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Shinji Hosoe
細江 慎治
Also known asMEGATEN
SamplingMasters MEGA
Born (1967-02-28) February 28, 1967 (age 57)
Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • musician
  • producer
Instruments
  • Piano
  • synthesizer
Years active1987–present
LabelsTroubadour Records
SuperSweep
Associated actsAyako 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[]

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  • Dragon Spirit (1987)
  • Final Lap (1987)
  • Quester (1987)
  • Assault (1988) – with Kazuo Noguchi
  • Metal Hawk (1988) – with Kazuo Noguchi
  • Ordyne (1988)
  • Wanderers from Jumpper (1989) - "Fa Dato Henyo"
  • 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 and Takayuki Aihara
  • 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
  • Attack of the Zolgear (1994) – with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki
  • Cyber Commando (1994) - with Akihiko Ishikawa and Hiroto Sasaki
  • Tekken (PlayStation version) (1995) – arrangements with various composers
  • 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 various composers
  • 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 various composers
  • Driving Emotion Type-S (2001) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
  • Technic Beat (2002) – with various composers
  • 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 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 Ayako Saso, Yousuke Yasui, Masashi Yano, Norihiro Furukara and Takayuki Aihara
  • Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) – with Kenji Ito, Yasunori Mitsuda, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Yōko Shimomura
  • Super Dragon Ball Z (2006)
  • Folklore (2007) – with Kenji Kawai, Ayako Saso and Hiroto Saitoh
  • DJMax Portable Black Square (2008) – with various composers
  • Let's Tap (2008) – with various composers
  • Impetuth (2008) – with Shoichiro Sakamoto
  • Tekken 6 (2009) – with various composers
  • 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009)
  • Fate/Extra (2010) – Original Sound Track
  • DJMax Portable 3 (2010) – with various composers
  • Otomedius Excellent (2011) – with various composers
  • DJMax Technika 3 (2011) – with various composers
  • DJMax Technika Tune (2012) – with various composers
  • Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (2012)
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2012) – with various composers
  • maimaiPLUS (2013)
  • Tekken Revolution (2013) – with various composers
  • No Game No Life (2014) – with Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi, and Fumihisa Tanaka
  • Protect Me Knight 2 (2014) – with Yuzo Koshiro, Hisayoshi Ogura, Motoaki Furukawa, and Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  • 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 various composers
  • DJMax Respect (2017) – with various composers
  • Pokémon Quest (2018) – with Teruo Taniguchi, Takahiro Eguchi, and Fumihisa Tanaka
  • Fighting EX Layer (2018) – with various composers

References[]

  1. "Ridge Racer, 15 años a toda velocidad". Meristation. February 5, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2011. {{cite web}}:
  2. Greening, Chris (January 2010). "Interview with Shinji Hosoe". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved June 11, 2011. {{cite web}}:
  3. "RocketBaby's interview with Shinji Hosoe". RocketBaby. 2002. {{cite web}}:

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