Lyricists, Composers, and Arrangers

This page includes all lyricists, composers, and arrangers and the songs that are related to them. They are arranged in alphabetical order. Most are members of Elements Garden, the musical group behind the BanG Dream! franchise's songs and background music.

Agematsu Noriyasu

 * Japanese: 上松 範康
 * Birthdate: March 1, 1978

The head of Elements Garden and one of the founding members. He is also one of the co-creators of the Symphogear series, and in addition serves as its main song lyricist.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Discogs
 * MusicBrainz
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia

Ayase

 * Birthdate: April 4, 1994

The producer and songwriter of.

DAIGO

 * Real Name: Masanori Takumi
 * Japanese: 宅見 将典
 * Birthdate: November 14, 1978

Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, talent and voice actor. Also known for his alias DAIGO☆STARDUST.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Elements Garden

 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Fujima Hitoshi

 * Japanese: 藤間 仁
 * Birthday: October 16, 1981

One of the founding members of Elements Garden.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Fujinaga Ryutaro

 * Japanese: 藤永 龍太郎
 * Birthdate: September 19, 1989

Joined Elements Garden in 2014.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Fujita Junpei

 * Japanese: 藤田 淳平
 * Birthdate: May 3, 1979

One of the founding members of Elements Garden.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Discogs
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia

Hidaka Yuki
Japanese: 日高 勇輝

Joined Elements Garden in 2020.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Iwahashi Seima

 * Japanese: 岩橋 星実
 * Birthdate: 1989

Joined Elements Garden in 2011.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Kanozo

 * Real Name: Kanow Nozomu
 * Japanese: 加納 望
 * Birthdate: September 7, 1978

Japanese lyricist, composer, arranger and guitarist from Okayama Prefecture.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Kasai Yuta
Japanese: 笠井 雄太

Joined Elements Garden in 2016.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Kawabuchi Ryusei

 * Japanese: 川渕 龍成
 * Birthdate: January 12, 1996

Japanese guitarist.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * YouTube channel

Kikuta Daisuke

 * Japanese: 菊田 大介
 * Birthdate: August 27, 1982

One of the founding members of Elements Garden.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Blog
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Kondo Seima

 * Japanese: 近藤 世真
 * Birthdate: May 21

Joined Elements Garden in 2020.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Miyazaki Kyoichi

 * Japanese: 宮崎 京一
 * Birthdate: May 27, 1975

Japanese composer, arranger and guitarist from Niigata Prefecture. He is also one of the support members for the pop-rock anisong duo milktub.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Mori Haruki
Japanese: 母里 治樹

Joined Elements Garden in 2009 and left on July 31, 2018 after this contract with Elements Garden ended.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Nakamura Kou

 * Japanese: 中村 航
 * Birthdate: November 23, 1969

Japanese novelist and lyricist from Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture. One of the main creators for the BanG Dream! franchise, as well as the writer behind the original BanG Dream!'s story. The main lyricist for Poppin'Party. He also serves as Argonavis and Lyrical Lily's main lyricists.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Website
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Oda Asuka

 * Japanese: 織田 あすか
 * Birthdate: May 4

Joined Elements Garden in 2015. The main lyricist for the other 6 bands. He also serves as Peaky P-key's main lyricst.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Sakurazawa Hikaru

 * Japanese: 櫻澤 ヒカル
 * Birthdate: July 15, 1997

Japanese lyricist and musician. He used to be affiliated with Dream Monster, but became a freelancer after his contract was terminated in 2019.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Shimoda Kotaro
Japanese: 下田 晃太郎

Joined Elements Garden in 2019. Though his birthdate is unknown, according to his ARIA entertainment profile he is currently the youngest member of Elements Garden.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Spirit Garden
Japanese lyricist.


 * VGMdb

Suemasu Ryota

 * Japanese: 末益 涼太
 * Birthdate: December 11, 1993

Joined Elements Garden in 2014 and left on January 31, 2019.
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Takeda Yusuke
Japanese: 竹田 祐介

Joined Elements Garden in 2017.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb

Takumi Masanori

 * Japanese: 宅見 将典
 * Birthdate: November 14, 1978

Japanese composer, arranger, producer and Grammy-nominated musician. Uses the pseudonym "Takumi Masa" for his solo career.
 * Instagram
 * Official page
 * Spotify
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

Tomaru Ryota

 * Japanese: 都丸 椋太
 * Birthdate: March 1, 1995

Joined Elements Garden in 2015.
 * ARIA entertainment
 * Twitter
 * VGMdb
 * Wikipedia (JP)

ZENTA

 * Real name: Zenta Tsuchihashi
 * Japanese: 土橋 善太
 * Birthdate: January 15, 1984

Japanese musician and lyricist born in Toda, Saitama Prefecture. He is mostly known for composing several instrumental and karaoke tracks for the Yakuza series.
 * Website
 * VGMDB
 * Blog
 * Soundcloud
 * Spotify
 * Twitter