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Hiroshi Kubota

Place of birth: Fukuoka, Japan
Date of birth: 1965-10-10 (age 59)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan, Sonic Team
Role(s): Sound Programmer, Composer

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Hiroshi Kubota (久保田浩), also known by the alias Jimita, is a Japanese jazz pianist and former Sega of Japan and Sonic Team sound programmer and composer, known for his work in programming a number of the company's early Mega Drive game soundtracks.

Career

Hiroshi Kubota was personally responsible for converting Masato Nakamura's music for playback on the Mega Drive's SMPS sound engine in the original Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as co-composing music for Sorcerian. Following his work on Ristar, he left Sega and retired, later becoming a jazz pianist. His alias from the Sega days - Jimita - is still used on his personal website.

He should not be confused with Hiroshi Kubota (窪田宏), coincidentally also a keyboard player.

Production history

Sorcerian (Mega Drive; 1990) — Music Composed^[1] (as Jimita)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive; 1990) — Sound Composer^[2] (as Jimita)
Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive; 1991) — US artillery march^[3] (as Jimita)
Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive; 1991) — la marseillaise^[3] (as Jimita)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive; 1991) — Sound Program^[4] (as Jimita)
Kiss Shot (Mega Drive; 1992) — Music Create^[5] (as Jimita)
Dyna Brothers (Mega Drive; 1992) — Sega R&D Dept^[6]
Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — サウンド^[7] (as 久保田浩)
Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound^[8]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks^[9]
Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Sound Programmer^[10] (as Jimmy)
Ristar (Mega Drive; 1995) — Sound Programmers^[11]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks^[12]
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage (Dreamcast; 1999) — Management
Panic! (PlayStation 2; 2002) — サウンド (as 久保田浩)
Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis (Game Boy Advance; 2006) — Sound Program^[13] (as Jimita)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Special Thanks
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Special Thanks

Hyper Drive (CD) (1990)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Sound Program (as Jimita)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Sound Assistant (as Jimita)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) — Special Thanks

Song credits

Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version)

Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
Deamon Soldier — Music & Arrangement
Village — Music & Arrangement
Cave and Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
Mosma — Music & Arrangement
China Town — Music & Arrangement
China Village — Music & Arrangement
Angel's Song — Music & Arrangement
China Dragon — Music & Arrangement
The Magic School I — Music & Arrangement
The Magic School II — Music & Arrangement
Master Monster — Music & Arrangement
Again — Music & Arrangement
The Castle of Zander — Music & Arrangement
Zander Dragon — Music & Arrangement

Hyper Drive

Sword of Vermilion (Vermilion) — Piano
新たなる旅へ (Phantasy Star III) — Piano

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive Version)

Title — Arrangement
Club 30 (Round 1) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 1 (Smooth Criminal) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 2 (Smooth Criminal) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 3 (Smooth Criminal) — Arrangement
Street (Round 2) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 4 (Beat It) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 5 (Beat It) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 6 (Beat It) — Arrangement
Woods (Round 3) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 7 (Another Part of Me) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 8 (Another Part of Me) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 9 (Thriller) — Arrangement [NOTE: Used in first release (REV00) of the game instead of Another Part of Me]
Cavern (Round 4) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 10 (Billie Jean) — Arrangement
The Enemy Hideout (Round 5) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 11 (Bad) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 12 (Bad) — Arrangement
Dance Magic 13 (Bad) — Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement

Advanced Daisenryaku

US Artillery March — Arrangement
La Marseillaise — Arrangement

External links

www.jimita.com — Personal website

References

[:File:Sorcerian_MD_credits.pdf_p-1] File:Sorcerian MD credits.pdf

[:File:Moonwalker_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Moonwalker MD credits.pdf

[:File:Advanced_Daisenryaku_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:Advanced Daisenryaku MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Sonic the Hedgehog MD credits.pdf

[:File:Kiss_Shot_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Kiss Shot MD credits.pdf

[:File:Dyna_Brothers_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Dyna Brothers MD credits.pdf

[:File:Switch_MCD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Switch MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Panic_MCD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Panic MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Heavenly_Symphony_MCD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Heavenly Symphony MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Ristar_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Ristar MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_PC_DirectX_good_ending_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Sonic CD PC DirectX good ending credits.pdf

[:File:SonicGenesis_GBA_US_manual.pdf_p18-13] File:SonicGenesis GBA US manual.pdf, page 18

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-{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (久保田 浩), born 10 October 1965 in Fukuoka, Japan, is a musician and programmer who worked at [[Sega]] in the early to mid 1990s. He was responsible for converting [[sonic:Masato Nakamura|Masato Nakamura]]'s music for playback on the [[Mega Drive]]'s [[SMPS]] sound engine in the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', as well as co-composing music for the Mega Drive version of ''[[Sorcerian]]''.
+{{sub-stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (久保田浩), also known by the alias '''Jimita''', is a Japanese jazz pianist and former [[Sega of Japan]] and [[Sonic Team]] sound programmer and composer, known for his work in programming a number of the company's early [[Mega Drive]] game soundtracks.
-Following his work on ''[[Ristar]]'', he left Sega and retired. He would later go on to become a jazz pianist. His alias from the Sega days, '''Jimita''', is still used on his personal website.
+==Career==
+{{PAGENAME}} was personally responsible for converting [[sonic:Masato Nakamura|Masato Nakamura]]'s music for playback on the [[Mega Drive]]'s [[SMPS]] sound engine in the original ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', as well as co-composing music for ''[[Sorcerian]]''. Following his work on ''[[Ristar]]'', he left Sega and retired, later becoming a jazz pianist. His alias from the Sega days - Jimita - is still used on his personal website.
 He should not be confused with Hiroshi Kubota (窪田 宏), coincidentally also a keyboard player.