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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]

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Takenobu Mitsuyoshi 光吉 猛修
Born	(1967-12-25) December 25, 1967 (age 54)[1][2] Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Chiptune video game music rock jazz fusion
Occupation(s)	Composer vocalist keyboardist
Instrument(s)	keyboards vocals
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Sega Digital Studio

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]

Works

Video games

Year	Title	Notes
1990	R360 G-LOC	"Earth Frame G"
	GP Rider	With Hiroshi Kawaguchi
1991	Rent a Hero
	Strike Fighter
1992	Virtua Racing
	OutRunners	With Takayuki Nakamura
1993	Daytona USA	[4]
	Sonic CD	Special thanks
1994	Virtua Racing Deluxe
	Virtua Fighter 2	With Takayuki Nakamura and Akiko Hashimoto
	Virtua Striker
1995	Sega Rally Championship
	Manx TT Superbike
	Virtua Fighter Remix	Sound design
	Worldwide Soccer: Sega International Victory Goal Edition	Special thanks
1996	Sonic the Fighters	With Maki Morrow
	Virtua Fighter Kids	With Takayuki Nakamura and Maki Morrow
	J.League Victory Goal '96	Musicians
	Virtua Fighter 3
1997	Virtua Striker 2
	Fighters Megamix	Sound design
	J.League Victory Goal '97	Musicians
	Digital Dance Mix: Namie Amuro	Sound director
	Sega Worldwide Soccer '98	Special thanks
1998	Daytona USA 2	Vocals
	Burning Rangers
	Virtua Fighter 3tb	With Fumio Ito and Hidenori Shoji
1999	Shenmue	With various others
2000	F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa
2001	Crackin' DJ Part 2
	Shenmue II
2002	World Club Champion Football
	Space Channel 5: Part 2	Special thanks
2003	Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz	Sound design
2005	Sega Ages 2500: Vol.21 - SDI & Quartet: Sega System 16 Collection	Played bass guitar
	Sonic Gems Collection	"Fairy of A.I.F."
2006	Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice
	Sega Rally 2006	With various others
2007	Sega Ages 2500: Vol.30 - Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition	Sound Director
	SEGA Rally Revo	Special thanks
2009	Yakuza 3	Sound Production
	Hummer
2010	Yakuza 4	Interpretation Assistance
	Let's Go Island: Lost on the Island of Tropics	With Junpei Mishima and Keisuke Tsukahara
2011	Daytona 2011
2011	Ridge Racer	[6]"Ridge Racer USA Mix" - DLC
2012	Maimai	With various others
	Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure	Special thanks
	Samurai Bloodshow
2013	Transformers: Human Alliance	Special thanks
2015	Chunithm: Seelisch Tact	"Angry Hammer"
	Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX	Motion actor
2017	Daytona 3 Championship USA	[7]
2018	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	"F-Zero Medley"[8]
2021	Initial D The Arcade	"Super Sonic"[9]

Voice acting

Year	Title	Role(s)
1993	Burning Rival	Bill
1993	Virtua Fighter	Akira Yuki, Kage-Maru
1996	Virtua Fighter 3	Kage-Maru
2001	Virtua Fighter 4	Kage-Maru
2003	Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz	Sgt. Hatter
2005	3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy	Apharmd the Hatter[10]
2006	Virtua Fighter 5	Kage-Maru
2012	Phantasy Star Online 2	Himself (English and Japanese)
2012	Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed	Announcer (Japanese)
2015	Project X Zone 2	Kage-Maru[10]
2017	Sonic Mania	Competition Announcer[10]
2022	Party Quiz Sega Q	Himself

Concerts

Mitsuyoshi's music from Shenmue was performed live at the first Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany, in 2003. It was the first time that a concert featuring video game music was held outside Japan.[11]

Mitsuyoshi attended the world-premiere of Play! A Video Game Symphony at the Rosemont Theater in Rosemont, Illinois, in May 2006. His music from the Shenmue series was performed by a full symphony orchestra. This event drew nearly 4000 attendees.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, his music from the World Club Champion Football series was presented at the fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert. Takenobu Mitsuyoshi joined the choir during the performance.[11]

For Symphonic Shades – Hülsbeck in Concert in 2008, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi arranged music from Apidya, by German composer Chris Hülsbeck. The event was performed by the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne in Cologne, Germany, and marked the first live radio broadcast of a video game music concert.[12]

His first dinner show was scheduled for March 22, 2020, but was postponed to August 23 of that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then rescheduled again to January 24, 2021, due to the spread of the second wave of infection. He did an online dinner show livestream on August 23, 2020, to make room for the reschedule.

References

External links

• Official blog
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Video on YouTube

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