What is interesting is that, Joe Hisaishi is a pseudonym named after Quincy Jones. As he became better known, Hisaishi formulated an alias inspired by American

What is interesting is that, Joe Hisaishi is a pseudonym named after Quincy Jones. As he became better known, Hisaishi formulated an alias inspired by American musician and composer Quincy Jones: "Quincy", pronounced "Kuinshī" in Japanese, can be written using the same kanji in "Hisaishi"; and "Joe" came from "Jones".[1] 久石譲 = Kyū Ishi Jō = Quincy Jones, as it were... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi