* Film Sabtu Malam di [[TBS]]: ''Key Hunter'' dan ''[[G-Men '75]]''.
Kikuchi menyatakan pensiun dari karirkarier musik pada tahun 2017 karena sebuah penyakit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/ohayou/digest/2017/11/1114.html|title=昭和のアニメ音楽が再評価される理由|publisher=[[NHK]]|date=14 November 2017|accessdate=1 Mei 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117130724/https://www.nhk.or.jp/ohayou/digest/2017/11/1114.html|archivedate=17 November 2017|language=ja}}</ref> Pada 24 April 2021, Kikuchi meninggal pada usia 89 tahun saat dirawat karena [[pneumonia]] di sebuah rumah sakit di Tokyo.<ref>{{cite news|title=Komposer Serial Anime ‘Dragon Ball’ Shunsuke Kikuchi Meninggal Dunia|url=https://www.jawapos.com/entertainment/music-movie/30/04/2021/komposer-serial-anime-dragon-ball-shunsuke-kikuchi-meninggal-dunia/|work=JawaPos.com|date=30 April 2021|accessdate=30 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tutup Usia, 5 Fakta Shunsuke Kikuchi sang Komposer 'Dragon Ball'|url=https://akurat.co/tutup-usia-5-fakta-shunsuke-kikuchi-sang-komposer-dragon-ball|work=Akurat.co|date=30 April 2021|accessdate=30 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=「ドラえもん」作曲 菊池俊輔さん(弘前出身)死去|trans-title=Komposer "Doraemon" Shunsuke Kikuchi (dari Hirosaki) meninggal dunia|url=https://www.toonippo.co.jp/articles/-/509714|newspaper=[[The Tō-Ō Nippō Press]]|date=28 April 2021|accessdate=30 April 2021|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nandkeolyar|first=Karishma|title=‘Dragon Ball Z’ music composer Shunsuke Kikuchi dies|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/dragon-ball-z-music-composer-shunsuke-kikuchi-dies-1.1619598687741|newspaper=[[Gulf News]]|date=28 April 2021|accessdate=1 Mei 2021|language=en}}</ref>