Shmup Designer/Composer Pseudonyms

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:58 pm

I was playing Arrow Flash music the other day and I made the discovery that the composer is known as Hanauri-Musume in the game's credits, does anyone know if that's his real name or if it's a Pseudonym? I'd like to get a hold of other music done by him if at all possible.

Does anyone know more than that?

And maybe list other Composers and their game pseudonyms too?

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:08 pm

As for composers for shooters, here are a few:

Yasuhisa "Yack" Watanabe (Border Down, Metal Black)
Kazuko "Karu" Umino (Gekirindan)
Shinji "MEGA" Hosoe (Under Defeat)
Manabu "Santaruru" Namiki (Dodonpachi DOJ, Battle Garegga)

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:42 pm

Hisayoshi Ogura - "OGR" (Darius series, among others)

Frogacuda · Post by **Frogacuda** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:51 am

Noah Toku/Bo=Tokuhiko Uwabo

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:54 pm

Hitoshi Sakimoto = YMOH.S
He did the music to Bubble Ghost, Magical Chase, Midnight Resistance (MD), Gauntlet IV (MD), Soukyugurentai, etc... Love him.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:05 pm

I think it's cool how Japanese developers can put pseudonyms in video game credits.

Us here have to be all concerned about legal issues so we don't get sued by spelling somebody's name wrong...

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:34 am

Takayuki Aihara- "J99"
Appears on the Under Defeat soundtrack as an arranger.

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:14 am

I think it's really terrible that so many guys use pseudonyms in Japan. I wonder if they are pressured not to take direct credit for something?

Using your real name is good for everybody: fans can keep an eye out for anything else you have done work on; Other companies know who you are when hiring; you have solid proof of your involvement when you list your work on a resume; and you have much more respect than if your name were something like HAPPY.K, v(^.~)y ITO, or GURUGURU WAN-CHAN.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:26 am

Chris, I think you're just jealous that you don't have a cool nick like GURUGURU WAN-CHAN

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:39 am

ccovell wrote:I think it's really terrible that so many guys use pseudonyms in Japan. I wonder if they are pressured not to take direct credit for something?

Using your real name is good for everybody: fans can keep an eye out for anything else you have done work on; Other companies know who you are when hiring; you have solid proof of your involvement when you list your work on a resume; and you have much more respect than if your name were something like HAPPY.K, v(^.~)y ITO, or GURUGURU WAN-CHAN.

psuedonyms stand out much more than kanji fyi