Keisuke Tsukahara (composer)

Not to be confused with Keisuke Tsukahara (Engineer).

Keisuke Tsukahara

Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega AM2 Sound Sega Software R&D Dept. 2 CSK Research Institute Divisions: AM2 of CRI Sega-AM2 Sega Divisions: Sega AM2 Sega R&D2 Sega Interactive Divisions: R&D2 Sega
Role(s): Composer, Musician

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Keisuke Tsukahara (塚原啓介) is a long-time (but less prominent) member of the Sega sound team. He is best known for composing the music for Shinobi series title Shadow Dancer. During the late 80's and early 90's, he mainly worked on console titles, though occasionally composed for arcade titles. Many of the Master System games he worked on, such as American Baseball and The Cyber Shinobi, wouldn't see releases in Japan.

Sometime in the mid 90's, his focus shifted towards attractions found exclusively in Sega-inspired theme parks such as Joypolis and Sega World Sydney. This would last until being relocated to the AM2 department around 1998 or 1999, where he worked as a sound designer until every Sega sound section was merged in 2020.

Psychedelic Chung is often mistaken to be an alias of Tsukahara's, despite very little evidence to suggest this.

Production history

Chouon Senshi Borgman (Master System; 1988) — Music Composed by (as Key)
World Cup Soccer (Mega Drive; 1989) — Sound (as しりげぬきいたすけ)
Galaxy Force (Master System; 1989) — Sound (as K.Tukaara)
Sword of Vermilion (Mega Drive; 1989) — Chief Designer (as Key)
Sword of Vermilion (Mega Drive; 1989) — Background Design (as Key)
Sword of Vermilion (Mega Drive; 1989) — Title Design (as Key)
Sword of Vermilion (Mega Drive; 1989) — ASCII Design (as Key)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Mega Drive; 1990) — Music Composer^[2] (as Tsukachan)
Space Hard (Large attraction; 1990) — Music (as デルモつかちゃん)
Pyramid Magic III (Mega Drive; 1991) — Sound Coordinate (as Thukachan)
Bahamut Senki (Mega Drive; 1991) — Sound^[3] (as MUCHO&Comp.)
The Cyber Shinobi (Master System; 1991) — Composer^[4] (as Shirige Nuki)
Shadow Dancer (Master System; 1991) — Sound^[5] (as K.T.)
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — 作曲^[6] (as つかちゃん)
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — サウンドプログラマー^[6] (as つかちゃん)
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Music Composer^[7] (as Tsukachan)
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound Programmer^[7] (as Tukachan)
OutRun Online Arcade (Xbox 360; 2009) — Special Thanks
OutRun Online Arcade (PlayStation 3; 2009) — Special Thanks
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

Reggie Jackson Baseball^[8] (1988)
Shadow Dancer (Arcade version) (1989)
Flash Point^[8] (1989)
World Games^[8] (Master System version) (1989)
Bloxeed^[9] (1989)
Alien Storm (Arcade version) (1990) — Sound (as Juuou Tsukachan)
Cyber Dome (1990) (as Delmo Tsukachan)
VR-1^[8] (1994)
Critter Crusher^[8] (1995)
Boat Race GP^[8] (1996)
Aqua Nova^[8] (1997)
Royal Ascot 2^[8] (1998)
Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3^[8] (2005)
Border Break (2009) — Sound Staff
Border Break Airburst (2010) — Sound Staff
Shining Force Cross Raid (2010) — Sound Staff
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA f (2012) — SE/Sound Direction
Border Break (PlayStation 4) (2018) — Sound Designer

~Other (unsorted) work (Theme Parks)~

Song credits

Main article: Keisuke Tsukahara (composer)/Song credits.

Shadow Dancer (Arcade version)

Demo — Music & Arrangement
Title — Music & Arrangement
Credit — Music & Arrangement
Mission Start — Music & Arrangement
Map — Music & Arrangement
Stage 1 — Music & Arrangement
Stage 1 Boss — Music & Arrangement
Bonus Stage — Music & Arrangement
Perfect — Music & Arrangement
Failed — Music & Arrangement
Miss — Music & Arrangement
Stage 2-1,3 — Music & Arrangement
Stage 2-2 — Music & Arrangement
Stage 2 Boss — Music & Arrangement
Stage 3-1,2 — Music & Arrangement
Stage 3-3 — Music & Arrangement
Stage 3 Boss — Music & Arrangement
Stage 4 — Music & Arrangement
Final Boss — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Continue — Music & Arrangement
Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
Not Use — Music & Arrangement

Galaxy Force (Master System Version)

Scene Select — Arrangement
Beyond the Galaxy [Scene A] — Arrangement
Defeat [Scene B] — Arrangement
Alone Fighter [Scene C] — Arrangement
Take Back [Scene D] — Arrangement
TRY-Z [Stronghold Tunnel] — Arrangement
Stage Clear — Arrangement
Ending [Name Entry] — Arrangement

Alien Storm (Arcade version)

Break Out (Advertise) — Music & Arrangement
Player Select — Music & Arrangement
Theme of "Busters" — Music & Arrangement
100 Yen — Music & Arrangement
Noise of Art! — Music & Arrangement
That's G.G — Music & Arrangement
We Are "Busters" — Music & Arrangement
Speed Queen! — Music & Arrangement
Dark Alley — Music & Arrangement
Tastes Great! (Stage Clear) — Music & Arrangement
Here We Go Go! — Music & Arrangement
Neuropath — Music & Arrangement
Cybernate-P — Music & Arrangement
Tireless — Music & Arrangement
Ulcer — Music & Arrangement
Nuclear Dance! (Ending) — Music & Arrangement
Oh My Buddha! (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement
100 Yen Part 2 — Music & Arrangement

Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi

Prologue — Music & Arrangement
Title — Music & Arrangement
Start — Music & Arrangement
Burning Downtown 1 (Round 1-1) — Music & Arrangement
Burning Downtown 2 (Round 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
Boss — Music & Arrangement
Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
Bonus Stage — Music & Arrangement
Result-Extra Players — Music & Arrangement
Result-Score Bonus — Music & Arrangement
Battle on the Railway 1 (Round 2-1) — Music & Arrangement
Battle on the Railway 2 (Round 2-2) — Music & Arrangement
Miss — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Statue of Liberty (Round 3-2) — Music & Arrangement
In the Darkness (Round 4-2) — Music & Arrangement
Union Lizard (Final Boss) — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Options — Music & Arrangement

Shadow Dancer (Master System Version)

Demo — Music & Arrangement
Title — Music & Arrangement
Start — Music & Arrangement
Round 1 — Music & Arrangement
Miss — Music & Arrangement
Boss — Music & Arrangement
Bonus Stage 1 (AC) — Music & Arrangement
Result-Miss — Music & Arrangement
Round 2 — Music & Arrangement
Bonus Stage 2 (MD) — Music & Arrangement
Result-Extra Player — Music & Arrangement
Round 3 — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Round 4 — Music & Arrangement
Final Boss — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement

Space Hard

Star Command — Music & Arrangement

F1 Super Lap

Advertise — Music & Arrangement
Machine Select — Music & Arrangement
Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

F355 Challenge

Keep on Rolling — Music
Scarlatto — Music
Seize the Moon — Music

Aero Elite: Combat Academy

Aftershock — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

disintegration — Music & Arrangement
real image — Music & Arrangement

OutRun 2 (Arcade version)

Opening — Music & Arrangement

After Burner Climax

The Lure of the Sky — Music & Arrangement
Great River Valley — Music & Arrangement
A Moment of Peace — Music & Arrangement
Cleared for Takeoff — Music & Arrangement
RTB — Music & Arrangement

Shining Force Cross Raid

Defend the Crystal -3- — Music & Arrangement

Patents

JPB 003407382

Magazine articles

Main article: Keisuke Tsukahara (composer)/Magazine articles.

Interviews

Keisuke Tsukahara & Fumio Ito interview by Weekly-AM2 (January 20, 2004)

References

[:File:Harmony_JP_130.pdf_p21-1] Harmony, "1994 8" (JP; 1994-08-01), page 21

[:File:Shadow_Dancer_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Shadow Dancer MD credits.pdf

[:File:Bahamut_Senki_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Bahamut Senki MD credits.pdf

[:File:Cyber_Shinobi_SMS_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Cyber Shinobi SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Shadow_Dancer_SMS_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Shadow Dancer SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Dark_Wizard_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:Dark Wizard MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Dark_Wizard_MCD_credits.pdf_p-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Dark Wizard MCD credits.pdf

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