Shinji Hosoe
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Shinji Hosoe 細江 慎治 | |
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| Also known as | MEGATEN SamplingMasters MEGA |
| Born | February 28, 1967 Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Troubadour Records SuperSweep |
| Associated acts | Ayako Saso Takayuki Aihara Nobuyoshi Sano |
Shinji Hosoe (細江 慎治, Hosoe Shinji, born February 28, 1967), also known as MEGATEN and SamplingMasters MEGA,[1] is a Japanese video game composer and musician most famous for scoring Ridge Racer, Street Fighter EX and many Namco arcade games between 1987 and 1996.[2] He also created the in-game music for Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. He was assisted by Yuki Kajiura on the project, though he did not return as a composer for Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra. He also runs the music production and publishing company SuperSweep, alongside long time collaborator Ayako Saso.
Outside of the video game industry he has a few side projects, most notably Sampling Masters and Oriental Magnetic Yellow (OMY), the latter of which is a parody band of Yellow Magic Orchestra he formed with fellow Namco composers Nobuyoshi Sano, Takayuki Aihara and Hiroto Sasaki.[3]
Works[]
- Dragon Spirit (1987)
- Final Lap (1987)
- Quester (1987)
- Assault (1988) – with Kazuo Noguchi
- Metal Hawk (1988) – with Kazuo Noguchi
- Ordyne (1988)
- Dirt Fox (1989)
- Final Lap 2 (1990)
- Pistol Daimyo no Bouken (1990) – with Seiichi Sakurai and Yoshie Takayanagi
- Dragon Saber (1990)
- Galaxian³: Project Dragoon (1990) – with Ayako Saso
- Starblade (1991)
- Fighter & Attacker (1992) – with Takayuki Aihara
- Cyber Sled (1993)
- Ridge Racer (1993) – with Ayako Saso and Nobuyoshi Sano
- Ridge Racer 2 (1994) – with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
- Galaxian³: Project Dragoon (Theater 6 version) (1994) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Attack of the Zolgear (1994) – with Ayako Saso
- Cyber Commando (1994) - with Akihiko Ishikawa and Hiroto Sasaki
- Tekken (PlayStation version) (1995) – arrangements with others, engineering
- Rave Racer (1995) – with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
- Cyber Cycles (1995) – "wind ride kids"
- Speed Racer (1995)
- Xevious 3D/G (1996) – with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki
- Tekken 2 (PlayStation version) (1996) – arrangements with others, engineering
- Street Fighter EX (1996) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Bushido Blade (1997) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Fighting Layer (1998) - sound effects
- Street Fighter EX2 (1998) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Tetris: The Grand Master (1998) – with Ayako Saso
- iS: internal section (1999) – with Ayako Saso
- Custom Robo (1999) – with Ayako Saso and Yasuhisa Watanabe
- Tetris the Absolute 2: The Grand Master (2000) – with Ayako Saso
- Custom Robo V2 (2000) – with Ayako Saso, Yasuhisa Watanabe and Yousuke Yasui
- Street Fighter EX3 (2000) – with Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara and Yasuhisa Watanabe
- Technictix (2001) – with others
- Driving Emotion Type-S (2001) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Technic Beat (2002) – with others
- Custom Robo GX (2002) – with Ayako Saso and Yasuhisa Watanabe
- Perfect Prince (2002) – with Hitoshi Sakimoto and Ayako Saso
- The Naruto: Clash of Ninja series
- Megaman Network Transmission (2003) – with Ayako Saso and Yousuke Yasui
- Xenosaga Freaks (2004) - with Ayako Saso, Masashi Yano and Keiichi Okabe
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004) – with Yuki Kajiura
- Mushihime-sama (2004) – with Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, and Manabu Namiki
- Ibara (2005)
- Under Defeat (2005)
- Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles (2005) – with others
- Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) – with others
- Super Dragon Ball Z (2006)
- Folklore (2007) – with Kenji Kawai, Ayako Saso and Hiroto Saitoh
- Tekken 6 (2007) – with others
- DJMax Portable Black Square (2008) – with others
- Let's Tap (2008) – with others
- Impetuth (2008) – with Shoichiro Sakamoto
- 3D Dot Game Heroes (2009) - with others
- 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009)
- Fate/Extra (2010)
- DJMax Portable 3 (2010) – with others
- Otomedius Excellent (2011) – with others
- DJMax Technika 3 (2011) – with others
- DJMax Technika Tune (2012) – with others
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (2012)
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2012) – with others
- maimaiPLUS (2013)
- Tekken Revolution (2013) – with others
- No Game No Life (2014) – with Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi, and Fumihisa Tanaka
- Protect Me Knight 2 (2014) – with others
- Adrift in a Cobalt Eternity (2016) – with Chris Huelsbeck, Manami Kiyota, and Lucas King
- Zero Time Dilemma (2016)
- Taboo-Tattoo (2016)
- Angels with Scaly Wings (2017) – with others
- DJMax Respect (2017) – with others
- Giga Wrecker (2017)[4]
- Pokémon Quest (2018) – with Teruo Taniguchi, Takahiro Eguchi, and Fumihisa Tanaka
- Fighting EX Layer (2018) – with others
- Tetris 99 (2019) – with others
- (2020) – with others
- Pac-Man 99 (2021) – with others
References[]
- ^ "Ridge Racer, 15 años a toda velocidad". Meristation. February 5, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- ^ Greening, Chris (January 2010). "Interview with Shinji Hosoe". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- ^ "RocketBaby's interview with Shinji Hosoe". RocketBaby. 2002.
- ^ "GIGA WRECKER", the latest title from Game Freak, is finally released!!
External links[]
- Official English website
- Megahan's Hell – Shinji Hosoe's blog (Japanese only)
- Super Sweep Records site (Japanese only)
- Shinji Hosoe at IMDb
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