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'''Junko "Shirako" Shiratsu''' (白津 順子) is a [[Wave Master]] employee and [[Sega]] sound composer mainly involved with the [[Let's Make a Pro J. League Soccer Club!]] series. She is best known as the main composer of the [[Sega 32X]] title ''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]''.
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'''Junko "Shirako" Shiratsu''' (白津 順子) is a [[Sega]] sound composer who has been active since 1993{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20030628171838/www.wave-master.com/staff/shiratsu.html}}, and has mainly been involved with the [[Let's Make a Pro J. League Soccer Club!]] series. She is best known as the main composer of the [[Sega 32X]] title ''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]''.
  
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==Production History==
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==Early life==
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{{PAGENAME}} joined a marching band in her fourth year of elementary school, playing the trumpet. She played cornet and trumpet in her junior high school and high school bands. In her first year of university, she enrolled in night classes to study composition, pop theory and vocals. She studied composition under Yusuke Hoguchi for about 3 or 4 years.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20030628171838/www.wave-master.com/staff/shiratsu.html}}
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==Equipment==
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*[[wikipedia:Digital Performer|Digital Performer]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20021024044057/interviews.rocketbaby.net/interviews_junko_shiratsu_hs.html}}
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*Sound Designer II{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20021024044057/interviews.rocketbaby.net/interviews_junko_shiratsu_hs.html}}
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*ReCycle! Trinity plus{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20021024044057/interviews.rocketbaby.net/interviews_junko_shiratsu_hs.html}}
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*Trumpet{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20021024044057/interviews.rocketbaby.net/interviews_junko_shiratsu_hs.html}}
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==Artistry==
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Shiratsu favors fusion music with vocals, a brass band and odd time signatures, as well as [[wikipedia:Onkyokei|Onkyokei]] and [[wikipedia:Electronica|Electronica]].{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20040706201812/www.wave-master.com/wm/company/staff/s_shiratsu.html}} Shiratsu writes songs notably fast.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20030628171838/www.wave-master.com/staff/shiratsu.html}}
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==Production history==
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{{ProductionHistory|Junko Shiratsu|J.Shira|Shirako|白津 順子}}
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* ''[[Sonic Crackers]]'' (1994) [Beta]
 
* ''[[Sonic Crackers]]'' (1994) [Beta]
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* ''[[Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit]]'' (1994) — Composer (as '''J.Shira''')
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* ''[[Anpanman 2]]'' (199X) — Music and Sound Effects{{ref|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20040223111411/www.wave-master.com/wm/company/staff/s_shiratsu.html}}
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* ''[[OutRunners]]'' (Mega Drive Version) (1994) — Sound Composer (as '''Shirako''') [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
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* ''[[Hello Kitty Mori no Ensoukai‏‎]]'' (199X) — Music and Sound Effects{{ref|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20040223111411/www.wave-master.com/wm/company/staff/s_shiratsu.html}}
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* ''[[The Hybrid Front]]'' (1994) — Music. (Sound) (as '''Shirako''')
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* ''[[Dream Library]]'' (2000) — Music and Sound Effects{{ref|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20040223111411/www.wave-master.com/wm/company/staff/s_shiratsu.html}}
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* ''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]'' (1995) — Composer, Sound Effects
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* ''[[Roommania #203]]'' (PS2 Version) (2002) — Motion Actor (Motion Capture Studio - [[Links DigiWorks]]) (Original Staff), Sound Creator (PlayStation 2 Version Staff)
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* ''[[Anpanman 2]]'' (199X) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
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* ''[[Kitty Mori no Ensoukai]]'' (199X) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
 
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* ''[[J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!]]'' (Saturn Version) (1996) [NOTE: Music]
 
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* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Zwei]]'' (1996) — Music
 
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* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: 2nd Impression]]'' (1997) — Manipulator, Composition (Get it on! ~Doppleganger ni Kuchidzuke wo~, Kimi ga Kimi ni Umareta Wake) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
 
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* ''[[J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 2]]'' (1997) [NOTE: Music]
 
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* ''[[Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine '98]]'' (1998) [NOTE: Music]
 
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* ''[[J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!]]'' (Dreamcast Version) (1999) [NOTE: Music, Chorus Singing and Voice Editing]
 
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* ''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (Dreamcast Version) (2000) [NOTE: Voice Editing]
 
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* ''[[JRA PAT for Dreamcast]]'' (2000) [NOTE: Voice Editing]
 
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* ''[[Dream Library]]'' (2000) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
 
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* ''[[Daytona USA 2001]]'' (2000) — Composer
 
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* ''[[Hundred Swords]]'' (2001) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
 
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* ''Onimusha: Blade Warriors'' (2003)
 
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* ''[[Nightshade]]'' (2003) — S.E. (Wave Master Inc.) (Sound)
 
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* ''[[Astro Boy]]'' (2004) — Sound Artist
 
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* ''[[Feel the Magic XY/XX]]'' (2004) — Thanks
 
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* ''[[Sega Rally 2006]]'' (2006)
 
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* ''[[Phantasy Star Universe]]'' (2006) — Sound Effects
 
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~Other work~
 
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* ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' [NOTE: Provisional Song Singing]
 
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* ''[[ROOMMANIA#203]]'' [NOTE: Character and Jingle Voice, etc.]
 
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* ''[[Samba de Amigo]]'' [NOTE: Character and Jingle Voice, etc.]
 
  
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==Song Credits==
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==Song credits==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Song credits}}
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[[Category:Old song credits]]
 
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{{multicol|
 
===''[[Sonic Crackers]]''===
 
===''[[Sonic Crackers]]''===
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===''[[OutRunners]]'' (Mega Drive Version)===
 
===''[[OutRunners]]'' (Mega Drive Version)===
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* Travel Seaward [Original] — Music & Arrangement
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* Travel Seaward — Music & Arrangement
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* Mega Driver — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Mega Driver — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Pre Stage — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Pre Stage — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Checker Point — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Checker Point — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Game Start [Original] — Music & Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Game Start — Music & Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Magical Sound Shower (1993) — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Magical Sound Shower (1993) — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Passing Breeze (1993) — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Passing Breeze (1993) — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Splash Wave (1993) — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Splash Wave (1993) — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Picture the Rivers — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Picture the Rivers — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Blow Your Cool — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Blow Your Cool — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Looking for the Rainbow — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Looking for the Rainbow — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Speed King — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Speed King — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Adventure — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Adventure — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Sonic Control — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Sonic Control — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Grand Canyon — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Grand Canyon — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* San Francisco — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* San Francisco — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* South America — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* South America — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Niagara Falls — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Niagara Falls — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Hawaii — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Hawaii — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Pacific Ocean Crossway Bridge — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Pacific Ocean Crossway Bridge — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Spain — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Spain — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Atlantic Ocean Underwater Tunnel — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Atlantic Ocean Underwater Tunnel — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Switzerland — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Switzerland — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* China — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* China — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Japan — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Japan — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Hong Kong — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Hong Kong — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Egypt — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Egypt — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Mediterranean Sea — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Mediterranean Sea — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* France — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* France — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Germany — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Germany — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Jingle Bells [Secret Track] — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Jingle Bells [Secret Track] — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Beginner Start [Original] from Virtua Racing — Arrangement
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* Beginner Start from Virtua Racing — Arrangement
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* Final Stage — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Final Stage — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Dream Flying — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Dream Flying — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Meaning of the Light - Game Over — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Meaning of the Light - Game Over — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Last Wave (1993) — Arrangement (w/[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
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* Last Wave (1993) — Arrangement (with [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]])
  
 
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* Sea of Ice — Music & Arrangement
 
* Sea of Ice — Music & Arrangement
  
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===''[[Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression]]''===
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* Get it on! ~Doppleganger ni Kuchidzuke wo~ — Music, Arrangement (w/[[Akira Sasaki]])
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* Get it on! ~Doppleganger ni Kuchidzuke wo~ — Music, Arrangement (with [[Akira Sasaki]])
 
* Kimi ga Kimi ni Umareta Wake — Music
 
* Kimi ga Kimi ni Umareta Wake — Music
  
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==External Links==
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==External links==
 
* [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/www.wave-master.com/staff/shiratsu.html Junko Shiratsu's 1st Wave Master profile (2001-2004) on archive.org]
 
* [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/www.wave-master.com/staff/shiratsu.html Junko Shiratsu's 1st Wave Master profile (2001-2004) on archive.org]
 
* [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/www.wave-master.com/wm/company/staff/s_shiratsu.html Junko Shiratsu's 2nd Wave Master profile (2004) on archive.org]
 
* [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/www.wave-master.com/wm/company/staff/s_shiratsu.html Junko Shiratsu's 2nd Wave Master profile (2004) on archive.org]
  
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==References==
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[[Category:Wave Master Employees]]
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Junko Shiratsu
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Role(s): Composer, Musician

Junko "Shirako" Shiratsu (白津 順子) is a Sega sound composer who has been active since 1993[1], and has mainly been involved with the Let's Make a Pro J. League Soccer Club! series. She is best known as the main composer of the Sega 32X title Knuckles' Chaotix.

Early life

Junko Shiratsu joined a marching band in her fourth year of elementary school, playing the trumpet. She played cornet and trumpet in her junior high school and high school bands. In her first year of university, she enrolled in night classes to study composition, pop theory and vocals. She studied composition under Yusuke Hoguchi for about 3 or 4 years.[1]

Equipment

Artistry

Shiratsu favors fusion music with vocals, a brass band and odd time signatures, as well as Onkyokei and Electronica.[3] Shiratsu writes songs notably fast.[1]

Production history

Games

Music

Song credits

Main article: Junko Shiratsu/Song credits.

Sonic Crackers

  • Option 1 — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Also known as "Attraction"]
  • Option 2 — Music & Arrangement
  • Option 3 — Music & Arrangement
  • Option 4 — Music & Arrangement
  • Option 5 — Music & Arrangement

OutRunners (Mega Drive Version)

The Hybrid Front

  • Other Forces Turn (Normal) — Music & Arrangement
  • Other Forces Turn (Part 1/Variation 1) — Music & Arrangement

Knuckles' Chaotix

  • Walkin' — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Based on "Option 2" from Sonic Crackers]
  • Midnight Greenhouse — Music & Arrangement
  • Electoria — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Based on "Option 1" (aka "Attraction") from Sonic Crackers]
  • Hyper-Hyper — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Based on "Option 3" from Sonic Crackers]
  • Evening Star — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Based on "Option 4" from Sonic Crackers]
  • Moonrise — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Based on "Option 5" from Sonic Crackers]

J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Saturn Version)

  • One Special Day (SS Edition J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou Opening Theme) — Music
  • The End and the Beginning (SS Edition J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou Ending Theme) — Music & Arrangement

Panzer Dragoon Zwei

  • Forest of Taboo — Music & Arrangement
  • Sea of Ice — Music & Arrangement

Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression

  • Get it on! ~Doppleganger ni Kuchidzuke wo~ — Music, Arrangement (with Akira Sasaki)
  • Kimi ga Kimi ni Umareta Wake — Music

J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 2

  • Chase (SS Edition J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou 2 Opening Theme) — Music & Arrangement
  • Brandnew Future (SS Edition J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou 2 Ending Theme) — Music & Arrangement

J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast Version)

  • Break Through (DC Edition J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou Main Theme) — Music & Arrangement
  • Sprout (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • The Beginning (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • A Thousand Dreams (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Trick Star (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Glorious Growth (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Small Can Be Good (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • To Tomorrow (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Everyday (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Distant Memory (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Insecurity (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Bad News (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • The Winds Blow Through the Greens (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Smiling Face (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Fast And Furious (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Starter (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Frontal Thrust (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Flap The Wings (DC Built In Sound) — Music & Arrangement
  • Keep on Walking... (DC Edition J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou Ending Theme) — Music & Arrangement, Chorus (w/Zeus B Team U-30)

Daytona USA 2001

  • Don't Look Back-Race — Music & Arrangement
  • Don't Look Back-Mirror — Music & Arrangement
  • Don't Look Back-Goal — Music & Arrangement
  • Don't Look Back-Clear — Music & Arrangement

Hundred Swords

  • The Fool and the Hero -Prologue- — Music & Arrangement
  • Song of Purity -Larf Nalavale's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Roar of the Two-Headed Dragon -Nel Shrinkman's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Tumbling in the Wind — Music & Arrangement
  • Supple Drops -Palmira Nalavale's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Dragon Cavalry, Forward! -Joan Arblus (Little Arblus)'s Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Papaya Papaya — Music & Arrangement
  • Investigating the Recurrence of the Ice Age -Prisira Carun's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Wilderness -Rentze Mascar's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Roar of the Two-Headed Dragon ~Failure~ — Music & Arrangement
  • The War Gods Driving to the East — Music & Arrangement
  • Song of Past Experience ~Blessing~ — Music & Arrangement
  • The Fool and the Dreaming Boy -Erole San Jeust's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Song of Past Experience -Fals Lu Gran's Theme- — Music & Arrangement
  • Pathos ~In Confusion~ — Music & Arrangement
  • Song of Purity ~Parade~ — Music & Arrangement

Sega Rally 2006

  • La nuit de ma ville — Music & Arrangement

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 htt (Wayback Machine: 2003-06-28 17:18)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 htt (Wayback Machine: 2002-10-24 04:40)
  3. ↑ htt (Wayback Machine: 2004-07-06 20:18)
  4. ↑ File:Heavenly Symphony MCD credits.pdf
  5. ↑ File:OutRunners MD credits.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Hybrid Front MD credits.pdf
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:Chaotix 32X good ending credits.pdf
  8. ↑ File:J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Saturn credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:Panzer Dragoon Zwei JP Saturn credits.pdf
  10. ↑ File:Panzer Dragoon Zwei US Saturn credits.pdf
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 File:Shinseiki Evangelion 2nd Impression Saturn credits.pdf
  12. ↑ File:Shinseiki Evangelion Digital Card Library Saturn credits.pdf
  13. ↑ File:Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine 98 Saturn credits.pdf
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 htt (Wayback Machine: 2004-02-23 11:14)
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