Hiroki Kikuta

Hiroki Kikuta is one of those composers whose name you might not instantly recognize, but the moment you hear his work it hits somewhere deep — he's the guy behind the Secret of Mana soundtrack, and if you were a kid with a Super Nintendo in the early '90s, that music basically rewired your brain. Born in Aichi in 1962 and educated at Kansai University, he took a path that wasn't exactly the obvious one into game composition, which makes it feel all the more deliberate. He still maintains his own website and posts on social media, which tells you this is someone who hasn't coasted on nostalgia. The fact that he stays mostly out of the spotlight just adds to the mystique. Some of the best work in any medium comes from people like that — quietly excellent, not chasing the room.

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Hiroki Kikuta is a Japanese composer and arranger born on August 29, 1962, in Aichi Prefecture. He studied at Kansai University before going on to build a career as a professional musician. He maintains an official website and is active on X (formerly Twitter), reflecting a continuing engagement with his craft and audience.

Name (English)

Hiroki Kikuta

Name (Japanese)

菊田裕樹

Reading

きくた ひろき

Born

August 29, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Musician / Composer / Arranger

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

University

Kansai University

• Official sitehttps://hirokikikuta.com
• Xhttps://x.com/Hiroki_Kikuta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%8A%E7%94%B0%E8%A3%95%E6%A8%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2588785

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Musician
• Composer
• Arranger

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.