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Tokuhiko Uwabo

Date of birth: 1960-04-26 (age 64)
Employment history: Sega of Japan
Role(s): Composer, Sound Designer, Programmer

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Tokuhiko Uwabo (上保徳彦) is a Japanese businessman and musician, and former Sega of Japan composer, sound designer, and programmer.

Career

Tokuhiko Uwabo is one of the older sound members in Sega's history, more commonly known by his alias, Bo. He mainly dealt with sound porting during the Master System era and shifted to a more advisory role for the Mega Drive era. He also composed the music for the first two Phantasy Star titles.

Though Uwabo's last known game with Sega was Sonic 3 & Knuckles in 1994, he has stayed in touch with the company following its release. In 1995, he transferred to Sega of Europe's development team, residing in Richmond, London, England. In 1997, he returned to Sega of Japan, but quit sometime afterward. He then spent the next 10 years between some number of investment companies, including a new role as a Venture Capitalist in Tokyo looking over different investment portfolios in Asia.

In June 2007 he joined Winlight Co., Ltd., a mobile gaming company, and worked there as a director. After Winlight was bought in 2012 by Singapore-based Pole To Win Asia Pte. Ltd., Uwabo was promoted to Managing Director. Despite having left Sega (which was unofficially publicized as early as April 2006 via liner notes), he has provided commentary for recent Wave Master soundtrack releases of his compositions.

Uwabo currently lives and works in Singapore.

Production history

Games

Satellite 7 (Master System; 1985)
Slap Shooter (System E; 1986)^[1]
Transformer (System E; 1986)
Fantasy Zone (Master System; 1986) — Music by^[2] (as Noah Toku)
Action Fighter (Master System; 1986) — Music
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System; 1986) — Sound (as Toku)
Space Harrier (Master System; 1986) — Music Arranger (as Bo)
The Black Onyx (SG-1000; 1987) — Sound Composer (as Bo)
Woody Pop (Master System; 1987) — Music
Great Volleyball (Master System; 1987) — Music
Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu (Master System; 1987) — Music Composed by (as Bo)
Zillion (Master System; 1987) — Sound Coordinate (as Bo)
OutRun (Master System; 1987) (as T.U)
Great Golf (Master System; 1987)^[3] (as Bo)
SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (Master System; 1987)
After Burner (Master System; 1987) — Music Porting
Phantasy Star (Master System; 1987) — Sound^[4] (as Bo)
Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (System E; 1988)
Space Harrier 3D (Master System; 1988) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (Master System; 1988) — Sound (as Bo)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive; 1988) — Sound Composer^[5] (as Bo)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive; 1988) — Sound Programmer^[5] (as Bo)
Poseidon Wars 3D (Master System; 1989) — Sound Coordinator (as Bo)
Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive; 1989) — Musical Composer^[6] (as Bo)
Super Daisenryaku (Mega Drive; 1989) — Sound Programed and Composed by^[7] (as Mr.Bo)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (Mega Drive; 1989) — うるとらおちゃめな^[8] (as Bo)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (Mega Drive; 1989) (as BO)
The Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive; 1989) — Sound Coordinator, Sound Programmer^[9] (as Bo)
Sorcerian (Mega Drive; 1990) — Scenario Written^[10] (as Bo)
Sorcerian (Mega Drive; 1990) — Music Composed^[10] (as Bo)
Columns (System C; 1990) — Composer (as Bo)
Columns (Mega Drive; 1990) — Composer (as Bo)
ESWAT: City Under Siege (Mega Drive; 1990) — Sound Coordinator^[11] (as Bo)
Super Monaco GP (Mega Drive; 1990) — Music Composer^[12] (as Bo)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive; 1990) — Sound Adviser^[13] (as Bo)
Columns (Game Gear; 1990) — Composer (as Bo)
16t (Mega Drive; 1991) — Special Thanks to^[14] (as Bo)
Flicky (Mega Drive; 1991) — Special Thanks^[15] (as Bo)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Master System; 1991) — Sound Director^[16] (as B. O)
Battle Golfer Yui (Mega Drive; 1991) — Special Thanks^[17] (as BO)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Game Gear; 1991) — Sound Director^[18] (as B. O)
Streets of Rage (Mega Drive; 1991) — Special Thanks to^[19] (as Bo)
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (Mega Drive; 1991) — Sound Producer^[20] (as Bo)
Summer Games (Master System; 1991) — Sound Programming
Wondermega Collection (Mega-CD; 1992) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Master System; 1992) — Sound (as Bo)
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Mega Drive; 1992) — Sound Creator^[21] (as Bo)
Dyna Brothers (Mega Drive; 1992) — Sega R&D Dept^[22]
Bio-Hazard Battle (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special Thanks to^[23] (as Bo)
Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — スーパーバイザー^[24] (as 上保徳彦)
Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — Supervisors^[25]
Golden Axe III (Mega Drive; 1993) — Sound Program^[26] (as BO)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Special Thanks^[27] (as 上保徳彦)
Game no Kanzume Vol. 2 (Mega-CD; 1994) — Special Thanks to^[14] (as Bo)
Game no Kanzume Vol. 1 (Mega-CD; 1994) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive; 1994) — SEGA Sound Team^[28] (as Bo)
Shinobi Legions (Saturn; 1995) — Technical Support
Lulu: Un Conte Interactif de Romain Victor-Pujebet (Saturn; 1996) — Producers^[29]
Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Tsuushin (Saturn; 1997) — プロデューサー^[30] (as 上保徳彦)
Panic! (PlayStation 2; 2002) — スーパーバイザー (as 上保徳彦)

Music

SING!! Sega Game Music Presented by B.B. Queens (CD; 1992) — Directed by^[31] (as 上保徳彦)
Phantasy Star Collection: Sound Collection I (CD; 1993) — Executive Producer
Phantasy Star Collection: Sound Collection I (CD; 1993) — Music Composer (as Bo)
Phantasy Star Collection: Sound Collection II (CD; 1993) — Executive Producer (as Bo)
Sonic & Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (CD; 1994) — Executive Producer (as BO)
Sega Simulation Best: Advanced Daisenryaku Original Soundtrack (CD; 2006) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
Phantasy Star 1st Series Complete Album (CD; 2008) — Commentator^[32] (as Tokuhiko "BO" Uwabo)
Alex Kidd Complete Album (CD; 2009) — SPECIAL THANKS to

Satellite 7 (1985)
Action Fighter (Master System Version) (1986)
Woody Pop (1987)
Great Volleyball (1987)
OutRun (Master System Version) (1987) — (as T.U)
SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (1987)
After Burner (Master System Version) (1987)
Columns (Arcade version) (1990)
Columns (Game Gear Version) (1990)

Song credits

Satellite 7

Title — Music & Arrangement
Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Fantasy Zone (Master System Version)

Title — Arrangement
Opa-Opa! [Rd. 1] — Arrangement
Boss [Rd. 1~7 Boss] — Arrangement
Round Up [Round Clear] — Arrangement
Keep on the Beat [Rd. 2] — Arrangement
Saari [Rd. 3] — Arrangement
Prome [Rd. 4] — Arrangement
Hot Snow [Rd. 5] — Arrangement
Don't Stop [Rd. 6] — Arrangement
Dreaming Tomorrow [Rd. 7] — Arrangement
Shop — Arrangement
Ya-Da-Yo [Rd. 8 Boss] — Arrangement
Victory Way [Ending] — Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement

Choplifter (Master System Version)

Round Start — Arrangement
Round 1 BGM — Music & Arrangement
Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
Round 2 BGM — Arrangement
Round 3 BGM — Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement

Action Fighter (Master System Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Mission Briefing — Music & Arrangement
Ground Stage BGM — Music & Arrangement
Hidden Character — Music & Arrangement
Take Off — Music & Arrangement
Air Stage BGM — Music & Arrangement
Sega Jingle — Music & Arrangement
Hidden Character 2 — Music & Arrangement
Boss — Music & Arrangement
Mission Clear — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Start — Music & Arrangement
Alex Kidd (Main Theme) — Music & Arrangement
Swimming — Music & Arrangement
Item Obtain — Music & Arrangement
Scopaco Cycle (Unused) — Music & Arrangement
Petit-Copter — Music & Arrangement
Castle — Music & Arrangement
Jung-Keng — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Miss — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Space Harrier (Master System Version)

Main BGM — Arrangement
Squilla — Arrangement
Ida — Arrangement
Godarni — Arrangement
Wiwi Jumbo — Arrangement
Battle Field — Arrangement
Syura — Arrangement
Valda — Arrangement
Stanray — Arrangement
Haya-Oh — Music & Arrangement
Lake Side Memory — Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement
White Summer — Arrangement
Lovers — Music & Arrangement

Woody Pop: Shinjinrui no Block Kuzugi

Title — Music & Arrangement
Round Start — Music & Arrangement
BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Continue — Music & Arrangement
BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
Demo — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement

Great Volleyball

Title — Music & Arrangement
USA — Arrangement
USSR — Arrangement
China — Arrangement
Korea — Arrangement
Japan — Arrangement
Brazil — Arrangement
Cuba — Arrangement
France — Arrangement
Win — Music & Arrangement
Lose — Music & Arrangement

Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu

Title — Music & Arrangement
Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
Battlin' Days (Action BGM 1) — Music & Arrangement
In Search of Freedom (Action BGM 2) — Music & Arrangement
The Will to Love (Ending BGM) — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

The Black Onyx (SG-1000 Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

SDI (Master System Version)

Demo — Music & Arrangement
Game Start — Music & Arrangement
System Down — Arrangement
Perfect — Arrangement
We Are Desirous of Peace — Arrangement
Blue Moon — Arrangement

After Burner (Master System Version)

Maximum Power — Arrangement
Final Take Off — Arrangement
Red Out — Arrangement
Super Stripe — Arrangement
After Burner — Arrangement
City 202 — Arrangement

Space Harrier II

Motion — Music & Arrangement
Harrier Saga — Music & Arrangement
Nuclear Shock — Music & Arrangement
Mind Quake — Music & Arrangement
Neo — Music & Arrangement
Giga — Music & Arrangement
Winner's Flight — Music & Arrangement
The Stairs to Z — Music & Arrangement
Handcuff — Music & Arrangement
Perspective — Music & Arrangement
Machine Henge — Music & Arrangement
Jelly Syndrome — Music & Arrangement
Outsider — Music & Arrangement
An Omen — Music & Arrangement
Mega Chance — Music & Arrangement
Reverse Infect — Music & Arrangement
An Epitaph — Music & Arrangement
Illusion — Music & Arrangement
A — Music & Arrangement
Name Entry — Music & Arrangement

Super Daisenryaku (Mega Drive Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Prot It — Music & Arrangement
A Bottom — Music & Arrangement
Spirits — Music & Arrangement
Splend — Music & Arrangement
Out All — Music & Arrangement
Ahead — Music & Arrangement
Fire — Music & Arrangement
Surrender — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Extra — Music & Arrangement

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Title — Music & Arrangement
Select — Music & Arrangement
BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
BGM 4 — Music & Arrangement
Birdie — Music & Arrangement
Par — Music & Arrangement
Bogey — Music & Arrangement
Out of Bounds — Music & Arrangement
Score Display — Music & Arrangement
Coffee Break — Music & Arrangement
Awards Ceremony — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version)

On Earth — Music & Arrangement
In the Sky — Music & Arrangement
Earthwind — Music & Arrangement
Ice Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
Ice Dragon — Music & Arrangement
Twin Islands — Music & Arrangement
Windy Cave — Music & Arrangement
High Minotaur — Music & Arrangement
Melody I — Music & Arrangement
Melody II — Music & Arrangement
Fairy's Harp — Music & Arrangement
Human World — Music & Arrangement
Marionette's World — Music & Arrangement
King of Marionette — Music & Arrangement
Behind the Marionette — Music & Arrangement
Eerie Village — Music & Arrangement
Underground Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
Fire Dragon — Music & Arrangement

Columns (Arcade version)

Coin — Music & Arrangement
Filthy (Select) — Music & Arrangement
Quagmire (Start/Unused Tune) — Music & Arrangement
Clotho (Theme) — Music & Arrangement
Conciliation (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement
Boy Wonder (Name Entry) — Music & Arrangement
Arabian Jewelry (U.S.A. Version) — Music & Arrangement

Columns (Mega Drive Version)

Lathesis (Theme 2) — Music & Arrangement
Atropos (Theme 3) — Music & Arrangement

Super Monaco GP (Mega Drive Version)

F1 Grand Prix — Arrangement
Exhaust Fumes — Music & Arrangement
Extreme Tension — Arrangement
Qualify — Arrangement
A Break — Arrangement
The Checker Flag — Arrangement
Super License — Arrangement
The Heat Waves — Arrangement
At a Loss — Arrangement
Concentration — Music & Arrangement
Contentment — Music & Arrangement
Hold in Check — Music & Arrangement
Impatience — Music & Arrangement
The Bitterness — Music & Arrangement
Theme of Monaco — Arrangement

Columns (Game Gear Version)

Filthy (Select) — Music & Arrangement
Quagmire (Start/Unused Tune) — Music & Arrangement
Clotho (Theme 1) — Music & Arrangement
Lathesis (Theme 2) — Music & Arrangement
Atropos (Theme 3) — Music & Arrangement
Conciliation (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement
Boy Wonder (Name Entry) — Music & Arrangement

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Tokuhiko Uwabo

External links

Sega Stars: Tokuhiko "Bo" Uwabo article by Ken Horowitz at Sega-16

References

[:File:SlapShooter_SystemE_rankinglist.png_p-1] File:SlapShooter SystemE rankinglist.png

[:File:Fantasy_Zone_SMS_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Fantasy Zone SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Great_Golf_1987_SMS.2C_Standings.png_p-3] File:Great Golf 1987 SMS, Standings.png

[:File:Phantasy_Star_SMS_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Space_Harrier_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Phantasy Star II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Super_Daisenryaku_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Super Daisenryaku MD credits.pdf

[:File:Ozaki_Naomichi_no_Super_Masters_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Ozaki Naomichi no Super Masters MD credits.pdf

[:File:Revenge_of_Shinobi_MD_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Revenge of Shinobi MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sorcerian_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] 10.0 ^10.1 File:Sorcerian MD credits.pdf

[:File:ESWAT_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:ESWAT MD credits.pdf

[:File:Super_Monaco_GP_MD_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Super Monaco GP MD credits.pdf

[:File:Moonwalker_MD_credits.pdf_p-13] File:Moonwalker MD credits.pdf

[:File:16t_MD_credits.pdf_p-14] 14.0 ^14.1 File:16t MD credits.pdf

[:File:Flicky_MD_credits.pdf_p-15] File:Flicky MD credits.pdf

[:File:Castle_of_Illusion_SMS_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Castle of Illusion SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Battle_Golfer_Yui_MD_credits.pdf_p-17] File:Battle Golfer Yui MD credits.pdf

[:File:Castle_of_Illusion_GG_credits.pdf_p-18] File:Castle of Illusion GG credits.pdf

[:File:Streets_of_Rage_MD_credits.pdf_p-19] File:Streets of Rage MD credits.pdf

[:File:QuackShot_MD_credits.pdf_p-20] File:QuackShot MD credits.pdf

[:File:Super_Monaco_GP_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-21] File:Super Monaco GP II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Dyna_Brothers_MD_credits.pdf_p-22] File:Dyna Brothers MD credits.pdf

[:File:Bio-Hazard_Battle_MD_credits.pdf_p-23] File:Bio-Hazard Battle MD credits.pdf

[:File:Switch_MCD_credits.pdf_p-24] File:Switch MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Panic_MCD_credits.pdf_p-25] File:Panic MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Golden_Axe_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-26] File:Golden Axe III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Sennenki_no_Owari_ni_MD_credits.pdf_p-27] File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_.26amp.3B_Knuckles_MD_credits.pdf_p-28] File:Sonic & Knuckles MD credits.pdf

[:File:Lulu_Saturn_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-29] File:Lulu Saturn JP SSCredits.pdf

[:File:STHT_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-30] File:STHT_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Sing_Sega_Game_Music_MCD_JAP_manual.pdf_p22-31] File:Sing Sega Game Music MCD JAP manual.pdf, page 22

[:File:PS1SCA_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p8-32] File:PS1SCA CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 8

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 * ''[[Satellite 7]]'' (1985)