Takenobu Mitsuyoshi

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
光吉 猛修
Born (1967-12-25) December 25, 1967 (age 56)[1][2]
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Alma materTohoku Gakuin University
Occupations
  • Composer
  • vocalist
  • keyboardist
Years active1990–present
EmployerSega
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • keyboards
  • vocals

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (光吉 猛修, Mitsuyoshi Takenobu) is a Japanese composer of video game music, singer, and video game voice actor. He has composed music for various games produced by Sega, including Virtua Fighter 2 and Shenmue.[3] He first gained major recognition after the release of Daytona USA, for which he had written all music and personally sang all vocals.[4]

With the arcade games, Derby Owners Club, World Club Champion Football and Star Horse, he also recorded live orchestras.

Aside from original compositions, he also arranges, provides vocals, and is a performer for a variety of projects, including S.S.T from 1988 to 1993, and [H.] from 2004 onwards. He is well-known voicing the character Kage-Maru of Virtua Fighter franchise.

He has a younger brother named Kenji Mitsuyoshi (光吉 賢司, Mitsuyoshi Kenji), who is a manga artist and member of the artist-writer duo Ark Performance along with Kōichi Ishikawa.[5]

  1. ^ "Takenobu Mitsuyoshi's profile". Ameba.
  2. ^ "光吉猛修さんらが「セガ・サターン」の魅力を語る。11月2日に新宿で開催". 4Gamer.net.
  3. ^ Jeriaska. "GameSetInterview: Sega's Mitsuyoshi On Giving Voice To Arcade Classics". gamesetwatch.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Ramos, Jeff (July 7, 2010). "Takenobu Mitsuyoshi & Rony Barrak perform "Let's Go Away" from Daytona USA". Gameculturalist.com. p. 1. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  5. ^ ザ・インタビュー 漫画読みますか？一番好きな漫画を教えて下さい。