
| Jin, Akira (b. 1950) | composer |
| Jo, Fumi | composer |
| Kabe, Mariko (b. 1950) | composer |
| Kaburagi, Mitsugu (b. 1926) | composer |
| Kai, Naohiko (b. 1932) | composer |
| Kai, Sesshu (b. 1938 d. 1978) | composer |
| Kakinomoto, Shichiro (b. 1909) | composer |
| Kaneda, Bin (b. 1935) | composer |
| Kaneko, Atsuo (b. 1936) | composer |
| Kaneta, Choji (b. 1948) | composer |
| Kaneto, Yutaka (b. 1931) | composer |
| Kanno, Mitsuaki (b. 1939 d. 1983) | composer |
| Kanno, Yoshihiro (b. 1953) | composer |
| Kashiwagi, Toshio (b. 1914) | composer |
| Katayama, Masami (b. 1914) | composer |
| Katayanagi, Hideo (b. 1939) | composer |
| Kato, Tadashi (b. 1925) | composer |
| Kawabe, Keiichi Ishitsuji [Kinichi] (b. 1927) | composer, trombone |
| Kawagoe, Mamoru (b. 1932) | composer |
| Kawai, Manabu (b. 1944) | composer |
| Kawamoto, Haruo | composer |
| Kawanaka, Akiko | composer |
| Kawasaki, Masaru (b. 1924) | composer |
| Kijima, Kiyohiko (b. 1917) | composer |
| Kikkawa, Kazuo (b. 1954) | composer |
| Kikuchi, Masaharu (b. 1938) | composer, piano |
| Kimura, Masanobu (b. 1941) | composer |
| Kinoshita, Makiko (b. 1956) | composer |
| Kishi, Koichi (b. 1909 d. 1937) | composer, Dirigent |
| Kitazume, Michio (b. 1948) | composer |
| Kitazume, Yayoi (b. 1945) | composer |
| Kiyofuji, Takeji (b. 1924) | composer |
| Kiyose, Yasuji (b. 1899 d. 1981) | composer |
| Ko, Bun'ya (b. 1910 d. 1983) | composer |
| Kobashi, Minoru (b. 1928) | composer |
| Kobayashi, Arata (b. 1929) | composer |
| Kobayashi, Hideo (b. 1931) | composer |
| Kobayashi, Hitoshi (b. 1936) | composer |
| Kobayashi, Ken'ichiro (b. 1930) | composer |
| Kobayashi, Toru (b. 1952) | composer |
| Kobune, Jojiro (b. 1907 d. 1982) | composer |
| Kodaira, Tokinosuke | composer |
| Koga, Ikutoshi (b. 1952) | composer |
| Koike, Mitsuru (b. 1932) | composer |
| Komatsu, Kosuke (b. 1884 d. 1966) | composer |
| Komori, Akihiro (b. 1931) | arranger, composer |
| Konagaya, Soichi (b. 1949) | composer |
| Kondo, Jo (b. 1947) | composer |
| Kondo, Tsuneo (b. 1912) | composer |
| Konishi, Nagako (b. 1945) | composer |
| Konko, Iwao (b. 1933) | composer |
| Konoye, Hidemaro (b. 1898 d. 1973) | composer, Dirigent |
| Kora, Toshio (b. 1933) | composer |
| Koyama, Kaoru | composer |
| Koyama, Kiyoshige (b. 1914) | composer |
| Kubo, Mayako (b. 1947) | composer |
| Kubota, Ko | composer |
| Kudo, Akizumi (b. 1949) | composer |
| Kumagai, Ken-ichi (b. 1934) | composer |
| Kurihara, Yasushi | composer |
| Kurimoto, Yoko (b. 1951) | composer |
| Kurokami, Yoshimitsu (b. 1933) | composer |
| Kusakawa, Kei (b. 1919) | composer |
| Kusakawa, Shin (b. 1893 d. 1948) | composer |
| Kushida, Tetsunosuke (b. 1935) | composer |
| Kusunoki, Ichiro | composer |
| Kusunoki, Tomoko (b. 1949) | composer |
| Kuwahara, Hiroaki (b. 1941) | composer |
| Maeda, Takuo (b. 1916 d. 1981) | composer |
| Majima, Toshio (b. 1949) | composer |
| Makino, Katori (b. 1940) | composer |
| Makino, Yutaka (b. 1930) | composer |
| Mamiya, Michio (b. 1929) | composer |
| Maruta, Shozo (b. 1938) | composer |
| Masuda, Kozo (b. 1934) | composer |
| Masumoto, Kikuko (b. 1937) | composer |
| Matsudaira, Yoriaki (b. 1931) | composer |
| Matsudaira, Yoritsune (b. 1907) | composer, musicisti |
| Matsumoto, Hideki (b. 1913) | composer |
| Matsumoto, Hinoharu (b. 1945) | composer |
| Matsumoto, Taminosuke (b. 1914) | composer |
| Matsumoto, Teiho | composer |
| Matsumura, Teizo (b. 1929) | composer |
| Matsunaga, Michiharu (b. 1927) | composer |
| Matsunaga, Naomichi (b. 1900 d. 1972) | composer |
| Matsuo, Masataka (b. 1959) | composer |
| Matsuo, Yoshio | composer |
| Matsushima, Tsune (b. 1890 d. 1985) | composer |
| Matsushita, Isao (b. 1951) | composer |
| Matsushita, Shin'ichi (b. 1922) | composer |
| Matsuura, Utako | composer |
| Mayuzumi, Toshiro (b. 1929) | composer, Komposition |
| Mikami, Jiro (b. 1961) | composer |
| Miki, Minoru (b. 1930) | composer |
| Minami, Hiroaki (b. 1934) | composer |
| Minami, Satoshi (b. 1955) | composer |
| Mishima, Kiyozo | composer |
| Mitsukuri, Shukichi (b. 1895 d. 1971) | composer |
| Mitsuokai, I. (b. 1946) | composer |
| Miyagi, Jun'ichi (b. 1952) | composer |
| Miyahara, Teiji (b. 1899 d. 1976) | composer |
| Miyake, Haruna (b. 1942) | composer |
| Miyamae, Chieko (b. 1951) | composer |
| Miyazaki, Shigaru (b. 1950) | composer |
| Miyazawa, Kazuto (b. 1952) | composer |
| Miyoshi, Akira (b. 1933) | composer |
| Miyoshi, Keiji (b. 1933) | composer |
| Mizokami, Hideo (b. 1936) | composer |
| Mizuki, Kaoru (b. 1956) | composer |
| Mizuno, Shuko (b. 1934) | composer |
| Mizuno, Tsutomu (b. 1949) | composer |
| Mizushima, Kazuo (b. 1902 d. 1972) | military musician, composer |
| Mizutani, Ichiro (b. 1942) | composer |
| Mizutani, Shikio | composer |
| Mononobe, Ichiro (b. 1934) | composer |
| Mori, Junko (Yanai) (b. 1948) | composer |
| Mori, Kurodo (b. 1950) | composer |
| Morita, Kazuhiro (b. 1952) | composer |
| Moroi, Makoto (b. 1930) | composer |
| Moroi, Saburo (b. 1903 d. 1977) | composer |
| Motoori, Nagayo (b. 1885 d. 1945) | composer |
| Munakata, Kazu (b. 1928) | composer |
| Murakumo, Ayako (b. 1949) | composer |
| Murao, Sachie (b. 1945) | composer |
| Murase, Shigeo | composer |
| Nagai, Akira (b. 1931) | composer, violin |
| Nagao, Aisaku (b. 1938) | composer |
| Nagasawa, Katsutoshi (b. 1933) | composer |
| Nagatomi, Masayuki (b. 1932) | composer |
| Nagayo, Sueko (b. 1950) | composer |
| Nagura, Akira (b. 1899 d. 1980) | composer |
| Naito, Akami (b. 1956) | composer |
| Naito, Jun'ichi (b. 1956) | composer |
| Nakabayashi, Atsumasa (b. 1927) | composer |
| Nakada, Naohiro (b. 1939) | composer |
| Nakada, Yoshinao (b. 1923) | composer |
| Nakade, Ryoichi (b. 1931) | composer |
| Nakagawa, Toshio (b. 1958) | composer |
| Nakahara, Kenji (b. 1937) | composer |
| Nakajima, Katsuma (b. 1958) | composer |
| Nakajima, Yoshifumi (b. 1944) | composer |
| Nakamata, Nobukio (b. 1932) | composer |
| Nakamoto, Masakuni (b. 1950) | composer |
| Nakamura, Koya (b. 1958) | composer |
| Nakamura, Ryuichi (b. 1941) | composer |
| Nakamura, Sawako (b. 1931) | composer |
| Nakamura, Shigenobu (b. 1950) | composer |
| Nakamura, Taro (b. 1911) | composer |
| Nakamura, Toru (b. 1946) | composer |
| Nakanishi, Satoru (b. 1934) | composer |
| Nakano, Jiro (b. 1902) | composer |
| Nakano, Kazuo (b. 1955) | composer |
| Nakaseko, Kazu (b. 1908 d. 1973) | composer |
| Nakayama, Yoshinori (b. 1931) | composer |
| Nanatsuya, Hiroshi (b. 1939) | composer |
| Narita, Kazuko (b. 1957) | composer |
| Narita, Tamezo (b. 1893 d. 1945) | composer |
| Natori, Goro (b. 1921) | composer |
| Natsuda, Shoko (b. 1916) | composer |
| Nihashi, Jun'ichi | composer |
| Niikura, Ken (b. 1951) | composer |
| Nimi, Tokuhide (b. 1947) | composer |
| Nishimura, Akira (b. 1953) | composer |
| Nobutoki, Kiyoshi (b. 1887 d. 1965) | composer |
| Noda, Ryo (b. 1948) | saxophone, composer |
| Noda, Teruyuki (b. 1940) | composer |
| Nodaira, Ichiro (b. 1953) | composer |
| Noro, Takeo (b. 1926 d. 1967) | composer |
| Odaira, Koichi (b. 1960) | composer |
| Ogahara, Hisao (b. 1929) | composer |
| Ogiwara, Toshitsugu (b. 1910) | composer |
| Ogura, Roh (b. 1916) | composer |
| Oguri, Hiroshi (b. 1918 d. 1982) | composer, Komponist |
| Oguri, Takayuki (b. 1909 d. 1945) | composer |
| Okada, Shodai (b. 1929) | composer |
| Okajima, Masaoki (b. 1945) | composer |
| Okamoto, Masami (b. 1932) | composer |
| Okamoto, Tanaho (b. 1907) | composer |
| Okamoto, Toshiaki (b. 1907 d. 1977) | composer |
| Okasaka, Keiji (b. 1940) | composer |
| Oki, Hideko (b. 1919) | composer |
| Oki, Masao (b. 1901 d. 1971) | composer |
| Okumura, Hajime (b. 1925) | composer |
| Omae, Satoshi (b. 1943) | composer |
| Omura, Tetsuya (b. 1951) | composer |
| Omura, Yasutoshi | composer |
| Onaka, Toraji (b. 1896 d. 1982) | composer |
| Onoe, Kazuhiko (b. 1942) | composer |
| Onumu, Satori (b. 1889 d. 1944) | military bandmaster, composer |
| Osawa, Hisato (b. 1907 d. 1953) | composer |
| Osawa, Kazuko (b. 1926) | composer |
| Otai, Tsuyoshi (b. 1932) | composer |
| Otaka, Atsutade (b. 1944) | composer |
| Otaka, Hisatada (b. 1911 d. 1951) | composer, conductor |
| Otsuka, Natsuo (b. 1930) | composer |
| Ozaki, Toshiyuki (b. 1946) | composer |
| Rai, Takayuki (b. 1954) | composer |
| Saegusa, Shigeaki (b. 1942) | composer |
| Saeki, Takeshi (b. 1940) | composer |
| Saito, Masakazu (b. 1959) | composer |
| Saito, Noboru (d. 1982) | composer |
| Saito, Takanobu (b. 1924) | composer |
| Saito, Takeo (b. 1904 d. 1982) | composer |
| Sakaguchi, Mieko (b. 1938) | composer |
| Sakai, Tadamasa (b. 1938) | composer |
| Sakamoto, Ryuichi (b. 1952) | composer |
| Sakamoto, Satoshi (b. 1961) | composer |
| Sakamoto, Yoshitaka (b. 1898 d. 1968) | composer |
| Sakurada, Seiichi (b. 1935) | composer |
| Sato, Chosuke (b. 1906 d. 1983) | composer |
| Sato, Keijiro (b. 1927) | composer |
| Sato, Kimi (b. 1949) | composer |
| Sato, Masami (b. 1952) | composer |
| Sato, Nobutake (b. 1926) | composer |
| Sato, Shin (b. 1938) | composer |
| Sato, Somei (b. 1947) | composer |
| Sato, Toshinao (b. 1936) | composer |
| Sei, Ichiji (b. 1899 d. 1963) | composer |
| Sekiguchi, Masaki (b. 1954) | composer |
| Senshu, Jiro (b. 1934) | composer |
| Setoguchi, Tokichi (b. 1868 d. 1941) | composer |
| Shiba, Sukehisa (b. 1928) | composer |
| Shibata, Minao (b. 1916) | composer |
| Shibuya, Takucho (b. 1930) | composer |
| Shida, Shoko (b. 1942) | composer |
| Shiina, Masami (b. 1932) | composer |
| Shimazu, Takehito (b. 1949) | composer |
| Shimizu, Osamu (b. 1911 d. 1986) | composer |
| Shimizu, Tamaki (b. 1915) | composer |
| Shimofusa, Kan-ichi (b. 1898 d. 1962) | composer |
| Shimoyama, Hifumi (b. 1930) | composer |
| Shinohara, Makoto (b. 1931) | composer |
| Shiraishi, Akio (b. 1920) | composer |
| Shishido, Mutsuo (b. 1929) | composer |
| Shoji, Osamu | composer |
| Sueyoshi, Yasuo (b. 1937) | composer |
| Sugahara, Meiro (b. 1897 d. 1988) | composer |
| Sugano, Hirokazu (b. 1923) | composer |
| Sugiura, Masayoshi (b. 1921) | composer |
| Sugiyama, Haseo (b. 1889 d. 1952) | composer |
| Sukegawa, Toshiya (b. 1930) | composer |
| Suma, Yosaku (b. 1907) | composer |
| Sumi, Goro (b. 1916) | composer |
| Sumitani, Satoshi (b. 1932) | composer |
| Sumitomo, Junji (b. 1936) | composer |
| Suzuki, Hideaki (b. 1938) | composer |
| Suzuki, Norio (b. 1953) | composer |
| Suzuki, Satoshi (b. 1941) | composer |
| Suzuki, Tadashi (b. 1934) | composer |
| Suzuki, Tsuguo (b. 1901) | composer |
| Taira, Yoshihisa (b. 1938) | composer |
| Tajima, Kiyoaki | composer |
| Takagi, Toroku (b. 1904) | composer |
| Takahara, Hirofumi (b. 1934) | composer |
| Takahashi, Masamitsu (b. 1949) | composer |
| Takahashi, Yuji (b. 1938) | composer, piano |
| Takahashi, Yutaka (b. 1953) | composer |
| Takano, Mari | composer |
| Takashima, Midori (b. 1954) | composer |
| Takata, Saburo (b. 1913) | composer |
| Takata, Shin-ichi (b. 1920 d. 1960) | composer |
| Takayama, Naoya (b. 1955) | composer |
| Takei, Morishige (b. 1890 d. 1949) | composer |
| Takemitsu, Toru (b. 1930) | composer |
| Takenaka, Yasuhiro (b. 1951) | composer |
| Takenishi, Masashi (b. 1932) | composer |
| Takeuchi, Koji (b. 1932) | composer |
| Taki, Rentaro (b. 1879 d. 1903) | composer, piano |
| Taku, Koji (b. 1904 d. 1983) | composer |
| Tamaki, Hiroki (b. 1943) | composer |
| Tamura, Toro (b. 1938) | composer |
| Tanabe, Ryutaro (b. 1893 d. 1953) | composer |
| Tanabe, Tsuneya (b. 1935) | composer |
| Tanaka, Akira (b. 1947) | composer |
| Tanaka, Hisao (d. 1979) | composer |
| Tanaka, Masaru (b. 1946) | composer |
| Tanaka, Satoshi (b. 1956) | composer |
| Tanaka, Toshimitsu (b. 1927) | composer |
| Tanaka, Toyoaki | composer |
| Tanase, Masatami (b. 1924 d. 1988) | composer |
| Tanba, Akira (b. 1932) | composer |
| Tanigawa, Tadahiro (b. 1935) | composer |
| Tanimoto, Toshiki (b. 1938) | composer |
| Tanimura, Yoshitugu | composer |
| Taninaka, Suguru (b. 1947) | composer |
| Tatebe, Tomohiro (b. 1957) | composer |
| Tazawa, Shigeru (b. 1926) | composer |
| Terahara, Nobuo (b. 1928) | composer |
| Terai, Naoyuki | composer |
| Toda, Kunio (b. 1915) | composer |
| Tojima, Mikio (b. 1937) | composer |
| Tokunaga, Hidenori (b. 1925) | composer |
| Tomotani, Koji (b. 1947) | composer |
| Tono, Shigeo (b. 1908 d. 1985) | composer |
| Torii, Tsuna | composer |
| Toyama, Mihoko (b. 1944) | composer |
| Toyama, Tomoko | composer |
| Toyama, Yuzo (b. 1931) | composer, conductor |
| Tsubono, Katsuhiro (b. 1947) | composer |
| Tsujii, Eisei (b. 1933) | composer, critic |
| Tsukahara, Setsuo (b. 1921 d. 1978) | composer |
| Tsukamoto, Yasuhiko (b. 1934) | composer |
| Tsukatani, Akihiro (b. 1916) | composer |
| Tsuyuki, Tsugio (b. 1902) | composer |
| Uchida, Masato (b. 1940) | composer |
| Uchikawa, Hiroyuki (b. 1947) | composer |
| Ueoka, Yoichi | composer |
| Uezono, Ken'ichi (b. 1961) | composer |
| Urata, Kenjiro (b. 1941) | composer |
| Uzaki, Kouichi (b. 1935) | composer |
| Uzawa, Masaharu (b. 1955) | composer |
| Uzuki, Kazuyoshi (b. 1933) | composer |
| Wada, Norihiko (b. 1932) | composer |
| Wakamatsu, Masashi (b. 1928) | composer |
| Watanabe, Hiroshi | composer |
| Watanabe, Urato (b. 1909) | composer |
| Yabe, Masao | composer |
| Yamada, Izumi (b. 1952) | composer |
| Yamada, Kazuo (b. 1912) | Dirigent, piano |
| Yamada, Kosaku (b. 1886 d. 1965) | composer, conductor |
| Yamagata, Shigetaro (b. 1906) | composer |
| Yamagishi, Mao (b. 1933) | composer |
| Yamamoto, Hozan (b. 1937) | composer, shakuhachi |
| Yamamoto, Jusaburo | composer |
| Yamamoto, Masaaki (b. 1946) | composer |
| Yamamoto, Naozumi (b. 1932) | composer |
| Yamamoto, Shigehiro (b. 1944) | composer |
| Yamamoto, Shigeji (b. 1931) | composer |
| Yamamoto, Yasuo | composer |
| Yamanouchi, Tadashi (b. 1935) | composer |
| Yamashita, Kazuhito (b. 1961) | guitar, composer |
| Yanagida, Takayoshi (b. 1948) | composer |
| Yashiro, Akio (b. 1929 d. 1976) | composer |
| Yasugi, Tadatoshi (b. 1951) | composer |
| Yasumura, Yoshihiro (b. 1951) | composer |
| Yasuraoka, Akio (b. 1958) | composer |
| Yoshida, Eiji (b. 1926) | composer |
| Yoshida, Jun'ichi (b. 1950) | composer |
| Yoshida, Kimihiko (b. 1963) | composer |
| Yoshida, Takako (b. 1910 d. 1956) | composer |
| Yoshimatsu, Takashi (b. 1953) | composer |
| Yoshimoto, Kozo (b. 1863 d. 1907) | military bandmaster, composer |
| Yoshizaki, Kiyotomi (b. 1940) | composer |
| Yuasa, Joji (b. 1929) | composer |
| Yuasa, Seiichi (b. 1947) | composer |
| Yuyama, Akira (b. 1932) | composer |