Tohru Nakabayashi

Tohru Nakabayashi
Date of birth: 1957-12-25 (age 61)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Composer, Musician

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. He was also a member of Team Shinobi.

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)
• Virtua Racing (Mega Drive;
  1994) — Music Composers (as Thoru Nakabayashi)
• Burning Rival (System 32;
  1993) — S.E. & Sound Program (as 中林 亨)
• Scud Race (Model 3;
  1996) — Sound (as Toru Nakabayashi)
• Victory Goal '96 (Saturn;
  1996) — Special thanks to
• Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video;
  1996) —
• Die Hard Arcade (Saturn;
  1997) — Special Thanks
• Dynamite Cop (Model 2;
  1998) — Special Thanks
• Sega Tetris (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Special Thanks to (as Toru Nakabayashi)

• Girl's Garden (1984)
• 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)

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

Golden Axe (Arcade version)

• Coin — Music & Arrangement
• The Battle — Music & Arrangement
• Battle Field (Boss 1) — Music & Arrangement
• Thief (Pirate)'s Theme — Music & Arrangement
• Old Map — Music & Arrangement
• Turtle Village 1 (Round 2) — Music & Arrangement
• Road of the Dead (Round 3) — Music & Arrangement
• Turtle Village 2 (Round 4) — Music & Arrangement
• Nemesis! Death Adder (Boss 2) — Music & Arrangement
• Conclusion (Ending) — Music & Arrangement
• Su-Ta-Ko-Ra Satsa! (Staff Roll) — Music & Arrangement
• Battle Axe March — 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