Kentarō Haneda (羽田 健太郎, Haneda Kentarō; January 12, 1949 – June 2, 2007) was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken.
Haneda was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music, he taught as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He was best known as the composer of Wizardry—which was ported to NES and SNES console by Ascii at early 1990—, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series, Barefoot Gen, Ys Symphony, Symphony Sorcerian and Genso Suikoden Ongaku-shu.
He died of liver cancer on June 2, 2007, at the age of 58.
The Adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi (1977)
Kyoufu Densetsu Kaiki! Frankenstein (TV movie, 1981)
Thunderbirds 2086 (Scientific Rescue Team Technoboyger) (1982)
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982)
Super Dimension Century Orguss (1983)
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (TV movie, 1984)
Macross: Do You Remember Love? (film, 1984)
Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (film, 1985)
Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet (TV movie, 1986)
Prefectural Earth Defense Force (OVA, 1986, with Masahiru Komatsu)
Metal Armor Dragonar (1987, with Toshiyuki Watanabe)
Project A-ko 4: FINAL (OVA, 1989)
Mikeneko Holmes: The Lord of Ghost Castle (OVA, 1992)
Wizardry series (Famicom and Super Famicom ports)
Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger (2003)