Ayako Saso

This page is about the commission artist Ayako Saso, who goes under the alias sampling masters AYA. For the beatmania IIDX composer that goes under the name Aya, please see Aya Sakuma. For the pop'n music vocalist of a similar name, please see Ayako Masuda.

Ayako Saso

Ayako Saso

Artist Information

• Name: Ayako Saso (佐宗綾子)
• Birthdate: March 5th, 1967
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ayako_saso, https://twitter.com/AYA_TK3005
• Website: http://blog.ayazo.net/

Profile

Ayako Saso is a veteran composer in the video game industry, being a part of NAMCO's sound team from 1990 to 1996 and being involved in several game series such as RIDGE RACER and TEKKEN. After she left NAMCO, she continued to work as a freelance artist, composing for several other games released by NAMCO, ARIKA, and CAPCOM. She works closely with Shinji Hosoe and Nobuyoshi Sano as a member of the SuperSweep, Manikyua-Dan, and sampling masters units. While she's skilled in rave and hardcore techno like Hosoe, she has an affinity for breakbeats and even disco, often composing such genres.

Trivia

• Saso has also appeared in TAITO's GROOVE COASTER series, ARIKA's rhythm game Pitapat Beat, ans SEGA's CHUNITHM series.

Aliases

• sampling masters AYA

BEMANI Songs

Song	Artist	Game	Genre
Wow Wow 70's	sampling masters AYA	beatmania IIDX 6th style	DISCO
one or eight	sampling masters AYA	beatmania IIDX 9th style	HARDCORE RAVE
Debtty Daddy	sampling masters AYA	beatmania IIDX 10th style	ETHNO HARDCORE
45 rotations	Sampling masters AYA	DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition	-
Sprite's dance	Sampling masters AYA	DanceDanceRevolution Pocket Edition	-
VOX RUSH	青龍×sampling masters MEGA & sampling masters AYA	jubeat plus	ROTTERDAM RAVE