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'''Junko "Shirako" Shiratsu''' (白津 順子) is a [[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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==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}}
  
 
==Production history==
 
==Production history==
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* ''[[Sonic Crackers]]'' (1994) [Beta]
 
* ''[[Sonic Crackers]]'' (1994) [Beta]
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* ''[[The Hybrid Front]]'' (1994) — Music. (Sound) (as '''Shirako''')
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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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* ''[[Knuckles' Chaotix]]'' (1995) — Composer, 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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* ''[[Anpanman 2]]'' (199X) [NOTE: Music and Sound Effects]
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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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* ''[[Hello Kitty Mori no Ensoukai‏‎]]'' (199X) [NOTE: Music and 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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* ''[[J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!]]'' (Saturn Version) (1996) [NOTE: Music]
 
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* ''[[Shinseiki 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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* ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' (1998) [NOTE: Provisional Song Singing]
 
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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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* ''[[Samba de Amigo]]'' (1999/2000) [NOTE: Character and Jingle Voice, etc.]
 
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* ''[[Roommania #203]]'' (Dreamcast Version) (2000) — Motion Actor (Motion Capture Studio - Links DigiWorks) [NOTE: Character and Jingle Voice, etc.]
 
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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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* ''[[Hundred Swords]]'' (2001) [NOTE: Music and 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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* ''[[New Roommania: Porori Seishun]]'' (2003) — Sound Creator
 
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* ''Onimusha: Blade Warriors'' (2003) — Wavemaster inc. (Sound Production)
 
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* ''[[Astro Boy]]'' (2004) — Sound Artist
 
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* ''[[Sega Rally 2006]]'' (2006)
 
 
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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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