Tomoya Koga

Tomoya Koga
Employment history: Sega of Japan
Role(s): Composer, Musician
Education: Seikei University (Political Science)

Tomoya Koga (古賀 友彌) is a guitarist and sound composer who formerly worked for Sega.

Production history

Games

• NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — Guitar
• Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression (Saturn; 1997) — E.Guitar (as 古賀 友彌)
• F355 Challenge (Dreamcast; 2000) — Music
• 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker (Dreamcast; 2000) — Sound Composers
• F355 Challenge 2: International Course Edition (NAOMI Multiboard; 2001) — Music
• Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI 2; 2001) — Sound Creator
• The King of Route 66 (NAOMI 2; 2001) — Music
• Aero Elite: Combat Academy (PlayStation 2; 2002) — Guitar
• Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (NAOMI 2; 2002) — Guitar Player
• 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker (PlayStation 2; 2001) — Sound Composer
• Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Guitar Player
• The King of Route 66 (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Music Composers
• The King of Route 66 (PlayStation 2; 2003) — Music
• OutRun 2 (Chihiro; 2003) — Sound
• Virtua Quest (PlayStation 2; 2004) — ゲームBGMギター (as 古賀 友彌)
• Virtua Quest (GameCube; 2004) — Guiter of Game BGM
• After Burner Climax (Lindbergh; 2006) — Sound Creators
• Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ4 (Lindbergh Red EX; 2008) — Music
• Sega Race TV (Lindbergh; 2008) — Sound Team
• Virtua Fighter 5 R (Lindbergh; 2008) — Sound Creator
• Sega Racing Classic (RingWide; 2009) — Sound Designers
• Border Break (RingEdge; 2009) — Sound Staff
• Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Lindbergh; 2010) — Guitar Arr.
• Shining Force Cross Raid (RingEdge; 2010) — Sound Staff
• Virtua Tennis 4 (Wii; 2011) — Sound Artists
• Virtua Tennis 4 (Windows PC; 2011) — Sound Artists
• Virtua Tennis 4 (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Sound Artists
• Virtua Tennis 4 (Xbox 360; 2011) — Sound Artists
• Daytona USA (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Sound Designers
• Daytona USA (Xbox 360; 2011) — Sound Designers
• Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Xbox 360; 2012) — Guitar Arr.
• Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Guitar Arr.
• Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship (Dreamcast; unreleased) — Composers

Music

• NiGHTS Original Soundtrack (CD; 1996) — Guitar
• OutRun 2 Sound Tracks (CD; 2004) — Musicians
• After Burner Climax Sound Track (CD; 2006) — Composer & Sound Staff
• NiGHTS into Dreams: Perfect Album (CD; 2008) — Guitar
• Border Break Original Sound Track (CD; 2009) — Sound Staff
• Shining Force Cross Raid Original Sound Track (CD; 2011) — Sound Staff
• Border Break Soundtrack Complete CD-Box (CD; 2018) — Theme Song
• Border Break Music Collection Type-02 (CD; 2019) — Sound Designer
• Virtua Fighter esports Premium Music Collection (CD; 2021) — Add Composed

• Tobal 2 (1997) — Guest Musician(Guitar)
• Cookie's Bustle (1999) — Electric Guitars
• F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa (Arcade version) (1999) [NOTE: Uncredited]
• Border Break (2009)
• Busou Shinki: Battle Masters (2010)
• Sora no Otoshimono f (Anime) (2010)
• Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ4 (2008)
• Shining Force Cross Raid (2010)
• Border Break Union (2012)
• Dynasty Warriors 8 (2013)
• Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Master (2014)
• Border Break X (2016)
• Sengokuchojugiga (2016)
• Love Live! Sunshine!! 2 (2017)
• Harukana Receive (2018)
• Border Break Music Collection Type-02 (CD; 2019)
• Fate/Grand Order Waltz in the Moonlight/Lostroom (2020)
• Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown (2021) — Add Composed

Song credits

NiGHTS into Dreams

• Dreams Dreams — Guitar (with Akira Sasaki)
• Dreams Dreams : Kids Ver. — Guitar (with Akira Sasaki)

Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression

• Get it on! ～Doppelgangerに口づけを～ — Electric Guitar

F355 Challenge 2: International Course Edition

• Nature — Music
• Promised Land — Music

OutRun 2 (Arcade version)

• Opening — Guitars
• Magical Sound Shower — Guitars
• Passing Breeze — Guitars
• Splash Wave — Guitars
• Shiny World — Guitars
• Night Flight — Guitars
• Life was a bore — Guitars
• Ending-A — Guitars
• Ending-B — Guitars
• Ending-C — Guitars
• Ending-D — Guitars
• Ending-E — Guitars

OutRun 2 (Xbox Version)

• Risky Ride Guitar Mix — Guitars
• Night Flight Instrumental — Guitars
• Life was a bore Instrumental — Guitars

After Burner Climax

• After Burner Climax - Opening - — Guitars
• Cleared for Take Off — Guitars
• After Burner Climax — Guitars
• The Lure of the Sky — Guitars
• Volcanic Islands — Guitars
• Great River Valley — Guitars
• Vertical Hot Air — Guitars
• A Bolt from the Blue — Guitars
• Clouds of Twilight — Guitars
• Sleepless Sanctuary — Guitars
• A Moment of Peace — Guitars
• RTB — Guitars

Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ4

• 【リーチ】Default BGM — Music & Arrangement

Shining Force Cross Raid

• Tribe (Cross Raid Ver.) — Music & Arrangement

Border Break Union

• Catch The Future — Arrangement

Border Break X

• STAIRWAY TO GENERATION — Arrangement

Border Break Music Collection Type-02

• ELVS/Arr — Guitars
• Crystal Works/Arr — Guitars
• Pole Shift/Arr — Guitars
• 開闢・即妙 — Guitars

Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown

• Beginning — Music (with Fumio Ito, Yasuyuki Nagata)
• Lau — Music (with Fumio Ito)
• Jeffry — Music (with Fumio Ito)
• Lei-Fei — Music (with Kazuki Takagi)
• Goh — Music (with Junpei Mishima)
• Ending2 — Music (with Fumio Ito)

External links

• Tomoya Koga on Myspace
• Tomoya Koga on Facebook