Jun Ishikawa

Jun Ishikawa (石川淳 Ishikawa Jun, 1964-present) is a senior sound composer at HAL Laboratory and one of the main composers of the Kirby series. Along with frequent collaborator Hirokazu Ando, Ishikawa has composed many of the classic Kirby songs. He is best known for his energetic, electronic-based compositions.

List of works

Kirby series

• Kirby's Dream Land
• Kirby's Adventure (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Kirby Super Star (with Dan Miyakawa)
• Kirby's Dream Land 3
• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (with Shogo Sakai, Hirokazu Ando, and Tadashi Ikegami)
• Kirby Air Ride (with Hirokazu Ando, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby: Canvas Curse (with Tadashi Ikegami)
• Kirby: Squeak Squad (with Hirokazu Ando, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby Super Star Ultra (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Kirby's Epic Yarn (with Tomoya Tomita, Hirokazu Ando, and Tadashi Ikegami)
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Kirby's Dream Collection (with Hirokazu Ando and Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby: Triple Deluxe (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Kirby: Planet Robobot (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Kirby's Blowout Blast (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Kirby Star Allies (with Hirokazu Ando and Yuuta Ogasawara)
• Super Kirby Clash (with Hirokazu Ando and Kiyoshi Hazemoto)

Kirby albums

• The Sound of Kirby Café (with Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, and Megumi Ohara)
• Kirby Memorial Arrangements (with Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, and Megumi Ohara)
• The Sound of Kirby Café 2 (with Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, Megumi Ohara, Yuuta Ogasawara, and Yuki Shimooka)

BoxBoy! series

• BoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
• BoxBoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Bye-Bye BoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
• BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! (with Hirokazu Ando and Yuuta Ogasawara)

Other selected works

• Adventures of Lolo 3
• HyperZone (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Arcana (with Hirokazu Ando)
• Alcahest
• Picross 3D (with Hirokazu Ando)

Trivia

• Since Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Jun Ishikawa's compositions are indicated with red musical notes in the Jukebox.