Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
Biography
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (光吉 猛修, Mitsuyoshi Takenobu; born December 25, 1967) is a Japanese composer of video game music, singer, and video game voice actor. He has composed music for various games produced by Sega, including Virtua Fighter 2 and Shenmue. He first gained major recognition after the release of Daytona USA, for which he wrote music and personally sang vocals. He also recorded live orchestras for the arcade games Derby Owners Club, World Club Champion Football, and Star Horse. Aside from original compositions, he also arranges, provides vocals, and is a performer for various projects, including S.S.T from 1988 to 1993, and [H.] from 2004 onwards. He is well-known for voicing the character Kage-Maru in the Virtua Fighter franchise. His younger brother, Kenji Mitsuyoshi (光吉 賢司, Mitsuyoshi Kenji), is a manga artist and member of the artist-writer duo Ark Performance along with Kōichi Ishikawa.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
95 releases · 14 albums · active 1992–2026
- Performance · 261
- Other credits · 65
- Engineering · 10
- Production · 7
Studios: Sega Digital Studio · ALFA Studio A · Light Studio · Mit Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Takayuki Nakamura
- Various
- "Hiroshi ""Hiro"" Kawaguchi"
- S.S.T. Band
- Christopher Just
- A-One (6)
- Wave Master, Inc.
- Chris Hülsbeck