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Kenji Oh (1981-) is a composer who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan, he started his career in composing music for video advertisements while he was studying at Kyoto University of Education. Kenji completed his Bachelor Degree of Liberal Arts in Information Music and began composing music for many media including feature films, short films, musical theater, TV Drama, video games, dance performances and female floor gymnastics. He was selected as the music composer of Kyoto Filmmakers’ Lab in 2009. Though his primal field was film music, he started writing concert music after relocating to Los Angeles in January 2010. His pieces have been performed in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Tokyo, Kobe and Amsterdam. He was awarded the second place of the Jack Stone Award 2012, the first place of the MACCC 2011 Composition Competition, the second place in the MACCC 2010 Composition Competition. Kenji was also awarded winner of the David A. Alpert Scholarships, Leslie P. Clausen Scholarship. He has been accepted to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Master of Music program in composition for fall 2012.
date of birth: Sep 4th 1981
place of birth: Kobe , Japan
| 1994-1997 | Kobe High School. A Singer/Student conductor of Chorus club. |
| 2000-2005 | Kyoto University of Education. Music major. A Capten of Gymnastics team. |
| 2003 | Participated in The Inter-College Gymnastics Championship |
| 2004-2006 | Director of NPO Commonbeat |
| 2005- | A member of mixed choir NOMA |
| 2005- | Director of NPO Supporting Group of Sports Education for Youth in Carib |
| 2005-2006 | Worked for Unoh inc. as a manager of Eigaseikatu |
| 2007 | Studied at Film School of Tokyo Music course |
| 2007 | A member of Harmony Lab “Harmowell” |
| 2007 | VOD cinema “バンク！バンク！バンク！〜少年銀行強盗団〜”(Bank! Bank! Bank! -Gang of Youthful Robbers) music |
| 2008 | Fuji TV “放送禁止6 デスリミット”(Forbidden to broadcast 6 death limit) music |
| 2008 | feature film “放送禁止劇場版 〜密着68日復習執行人〜”(Forbidden to broadcast The movie -68 days of the revenge executor-) music |
| 2009 | iPhone App Puzzle Game “Kanabun” BGM |
| 2009 | independent film “蜘蛛の国の女王”(Queen of Spiders’ Land) music |
| 2009 | “O Carnaval do Porto” Commissioned to compose for NPO Commonbeat |
| 2009 | Selected as a member of Kyoto Filmmakers’ Lab 2009 (Sound/Music) |
| 2009 | feature film “海への扉”(Door to the Sea) music |
| 2010 | short film “離さないで”(Don’t release me) music |
| 2010 | moved in to Los Angeles |
| 2010 | Won the first place for David A. Alpert Scholarships |
| 2010 | Short film “はじめのとき” (The First Time) Music |
| 2010 | MACCC Composition Competition 2010 2nd place |
1981年9月4日生まれ
出身地：神戸
神戸華僑幼稚園／神戸市立諏訪山小学校入学／神戸市立神戸諏訪山小学校卒業
| 1994-1997 | 兵庫県立神戸高校合唱部所属。学生指揮者 |
| 2000-2005 | 国立京都教育大学情報音楽専攻。器械体操部主将 |
| 2003 夏 | 全日本学生体操競技選手権大会出場 |
| 2004-2006 | NPO法人コモンビート理事 |
| 2005- | 合唱団「々（ノマ）」に入団（現在休団中） |
| 2005- | NPO法人日本カリブ青少年スポーツ教育支援の会、監事 |
| 2005-2006 | ウノウ株式会社勤務。映画生活を担当 |
| 2007 | 映画美学校音楽美学講座受講 / ハーモウェル和声研究所入会 |
| 2007 | VOD配信映画「バンク！バンク！バンク！〜少年銀行強盗団〜」音楽 |
| 2008 | フジテレビ「放送禁止6 デスリミット」音楽 |
| 2008 | 劇場映画「放送禁止劇場版 〜密着68日復習執行人〜」音楽 |
| 2009 | iPhone App Puzzle Game “Kanabun” BGM |
| 2009 | 自主映画「蜘蛛の国の女王」音楽 |
| 2009 | NPO法人コモンビートのパフォーマンス用楽曲「O Carnaval do Porto」委嘱 |
| 2009 | Kyoto Filmmakers’ Labに選出される。ブームオペレーター／音楽を担当 |
| 2009 | 映画「海への扉」音楽 |
| 2010 | 短編映画「離さないで」音楽 |
| 2010 | 渡米。Los Angelesを拠点に。 |
| 2010 | David A. Alpert Scholarshipsで1位を獲得 |
| 2010 | Short film “はじめのとき” (The First Time) Music |
| 2010 | MACCC Composition Competition 2010 2位 |