Shoichiro Hirata
Shoichiro Hirata
Artist Information
- Name: Shoichiro Hirata (平田祥一郎)
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sho1hrt
Profile
Shoichiro Hirata (born 1969) is a former Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo employee who worked for the company, contributing music both in and out of BEMANI. He was a frequent contributor to beatmania IIDX and DanceDanceRevolution during his tenure, and also did a few songs for pop'n music.
Shoichiro Hirata left KONAMI in 2003 to work at Hello! Project and avex group, but temporarily returned as a commissioned artist in 2006 and 2007 to write some new songs for BEMANI. He then composed a single song for KONAMI's Walk It Out! game for the Nintendo Wii that was later transferred into DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition, and lately has composed music for the Tokimeki Restaurant (ときめきレストラン☆☆☆) mobile game.
Outside of BEMANI, Shoichiro has contributed a few tracks recently for SEGA's maimai music arcade game as well as Wanna Be Your Special for CROSSxBEATS.
Aliases
- Shoichiro
- Shawn the Horny Master
- D.J.Spugna
- Sho-T
Trivia
- Shoichiro Hirata composed Hyper Glide and Let's Go Now for KONAMI's PlayStation fitness game MARTIALBEAT2.