Fumio Ito

Fumio Ito
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Composer

Fumio Ito (伊藤 二三雄) is a sound designer at Sega. He is one of the leading members of the AM2 department, having superseded Takenobu Mitsuyoshi as lead composer for the Virtua Fighter series.

Production history

• Virtua Fighter 3 (1996) — Compose, SE (Sound Designers)
• Scud Race (1996) — Sound
• Virtua Striker 2 (1997)
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Arcade version) (1997) — Compose, SE (Sound Designers)
• Daytona USA 2 (1998) — Sound Director & Composer (Sound Team)
• Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast Version) (1998) — Compose, SE (Sound Designers), Sound Designer (Dreamcast Version)
• Daytona USA 2: Power Edition (1998) — Sound Director & Composer (Sound Team)
• F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa (Arcade and Dreamcast Versions) (1999/2000) — Sound
• Shenmue (1999) — Sound & Music (Special Thanks to) (as Fumio Itoh)
• Beach Spikers (2001/2002) — Sound
• Outtrigger (2001) — Sound Designer (Dreamcast Development Team)
• Shenmue II (Dreamcast Version) (2001) — Music Composer (Music) (Sound & Music), Editor (Sound Effects & Edit) (Sound & Music)
• The King of Route 66 (2002/2003) — Music Composer
• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (2002/2003) — Sound Creator
• Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Original Sound Tracks (CD) (2002) (as fi)
• OutRun 2 (2003/2004) — Sound (as Fumio Itoh)
• Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (2004) — Sound Creator
• Virtua Quest (2004) — Composer (Sega-AM2 Division) (Sega Corporation (Japan))
• Quest of D (2004)
• Yakuza (2005) — Special Thanks
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (2006) — Music Composer (Sega of Japan) [NOTE: Manual credit]
• Virtua Fighter 5 (2006/2007) — Sound Creator
• After Burner Climax (2006/2010) — Sound Creator (as Fumio Itoh)
• Sega Race TV (2008) — Sound Staff
• Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008) — Sound Creator (Sound Creators)
• Border Break (2009)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (2010/2012) — Sound Creator (Sound Creators)
• Gunblade NY & L.A. Machineguns Arcade Hits Pack (2010) — Sound (Wii Version Staff)
• Border Break Airburst (2010)
• Shining Force Cross Raid (2010)
• Virtua Tennis 4 (2011) — Sound Artist
• Daytona USA (PSN & XBLA Versions) (2011) — Sound Designer (Daytona USA Conversion Staff), Sound Designer (Sega Racing Classic Staff)

Song Credits

Virtua Fighter 3

• Tedium "Lion in the Library" — Music, Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
• Gostroptosis "In the Cave" — Music
• Modesty "Extra Stage" — Music, Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
• Impudence "Extra Stage" — Music, Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
• Persevering "Extra Stage" — Music, Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)

Scud Race

• Goal — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Striker 2

• selector1 - Team Select BGM — Music & Arrangement
• howto1 - Tutorial BGM — Music & Arrangement
• goal1 - Long Shot Goal Replay BGM — Music & Arrangement
• goal3 - Goal Replay BGM (Default) — Music & Arrangement
• jisatuten1 - Own Goal Replay BGM — Music & Arrangement
• goalrush1 - Goal Rush BGM (Default) — Music & Arrangement
• continue3 - Continue BGM — Music & Arrangement
• nameentry1 - Name Entry BGM — Music & Arrangement
• orc3 - Ending BGM (Default) — Music & Arrangement
• ending4short - Ending (FC SEGA Won) BGM — Music & Arrangement
• finalrush - Final Match Goal Rush (orc3, vs2miya3short) BGM — Music & Arrangement
• finalrush2 - Final Match Goal Rush (ending4short) BGM — Music & Arrangement
• bestgoal2 - Best Goal Replay BGM — Music & Arrangement

Daytona USA 2

• Battle on the Edge — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa), Music & Arrangement
• Tips to Win — Music & Arrangement
• Selector — Music & Arrangement
• Sling Shot — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa), Music & Arrangement
• Beginner Goal — Music & Arrangement
• Beginner Ending — Music & Arrangement
• I Can Do It — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa)
• Advanced Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Skyscraper Sequence — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa), Music & Arrangement
• Expert Goal — Music & Arrangement
• Expert Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Extra Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Wait (No Use) — Music & Arrangement
• Extra Ending 2 (No Use) — Music & Arrangement
• Beginner Goal 2 (No Use) — Music & Arrangement
• Expert Goal 2 (No Use) — Music & Arrangement
• Battle on the Edge - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa), Music & Arrangement
• Sling Shot - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa), Music & Arrangement
• I Can Do It - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa)
• Skyscraper Sequence - Mitsuyoshi Ver. - — Lyrics (with Ryoichi Hasegawa), Music & Arrangement

F355 Challenge

• Crave for Ride — Music

Shenmue II

• Magical Sound Shower — Arrangement
• Passing Breeze — Arrangement
• Splash Wave — Arrangement
• Last Wave — Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

• evolve — Music & Arrangement
• a philanthropist — Music & Arrangement
• push your luck — Music & Arrangement
• confusion — Music & Arrangement
• without hesitation — Music & Arrangement
• It's mine, mine, mine! — Music & Arrangement
• a nursery rhyme — Music & Arrangement
• arise — Music & Arrangement
• ever changing — Music & Arrangement
• princess in the pandemonium — Music & Arrangement
• act with reason — Music & Arrangement
• unreasonableness — Music & Arrangement
• flowers to dead spirits — Music & Arrangement
• concentration — Music & Arrangement
• wail — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Original Sound Tracks

• It's mine, mine, mine! (b.track) — Music & Arrangement
• push your luck (b.track) — Music & Arrangement

OutRun 2 (Arcade version)

• Risky Ride — Music & Arrangement
• Shiny World — Music & Arrangement
• Night Flight — Music & Arrangement
• Life was a bore — Music & Arrangement
• Ending-A — Music & Arrangement
• Ending-B — Music & Arrangement
• Ending-C — Music & Arrangement
• Ending-D — Music & Arrangement
• Ending-E — Music & Arrangement

OutRun 2 (Xbox Version)

• Risky Ride Guitar Mix — Music & Arrangement
• Shiny World Prototype — Music & Arrangement
• Night Flight Prototype — Music & Arrangement
• Night Flight Instrumental — Music & Arrangement
• Life was a bore Instrumental — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza

• Extract Medley from Original Score — Music & Arrangement (with Hidenori Shoji & Yuri Fukuda)

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

• Night Bird — Music & Arrangement
• Shake the Street 2006 Arrange Ver. — Arrangement
• Rush a Difficulty 2006 Arrange Ver. — Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 5

• Beginning Ver. B — Music & Arrangement
• Beginning Ver. C — Music & Arrangement
• Selector (VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Statues (Akira VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Great Wall (Lau VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Snow Mountain (Wolf VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Island (Jeffry VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Aurora (Sarah VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• City (Jacky VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Shrine (Aoi VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Waterfalls (Vanessa VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Terrace (Brad VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Broken House (Goh VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Ending (VF5 Ver.) — Music & Arrangement

After Burner Climax

• After Burner Climax - Opening - — Music & Arrangement
• After Burner Climax — Music & Arrangement
• Vertical Hot Air — Music & Arrangement
• Sleepless Sanctuary — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• The End — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 5 R

• Park (Sarah VF5R Ver.) — Music & Arrangement
• Deep Mountain (Lei-Fei VF5R Ver.) — Arrangement
• Arena (El Blaze VF5R Ver.) — Arrangement

Border Break Airburst

• Kadath — Music & Arrangement
• Rush Tactics — Music & Arrangement
• Beginning of the End — Music & Arrangement (with Megumi Takano)
• Arrow Nock — Music & Arrangement
• Ruined City — Music & Arrangement (with Keisuke Tsukahara)
• Blaze — Music & Arrangement
• Brocade — Music & Arrangement
• Gathering — Music & Arrangement (with Keisuke Tsukahara)

Shining Force Cross Raid

• Calm Activation — Music & Arrangement
• Scorching Evil Sonata — Music & Arrangement
• Gorgeous Pain — Music & Arrangement
• Thirsty Surface — Music & Arrangement
• Scar — Music & Arrangement
• Hell Ground — Music & Arrangement
• Prelude — Music & Arrangement
• Majestic Wings — Music & Arrangement
• Edifice — Music & Arrangement
• Memories Scattered in Clouds of Sand — Music & Arrangement
• Danger Zone — Music & Arrangement
• Lilith -Istria- — Music & Arrangement