Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

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Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (光吉猛修), born 12 December 1967, is a composer of video game music. He has composed music for various games produced by Sega, including Virtua Fighter 2 and Shenmue.

Biography

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi started out in the field of sound creation by following his dream of creating music. He held a particular interest in the genre of game music, and was thrilled to have been given the opportunity to work in this field with Sega. Joining the Sega team in 1990 not only allowed him to create music in his favorite format, but it also offered him the chance to be a part of the celebrated S.S.T. Band (Sega Sound Team), a live performance band employed by Sega to perform games music of its arcade games.

Having done some work on previous Sega games, the first major project he wrote the majority of the music for was in 1994, working on the game, Virtua Fighter 2. It was around that time that he did the music and vocals for Daytona USA as well.

Mitsuyoshi’s work on these games propelled him even further on his musical path with Sega. In the 1999 highly acclaimed release, Shenmue, Mitsuyoshi once again demonstrated his expertise by creating a soundtrack of over 20 songs and more than 200 other pieces to be used throughout the game. Continuing this tradition of excellence, he went on to compose for Shenmue II, which was released in 2001.

Production History

G-LOC: Air Battle (Arcade Version) (1990) (as R360)
GP Rider (Arcade Version) (1990) (as R360)
Strike Fighter (Arcade Version) (1991)
Virtua Racing (Arcade Version) (1992)
Sonic CD (1993) — Special Thanks
OutRunners (Arcade Version) (1993)
Virtua Racing (Mega Drive Version) (1994) — Special Thanks
OutRunners (Mega Drive Version) (1994)
Daytona USA (Arcade Version) (1994)
Virtua Fighter (Saturn Version) (1994) — Sound Designer
Virtua Racing Deluxe (1994) — Special Thanks
Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade Version) (1995)
Virtua Fighter Remix (1995) — Sound Designer (Virtua Fighter Remix Staff)
Sega Rally Championship (Arcade Version) (1995) — Music
Manx TT Superbike (1995)
Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn Version) (1995) — Music Arranger & Director
Virtua Fighter 2 (PC Version) (1995) — Sound Designer
Daytona USA (Saturn Version) (1995) — Sound Engineer
Sega Rally Championship (Saturn Version) (1995) — Music Composed By (Original Sound Track)
Victory Goal '96 (1996)
Virtua Fighter Kids (1996)
Sonic the Fighters (1996) — Special Thanks
Virtua Fighter 3 (1996)
Fighters Megamix (1996) — Sound Designer
Burning Rangers (Japanese edition) (1998) — Lead vocal (Burning Hearts ~Burning Angel~, We are Burning Rangers)
Daytona USA 2 (1998)
Shenmue (1999) — Sound Director, Music Composer, Shenmue Passport Sound & Music
Rent-A-Hero No. 1 (2000)
Daytona USA 2001 (2001)
Shenmue II (2001) — Sound Section Assistant, Music Composer
Space Channel 5: Part 2: Special Edition (2003) — Waver Master's Special Thanks
Virtual-On Marz (2003) — Sound Designer
World Club Champion Football Serie A (2003)
Feel the Magic: XY/XX (2004)
Sonic Gems Collection (2005) — Sound Creator
The Rub Rabbits! (2005)
Sega Rally 2006 (2006)
Sega Rally Championship (PS2 Release) (2006) — Music & Sound Effects
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) — Musician (Chorus)
Sega Rally Revo (2007) — Special Thanks

Other Works

Virtua Fighter (Anime)
Mega Selection II -G.S.M. Sega- (1991) (as R Saburo)
Daytona USA * B-univ (1994)
Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix (1994) (as yasu)
Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising (1994)
Virtua Fighter 2 Dancing Shadows (1995)
Virtua Fighter 3 On The Vocal (1997)
From Loud 2 Low ~Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Works~ (2003)
Street Fighter Tribute Album (2003)

Cover of "Sonic Heroes", followed by "Happy Birthday" to Sonic the Hedgehog for Sonic's 17 anniversary (2008)

Song Credits

G-LOC: Air Battle

Earth Frame G — Music

GP Rider

Time Attack (Automatic) — Music

Rent-a-Hero

Can You Become a Rent-a-Hero for Mankind's Sake? — Vocals

Strike Fighter

Opening — Music
Funky Bomb — Music
Shuffle Cannon — Music
Born Out — Music
K-City — Music
Lunar Ground — Music
Hyper Hopper — Music
Ending — Music
What's Your Name? — Music
One More Time — Music

Virtua Racing (Arcade Version)

Waiting Your Entry — Music & Arrangement
Course Select — Music & Arrangement
Beginner — Music & Arrangement
Medium — Music & Arrangement
Expert — Music & Arrangement
Extend Time - 1 — Music & Arrangement
Best Lap - 2 — Music & Arrangement
Extend Time - 2 — Music & Arrangement
Best Lap - 3 — Music & Arrangement
Extend Time - 3 — Music & Arrangement
Best Lap - 4 — Music & Arrangement
Extend Time - 4 — Music & Arrangement
Best Lap - 5 — Music & Arrangement
Extend Time - 5 — Music & Arrangement
Pit Out — Music & Arrangement
Pit In — Music & Arrangement
Goal — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
Congratulations - 2 — Music & Arrangement

OutRunners (Arcade Version)

Pre Stage — Music & Arrangement
Magical Sound Shower (1993) — Arrangement
Passing Breeze (1993) — Arrangement
Splash Wave (1993) — Arrangement
Adventure — Music & Arrangement
Grand Canyon — Music & Arrangement
San Francisco — Music & Arrangement
Niagara Falls — Music & Arrangement
Hawaii — Music & Arrangement
Pacific Ocean Crossway Bridge — Music & Arrangement
Atlantic Ocean Underwater Tunnel — Music & Arrangement
Switzerland — Music & Arrangement
Japan — Music & Arrangement
Hong Kong — Music & Arrangement
Egypt — Music & Arrangement
Mediterranean Sea — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
France — Music & Arrangement
Germany — Music & Arrangement
Meaning of the Light - Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Racing (Mega Drive Version)

Title Logo — Music
Demonstration — Music
Game Start — Music
Mode Select — Music
Course Select — Music
Start — Music
Beginner Start (Big Forest) — Music
Time Extend 1 — Music
Best Lap 2 — Music
Time Extend 2 — Music
Best Lap 3 — Music
Time Extend 3 — Music
Best Lap 4 — Music
Time Extend 4 — Music
Best Lap 5 — Music
Time Extend 5 — Music
Get Goal — Music
Game Over — Music
Name Entry — Music
Replay — Music
Result — Music
Ending — Music
Medium Start (Bay Bridge) — Music
Expert Start (Acropolis) — Music
Pit In — Music
Pit Out — Music
Records — Music
Ending (Arcade Ver) — Music

OutRunners (Mega Drive Version)

Pre Stage — Music
Magical Sound Shower (1993) — Music
Passing Breeze (1993) — Music
Splash Wave (1993) — Music
Adventure — Music
Grand Canyon — Music
San Francisco — Music
Niagara Falls — Music
Hawaii — Music
Pacific Ocean Crossway Bridge — Music
Atlantic Ocean Underwater Tunnel — Music
Switzerland — Music
Japan — Music
Hong Kong — Music
Egypt — Music
Mediterranean Sea — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
France — Music
Germany — Music
Waiting Your Entry [Original] From Virtua Racing — Music
Beginner Start [Original] From Virtua Racing — Music
Meaning of the Light - Game Over — Music

Daytona USA (Arcade Version)

Let's Go Away (Advertisement) — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Awaiting Other Challengers — Music & Arrangement
Start Your Engines — Music & Arrangement
The King of Speed — Music & Arrangement
Breakdown — Music & Arrangement
Rolling Start — Music & Arrangement
Let's Go Away — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Bitchin' — Music & Arrangement
Dreaming of Daytona USA — Music & Arrangement
Sky High — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Check It Out! — Music & Arrangement
Could You Fly? — Music & Arrangement
Pounding Pavement — Music & Arrangement
Sweat — Music & Arrangement
Pounding Pavement (reprise) — Music & Arrangement
G,A,M,E,O,V,E,R — Music & Arrangement
David Goes to Victory Lane — Arrangement
A.B — Arrangement
EXN — Arrangement
G.F — Arrangement
GLC — Arrangement
GPR — Music & Arrangement
H.O — Arrangement
ORS — Music & Arrangement
O.R — Arrangement
P.D — Arrangement
R.M — Arrangement
S.C — Arrangement
S.F — Music & Arrangement
S.H — Arrangement
SMG — Arrangement
TOR — Arrangement
V.F — Arrangement
V.R — Music & Arrangement
SHO — Arrangement
VMO — Arrangement
E.R — Arrangement
T.B — Arrangement
QTT — Arrangement
SDI — Arrangement
Coming Soon — Music & Arrangement
Jingle [Magical Sound Shower] — Arrangement
Jingle [Rush a Difficulty] — Arrangement
Jingle [Adventure] — Music & Arrangement

Daytona USA B-univ*

Let's Go Away — Lyrics (w/David Leytze), Music, Arrangement (w/Koichi Namiki), Keyboard, Vocals (w/David Leytze)
Pounding Pavement — Lyrics (w/David Leytze), Music, Arrangement (w/Koichi Namiki), Keyboard, Vocals
Daytona in the Night — Lyrics, Music, Keyboard, Vocals (w/David Leytze)
Sky High — Lyrics (w/David Leytze), Music, Arrangement (w/Koichi Namiki), Keyboard, Vocals
Tornado — Music, Arrangement (w/Koichi Namiki), Keyboard
The Queen of Speed — Lyrics, Music, Keyboard, Vocals

Virtua Fighter (Saturn Version)

Advertise — Arrangement
Game Start — Arrangement
Jacky — Arrangement
Jeffry — Arrangement
Sarah — Arrangement
Kage — Arrangement
Pai — Arrangement
Wolf — Arrangement
Lau — Arrangement
Akira — Arrangement
Ending — Arrangement
Name Entry — Arrangement, Vocals (w/Akiko Hashimoto)

Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix

Love you "Sonic" — Vocals
Brand-new World — Vocals (w/momo)
When we reach for you ~Could it be right~ — Vocals

Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising

Virtua Fighter "You are the Master" — Vocals, organ
Wolf — Vocals, electric piano
The Moon is the White Gate's Light — Vocals
Wounds by Design — Synthesizer solo
Ocean Crystal Ship — Glottal Noises
Stand Tall — Organ solo

Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade Version)

Begin New Challenge — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Black Cat Moon — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Young Knight — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Fisherman of the Seven Seas — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Secret Hiding in the Leaves ~A Heartless Law~ — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Escape — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
The Woodcutter's Dirge — Music & Arrangement
Ride the Tiger — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura & Akiko Hashimoto)
Chicago — Music & Arrangement
Afterimage — Music & Arrangement
Moment of Eternity — Music & Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)

Sega Rally Championship (Arcade Version)

Power Games — Music
Conditioned Reflex — Music
Desert Land — Music
Getting Muddy — Music
My Dear Friend, Rally — Music
Reckless Running — Music
Ignition — Music
Welcome to Sega Rally — Music (w/Tomoyuki Kawamura)

Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn Version)

Man of the Fist — Arrangement
Black Cat Moon — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
Mountain Hermit Shun Di — Arrangement
Star from Hong Kong — Arrangement
Young Knight — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
Fisherman of the Seven Seas — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
Secret Hiding in the Leaves ~A Heartless Law~ — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
Escape — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
The Woodcutter's Dirge — Music & Arrangement
Ride the Tiger — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
Messenger from the Dark ~Dural~ — Arrangement
Chicago — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 2 Dancing Shadows

Believe In Love - Jacky — Vocals
Go Beyond That Wave - Jeffry — Vocals
Summer Tempest - Akira — Vocals
Everyone is a Stranger - Kage — Vocals
Golden Rain - Lau — Vocals
Embrace the Unreachable Heart - Dural — Vocals
Confusing Dreams - Shun — Vocals

Daytona USA (Saturn Version)

Let's Go Away (Advertisement) — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Awaiting Other Challengers — Music & Arrangement
Start Your Engines — Music & Arrangement
The King of Speed — Music & Arrangement
Breakdown — Music & Arrangement
Rolling Start — Music & Arrangement
Let's Go Away — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Bitchin' — Music & Arrangement
Dreaming of Daytona USA — Music & Arrangement
Sky High — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Check It Out! — Music & Arrangement
Could You Fly? — Music & Arrangement
Pounding Pavement — Music & Arrangement
Sweat — Music & Arrangement
Pounding Pavement (reprise) — Music & Arrangement
G,A,M,E,O,V,E,R — Music & Arrangement
David Goes to Victory Lane — Arrangement
Jingle [Magical Sound Shower] — Arrangement
Jingle [Vivacious] — Arrangement
Jingle [Rush a Difficulty] — Arrangement
Jingle [Adventure] — Music & Arrangement

Victory Goal '96

Victory Goal '96:opening theme - The Sky Continuing Towards the Future — Lyrics (w/Jun Senoue), Vocals
Victory Goal '96:ending theme - Overcoming a Thousand Nights — Lyrics (w/Jun Senoue), Vocals

Virtua Fighter Kids

Sarah — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
Pai — Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Lion — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Jeffry — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Kage — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Jacky — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Wolf — Music
Akira — Music (w/Maki Morrow & Takayuki Nakamura)
Chicago — Music, Arrangement (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Moment of Eternity ~ Kids Version — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura)
Sarah ~ Ending Movie — Music & Arrangement
Jacky ~ Ending Movie — Music & Arrangement
Akira ~ Ending Movie — Music & Arrangement
Advice — Music (w/Takayuki Nakamura), Arrangement
Afterimage ~ Kids Version — Music & Arrangement

Sonic the Fighters

Character Select [Get into the Wave 2] — Arrangement
Aurora Icefield [Black Bed] — Arrangement
Canyon Cruise [Blue Garden] — Music & Arrangement (w/Maki Morrow)
You Are Winner [Winner's Fanfare] — Music
Continue [Continue] — Music & Arrangement
Game Over [Game Over] — Music & Arrangement
Sunset Town [Bonus Track 2] — Arrangement (w/Maki Morrow)

Virtua Fighter 3

Rowdy — Music & Arrangement
Virtua Fighter 3 — Arrangement
Next Challenger — Music & Arrangement
Keen Head "Jacky in the Building" — Music & Arrangement
Tedium "Leon in the Library" — Arrangement (w/Fumio Ito)
Mai "Aoi in the Snow" — Arrangement
Coral Groove "Jeffry in the Sea" — Music & Arrangement
Underground "Sarah in the Subway" — Arrangement
Gostroptosis "In the Cave" — Arrangement
Hiding "Kagemaru in the Castle" — Arrangement
Open the Deadgate "Pai on the Roof" — Music & Arrangement
Drunkman in Hong Kong "Shun on the Raft" — Arrangement
Raging Wind "Lau in the Great Wall" — Music & Arrangement
Ancient times "Wolf in the Desert" — Music & Arrangement
On the Circle "Takaarashi on the Ring" — Music & Arrangement
The Hall "Akira in the Bamboo Grove" — Music & Arrangement
Tender Steel "Dural" — Music & Arrangement
After image 2 — Music & Arrangement
Tell me your memories — Music & Arrangement
Game over — Arrangement
Try to Next Level — Music & Arrangement
Modesty "Extra Stage" — Arrangement (w/Fumio Ito)
Impudence "Extra Stage" — Arrangement (w/Fumio Ito)
The Killer Mantis "Extra Stage" — Arrangement
Blandish Fist "Extra Stage" — Music & Arrangement
Persevering "Extra Stage" — Arrangement (w/Fumio Ito)
Cool Bell "Extra Stage" — Music & Arrangement
Tears of Falling "Extra Stage" — Music & Arrangement
For You... — Music & Arrangement

Fighters Megamix

Fighters MegaMix — Music & Arrangement
Welcome to Festival — Music & Arrangement
Continue — Music & Arrangement
Win — Music & Arrangement
Virtua Fighter 3 Game Over — Arrangement
Ending A "Light" — Music & Arrangement
Ending B "Virtua Fighter Ending Ver. II" — Music & Arrangement
Ending C "Hard Vipers" — Music & Arrangement
Ending D "Girls" — Music & Arrangement
Ending E "Muscle Power" — Music & Arrangement
Ending F "Young Guys" — Music & Arrangement
Ending G "Hate" — Music & Arrangement
Ending H "Last" — Music & Arrangement
Ending I "With Mother" — Music & Arrangement

Daytona USA Championship Circuit Edition

Daytona USA Medley — Music, Vocals, Lyrics (w/David Leytze)

Virtua Fighter 3 On The Vocal

Heat Haze ◊ Kage — Vocals
Beyond The Mirage ◊ Lau — Music, Vocals
ZERO ◊ Dural — Music, Vocals
Alone ◊ Akira — Music, Vocals
Brave It Out ◊ Jacky — Music, Vocals
The Wall ◊ Wolf — Music, Vocals
Wild Blood ◊ Jeffry — Music, Vocals
Mysterious ◊ Sarah — Vocals
A Night Without You ◊ Lion — Music, Vocals
My Lover ◊ Pai — Music, Vocals

Burning Rangers (Japanese edition)

Burning Hearts ~Burning Angel~ — Vocal Performance
We are Burning Rangers — Vocal Performance
Burning Hearts ~Short Track~ — Vocal Performance

Sega Rally 2 (Arcade Version)

Ignition '98 ...4 select — Music
Ignition '98 ...in the groove — Music

Daytona USA 2

I Can Do It — Music

Shenmue

Shenmue Main Theme — Music
Shenmue ~Sedge Tree~ / Original Version — Music & Arrangement
Setting off anew / Original Version — Music & Arrangement
Antiquity Tree — Music & Arrangement
Setting off anew / Arranged by Y.Koshiro — Music
Shenmue ~Sedge Tree~ / Arranged by Y.Koshiro — Music

Street Fighter Tribute Album

Ryu Stage — Arrangement, Vocals

Sonic Gems Collection

Fairy of A.I.F. — Arrangement, Vocals

Sega Rally 2006

Wild instinct Remix — Music
Temptation of Speed — Music
Getting Muddi'n Bass — Music
Iron Bullfight — Music
Hyper Conditioned Reflex — Music
Storm of Technique — Music
Wild instinct — Music
Ignition the 2nd Generation — Music
Moment When Last Time Stops — Music
Everything Ended — Music
Lose a Race — Music
Waltz of Victory — Music
Moment When Time Stops — Music
Funky Spin — Music
The Glory — Music

Sonic the Hedgehog

Tropical Jungle ~The Jungle ~ The Swamp~ — Chorus (w/Miho Fujiwara)
Tropical Jungle ~The Ruins~ — Chorus (w/Miho Fujiwara)

Let's Go Away: The Video Game Daytona USA Anniversary Box

Let's Go Away - Piano Ver. - — Lyrics (w/David Leytze), Music, Piano & Vocal
Pounding Pavement - Unplugged Ver . - — Lyrics (w/David Leytze), Music, Bass, Vocal

External links

Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix