Yasuhiro Takagi

Not to be confused with Carol Yas.

Fast facts on Yasuhiro Takagi
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Musician

Yasuhiro "Yas" Takagi (高木 保浩) is among the oldest of Sega's sound team members and perhaps best known as the Sound Director for Shenmue II. His earliest work with the company was for Turbo OutRun, where he worked with renowned Sega composer Hiroshi Kawaguchi.

Unlike Hiro, whom he has worked with since joining Sega in the late '80s, Takagi's roles have been largely in the background.

Production history

• After Burner Climax () — Sound Creators
• Burning Rival (System 32;
  1993) — Shingen
• F355 Challenge (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Sound
• OutRun 2 (Chihiro;
  2003) — Sound
• OutRun 2 SP () — Sound
• OutRun 2 SP SDX (Lindbergh;
  2006) — Sound
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast () — Sound
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast () — Music Composer
• Shenmue (Dreamcast;
  1999) — Assistant Director
• Shenmue II (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Sound Director
• Shenmue II (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Director
• Shenmue II (Xbox;
  2002) — Sound Section Assistant
• Shenmue II (Xbox;
  2002) — Sound Effects & Editors
• Sword of Vermilion (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Z80 (as Yas)
• Sword of Vermilion (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Sound (BGM) (as Yas)
• Sword of Vermilion (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Sound (Effect) (as Yas)
• The King of Route 66 (PlayStation 2;
  2003) — Sound Effects
• Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (PlayStation 2;
  2003) — Speical Thanks
• Virtua Racing (Model 1;
  1992) — Sound Effect

• Turbo OutRun (Arcade version) (1989) (as Yas)
• Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (2006) — Sound Effects (Sound)
• Vermilion VS Rent a Hero Original Soundtrack (CD) (2009)
• Yakuza 4 (2010) — Music Composer ("Yakuza 4" Sound Team) (Staff)
• Samurai Bloodshow (2011)
• Hyakki Taisen Emaki (2012)

Song credits

Turbo OutRun (Arcade version)

• Vivacious — Music & Arrangement
• Shake the Street — Music & Arrangement
• A Huge Pile of Parts — Arrangement
• Rush a Difficulty — Music & Arrangement

Sword of Vermilion

• Rest — Music & Arrangement
• Church — Music & Arrangement
• Enemy Appear — Music & Arrangement
• Battle — Music & Arrangement
• Set Flag — Music & Arrangement
• Level Up — Music & Arrangement
• Fuyodol — Music & Arrangement
• Boss B — Music & Arrangement
• Ending (Staff Roll) — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

• clairvoyant — Music & Arrangement

Vermilion VS Rent a Hero Original Soundtrack

• Light Song -[H.] Arrange Ver.- — Choir (with Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Junpei Mishima, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, Kentaro Koyama, Susumu Tsukagoshi, Chihiro Aoki & Takahiro Kai)

Yakuza 4

• Nervousness — Music & Arrangement
• Rebellions — Music & Arrangement

Samurai Bloodshow

• Samurai Bloodshow - Main Theme - — Music & Arrangement (with Kyokuso Tachibana)
• Eternal flower — Music & Arrangement
• Final Showdown — Music & Arrangement (with Kyokuso Tachibana)