Shinji Hosoe

Shinji Hosoe

Shinji Hosoe

Artist Information

• Name: Shinji Hosoe (細江慎治)
• Birthdate: February 28th, 1967
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/shinji_hosoe
• Website: http://blog.megahan.net/

Profile

With work dating as far back as 1987, Shinji Hosoe is one of the big names in video game music in Japan. His style is reminiscent of early techno, rave, and gabber and he is considered one of the precursors of hardcore techno in beatmania IIDX, being one of the first composers to bring that style into the game. Other than that, he also composes and performs rock and classical tunes.

Prior to his first appearance in BEMANI, he got his start as a member of NAMCO's sound team, often composing for many of their arcade titles. During his time with NAMCO, he founded Troubadour Records in 1992, where he formed the sampling masters unit alongside Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano, and Takayuki Aihara. In 1996, he left NAMCO alongside Saso and the two continue to work as freelance artists, composing for ARIKA, SEGA, SNK, and various other companies. In 2012, he founded the indie label SuperSweep Records alongside Saso, where they self-publish their own works (both original and from video games) and also serve as a publisher for soundtracks featured in other games, continuing to use Troubadour Records for the hardcore-based over drive hell series of releases.

Trivia

• Hosoe has several side projects with Ayako Saso and Nobuyoshi Sano. One of them is Oriental Magnetic Yellow (OMY), a parody of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), a well-known Japanese electronic band formed by composer Haruomi Hosono.
  • Incidentally, YMO member Ryuichi Sakamoto composed a song for his side project Manikyua-Dan.
• Hosoe composed music for the anime series No Game No Life.
• Hosoe has also produced music for many rhythm game series including GROOVE COASTER, DJMAX, CHUNITHM, and a few others.

Aliases

• sampling masters MEGA

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre	Composition	Arrangement
outer wall	sampling masters MEGA	beatmania IIDX 5th style	TECHNO	✓	✓
tablets	sampling masters MEGA	beatmania IIDX 5th style	RAVE	✓	✓
route 80s	sampling masters MEGA	beatmania IIDX 6th style	NOISY	✓	✓
rottel-da-sun	sampling masters MEGA	beatmania IIDX 6th style	ROTTERDAM TECHNO	✓	✓
rottel-the-Mercury	sampling masters MEGA	beatmania IIDX 9th style	GABBA	✓	✓
1st Samurai	sampling masters MEGA	beatmania IIDX 10th style	OEDO TECHNO	✓	✓
VOX UP	sampling masters MEGA vs. 青龍	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS	ROTTERDAM TECHNO	✓	✓
Rave lithosphere	Sampling Masters MEGA	beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE	RAVE	✓	✓
Happy in commet	Sampling masters MEGA	DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition	-	✓	✓
Rocket grooving	Sampling masters MEGA	DanceDanceRevolution Pocket Edition	-	✓	✓
VOX RUSH	青龍×sampling masters MEGA & sampling masters AYA	jubeat plus	ROTTERDAM RAVE	✓	✓
EE-AL-K	Shinji Hosoe(REMIX)	KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX	Far East	-	✓
SENSATION -from SALAMANDER2	Shinji Hosoe(REMIX)	KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX	K-Generation	-	✓
Violently Car	sampling masters MEGA	pop'n music 13 カーニバル	RACING	✓	✓
Chat! Chat! Chat!	sampling masters MEGA	pop'n music portable	LOVELY CAT POP	✓	✓
On take SUN	Sampling Masters MEGA	SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE	-	✓	✓
TWINBEE'S HOME TOWN SONG （「ツインビー」より）	コナミ矩形波倶楽部 Arranged by スーパースィープ	ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2	-	-	✓