Hidenori Shoji

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Hidenori Shoji
Date of birth: 1975-01-07[1] (age 49)
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Role(s): Musician
Education: 東京製図専門学校[3]
Twitter: @marusho_service

Hidenori Shoji (庄司 英徳) is a Japanese video game composer, guitarist and sound designer employed by Sega since 1996, beginning in the AM2 department. He is best known for directing the music for the Ryu ga Gotoku (aka Yakuza) series and several Super Monkey Ball games, but is also notable for his work on Fighting Vipers 2, the Spikeout franchise, F-Zero GX/AX and Binary Domain.

Frequently worked with Toshihiro Nagoshi and his usual team, including musicians Haruyoshi Tomita, Yuri Fukuda, Chihiro Aoki and others. Hidenori is the younger brother of programmer/director Hiroaki Shoji.

Career

Hidenori Shoji began working for the Sega AM2 department's sound section in 1996 as a part-time job[2]. He was secured this job thanks to his brother[4] Hiroaki Shoji[5]. He was given a test period of 3 months, in which he was invited by Seiichiro Matsumura to create the name entry music for Sega Touring Car Championship[5]. He was promoted to full-time employee, and his debut as sound director was Fighting Vipers 2[2]. Shortly after its release, Sega AM11 spun out of AM2 and Shoji became one of its sound designers[2]. He continued with AM11's successors Sega Software R&D Dept. 4 and Amusement Vision on its various franchises, including Spikeout, Virtua Striker and Super Monkey Ball, as well as the Nintendo IP F-Zero GX/AX.

Outside of games, Hidenori Shoji had several social responsibilities at Amusement Vision. On the company's official website, he was the primary writer for the "heard" column, which shone a spotlight on music the members of Amusement Vision's sound team (and the occasional special guest) listened to. He was also the manager of the Amusement Vision Billiards Club (AVBC) and both the deputy manager and instructor of the company's guitar club[6].

With Amusement Vision being renamed New Entertainment R&D Dept. in 2004, Hidenori Shoji continued to work on the department's flagship new title Yakuza as sound director, and also established the series' tradition of featuring songs written by guests from elsewhere within Sega, such as Fumio Ito, who had also joined AM2 around 1996[7]. Shoji would then become subject to "Yakuza Purgatory"[8], working on almost yearly installments in the series from then on, besides some spin-offs games.

In 2005, Shoji was also a guest guitarist for the band [H.][9], later becoming a core member of the group for the following decade.

During a transition period in the early 2010's, following former Family Entertainment sound staff working on console games, Hidenori Shoji returned to the arcades, contributing as guest to Code of Joker.

In 2018 he started contributing to some mobile games, most notably Ryu ga Gotoku Online and Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: Lost in Memories.

In 2020, Hidenori Shoji and producer Daisuke Sato were awarded with the Dramatic Sound Award by PlayStation Game Music, for their work on Yakuza 3[10]. In 2022 Shoji and Chihiro Aoki won the same award again for Judgment[4].

He made his debut on the Sonic series in 2023 with Sonic Superstars.

Production history

Games

Music

Song credits

Main article: Hidenori Shoji/Song credits.

Fighting Vipers 2

  • Beginning — Music & Arrangement
  • As you choose — Music & Arrangement
  • Under the Sun — Music & Arrangement
  • Burning Bear — Music & Arrangement
  • Inspire — Music & Arrangement
  • Ravin' — Music & Arrangement
  • Deeper — Music & Arrangement
  • Good Noise — Music & Arrangement
  • 3rd Signal — Music & Arrangement
  • Brain Cleanser — Music & Arrangement
  • L.S.D. — Music & Arrangement
  • Night Call — Music & Arrangement
  • Tripback — Music & Arrangement
  • Poker Face — Music & Arrangement
  • UFO Diner — Arrangement
  • Don't forget first resolution — Music & Arrangement
  • Be Cool — Music & Arrangement
  • Non Stop Bass — Music & Arrangement
  • Insert Coin — Music & Arrangement
  • Game is Over — Music & Arrangement
  • Master cat in neighborhood — Music & Arrangement
  • Service Games — Music & Arrangement
  • Beginning -Remix version- — Music & Arrangement
  • L.S.D. -Remix version- — Music & Arrangement
  • Hopping Jam -Not Use- — Music & Arrangement

Spikeout: Digital Battle Online

  • Red - Co-Produced (with Shunsuke Suzuki)
  • Relax - Co-Produced (with Shunsuke Suzuki)

Slash Out

  • Unbalance — Music & Arrangement
  • Jawbone — Music & Arrangement
  • Associate or Enemy — Music & Arrangement
  • As you choose3 — Music & Arrangement
  • First Battle — Music & Arrangement
  • RED -mode II- — Music & Arrangement
  • Gravestone — Music & Arrangement
  • incarnation — Music & Arrangement
  • 1480F5 — Music & Arrangement
  • 2nd Orbit — Music & Arrangement
  • Big Rhythm — Music & Arrangement
  • Black & Silver — Music & Arrangement
  • the low — Music & Arrangement
  • d.t.'s — Music & Arrangement
  • Day of lake — Music & Arrangement
  • Into the chaos — Music & Arrangement
  • Machinery Beats — Music & Arrangement
  • Love Song — Music & Arrangement
  • Nebula — Music & Arrangement
  • Blue Winter — Music & Arrangement
  • I/R — Music & Arrangement
  • FATE — Music & Arrangement
  • FAKE — Music & Arrangement
  • FACE — Music & Arrangement
  • to Next Level — Music & Arrangement
  • Said so — Music & Arrangement
  • Rest your sword — Music & Arrangement
  • Party is over — Music & Arrangement

Super Monkey Ball

  • Jungle Stage — Music & Arrangement
  • Extra Stages — Music & Arrangement
  • Credits — Music & Arrangement
  • Monkey Target — Music & Arrangement
  • Small War — Music & Arrangement

Ei-Ei-Poo!

  • エイエイプー! - Music
  • アイアイのぐるぐるグルーヴ大冒険 ~Super Monkey Ball Non-stop dream~ - Music (with Haruyoshi Tomita)

Super Monkey Ball 2

  • Dance With Bananas - Music & Arrangment
  • As You Choose "True" - Music & Arrangment
  • As You Choose "Third" - Music & Arrangment
  • Jungle Cruise - Music & Arrangment
  • Deep Sea - Music & Arrangment
  • Fat Boy - Music & Arrangment
  • Volcanic Crater - Music & Arrangment
  • Mutator - Music & Arrangment
  • Star On The Black - Music & Arrangment
  • Super Spin - Music & Arrangment
  • Feel Our Pain - Music & Arrangment
  • From Radio - Music & Arrangment
  • Kingdom - Music & Arrangment
  • Beginner Boat - Music & Arrangment
  • S.T.F. - Music & Arrangment
  • Small War - Music & Arrangment
  • Funky Techno - Music & Arrangment
  • Just 7sec - Music & Arrangment
  • SMB League - Music & Arrangment
  • Take Over - Music & Arrangment
  • Spot Light - Music & Arrangment
  • Greatest Monkey - Music & Arrangment
  • Descend Chord Music - Music & Arrangment
  • Descend Chord Music EX. - Music & Arrangment
  • Eternal - Music & Arrangment
  • Source Direct - Music & Arrangment
  • Thin Tea - Music & Arrangment
  • S1A_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S1A_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S1A_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S1A_SNG4 - Music & Arrangment
  • S1B_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S1B_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S1B_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG4 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG5 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG6 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG7 - Music & Arrangment
  • S2_SNG8 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG4 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG5 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG6 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG7 - Music & Arrangment
  • S3_SNG8 - Music & Arrangment
  • S4_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S4_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S4_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S4_SNG4 - Music & Arrangment
  • S4_SNG5 - Music & Arrangment
  • S4_SNG6 - Music & Arrangment
  • S4_SNG7 - Music & Arrangment
  • S5_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S5_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S5_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S5_SNG4 - Music & Arrangment
  • S5_SNG5 - Music & Arrangment
  • S5_SNG6 - Music & Arrangment
  • S5_SNG7 - Music & Arrangment
  • S6_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S6_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S6_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S7_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S7_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S7_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S7_SNG4 - Music & Arrangment
  • S7_SNG5 - Music & Arrangment
  • S7_SNG6 - Music & Arrangment
  • S8_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S8_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S9_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S9_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S10_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • S10_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment
  • S10_SNG3 - Music & Arrangment
  • S10_SNG5 - Music & Arrangment
  • SLAST_SNG1 - Music & Arrangment
  • SLAST_SNG2 - Music & Arrangment

F-Zero GX

  • F-Zero TV Opening (インタビューイン) — Music & Arrangement
  • Brain Cleaner (リプレイ) — Music & Arrangement
  • As you choose "3rd" (メインセレクター) — Music & Arrangement
  • Short Pre-View (コースビュー1) — Music & Arrangement
  • Paper Engine (アウタースペース) — Music & Arrangement
  • Feel Our Pain (ファイアフィールド) — Music & Arrangement
  • One Ahead System (コスモターミナル) — Music & Arrangement
  • Shotgun Kiss (ベガスパレス) — Music & Arrangement
  • The Fall (リタイア) — Music & Arrangement
  • Your Garage (ショップ) — Music & Arrangement
  • No Time (ゲームオーバー) — Music & Arrangement
  • Feather (カスタマイズ) — Music & Arrangement
  • Refresh Time (キャラプロフィール) — Music & Arrangement
  • Step 70's (オプション) — Music & Arrangement
  • Long Pre-View (コースビュー2) — Music & Arrangement
  • 8 Guitars (サンドオーシャン) — Music & Arrangement
  • Like a Snake (ポートタウン) — Music & Arrangement
  • Planet Colors (グリーンプラント) — Music & Arrangement
  • ZEN (エアロポリス) — Music & Arrangement
  • For the Glory -feat. Mute City's Theme- (ミュートシティ) — Music & Arrangement
  • Osc-Sync Carnival (ライトニング) — Music & Arrangement
  • Infinite Blue (ビッグブルー) — Music & Arrangement
  • Hurrah for the Champion (ウィニングラン) — Music & Arrangement
  • Cover of Mute City's Theme (アイテムソング2) — Arrangement
  • Cover of Big Blue's Theme (アイテムソング2) — Arrangement
  • Cover of Red Canyon's Theme (ストーリー#2) — Arrangement
  • Night of Big Blue (ストーリー#4) — Arrangement
  • Time for Kill (ストーリー#6) — Music & Arrangement
  • Emperor Breath (ストーリー#8) — Music & Arrangement
  • DIZZY (ファントムロード) — Music & Arrangement
  • 2sec (ミッションクリア) — Music & Arrangement
  • Finish to Go (フィニッシュ) — Music & Arrangement
  • Respect to "Result Theme of F-Zero" (スタッフロール) — Arrangement
  • Wings for My Way (GXアドバタイズ) — Music & Arrangement
  • F-Zero TV Ending (インタビューアウト) — Music & Arrangement

F-Zero AX

  • U-Rays (チュートリアル) — Music & Arrangement
  • Wings for My Way -ver. AX- (GXアドバタイズ) — Music & Arrangement
  • Raise a curtain (カードチェック) — Music & Arrangement
  • Stereo Signal (パイロットポイントリザルト) — Music & Arrangement
  • Flags (フラグオープン) — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza

  • Service Games 2005 — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive You — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
  • 龍の嘶き — Music & Arrangement
  • Unrest — Music & Arrangement
  • Blow to the City — Music & Arrangement
  • Funk Goes On — Music & Arrangement
  • Scarlet Scar — Music & Arrangement
  • Intelligence for Violence — Music & Arrangement
  • id — Music & Arrangement
  • Pray Me — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive You the Prototype — Music & Arrangement
  • Turning Point — Music & Arrangement
  • Amazing Grace ~Quartet Arrange~ — Arrangement
  • Poison Pill — Music & Arrangement
  • Hideout — Music & Arrangement
  • Singin' Bass — Music & Arrangement
  • Clear Starlit Sky — Music & Arrangement
  • Coming to My Life — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive You ~Remix Version~ — Music & Arrangement
  • Extract Medley from Original Score — Music & Arrangement (with Fumio Ito & Yuri Fukuda)
  • 黒い意識 — Music & Arrangement
  • 堂島殺害 — Music & Arrangement
  • 悪事 — Music & Arrangement
  • 人の想い — Music & Arrangement
  • シリアス — Music & Arrangement
  • 衝撃の事実 — Music & Arrangement
  • 緊急幹部会 — Music & Arrangement
  • チャイニーズマフィア — Music & Arrangement
  • スターダスト — Music & Arrangement
  • 作戦会議 — Music & Arrangement
  • シリアス・カスタマイズ1 — Music & Arrangement
  • 緊急事態 — Music & Arrangement
  • 追っ手 — Music & Arrangement
  • 一色即発 — Music & Arrangement
  • 光明・カスタマイズ2 — Music & Arrangement
  • 惨状 — Music & Arrangement
  • 近江連合の狙い — Music & Arrangement
  • 推理 — Music & Arrangement
  • 前ぶれ2 — Music & Arrangement
  • 龍と鯉 — Music & Arrangement
  • スペシャルバトル — Music & Arrangement

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

  • Who are You 2006 Arrange Ver. — Guitars

Yakuza 2

  • Service Games 2006 — Music & Arrangement
  • As a man, As a brother — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement, Vocals
  • 双龍の嘶き — Music & Arrangement
  • Push Me Under Water — Music & Arrangement
  • Outlaw's Lullaby — Music & Arrangement
  • Bad Fortune Flower — Music & Arrangement
  • 散るは刹那 — Music & Arrangement
  • Silent Night, Holy Night ~Arrange Version~ — Arrangement
  • 神室雪月花 — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
  • 飲ませコール — Music & Arrangement
  • Adam's Champagnecall — Music & Arrangement

OutRun 2 SP (PS2 Version)

  • Passing Breeze [H.] Arrange Ver. — Guitars

Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!

  • 祖龍の嘶き — Music & Arrangement
  • Mirroring Oneself — Music & Arrangement
  • Non Blade Sword — Music & Arrangement
  • Takumi — Music & Arrangement
  • Blood Maker — Music & Arrangement
  • Brand-new Japanesque — Music & Arrangement
  • dive to the mess — Music & Arrangement
  • Dance Music from Ancient Japan — Music & Arrangement
  • 100 Execution — Music & Arrangement
  • Immorality — Music & Arrangement
  • Dull Color Fangs — Music & Arrangement
  • For Will — Music & Arrangement
  • Sneakin' Drive — Music & Arrangement
  • baile con la mariposa — Music & Arrangement
  • 志士の奏でる調べ — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza 3

  • Fly — Music & Arrangement
  • Howl of the Dragon God — Music & Arrangement
  • Dead Run — Music & Arrangement
  • Bruise — Music & Arrangement
  • Ryu-Kyu Humming — Music & Arrangement
  • Crush & Strike — Music & Arrangement
  • D 2 A — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
  • Takumi 2009 — Music & Arrangement
  • Encounter the Dragon — Music & Arrangement
  • Skirmish — Music & Arrangement
  • Underground Dazzling Star — Music & Arrangement
  • End Point — Music & Arrangement
  • Pure Malice — Music & Arrangement
  • Independence for Violence — Music & Arrangement
  • Illtreatment — Music & Arrangement
  • Clay Doll on the Cradle — Music & Arrangement
  • More Huge — Music & Arrangement
  • FM-Sound's Storm — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive and Stab You — Music & Arrangement
  • Ogre Has Returned — Music & Arrangement
  • Lyricism Without Tears — Music & Arrangement
  • The Dragon God's Gospel — Arrangement
  • 神室雪月花 ~桐生 大熱唱版~ — Lyrics, Music [NOTE: Also known as "Beautiful Seasons In Kamuro"]
  • Tears of Father ~Overseas Edition~ — Arrangement

Yakuza 4

  • For Faith — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
  • 嘶かぬ龍 — Music & Arrangement
  • Skirmish "Another" — Music & Arrangement
  • Underground Dazzling Star "Neo" — Music & Arrangement
  • Underground Dazzling Star "Mashup" — Music & Arrangement
  • Speed Star — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive and Bite You — Music
  • The Myth — Music & Arrangement
  • Smile Venomously — Music & Arrangement
  • Criminal Delights — Music & Arrangement
  • Material Delights — Music & Arrangement
  • Geist Obscuration — Music & Arrangement
  • Four Face — Music & Arrangement
  • Four Faith — Music & Arrangement
  • For Face — Music & Arrangement
  • For Faith (Instruments) — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive You the Ballad — Music & Arrangement
  • マイ・ヒーロー — Music & Arrangement
  • Boxcelios — Music & Arrangement
  • Get to the Top! ~森 摩耶~ — Music & Arrangement
  • Get to the Top! ~一木 千洋~ — Music & Arrangement
  • Get to the Top! ~愛原 エレナ~ — Music & Arrangement
  • Get to the Top! ~~ — Music & Arrangement
  • 乙女色my life — Music & Arrangement

Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou

  • Die anyway — Music & Arrangement
  • Kingdom of the massacre — Music & Arrangement
  • Underground Dazzling "Ghost" — Music
  • Skirmish "Diablo" — Music

Sega Sound Unit [H.] 1st Album

  • 神室雪月花 -[H.]特別バージョン-(龍が如く2) — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement

Yakuza 5

  • Hailstorm — Music & Arrangement
  • I believe in you — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive and Slash You — Music & Arrangement
  • Christmas Night Raid — Music & Arrangement
  • 36 Strings Nocturne — Music & Arrangement
  • Couleur d'une jeune fille — Music & Arrangement
  • Dawn of GunRhein — Music & Arrangement
  • Enormous Gun Salutes — Music & Arrangement
  • Hostile Gaze — Music & Arrangement
  • Boxcelios Forever — Music & Arrangement
  • Arrow of Indra — Music & Arrangement
  • True Valhalla — Music & Arrangement
  • A Barrage — Music & Arrangement
  • The Deluge — Music & Arrangement
  • All Clear Results — Music & Arrangement

Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!

  • 乱れ四華花 — Music & Arrangement
  • Innocence for Violence — Music & Arrangement
  • ホムラミチ — Music & Arrangement
  • 剣理とは — Music & Arrangement
  • 閑と乱 — Music & Arrangement
  • As a man, As a brave — Music (with Chihiro Aoki)
  • 山茶花の散る前に — Music & Arrangement
  • 月虹虫 — Music & Arrangement
  • 鋼血相愛 — Music & Arrangement
  • 悲剣 — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive You The Archetype — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive and Doubt You — Music (with Keitaro Hanada)
  • 維新ノ詩 — Music & Arrangement
  • 維新ノ唄 — Music & Arrangement
  • La Muerte Del Gobierno — Music & Arrangement
  • 優美に燃ゆ — Music & Arrangement
  • 〜相見えし宿敵〜 — Music & Arrangement
  • 龍馬、死すべし — Music & Arrangement
  • 浅葱四重奏 — Music & Arrangement
  • 菩殺 — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza 0

  • 幼龍の嘶き — Music & Arrangement
  • Pandora's Place — Music & Arrangement
  • Force Addiction — Music & Arrangement
  • Parry Addiction — Music & Arrangement
  • Crash Addiction — Music & Arrangement
  • Get Them — Music & Arrangement
  • Unrestful — Music & Arrangement
  • Fatal Conflict — Music & Arrangement
  • Ultimate Road Rage — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive You 〜Tech Trance Arrange〜 — Music & Arrangement
  • Customer Creed — Music & Arrangement
  • One-Eyed Assassin — Music & Arrangement
  • One-Eyed Slugger — Music & Arrangement
  • One-Eyed Dancer — Music & Arrangement
  • TAKUMI 1988 — Music
  • ON THE EDGE — Music & Arrangement
  • Growling Hound — Music & Arrangement
  • Wounded Hound — Music & Arrangement
  • Receive You The Subtype — Music & Arrangement
  • t u s k — Music & Arrangement
  • Misery Comes On Beat — Music & Arrangement
  • 怨魔の契り — Music & Arrangement
  • 閻魔の誓い — Music & Arrangement
  • Firelight — Music & Arrangement
  • With Vengeance — Music & Arrangement
  • Archnemesis — Music & Arrangement
  • Two Dragons — Music & Arrangement
  • Reign — Music & Arrangement (with Mari Yoshida)
  • Rocket Nuts Groove — Music & Arrangement
  • イメージビデオ "Hot Girl" — Music & Arrangement
  • イメージビデオ "Charming Girl" — Music & Arrangement
  • イメージビデオ "Glamorous Girl" — Music & Arrangement
  • イメージビデオ "Cute Girl" — Music & Arrangement
  • JUDGEMENT-審判- (Full Spec Edition) — Music & Arrangement
  • JUDGEMENT-審判- — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza Kiwami

  • 極龍の嘶き — Music & Arrangement
  • 極龍の胎動 — Music & Arrangement
  • Renewed Unrest — Music & Arrangement
  • Funk Goes On — Music
  • Flirt With Bomb — Music & Arrangement
  • Scarlet Scar by Fierce Tiger — Music
  • Ideal For Violence — Music
  • キワメシトキ — Music & Arrangement
  • The End Of The Dogma — Music & Arrangement
  • Pray Me -Revive- — Music & Arrangement
  • Recieve You the madtype — Music
  • Virtical Point — Music
  • Ogre Has Reborn — Music & Arrangement
  • 誰がために・改 — Arrangement
  • TAKUMI 2016 — Music
  • Amusing Octagon — Music & Arrangement
  • Ruthless Octagon — Music & Arrangement
  • オトメタルmy life[Full Spec Edition] — Music

Code of Joker

  • Electronic brain (チュートリアルバトルBGM) — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

  • Bishop-Violet Velveteen — Music & Arrangement
  • Bloodstained Philosophy — Music & Arrangement
  • Sneak into the Pandemonium — Music & Arrangement
  • Theme of HAMATSU — Music & Arrangement
  • 尾道大漁節 — Music & Arrangement
  • Into The Light Shaft — Music & Arrangement
  • Make Your Clan — Music & Arrangement

Judgement

  • Random Fire — Music & Arrangement
  • Drumfire — Music & Arrangement
  • The Summary — Music & Arrangement
  • gloom — Music & Arrangement
  • Last Summary — Music & Arrangement
  • 死神の答え — Music & Arrangement
  • Penumbra — Music & Arrangement

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD

  • skies — Music & Arrangement

Interviews

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