Chikako Kamatani

Chikako Kamatani
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Musician

Chikako Kamatani (鎌谷 千佳子) is a former Sega sound member employed from the late '80s to the early '90s who originally worked on the music for Mega Drive titles Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle and Mystic Defender and the Sega Game Toshokan title Pyramid Magic. She later shifted to Master System titles such as OutRun 3D, Danan: The Jungle Fighter and Golden Axe Warrior. She is credited for most of these by her alias, Tarnya.

Years after her last known Sega work, Kamatani joined Artoon and worked on Game Boy Advance title Pinobee: Wings of Adventure. She has since worked with her husband, Kazuhiko Nagai, on the Oshare Majo series.

Production history

• Teddy Boy Blues (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Sound Effects (as Tarnya)
• Gain Ground (Master System;
  1991) — Sound (as Tarnya)
• Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Sound Effects (as Tarnya)
• Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (Mega Drive;
  1989) — ターニャ (as Tarnya)
• Cyber Police ESWAT (Master System;
  1990) — Sound (as Tarnya)
• Mystic Defender (Mega Drive;
  1989) — All Songs Written by (as Tarnya)
• G-LOC: Air Battle (Master System;
  1992) — Sound (as Chikako)
• G-LOC: Air Battle (Game Gear;
  1990) — Sound (as Tarnya)
• 16t (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Special Thanks to (as Tarnya)
• Pyramid Magic III (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Sound Coordinate (as Tarnya)
• Golden Axe Warrior (Master System;
  1991) — Sound (as Tarnya)
• Pyramid Magic (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Sound Coordinate (as Tarnya)
• Pyramid Magic Special (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Sound Coordinate (as Tarnya)
• Pro Yakyuu Super League '91 (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Sound design (as Tarnya)
• Quiz Scramble Special (Mega-CD;
  1992) — Sound Work (as Tarnya)
• Doraemon: Yume Dorobou to 7 Nin no Gozans (Mega Drive;
  1993) — Assist
• Game no Kanzume Vol. 1 (Mega-CD;
  1994) — サウンド (as Tarnya)
• Game no Kanzume Vol. 1 (Mega-CD;
  1994) — Sound Coordinate (as Tarnya)

• Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise (1987)
• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1989)
• California Games (Master System Version) (1989)
• OutRun 3D (1989)
• Danan: The Jungle Fighter (1991)
• Pinobee: Wings of Adventure (2001) — Sound Designer (Development Staff)
• Oshare Majo Love and Berry (2004)

Song credits

Aztec Adventure: The Golden Road to Paradise

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Game Start — Music & Arrangement
• Forest — Music & Arrangement
• Valley — Music & Arrangement
• Desert — Music & Arrangement
• Wetlands — Music & Arrangement
• Ruins — Music & Arrangement
• Nazca — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Opening — Music & Arrangement
• Start — Music & Arrangement
• Vigna Town / Harappa Plains (Main Theme) — Arrangement
• Scopaco Cycle — Music & Arrangement
• Alto Sea — Music & Arrangement
• Petit-Copter — Music & Arrangement
• Lahore Desert / Pyramid Oasis — Music & Arrangement
• Kikori Forest / Rock Mountain — Music & Arrangement
• Pogo Stick — Music & Arrangement
• Sky Demon Castle — Music & Arrangement
• Honorable Meeting with the Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Marching Song — Music & Arrangement
• Win!! — Music & Arrangement
• Lose!! — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Epilogue — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Mystic Defender (Mega Drive Version)

• Opening — Music & Arrangement
• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Intro — Music & Arrangement
• Scene 1 — Music & Arrangement
• Scene Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Scene Start — Music & Arrangement
• Scene 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Scene 3 — Music & Arrangement
• Scene 4 — Music & Arrangement
• Scene 5 — Music & Arrangement
• Scene 6 — Music & Arrangement
• Scene Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

OutRun 3D

• Magical Sound Shower — Arrangement
• Shining Wind — Music & Arrangement
• Color Ocean — Music & Arrangement
• Midnight Highway — Music & Arrangement
• Last Wave — Arrangement

ESWAT (Master System Version)

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Wanted — Arrangement
• Round 1 — Arrangement
• Boss — Arrangement
• ESWAT — Arrangement
• Round 2 — Arrangement
• Round 3 — Arrangement
• Round 4 — Music & Arrangement
• Round 5 — Music & Arrangement
• Final Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Gain Ground (Master System Version)

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Round 1 — Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Round Clear — Arrangement
• Round 2 — Arrangement
• Round 3 — Arrangement
• Round 4 — Arrangement
• Round 5 — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Danan: The Jungle Fighter

• Opening — Music & Arrangement
• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Intro — Music & Arrangement
• Round 1 — Music & Arrangement
• Demo — Music & Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Round 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Round 3-1 — Music & Arrangement
• Round 3-2 — Music & Arrangement
• Round 4 — Music & Arrangement
• Final Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Golden Axe Warrior

• Opening — Music & Arrangement
• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Village — Music & Arrangement
• Room — Music & Arrangement
• Overworld — Music & Arrangement
• Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
• Item Get — Music & Arrangement
• Magic Room — Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Ending Demo — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement