{{Other uses}} {{redirect-distinguish|Moonriders|The Moon Riders}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|鈴木慶一|date=May 2016}} {{BLP primary sources|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Keiichi Suzuki | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | native_name = 鈴木 慶一 | native_name_lang = JP | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|8|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | genre = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Musician * composer * singer * record producer * actor }} | instrument = | years_active = 1970–present | label = | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * The Beatniks * Moonriders * Hirokazu Tanaka * Yukihiro Takahashi }} | website = {{URL|keiichisuzuki.com}} }} {{nihongo|'''Keiichi Suzuki'''|鈴木 慶一|Suzuki Keiichi|born August 28, 1951}} is a Japanese musician, singer, and record producer who co-founded the Moonriders, a group that became one of Japan's most innovative rock bands.{{citation needed lead|date=July 2015}} He is known to audiences outside Japan for his musical contributions to the video games ''EarthBound Beginnings/Mother'' (1989) and ''EarthBound/Mother 2'' (1994), both of which have been released on several soundtracks. More recently, he has composed film scores including ''The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi'' (2003), ''Tokyo Godfathers'' (2003), ''Uzumaki'' (2000), ''Chicken Heart'' (2009), as well as Takeshi Kitano's ''Outrage'' trilogy.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Keiichi Suzuki / Profile|url=https://www.keiichisuzuki.com/profile/|publisher=Keiichi Suzuki|access-date=July 24, 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113190820/http://keiichisuzuki.com/profile/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career== {{BLP unsourced section|date=May 2016}} Suzuki was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of actor Akio Suzuki. He has a younger brother, Hirobumi Suzuki.<ref name=":0" /> In the early 1970s, Keiichi became involved with the Japanese band Hachimitsu Pie, who released one album in 1973. Later in the 1970s, Suzuki functioned as the occasional leader and regular singer of the Moonriders — the group's first album was in fact credited to "Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders". The band included his brother Hirobumi on bass. Afterward, he collaborated with Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Yukihiro Takahashi as the duo The Beatniks. He was also a member of the trio Three Blind Moses.

As an actor, Suzuki appeared in the 1980s films; ''Body Drop Asphalt'', Shunji Iwai's ''Swallowtail'', and ''Love Letter'', as well as other films from the late 1990s and early 2000s.

In 1989, Suzuki cowrote the soundtrack to the video game ''EarthBound Beginnings/Mother''. In 1994, he would write more music for the game's sequel, ''EarthBound/Mother 2''. A few years after ''EarthBound/Mother 2'', Suzuki provided the music for the audio game ''Real Sound: Kaze no Regret''.

His song "Satellite Serenade" was remixed by The Orb and was later featured on Sasha & Digweed's ''Northern Exposure'' and The Orb's ''Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty'' compilation.

In February 2008, Suzuki released a new solo album ''Captain Hate & First Mate Love'' in collaboration with Keiichi Sokabe, touring together in late spring 2008. The follow-up ''Pirate Radio Seasick'' appeared in 2009, and the third part ''In Retrospect'' in January 2011.

==Influences== Suzuki cited John Lennon of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Andy Partridge of XTC, Godley & Creme, Miklos Rozsa, and Harry Nilsson as influences, particularly on the tracks he composed for the ''Mother'' series.<ref name="1101: music">{{cite web |last1=Itoi |first1=Shigesato |author-link=Shigesato Itoi |date=June 16, 2003 |title=『MOTHER』の音楽は鬼だった。 |trans-title=Music of "MOTHER" was a demon |url=http://www.1101.com/MOTHER_music/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714020027/http://www.1101.com/MOTHER_music/index.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=July 5, 2014 |work=1101.com |language=japanese}}</ref>

==Discography== {{See also|The Beatniks (band)}} === with Hachimitsu-Pie ===

* ''Sentimental Dohri'' ({{nihongo2|センチメンタル通り}} "Sentimental Street")(1973) * ''Beibyilon (Baby-Lon)'' (2017, Morio Agata & Hachimitsu-Pie)

=== with Moonriders === # ''MOONRIDERS'' (1977) # ''Istanbul mambo'' (1977) # ''NOUVELLES VAGUES'' (1978) # ''MODERN MUSIC'' (1979) # ''CAMERA EGAL STYLO'' (1980) # ''Aozora Hyakkei'' ({{nihongo2|青空百景}} "100 spectacular views of the blue sky") (1982) # ''MANIA MANIÈRA'' (1982) # ''AMATEUR ACADEMY'' (1984) # ''ANIMAL INDEX'' (1985) # ''DON'T TRUST OVER THIRTY'' (1986) # ''Christ, Who's gonna die first?'' ({{nihongo2|最後の晩餐}})(1991) # ''A.O.R.'' (1992) # ''Moonriders No Yoru'' ({{nihongo2|ムーンライダーズの夜}} "Night of the Moonriders")(1995) # ''Bizarre Music For You'' (1996) # ''GetsuMen Sanka'' ({{nihongo2|月面賛歌}} "Lunar anthem")(1998) # ''dis-covered'' (1999) # ''Dire Morons TRIBUNE'' (2001) # ''P.W Babies Paperback'' (2005) # ''MOON OVER the ROSEBUD'' (2006) # ''Tokyo7'' (2009) # ''Ciao!'' (2011) # ''it's the moooonriders'' (2022)

=== The SUZUKI (with his brother Hirobumi Suzuki)=== * The Suzuki meets GREAT SKIFFLE AUTREY（1990） * The Suzuki ’95（1995） * The Suzuki meets 栗コーダーカルテット（1998）

=== No Lie-Sense (with Keralino Sandorovich) === * First Suicide Note (2013) * JAPAN'S PERIOD (2016) * 駄々録〜Dadalogue (2020)

=== Controversial Spark === * After Intermission (2019)

=== Suzuki-Matsuwo (with Kiyonori Matsuo)=== * One Hit Wonder（2023）

===Solo studio albums===

* Hyi No Tama Boy {{nihongo||火の玉ボーイ}} (1976, Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders) * S.F. (1978), (宇宙からの物体X) *''Suzuki White-Report'' {{nihongo||Suzuki白書}} (1991) *''Tokyo Taro Is Living in Tokyo'' (1993, as Tokyo Taro) *''Satelliteserenade'' (1994) – as Suzuki K1 >> 7.5cc *''Yes, Paradise, Yes | M.R.B.S.''(1999) – as Suzuki K1 >> 7.5cc *''No.9'' (2004) – with Moonriders *''Captain Hate & First Mate Love'' {{nihongo||ヘイト船長とラヴ航海士}} (2008) *''Pirate Radio, Seasick''' {{nihongo||シーシック・セイラーズ登場!}} (2009) *''In Retrospective'' {{nihongo||ヘイト船長回顧録 ラヴ航海士抄}} (2011) *''Keiichi Suzuki: Music for Films and Games'' (2010, Soundtracks Compilation) *''Records and Memories'' (2015) *''Mother Music Revisited'' (2021)

===Video games=== {|class="wikitable" !Title !Notes |- |''EarthBound Beginnings/Mother''||with Hirokazu Tanaka |- |''EarthBound/Mother 2''||with Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno |- |''Real Sound: Kaze no Regret''|| |- |''Mother 1+2''||with Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno |- |''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''|| rowspan="3" scope="row" | Original game supervisor |- |''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U'' |- |''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' |}

==Filmography== ===Film=== * ''Swallowtail Butterfly'' (1996) * ''Uzumaki'' (2000) * ''The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi'' (2003)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/1222/|title= 座頭市|access-date= 13 June 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Tokyo Godfathers'' (2003) * ''Chicken Heart'' (2009) * ''For the Plasma'' (2014) * ''His'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/91620/|title= his|access-date= 10 May 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Last Letter'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=ラストレター |url=https://eiga.com/movie/89607/ |access-date=April 27, 2021|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Just Remembering'' (2022), Nagura<ref>{{cite web |title=ちょっと思い出しただけ |url=https://eiga.com/movie/95695/ |access-date=November 1, 2021|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Call Me Chihiro'' (2023), old musician<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97680/|title= ちひろさん|access-date= October 31, 2022|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Plastic'' (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99455/|title= PLASTIC|access-date= May 27, 2023|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Kyrie'' (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99319/|title= キリエのうた|access-date= July 13, 2023|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Ghost Cat Anzu'' (2024), buddhist monk (voice)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101298/|title= 化け猫あんずちゃん|access-date= May 8, 2024|work= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Paradise of Solitude'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102375/|title= 孤独な楽園|access-date= 13 June 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Gosh!!'' (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102516/|title= THE オリバーな犬、(Gosh!!)このヤロウ MOVIE|access-date= 18 November 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues'' (2025), Takuo<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101064/|title= BAUS 映画から船出した映画館|access-date= 2 January 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''1st Kiss'' (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102255/|title= ファーストキス 1ST KISS|access-date= 4 March 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Spirit World'' (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102499/|title= SPIRIT WORLD スピリットワールド|access-date= 30 May 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>

===Television=== * ''Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses'' (2021), Shimura<ref>{{cite web |title=オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮 |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/431859 |work=Natalie |accessdate=June 28, 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{musicbrainz artist|id=67b19c85-8b85-460b-99f6-c78d3f921e88|name=Keiichi Suzuki}} *{{IMDb name|0840608|Keiichi Suzuki}} *{{Discogs artist|artist=Keiichi Suzuki|name=Keiichi Suzuki}} *[https://www.moonriders.com/ the Moonriders official website]

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