Hiroshi Kubota

Hiroshi Kubota (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 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 the Mega Drive version of Sorcerian.

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.

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

Production history

• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Sound Composer (as Jimita)
• Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Music Composed (as Jimita)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Sound Program (as Jimita)
• Advanced Daisenryaku (1991) — US artillery march (Sound Maker) (as Jimita), la marseillaise (Sound Maker) (as Jimita)
• Kiss Shot (1992) — Music Create (as Jimita)
• Dyna Brothers (1992) — Special Thanks (Sega R&D Dept)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Sound Assistant (as Jimita)
• Panic! (1993) — Sound
• Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) — Special Thanks
• Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (1994) — Sound Programmer (as Jimmy)
• Ristar (Mega Drive Version) (1995) — Sound Programmer

Song Credits

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

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

Advanced Daisenryaku

• US Artillery March — Arrangement
• La Marseillaise — Arrangement

External links

• www.jimita.com — Personal website