Tsuneyoshi Saito

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Tsuneyoshi Saito

| native_name = 斉藤 恒芳

| native_name_lang = ja

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|4|28}}

| birth_place = Shuzenji, Shizuoka, Japan

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| instrument = Keyboard

| genre = Video game music, anison, classical music, electronic, instrumental

| occupation = Composer

| years_active = 1990–present

| label = Epic Records Japan
Sony Music

| associated_acts = Kryzler & Kompany

| website = {{URL|http://www.spacecraft.co.jp/saito/}}

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{{nihongo|Tsuneyoshi Saito|斎藤 恒芳|Saitō Tsuneyoshi|born April 28, 1965}} is a Japanese composer and arranger for anime shows and video games. He composed the original music for the third Tenchi Muyo! film Tenchi Forever! The Movie,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZg4AAAAQBAJ | title=The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition|page=976 | isbn = 9781611725155 | author-last1=Clements | author-first1=Jonathan | author-link1=Jonathan Clements | author-last2=McCarthy|author-first2=Helen | author-link2=Helen McCarthy |date=2012 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press|access-date=March 2, 2015}} the feature anime film xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream,{{cite web|url=http://j-entonline.com/blu-ray-dvd-reviews/blu-ray-reviews/anime-blu-ray-reviews/tsubasa-the-moviexxxholic-the-movie-clamp-double-feature-a-j-ent-anime-blu-ray-disc-review/|title=Tsubasa the Movie/xxxHolic the Movie – Clamp Double Feature (a J!-ENT Anime Blu-ray Disc Review)|first=Dennis|last=Amith|work=J!-ENT|date=2010-05-08|access-date=March 3, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works/02_/|title=Production I.G [WORK LIST]|work=productionig.com|access-date=March 3, 2015}} the Fafner anime series including the original anime series, its feature film Fafner: Heaven and Earth, and its 2014 sequel Fafner: Exodus{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-28/fafner-exodus-sequel-teaser-video-reveals-fall-2014-debut|title=Fafner Exodus Sequel's Teaser Video Reveals Fall 2014 Debut|work=Anime News Network|access-date=March 2, 2015}} He composed and arranged the soundtrack for the anime series Dennō Coil,{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/TKCA-73185|title=CDJapan : Denno Coil Soundtrack Ongakushu Animation Soundtrack (Tsuneyoshi Saito) CD Album|work=CDJapan|access-date=March 2, 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/febxx.htm | date=February 19, 2007 | access-date=2015-03-03 | title=Anime News Service - February 8–19 Anime News | work=Anime News Service }} Kamen Rider Kiva, and Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. In video games, he co-composed music for Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, and co-arranged the music for Final Fantasy VI that appears on the album Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qPPRBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA220 |title=Dungeons and Desktops|isbn=9781439865248 |access-date=March 2, 2015|last1=Barton |first1=Matt |date=February 22, 2008 |publisher=CRC Press }}{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgamers.net/reviews/music/14/final-fantasy-vi-grand-finale|title=Game Music Review: Final Fantasy VI: Grand Finale - RPGamers Network|work=rpgamers.net|access-date=March 2, 2015}}

In addition to anime and video game music, he was involved in a Japanese band called Kryzler & Kompany which formed while he was in college. He served as the keyboardist, with Taro Hakase on violin and Yoshinobu Takeshita on bass.{{cite web|url=http://www.taro-hakase.com/biography.html|title=BIOGRAPHY - TARO HAKASE Official Website|work=taro-hakase.com|access-date=March 3, 2015}} Their first eponymous album was released in September 1990 and sold 74,000 copies. Their second, Kryzler And Company #, sold over 81,000 copies. Steve McClure of Billboard wrote that they have become "Japan's unlikeliest pop idols, attracting hordes of screaming fans, a far cry from the decorum and reserve usually shown by Japan's classical music audiences."{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA72|magazine=Billboard | title=Global Music Pulse | editor-first=David | editor-last=Sinclair| publication-date=October 12, 1991|page=72|first=Steve|last=McClure|date=October 12, 1991 |access-date=March 2, 2015}} One of the band's greatest claims to fame was providing the music for Celine Dion's single "To Love You More" which was recorded the theme song for the Japanese drama Koibito Yo (My Dear Lover). The song reached number one on Billboard Japan.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84|title=Hits of the World - Japan|page=86|publication-date=December 16, 1995|magazine=Billboard|date=December 16, 1995 |access-date=March 3, 2015}} The group produced 11 albums before going on hiatus as Hakase pursued a solo career.{{cite web|url=http://tarohakase.com/about-taro/|title=About Taro|work=tarohakase.com|access-date=March 3, 2015}} In February 2015, the group released a new album New World to commemorate their 25th anniversary.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/event/contents/event_classic/0118/|title=葉加瀬太郎 25th Anniversary KRYZLER & KOMPANY Concert Tour "NEW WORLD"|work=tv-asahi.co.jp|access-date=March 3, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309080543/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/event/contents/event_classic/0118/|archive-date=March 9, 2015|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/480858|title=ＫＲＹＺＬＥＲ ＆ ＫＯＭＰＡＮＹ「ＮＥＷ ＷＯＲＬＤ」│HUCD-10178│4582137891783│Shopping│Billboard JAPAN|work=Billboard JAPAN|access-date=March 3, 2015}}