Shinkichi Mitsumune has been played on NTS shows including The Early Bird Show, with Possession first played on 15 April 2025.

Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉, born October 8, 1963 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese composer who writes music primarily for animated television series. His works include the soundtrack for FLCL (Fooly Cooly), the Rozen Maiden series, Mahou Sensei Negima, Shôjo Kakumei Utena, A Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar, Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora, Speed Grapher, Zero no Tsukaima and Asatte no Houkou.

Mitsumune is a native of Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture and a graduate of Rikkyo University with a degree in business. He started studying music at the age of 4. After graduating from college, he toured music festivals across Japan as a keyboardist for a Marine band, and later as the member of a backing band for musicians such as Yukie Nishimura (西村由紀江). Starting in 1995, he lent his skills to composing animation and movie scores with a full orchestra.

Notable Compositions

TV

Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (1995) NG Knights Lamune & 40 Fire (1996) Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997) Cyber Team in Akihabara (1998) Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2000) Little Snow Fairy Sugar (2001) Dragon Drive (2002) Green Green (2004) Rozen Maiden (2004-2005) Negima!: Magister Negi Magi (2005) Speed Grapher (2005) Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (2006) Zero no Tsukaima (2006) Asatte no Houkou (2006) Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi (2007) Rozen Maiden (2013) Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)

OVA

FLCL (2000) Love Hina Again (2002) Sky Girls (2006)

Theatrical

Love and Pop (live action) (1998) Revolutionary Girl Utena (1999) Cyber Team in Akihabara (1999)

Contributions

For Megumi Hayashibara (林原めぐみ): Nostalgic Lover, Cherish Christmas, Asu ni Nare For Maria Yamamoto (山本麻里安): Snow Flower For Power Puff Souls (a group made up of the seiyū who star in the Japanese version of The Powerpuff Girls): Cream Puff Shuffle (Japanese theme song)