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Masafumi Takada (高田 雅史, Takada Masafumi, born August 2, 1970) is a Japanese composer and sound designer, best known for his work on the soundtracks for killer7, God Hand, No More Heroes, and the Earth Defense Force and Danganronpa series. Takada often collaborates with guitarist and composer Jun Fukuda, and has worked on multiple projects for Goichi Suda's studio Grasshopper Manufacture.

Masafumi Takada 高田 雅史
Born	(1970-08-02) August 2, 1970 (age 52) Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
Genres	Ambient rock techno jazz video game music
Occupation(s)	Composer sound designer
Instrument(s)	Keyboard
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Sound Prestige
Website	soundprestige.jp

Career

Takada was born in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan,[1] and took interest in music since childhood after playing the Electone at Yamaha Music School and experimenting with synthesizers.[2] He learned to play the piano and tuba in high school and studied music in Tokyo for six years, earning a degree. He entered the game industry around the end of the Super Famicom, which he felt was a good time as game console sound chips were becoming more advanced.[3] In 1997, Takada composed the soundtrack of Moonlight Syndrome, directed by Goichi Suda. Takada would compose music for multiple projects by Grasshopper Manufacture, which Suda founded after leaving Human Entertainment. For killer7, Takada placed a large emphasis on ambient music and sought to retell the game's story through the music.[4] He considers the game's soundtrack to be among his favorite work. For No More Heroes, Takada took inspiration from The Chemical Brothers for the boss music.[3]

On November 5, 2008, Takada founded Sound Prestige, a music and sound production company. The company also functions as a record label where Takada publishes his own music.[5] Takada composed the soundtrack of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc which released in 2010. For the soundtrack, Takada combined a variety of tones to convey tension and claustrophobia during exploration, and a sense of momentum during trials. Takada returned to compose the soundtrack of the sequel, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, in 2012, which sought to convey a tropical feel due to the change in setting. Takada composed for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony in 2017, aiming for a more mature composition which ended up being more jazz-oriented. The soundtrack for V3 was much larger than the previous titles, and was split into two album releases.[2]

In 2017, Takada co-founded the video game development studio Too Kyo Games, alongside former members of Spike Chunsoft.[6] Takada composed for Death Come True and was sound supervisor for World's End Club, both releasing in 2020. Takada will be composing for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code with Jun Fukuda, which was announced in November 2021.[7]

Works

All works listed below were composed by Takada unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1996	Tsuribaka Nisshi		[8]
	Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance		[8]
	Parking Meijin		[8]
1997	2TaxGold		[8]
	Moonlight Syndrome		[8]
1998	Air Boarder 64		[8]
	Mikagura Shōjo Tanteidan		[8]
	Mizzurna Falls	piano arrangements	[8]
1999	Neko Zamurai		[8]
	Remote Control Dandy		[8]
	The Silver Case		[9]
2001	Flower, Sun, and Rain		[8]
2002	Robot Alchemic Drive		[8]
2003	Monster Attack		[8]
	Shining Soul II		[8]
	Shin Mikagura Shōjo Tanteidan		[8]
2004	Steel Battalion: Line of Contact		[8]
	Tetsujin 28-go		[8]
	Michigan: Report from Hell		[8]
2005	killer7	with Jun Fukuda; also sound director	[10]
	Global Defence Force		[8]
	The 25th Ward: The Silver Case		[11]
2006	Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked		[12]
	Contact		[8]
	Blood+: One Night Kiss		[8]
	Chōsōjū Mecha MG		[8]
	God Hand	also sound director	[13]
	Beatmania IIDX 12: Happy Sky	"IceCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[8]
	Earth Defense Force 2017		[8]
2007	Beatmania IIDX 13: Distorted	"WaterCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[8]
	Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles	with Jun Fukuda	[14]
	No More Heroes	also lead sound designer	[13]
2008	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	arrangements	[12]
	Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise		[8]
	Beatmania IIDX 14: Gold	"PentaCube Gt.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[8]
	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse		[8]
2009	Infinite Space		[15]
	Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress	"ToyCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[8]
2010	Zangeki no Reginleiv		[13]
	Vanquish		[16]
	Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc		[8]
2012	Kid Icarus: Uprising	with various others	[13]
	Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair		[8]
2013	Earth Defense Force 2025		[8]
	Danganronpa: The Animation	anime	[8]
2014	Guardian Summoner		[8]
	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	arrangements	[17]
	Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls		[8]
	The Evil Within		[13]
2015	100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams		[8]
	Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth		[18]
	Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair	also sound design	[8]
	World Gimmick		[8]
2016	Crypt of the NecroDancer	Danganronpa arrangements	[8]
	Wagan Shiritori de Shōbuda!		[8]
	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School	anime	[19]
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan	with Naofumi Harada	[20]
	Beatmania IIDX 24: Sinobuz	"Yellow Sketch(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[8]
2017	Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony		[21]
	Hana Oboro: Sengoku-den Ranki		[8]
	Earth Defense Force 5	also sound design	[22]
	Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory		[23]
2018	The 25th Ward: The Silver Case	"Silver2018 TKD Remix" and "BLACKOUT"	[24]
	Jekyll vs Hyde	stage play	[25]
	100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams	anime	[26]
	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	arrangements	[13]
2019	Urashimasakatasen no Nichijō	anime	[27]
	Renshin no Astral	with various others	[28]
2020	Death Come True		[29]
	World's End Club	sound supervisor	[30]
2022	Tribe Nine	anime	[31]
	Earth Defense Force 6		[32]
2023	Master Detective Archives: Rain Code	with Jun Fukuda	[7]
TBA	Tribe Nine		[31]

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Masafumi Takada on Twitter (in Japanese)

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