Kakeru Ishihama

Composer · Born March 27, 1987 (39) · Aichi, Japan

Kakeru Ishihama (石濱翔, Ishihama Kakeru, March 27, 1987) is a Japanese composer and arranger. He joined MONACA in the summer of 2008. He mainly composes and arranges anime and game themes and in-play music. He became interested in British rock and Celtic music after seeing Keira and Carlos Núñez live while at school. The artist that have influenced him are The Beatles, capsule, Yasunori Mitsuda and Keira.

What are Kakeru Ishihama's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

47%

Self

45%

Morality

8%

Friendship3

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

2

Hopeful

2

Joyful

1

Bittersweet

1

Contemplative

1

Other

3

How their films linger

Hopeful3 Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kakeru Ishihama's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (4).

Also on these channels

HIDIVE2 titles, show their 2 titles on HIDIVE

Subscription and free streaming for Kakeru Ishihama's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 8 with a Motif page.

Aikatsu! 10th Story: Starway to the Future(2023)
Composer
Motif score: 97th percentile of all films
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song(2021)
Show 2 episodes · Composer
Motif score: 90th percentile of all shows
Frame Arms Girl Movie: Kya Kya Ufufu na Wonderland (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)
Composer
NieR: Orchestra Concert 12018 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)
Composer
Frame Arms Girl (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)
Show 12 episodes · Composer
Concrete Revolutio(2015)
Show 24 episodes · Composer
Motif score: 10th percentile of all shows
Aikatsu! The Movie(2014)
Composer
Motif score: 93rd percentile of all films
Nisekoi: False Love(2014)
Show Composer
Motif score: 71st percentile of all shows
Yuki Yuna Is a Hero(2014)
Show Composer
Motif score: 52nd percentile of all shows
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU(2013)
Show 38 episodes · Composer
Motif score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Cat Shit One (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
Composer
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya(2010)
Composer
Motif score: 98th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 2010 to 2021.

Biggest box office

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

$7.7M worldwide

Highest rated

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

Motif 98^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Music9 of 9 · 92^nd

By decade

2010s8 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Kakeru Ishihama work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kakeru Ishihama's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tomoyo Kurosawa shares the most, 2.