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Composer Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2008 shows Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer of classical music works as well as scores for videogames, at his office in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Samuragochi had someone else write his pieces for over 10 years, including his best-known Hiroshima Symphony, a lawyer representing him said Feb. 5, 2014.

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Copyright watchdog annuls contract with disgraced composer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows composer Mamoru Samuragochi, whose works were penned by a ghostwriter. The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers said on Jan. 6, 2015, that it has annulled a contract to manage Samuragochi's rights.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - A sign language interpreter (front) accompanies Mamoru Samuragochi (back) at his press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after Samuragochi admitted he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him. Although there have been allegations that Samuragochi had also lied about his deafness, he asserted that he does have some hearing problems.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi (far R) apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Mamoru Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Samuragochi apologizes during a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2014, about a month after admitting he had employed a ghostwriter for years for a series of classical music works purported to have been composed by him.

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Apology letter from Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mamoru Samuragochi, who has been known as a deaf composer of classical music. Samuragochi sent a handwritten apology to media outlets on Feb. 12, 2014, for having long lied about pieces of music released under his name. A music lecturer said in early February that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Samuragochi for nearly 20 years.

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Apology letter from Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a handwritten apology from Mamoru Samuragochi, sent by his attorney via facsimile to Kyodo News on Feb. 12, 2014, for having long lied about pieces of classical music released under his name. A music lecturer said in early February that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Samuragochi for nearly 20 years.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki (R), a music lecturer, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, bites his lips during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, bows at the end of a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki (L), a music lecturer, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, bites his lips during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Ghostwriter for well-known Japanese composer

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niigaki, a music lecturer, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 6, 2014, the day after confessing that he has worked as a ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, a well-known Japanese composer, for nearly 20 years. At the press conference, Niigaki cast doubt over the composer's claim that he cannot hear.

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Works by deaf composer written by someone else

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in 2011, Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer of classical music, poses with a CD of Symphony No. 1 "Hiroshima". A lawyer for Samuragochi, dubbed a modern Beethoven by the media, said on Feb. 5, 2014, that the composer had someone else write his pieces for over 10 years, including "Hiroshima". Samuragochi is a Hiroshima native and the son of atomic bomb survivors.

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Composer Samuragochi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer of classical music works as well as scores for videogames. Samuragochi had someone else write his pieces for over 10 years, including his best-known Hiroshima Symphony, a lawyer representing him said Feb. 5, 2014.

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Composer involved in ghostwriter mess releases 1st own CD

Composer and pianist Takashi Niigaki poses in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2015, following the release of his first CD under his own name. He drew public attention a year ago after his revelation that he had been the ghostwriter of composer Mamoru Samuragochi for years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Deaf composer born of hibakusha parents releases Symphony Hiroshi

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Composer Mamoru Samuragochi, born of parents who were atomic-bomb survivors and who is deaf, shows the just released CD of his Symphony No. 1 ''HIROSHIMA'' on July 21, 2011, at a news conference in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. (Kyodo)

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Copyright watchdog annuls contract with disgraced composer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows composer Mamoru Samuragochi, whose works were penned by a ghostwriter. The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers said on Jan. 6, 2015, that it has annulled a contract to manage Samuragochi's rights. (Kyodo)