Koichi Namiki
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Koichi Namiki |
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Place of birth: Sanmu, Chiba, Japan |
Date of birth: 1965-04-15 (age 59) |
Employment history: |
Role(s): Composer, Guitarist |
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Koichi "Pretty K.N" Namiki (並木晃一), also known by the alias Mickey, is a Japanese guitarist and musician, and former Sega of Japan and S.S.T.Band video game music composer.
Namiki is married to fellow game music composer Aki Hata.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Production history
- 3 Song credits
- 3.1 Super Hang-On (Arcade version)
- 3.2 Thunder Blade (Arcade version)
- 3.3 Galaxy Force (Arcade version)
- 3.4 Galaxy Force -G.S.M. Sega 1-
- 3.5 Power Drift & Mega Drive -G.S.M. Sega 2-
- 3.6 Super Monaco GP (Arcade version)
- 3.7 Super Sonic Team -G.S.M. Sega 3-
- 3.8 After Burner
- 3.9 Hyper Drive -G.S.M. Sega 4-
- 3.10 S.S.T. Band Live! -G.S.M. Sega-
- 3.11 Laser Ghost (Arcade version)
- 3.12 Game Music Festival Live '90: Zuntata VS. S.S.T. Band
- 3.13 Game Music Festival '90 Special: Zuntata VS. S.S.T. Band
- 3.14 Formula -G.S.M. Sega 5-
- 3.15 Rail Chase
- 3.16 Strike Fighter
- 3.17 Mega Selection II -G.S.M. Sega-
- 3.18 OutRun
- 3.19 Blind Spot
- 3.20 Game Music Festival ~Super Live '92~
- 3.21 Virtua Racing & OutRunners * B-univ
- 3.22 Virtua Fighter "The Strongest Warrior"
- 3.23 B-univ * Daytona USA
- 3.24 Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen ~Mega Drive Music~
- 3.25 Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising
- 3.26 Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku (Saturn Version)
- 3.27 Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II Special Extended Edition
- 3.28 Vermilion VS Rent a Hero Original Soundtrack
- 3.29 Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
- 4 Photographs
- 5 References
Career
Koichi Namiki has been a member of both S.S.T. and B-univ, as well as Konami's Kukeiha Club (where he is now employed), and frequently works alongside and collaborates with wife and fellow composer Aki Hata.
Production history
Games
- Super Hang-On (Hang-On hardware; 1987) — Sound (as Pretty K.N)
- Thunder Blade (X Board; 1987) — Music
- Galaxy Force (Y Board; 1988) — Musician
- Galaxy Force II (Y Board; 1988) — Musician (as Nami-Nami)
- Sega Super Circuit (Large attraction; 1988)
- Super Monaco GP (X Board; 1989) — Music
- Bonanza Bros. (System 24; 1990) — Sound Effects & Voice[1] (as Mickey)
- Laser Ghost (System 18; 1990) — Sound Effects & Music
- Dark Edge (System 32; 1993) — Sound Adviser (as Kouichi Namiki)
- Megalopolis: Tokyo City Battle (AS-1; 1994) — Sound Engineer
- Daytona USA (Model 2; 1994) — Guitar Chord Samples
- Ghost Hunters (Large attraction; 1994)
- Sports Fishing (Sega Titan Video; 1994)
- Virtual Open Tennis (Saturn; 1995) — Sound Creator[2]
- Winning Post 3 (Saturn; 1998) — Sound Programmer[3] (as 並木 晃一)
- Devicereign (Saturn; 1999) — サウンド・SE[4] (as 並木 晃一)
- Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku 3: Perpetual Blue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Sound Creator (as 並木 晃一)
- Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition (PlayStation 2; 2007) — Composed (as Koichi "Pretty K.N" Namiki)
Videos
- Out Run/Turbo Out Run Strategy Movie & S.S.T. Band Live+1 (DVD; 2007) — Guitar (as 並木 晃一)
Music
- Virtua Fighter: Saikyou no Senshi (CD; 1994) — B-univ are
- Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising (CD; 1994) — Artist
- Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising (CD; 1994) — Guitars, keyboard & rhythm programming[5] (as 並木晃一)
- Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising (CD; 1994) — Additional recording by[5] (as 並木晃一)
- Virtua Fighter 2 Dancing Shadows (CD; 1995) — Guitar[6] (as 並木晃一)
- Super Hang-On 20th Anniversary Collection (CD; 2007)[7] (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Super Hang-On 20th Anniversary Collection (CD; 2007) — Performer[7] (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Super Hang-On 20th Anniversary Collection (CD; 2007) — Commentator[7] (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Vermilion vs Rent A Hero Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — Sound Producer (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Vermilion vs Rent A Hero Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — Arranger (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Vermilion vs Rent A Hero Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — Performer (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Vermilion vs Rent A Hero Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — Guitars,Bass,Programming (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Vermilion vs Rent A Hero Original Soundtrack (CD; 2009) — Commentator (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Sega Rally Championship: New Century Arrange Album (CD; 2013) — Co-Producer
- Sega Rally Championship: New Century Arrange Album (CD; 2013) — Mixing Engineer
- Super Hang-On (Vinyl; 2015) — Music composed by[8]
- After Burner II (Vinyl; 2018) — S.S.T.Band are[9]
- Space Harrier (Vinyl; 2018) — Guitar[10]
- S.S.T. Band: 30th Anniversary Box (CD; 2018) — Mastering Supervisor (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Astro City Mini: Celebration Album (CD; 2020) — Sound Producer (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Cool Rails (CD; 2022) — Artist
- Mega Drive Mini 2: Multiverse Sound World (CD; 2022) — Special Thanks (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Sega Archives - M2 Music Memorial - (CD; 2023) — Special Thanks (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Last Survivor (Arcade version) (1989)
- Nobunaga no Yabou Tenshouki[11] (1995)
- Eternal Melody (1996)
- Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku (Saturn Version) (1997) (as Kouichi Namiki)
- Winning Post 3[11] (1998)
- Simulation RPG Tsukuru (1998)
- Fragrance Tale[11] (2001) — Guitar (Opening Song)
- Sister Princess Premium Edition[11] (2002)
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (2009)
- Galaxy Force -G.S.M. Sega 1- (1988) (as Pritty.K.N)
- Power Drift & Mega Drive -G.S.M. Sega 2- (1988)
- Super Sonic Team -G.S.M. Sega 3- (1989) (as Micky)
- After Burner (1990)
- Hyper Drive -G.S.M. Sega 4- (1990) (as Micky)
- S.S.T. Band Live! -G.S.M. Sega- (1990) (as Koichi "Mickey" PRETTY) [NOTE: Performance from Nippon Seinen-Kan on 25 Aug. 1990]
- Game Music Festival Live '90: Zuntata VS. S.S.T. Band (1990)
- Game Music Festival '90 Special: Zuntata VS. S.S.T. Band (1990)
- Formula -G.S.M. Sega 5- (1991) (as Micky)
- Strike Fighter (1991) (as Mickey)
- Mega Selection II -G.S.M. Sega- (1991) (as Bluetz Lee)
- OutRun (1992) (as Pretty "Mickey" Koichi)
- Blind Spot (1992) (as Kouichi Namiki)
- Game Music Festival ~Super Live '92~ (1992) (as Kouichi Namiki)
- Virtua Racing & OutRunners * B-univ (1993)
- Virtua Fighter "The Strongest Warrior" (1994)
- B-univ * Daytona USA (1994) (as Kouichi Namiki)
- Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen ~Mega Drive Music~ (1994)
- Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade Original Sound Track (2007) (as Koichi "Pretty K.N" Namiki and Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
- Vermilion VS Rent a Hero Original Soundtrack (2009) (as Koichi "Mickey" Namiki)
Song credits
- Main article: Koichi Namiki/Song credits.
Super Hang-On (Arcade version)
- Opening — Music & Arrangement
- Winning Run — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
Thunder Blade (Arcade version)
- Thunder Blade [BGM 1] — Music & Arrangement
- Burning Point [Boss] — Music & Arrangement
- Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
- Type II [BGM 2] — Music & Arrangement
- Burning Point [Complete Ver.] — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
- Type II [Complete Ver.] — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
Galaxy Force (Arcade version)
- Scene Select — Music & Arrangement
- Beyond the Galaxy [Scene A] — Music & Arrangement
- TRY-Z [Scene E] — Music & Arrangement
- Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
Galaxy Force -G.S.M. Sega 1-
- After Burner (After Burner Arrange Version) — Guitar
- Beyond the Galaxy (Galaxy Force Arrange Version) — Music, Guitar
- Space Harrier Main Theme (Space Harrier Arrange Version) — Guitar
Power Drift & Mega Drive -G.S.M. Sega 2-
- Power Drift (Like the Wind Arrange Version) — Guitar
Super Monaco GP (Arcade version)
- F1 Theme — Music & Arrangement
- Advertise BGM — Music & Arrangement
- Preliminary — Music & Arrangement
- Fanfare — Music & Arrangement
- Second Race — Music & Arrangement
- Game Simulation — Music & Arrangement
- Commendation — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Super Sonic Team -G.S.M. Sega 3-
- Final Take Off (After Burner Arrange Version) — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Splash Wave (OutRun Arrange Version) — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
After Burner
~Arrange Version~
- Maximum Power ~ Red Out — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- After Burner (Version II) — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Hyper Drive -G.S.M. Sega 4-
~Arrange Version~
- Air Battle — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Wilderness — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Sword of Vermilion — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- To a New Journey — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Sprinter — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
S.S.T. Band Live! -G.S.M. Sega-
- After Burner Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Air Battle — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- To a New Journey — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Galaxy Force Medley — Music, Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Wilderness — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Magical Sound Shower — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Last Wave — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Sprinter — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- After Burner — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Power Drift Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Laser Ghost (Arcade version)
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Opening — Music & Arrangement
- Noumiso no Shiwa (BGM 1) — Music & Arrangement
- Tsukune no Younamono (Boss 1) — Music & Arrangement
- Fanfare — Music & Arrangement
- Interval — Music & Arrangement
- M (BGM 2) — Music & Arrangement
- Storm over Inubou Peninsula (Boss 2) — Music & Arrangement
- Supaigero――Acid Stomach (BGM 3) — Music & Arrangement
- Smelly Feet――My Shadow...... (Boss 3) — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Ending — Music & Arrangement
Game Music Festival Live '90: Zuntata VS. S.S.T. Band
- After Burner Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Sword of Vermilion — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Air Battle — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Sprinter — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- After Burner — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- To a New Journey — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Game Music Festival '90 Special: Zuntata VS. S.S.T. Band
- After Burner Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Galaxy Force Medley — Music, Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Magical Sound Shower — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Burning Point — Music, Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Last Wave — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- After Burner — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Power Drift Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Formula -G.S.M. Sega 5-
~Arrange Version~
- Earth Frame G — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Soup Up — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Belldeer Wind — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Time Attack — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Rail Chase
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Guaramure Joyas (Start Demo) — Music & Arrangement
- Quechua Civilizacion (1-1, 4-1, 4-3) — Music & Arrangement
- Tres es Salvajes (Round 1 Boss) — Music & Arrangement
- Pueblo de Fuego (2-1, 3-1) — Music & Arrangement
- Desinfectar (Round 2 Boss) — Music & Arrangement
- Catapulta una Mujer (Round 3 Boss) — Music & Arrangement
- Falso Ankh (2-2, 3-2, 4-2) — Music & Arrangement
- Hierro Mascara (Round 4 Boss) — Music & Arrangement
- Amonestar (CAUTION!) — Music & Arrangement
- Nuevo Inca (Ending) — Music & Arrangement
Strike Fighter
~Arrange Version~
- Burn Out — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Hyper City — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Mega Selection II -G.S.M. Sega-
- Earth Frame G (Rhythm Retake Remix) — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Turbo OutRun Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Bonanza Bros. Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
OutRun
~Arrange Version~
- Magical Sound Shower (Rhythm Retake Remix) — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Passing Breeze — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Blind Spot
- Wave Motion — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- I Can Survive — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Tetra Wagtail — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Nerve Paint #1 — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Seventh Flight — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Baby Universe — Music & Arrangement, Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Tachyon — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Bottom Funk — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Active Amusement — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- For Absent Guys — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Game Music Festival ~Super Live '92~
- S.D.I. Medley — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- Hyper City — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
- I Can Survive — Guitar (with Jouji Iijima)
Virtua Racing & OutRunners * B-univ
~Arranged versions~
- Polygonic Continent — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Electric Guitar
- Stream — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Electric Guitar
- Center Run — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, GR-1
- France — Electric Guitar
- Adventure — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, GR-1
- Passing Breeze (1993) — Electric Guitar
- V.R. Medley — Electric Guitar
- Sonic Control — Electric Guitar
- Splash Wave (1993) — Electric Guitar
- Last Wave (1993) — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Virtua Fighter "The Strongest Warrior"
~Arrange Version~
- Prologue — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Guitar, Programming
- Fighter's eyes — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi & Yoshiyuki Ito), Guitar, Programming
- Virtua Fighter — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Guitar, Programming
- Kage — Guitar, Programming
- Wolf — Guitar, Programming
- Jeffry — Guitar, Programming
- Jacky — Guitar, Programming
- Akira — Guitar, Programming
B-univ * Daytona USA
~Arranged Versions~
- Let's Go Away — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Guitar, Programming
- Pounding Pavement — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Guitar, Programming
- Daytona in the Night — Guitar, Programming
- Sky High — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Guitar, Programming
- Tornado — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Guitar, Programming
- The Queen of Speed — Guitar, Programming
Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen ~Mega Drive Music~
- Insoluble Flame (Vocal Version) — Guitar
- Offensive and Defensive Form (Arena Arrange Version) — Guitar
- Before and After Reincarnation (Spiritual World Arrange Version) — Guitar
Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising
- Virtua Fighter "You are the Master" — Produced & arranged by, Guitars, keyboard & rhythm programming
- Wolf — Produced & arranged by, Guitars, keyboard & rhythm programming
- The Moon is the White Gate's Light — Guitars
- My Shadow — Produced & arranged by (with David Leytze), Guitars
- Ocean Crystal Ship — Guitars, keyboard & rhythm programming
- Stand Tall — Guitars
- Winner Takes All — Guitars
- Wounds by Design — Guitars, additional keyboard programming
- Warrior Blue — Guitars
Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku (Saturn Version)
- I Want You to Teach Me (Sega Saturn Opening) — Arrangement
- I'm at My Limit! ('Wake Up!!' vocal version) — Arrangement, Guitars
- A Smile Is Your Protection ('Shy Boy' vocal version) — Arrangement, Guitars
- I Want to Be a Pearl (Sega Saturn Ending) — Arrangement
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II Special Extended Edition
- Beyond the Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.- — Music
- Ending ~After 20 Years the Junos~ — Music
- Ending ~After 20 Years the Junos~ -Mickey Original Ver.- — Music, Sound Producer, Arranged by, Performed by (Guitars, Bass, Programming)
Vermilion VS Rent a Hero Original Soundtrack
- Sword of Vermilion -Mickey Arrange Ver.- — Sound Producer, Arranger, Performer, Guitars, Bass, Programming
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA
- Velvet Arabesque — Arrangement
- Love List Updating? — Arrangement
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Koichi Namiki
References
- ↑ File:BonanzaBros System24 SuperGangs.png
- ↑ File:VirtualOpenTennis_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:Winning Post 3 Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Devicereign Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:VirtuaFighterNeoRising CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 15
- ↑ File:VF2DancingShadows CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 15
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 File:SHO20A CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 11
- ↑ File:SuperHangOn Vinyl Box Back.jpg
- ↑ File:AB2 vinyl UK back.jpg
- ↑ File:SpaceHarrier VinylUK le back.jpg
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 http://sound.jp/namiki/works/index.html#5 (Wayback Machine: 2005-01-09 04:02)