Shinichiro Ikebe has been played on NTS shows including Sounds on Screen, with 影武者のテーマ first played on 4 December 2021.

Born in Mito, Japan, in 1943, Shin-ichiro Ikebe (池辺晋一郎) studied composition with Tomojiro Ikenouchi, Akio Yashiro and Akira Miyoshi. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music with a masters degree in 1971. As one of Japan's busiest composers of our times, he has actively engaged in a wide range of compositional media, including symphonies, operas and theater pieces, as well as music for radio, television and movies. He won the first prize for composition at the 35th Japan Music Competition in 1966….