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Saint Seiya Composer Seiji Yokoyama es Away
posted on by Karen Ressler
Magical Taruruuto-kun composer was 82
Composer Seiji Yokoyama ed away in a hospital in Sera, Hiroshima on Saturday due to pneumonia. He was 82. A funural service was held in Fuchū on Monday.
A native of Hiroshima, Yokoyama graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music in 1957 and went on to compose for numerous radio, television, and video anime projects. His work on the Magical Taruruuto-kun, Sangokushi, and many of the Saint Seiya films and original video anime.
Sources: Chugoku Shimbun, International Music Service via AnimeLand