MDR Sound Production

Profile

Birthday: January 13

Blood type: B

Hometown: Hyogo Prefecture

Biography

Began playing the Electone at age 3 and received 12 years of music education until age 15.
From age 16, played keyboards in numerous bands.
Pursued diverse musical activities, including a group that performed using only sequencer sync—rare for amateurs at the time.

• 1997

  Prompted by a demo tape he submitted,
  joined the NOW PRODUCTION sound department as a composer and sound designer.
  Handled everything from music and sound effects to data authoring
  for Game Boy, SEGA Saturn, and PlayStation titles.
  Has worked on more than 50 game titles to date.

• 2001–

  Expanded into sound development for amusement machines (pachinko/pachislot),
  and has since been involved in composing and sound effects for more than 20 titles.

• 2001–2002

  Won numerous awards, including an Award of Excellence and a Special Award, at remix contests hosted by Rittor Music and SONY.
  Began working as a remixer/DJ, hosting club events
  and providing remixes for artists signed to Toshiba EMI, among others.

• 2003–

  Worked as a part-time engineer at a recording studio.
  Produced four indie albums as a recording and mixing engineer.

• 2007–

  As sound director for titles from ACTIVISION, a major overseas game publisher,
  led sound development for simultaneous development on five platforms (Wii/PS3/Xbox360/PSP/DS).
  Has handled three overseas multi-platform titles to date.

• 2010–

  Began game development using game engines such as Unity.
  Has developed sound for six titles to date.

• 2011–

  Appointed chief director for game and amusement machine sound
  at MDR Sound Production, a position he holds to this day.

Discography

• CR Dorasegu

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice, Sound Authoring

• Film "Sleepless Fashion"　Starring / Vic Chou, Vivian Hsu

  Soundtrack

• Transformers Prime

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice, Implementation Data

• GANG HOUND

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice

• Rapala for KINECT

  Sound Director, Sound Effects, Voice, Mixdown, Implementation Data

• Zoobles Spring to Life

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice, Implementation Data

• Squinkies2 Adventure Mall Surprise

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice, Implementation Data

• Little League Baseball Series

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice, Implementation Data

• Bakugan Defenders of the Core

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice, Implementation Data

• Bakugan Battle Brawlers

  Sound Director, Composition, Sound Effects, Voice, Implementation Data

• We Love Katamari

  Composition

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