Shinji Hosoe

Shinji Hosoe

Shinji Hosoe

Artist Information

Profile

With work dating as back as 1987, Shinji Hosoe one of the big names in videogame music in Japan. His style is reminiscent of early techno as well as being one of the precursors of hardcore techno in beatmania IIDX, being one of the first composers to bring that style into the game. Outside of BEMANI, he has an extensive career composing for NAMCO, ARIKA, SEGA and SNK. He also composed music for No game No life anime series.

Trivia

  • Shinji owns SuperSweep Records, label where he produces commissioned game music.
  • He has several side projects with fellow composers Ayako Saso and Nobuyoshi Sano. One of them is Oriental Magnetic Yellow, a parody of Yellow Magic Orchestra, a well known Japanese electronic band formed by famous composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Incidentally, Ryuichi composed a song for his side project Manikyua-Dan.

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
Happy in commet Sampling masters MEGA DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition -
Rocket grooving Sampling masters MEGA DanceDanceRevolution Pocket Edition -
EE-AL-K Shinji Hosoe (Remix) KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX FAR EAST -
SENSATION -from SALAMANDER 2 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
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 - -