Composer/Painter
8 ½ (Hachi kani bun no ichi) (1978-79), Halmens (1980), Guernica (1981-89), Netsuzo & Gansaku (Counterfeits & Forgeries) (1998-) and other bands, solo (1984-), participation in Ryuichi Sakamoto’s film music (1986-87). Koji is currently engaged in composing music and creating paintings while serving as a part-time lecturer at Tokyo’s prestigious - Nihon University College of Art’s Department of Film Studies.
+ FILMOGRAPHY click here for the page. | IMDb
+TVCM
- "QP Aeru Pasta Sauce Tarako" (2004)
- "DaimlerChrysler Japan Mercedes-Benz CLS" (2005)
- "NTT Communications" (2005)
- "Kirin Beverage Namacha" (2005)
- "Nissan Elgrand" (2007)
- "Coca-Cola (Japan) Co, Ltd. Ayataka" (2007)
- "Tokyo Disneyland" (2009)
- and numerous others...
+Commissioned Works
- "Six Divertissements for Marimba and Piano" (1988)
- "Sinfonietta Rurale" (1992)
- "Connotations for Six Players" (1993)
- "Saxophone Quartet" (1995)
- "Duel of Women for Koto Quartet" (1996)
- "Tranquility for Oboe and Guitar" (2000)
- "Quartetto Pastorale" for Recorder Quartet(2007)
- "Sasagani Hime" for Shakuhachi, 13 String Koto and 17 String Koto (2012)
- "Partita" for Meantone organ(2015)
"Suite Libertine" for Harpsichord(2018)
"Opus Americana" for Piano(2020)
+Incidental Music
- Shochiku Girls Kagekidan (1987)
- "Twelfth Night" (1988)
- "Cloud 9" (1988)
- "Dracul" (2007)
- "The House of the Spell" (2023)
- "Kamizu Kosuke: Crime in My High School Days"(2024)
+Exhibitions
- Abstract Painter Koji Ueno: "The Abstract Painter" , Billiken Gallery (2022)
- Art Event: "START!", Yokohama Industrial Trade Hall (2024)
- "Dialogue between Composer and Painter", billiken Gallery (2025)