Yayoi Wachi
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| Yayoi Wachi |
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| Place of birth: Japan |
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| Role(s): Composer, Musician |
Yayoi Wachi (和智 弥生) is a Japanese musician and former Sega of Japan composer most known for her work on Panzer Dragoon Zwei.
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Career
Yayoi Wachi's career dates back to early 1994 with Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (which will have been development in 1993, likely meaning she was employed at Sega of Japan by 1993). The name used here, Watch, is only speculated to be Wachi, and later appears in Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba.
She was a prominent composer on Game Gear, often working solo such as on Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira. This system is where she began working on the franchise she was most closely attached to: Magic Knight Rayearth. Yayoi Wachi transitioned to Sega Saturn development through Rayearth, followed by Panzer Dragoon Zwei and Sakura Taisen.
Her known gameography ends with Advanced World War: Sennen Teikoku no Koubou, for which she harkened back to her college degree in vocal music, suggesting the national anthems and marches be sung by a 10-person choir.[1] Wachi is also one of the developers with a message in the game's included README.TXT, where she writes war-themed fiction about sound director Hirofumi Murasaki and sound designer Tatsuyuki Maeda.
She most likely remained a Sega composer throughout '97 and '98, as she is known to have become close friends with Hideki Naganuma,[2] who joined Sega in 1998.
Production history
Games
- Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Composer[3] (as Watch)
- Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Game Gear; 1994) — Music (as Watch)
- Mahou Kishi Rayearth (Game Gear; 1994) — Sound Composer (as Y.Wachi)
- Ninku (Game Gear; 1995) — Special Thanks (as Y.Wachi)
- Mahou Kishi Rayearth 2: Making of Magic Knight (Game Gear; 1995) — Sound (as Y.Wachi)
- Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — ゲームBGM&SE[4] (as 和智 弥生)
- Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — Game BGM & SE
- Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn; 1996) — 音楽[5] (as 和智 弥生)
- Panzer Dragoon Zwei (Saturn; 1996) — Music Composers[6]
- NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Special Thanks[7]
- Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — サウンド・デザイナー[8] (as 和智 弥生)
- Advanced World War: Sennen Teikoku no Koubou (Saturn; 1997) — 音楽・効果音 (as 和智 弥生)
Music
- Sega Saturn Mahou Kishi Rayearth Original Soundtrack (CD; 1995) — Composer (as 和智 弥生)
- Panzer Dragoon Zwei Original Soundtrack (CD; 1996) — Composers (as 和智 弥生)
Song credits
- Main article: Yayoi Wachi/Song credits.
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Yayoi Wachi
Magazine articles
- Main article: Yayoi Wachi/Magazine articles.
References
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 8" (JP; 1997-04-11), page 88
- ↑ @Hideki_Naganuma on Twitter
- ↑ File:Heavenly Symphony MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Panzer Dragoon Zwei JP Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Panzer Dragoon Zwei US Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sakura Taisen Saturn credits.pdf