Tohru Nakabayashi

Tohru Nakabayashi
Place of birth: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1957-12-25 (age 64)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Composer, Musician
Education: Chiba Institute of Technology Tsudanuma Campus

Tohru "Master" Nakabayashi (中林 亨) is a former Sega sound designer who composed for many of the company's arcade games in the 80s, as well as various medal games and prize games. He was also a member of Team Shinobi.

Towards the 90's his role had shifted into sound system development and management for AM2. For many years after he worked under Sega Mechatronics. He currently works for FPS.

Production history

• Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000;
  1985)
• Altered Beast (System 16;
  1988) — Team Shinobi 1988 Summer (as NAK.)
• Scramble Spirits (System 24;
  1988) — Sound Design (as Professor Tohru)
• Hyper Marbles (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Music (as T.N)
• Streets of Rage (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Sound Assisted (as T.N)
• Burning Rival (System 32;
  1993) — S.E. & Sound Program (as 中林 亨)
• Virtua Fighter 2 Sound Track (CD;
  1995) — Executive Producer (as 中林 亨)
• Victory Goal '96 (Saturn;
  1996) — Special thanks to
• Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video;
  1996)
• Die Hard Arcade (Saturn;
  1997) — Special Thanks
• Scud Race (Model 3;
  1996) — Sound (as Toru Nakabayashi)
• Yu Suzuki Produce Power Drift (CD;
  1998) — Sound A&R
• Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders (CD;
  1998) — Sound A&R
• Dynamite Cop (Model 2;
  1998) — Special Thanks
• Sega Racing Best (CD;
  1999) — Sound Producer
• Sega Tetris (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Special Thanks to (as Toru Nakabayashi)
• Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade Original Sound Track (CD;
  2007) — Special Thanks
• Golden Axe The Music (CD;
  2008) — Commentator

• Girl's Garden (1984)
• Choplifter (Arcade version) (1985)
• Action Fighter (Arcade version) (1986) (as NAK)
• Alien Syndrome (Arcade version) (1987)
• Dunk Shot (1987)
• Time Scanner (1987) (as NKB)
• Thunder Blade (Arcade version) (1987) (as Master)
• Ghostbusters (Master System) (1987)
• Golden Axe (Arcade version) (1989) (as Master)
• CyberBall (1990)
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Arcade version) (1990)
• Cyber Dome (1991) (as Master)
• Arabian Fight (1992)
• StarHorse 2 Fourth Ambition (2008) — Sound Director (as Toru Nakabayashi)

Song credits

Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000 Version)

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
• Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Alien Syndrome (Arcade version)

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Credit — Music & Arrangement
• Round Start — Music & Arrangement
• Dooms Day (Main BGM) — Music & Arrangement
• Killer Instinct (Boss) — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Boss 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 4 — Music & Arrangement
• Boss 3 — Music & Arrangement
• Ending 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Test BGM — Music & Arrangement

Dunk Shot

• Credit — Music & Arrangement
• Team Select — Music & Arrangement
• Demo — Music & Arrangement
• Winning Song — Music & Arrangement
• Beat Away (Round 1) — Music & Arrangement
• Winning Ceremony (Coffee Break) — Music & Arrangement
• Toast! (Round 2) — Music & Arrangement
• Hide and Seek (Round 3) — Music & Arrangement
• One on One (Round 4) — Music & Arrangement
• The Fight (Round 5) — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• Ranking — Music & Arrangement

Time Scanner (Arcade version)

• Credit — Music & Arrangement
• Volcano Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Saqqarah Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Saqqarah Multi Ball — Music & Arrangement
• Monster Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Ruins Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Multi Ball — Music & Arrangement
• Final Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Not Use — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]

Thunder Blade (Arcade version)

• Coin — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Extra BGM 1 ~Take Off~ — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
• Extra BGM 2 ~Primary Attack~ — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
• Extra BGM 3 ~In Conclusion~ — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]

Altered Beast (Arcade version)

• Credit — Music & Arrangement
• Rise from Your Grave (Round 1, 4) — Music & Arrangement
• Altered Beast (Power Up) — Music & Arrangement
• Gaum-Hammer (Boss Theme) — Music & Arrangement
• Crystal Ball Theme (Round Clear) — Music & Arrangement
• Closed in Upon Me (Round 2, 5) — Music & Arrangement
• I'll Be Back (Round 3) — Music & Arrangement
• Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (Ending) — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Arcade version)

• Title — Arrangement
• Cavern (Round 1, 5-1, 5-2) — Arrangement
• Amusement Quarter (Round 2-1, 2-2) — Arrangement
• Boss 1 (Round 2-3) — Music & Arrangement
• Night Street (Round 3) — Arrangement
• Graveyard (Round 4-1, 4-2) — Arrangement
• Boss 2 (Round 4-3) — Music & Arrangement
• Boss 3 (Round 5-3) — Music & Arrangement
• Dance Magic 1 — Music & Arrangement
• Dance Magic 2 — Arrangement
• Dance Magic 3 — Arrangement
• Ending — Arrangement

External links

• Tohru Nakabayashi on Facebook
• Tohru Nakabayashi on VGMdb