Discography
updated on 9 October 2004
 
Solo Albums
Japanese Taiko (2004) - Joji Hirota & the Taiko drummers

ARC Music / EUCD1885

1. Harvest (Joji Hirota)
2. Pageant (Joji Hirota)
3. Haru-Ichiban (Joji Hirota)
4. Musashi Mai Uchi (trad., arranged by Joji Hirota)
5. Hokkai II (Joji Hirota)
6. Chido-setsu [Copernican theory, heliocentric theory (planets revolve around the sun)] (Joji Hirota)
7. Suisei-Hanabi [Comet - Fire Works - Shooting Star] (Joji Hirota)
8. Heart Beat (Joji Hirota)
9. Yuki Jizoh [An old tale] (Joji Hirota)
The Gate ~ Japanese Edition (2002) - Joji Hirota
The Gate Japanese Edition
Toshiba EMI / VJCP-68423
 1. San Sui
2. Esashi Oiwake
3. Profoundly
4. The Bird
5. Kokiriko Melody
6. Reminiscences II
7. Komori Uta
8. The Summer Ends
9. The Prayer
10.Lullaby From Takeda
11.The Gate
The Gate (1999) - Joji Hirota
The Gate
Real World / CDRW82
http://www.realworldrecords.com/
1. Reminiscences II
2. Esashi Oiwake
3. Hiten, Ryu And The Pageants Compete
4. Komori Uta
5. Profoundly
6. Kokiriko Melody
7. Hokkai
8. Lullaby From Takeda
9. The Gate
Rain Forest Dream (1990) - Joji Hirota

Rain Forest Dream
Saydisk / CD-SDL 384

1. Ubiquity
2. Purple Spring
3. Celebration of Harvest
4. Malaysian Image
5. Satellite Express
6. Rain Forest Dream
7. Demon Dance
8. Pacific Samba
The Wheel of Fortune (1981) - Joji Hirota

The Wheel of Fortune
Inner City / IC 1127

1. Sublimation
2. The Sunlight Peak
3. Water Dragon
4. Reminiscence
5. Pure Joy
6. A Song Soars Tomorrow
7. Dreams of Silver River
8. Fire Dragon
9. Celestial Voice
10. The Wheel of Fortune
Sahasurara (1976) - George Hirota

Sahasurara
King Records / SKD 1035

1. The Ancient Consciousness of Evil Spirit
2. Process of Cloud
3. A Point of Contact
4. A Billion Years' Memory
5. The Law of Causality
6. Sahasurara - Sunrise
Collaborations
Taiko to Tabla (2004) - Joji Hirota, Pete Lockett

ARC Music / EUCD1856

1. Kokiriko-Bushi (arr. Hirota/Lockett)
2. Pageant II (Hirota/Lockett)
3. First Thoughts (Lockett)
4. Hisho (Hirota)
5. M'bira Dream (Hirota/Lockett)
6. Korvai on Chennai's Sandy Shore (Lockett/Hirota)
7. Invocation, from Past to Present (Hirota/Lockett)
8. Seventh Element of Glaciers (Lockett)
9. Chappa Chappa Ki-da-ta-ka (Lockett/Hirota)
10.Solan-Bushi (arr. Hirota/Lockett)
Taiko to Tabla : Live at the Bruges Festival 1998 - Joji Hirota & Pete Lockett
Taiko to Tabla

1. Tranquil Passages
2. Times Flowing
3. Reminiscence III
4. Kanzirazz
5. The Gradual Ascent
6. The Voice of Misram
7. Heartbeat II

Taiko to Tabla
Zoku / 999003
Red Ribbon (1994) - Guo Yue & Joji Hirota
Red Ribbon
Riverboat / TUGCD1010
http://www.worldmusic.net/

1. Goodbye Again
2. Beginning
3. Little Bird
4. Red Ribbon
5. Misty Lake
6. Pneuma (Exhalation)
7. Mountain Path
8. Element
9. Himalayas
Trísan (1993) - Trísan (Pól Brennan, Guo Yue & Joji Hirota)

Trisan
Real World / CDRW32
http://www.realworldrecords.com/

1. Triangle
2. Big Trouble In Old Ballymore e
3. May Yo I
4. Dragon
5. Mother And Son
6. Wintermoon
7. River of Life
8. Trí Le Chéile
Time and Tide : Missing Links Volume 3, Television and Library Music 1992-1997 (1997)
- Anthony Phillips & Joji Hirota
Time and Tide
Blueprint Records / BP272CD
http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/

1. Amazonas
2. Peruvian Plains
3. Manatee Garden
4. Turtle Race
5. Indio Wedding
6. Underwater Forest
7. Fiesta del Charangos
8. Slow Hand Sloth
9. River Chase
10. Sacred Kingdom
11. African Dream
12. Bedouin Train
13. Sandstorm
14. Kalahari March
15. SongoKu

16. Schuan Journey
17. Slow Boat To China
18. Back In The Land Of Dragons
19. Shadow Puppet
20. Sea Jewel
21. End Theme For Five
22. Minnow Dance
23. Sunken Galleons
24. Haunting The Dark Sea
25. Time And Tide
26. Okavanga
27. Under Desert Stars
28. Lost In A Desert Night
29. Blue Lagoons

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