Tomohiko Kira

Tomohiko Kira (吉良 知彦) (December 6, 1959 – July 3, 2016) was a Japanese guitarist who led the band ZABADAK.

He also composed the original music for the 1988 cult horror film Evil Dead Trap,[1] and performed guitar on soundtracks of the role-playing video games Xenogears (1998) and Chrono Cross (1999), playing the opening and ending themes on the latter.

[2] He later recorded an album with the singer of the ending theme from Chrono Cross, Noriko Mitose.

[3] He also composed the opening theme for the TV anime Spice and Wolf (2008) and provided backing vocals in the chorus.

He died on July 3, 2016,[6] 3 months after playing at a 30th anniversary concert.