Tokuhiko Uwabo

Tokuhiko Uwabo

Role(s): Musician

Tokuhiko Uwabo (上保徳彦), born April 26, 1960, 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

Satellite 7 (1985)
Fantasy Zone (Master System Version) (1986) — Music by (as Noah Toku)
Choplifter (Master System Version) (1986) — Sound Effects (as Hairy Uwa)
Action Fighter (Master System Version) (1986)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986) — By (as Toku) [NOTE: Unspecified role]
Space Harrier (Master System Version) (1986) — Music Arranger (as Bo)
Woody Pop: Shinjinrui no Block Kuzushi (1987)
Great Volleyball (1987)
Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu (1987) — Music Composed by (as Bo)
Zillion (1987) — Sound Coordinate (as Bo)
OutRun (Master System Version) (1987) — (as T.U)
The Black Onyx (SG-1000 Version) (1987) — Sound Composer (as Bo)
SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (1987)
After Burner (Master System Version) (1987)
Phantasy Star (1987) — Sound (as Bo)
Space Harrier 3D (1988) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
Poseidon Wars 3D (1988) — Sound Coordinator (as Bo)
Summer Games (Master System Version) (1988) — Music, Sound Programming
Ys: The Vanished Omens (Master System Version) (1988) — Sound (as Bo)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive Version) (1988) — Sound Composer (as Bo), Sound Programmer (as Bo)
Phantasy Star II (1989) — Musical Composer (as Bo)
Super Daisenryaku (Mega Drive Version) (1989)
Poseidon Wars 3D (1989) — Sound Coordinator (as Bo)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (1989) (as Bo)
The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) — Sound Coordinator / Sound Programmer
Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Scenario Written (as Bo), Music Composed (as Bo)
Columns (Arcade version) (1990)
Columns (Mega Drive Version) (1990)
E-SWAT: City Under Siege (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Sound Coordinator (as Bo)
Super Monaco GP (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Music Composer (as Bo)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Sound Adviser (as Bo)
Columns (Game Gear Version) (1990)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Sound Director (as Bo)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Master System and Game Gear Versions) (1990/1991) — Sound Director (as B. O)
Battle Golfer Yui (1991) — Special Thanks (as B O)
16t (1991) — Special Thanks to... (as Bo)
Flicky (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (1991) — Sound Producer (as Bo)
Streets of Rage (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Special Thanks To (as Bo)
Dyna Brothers (1992) — Special Thanks (Sega R&D Dept)
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Sound Creator (as Bo)
Bio-Hazard Battle (1992) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
Panic! (1993) — Supervisor
Golden Axe III (1993) — Sound Program (as Bo)
Phantasy Star IV (1993) — Special Thanks (as T.Uwabo)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) — SEGA Sound Team (as Bo)
Sonic & Knuckles (1994) — SEGA Sound Team (as Bo)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994) — SEGA Sound Team (as Bo)
Lulu: Un Conte Interactif de Romain Victor-Pujebet (1996) — Producer
Shinobi X (1996) — Technical Support (Sega of Europe Staff)
Disney Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013) — Original Composer (SEGA Studios Australia)

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 Kuzushi

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

References