Taihei Sato (#3235)

[CHz]

Taihei Sato is listed on Unique Note's composers page: http://www.unique-note.co.jp/composer.html. So I guess he's left SuperSweep?

SuperSweep isn't actually listed in his bio (just Data East, Sammy, and Sega), but he was definitely credited as part of it on a few albums and games.

[Jormungand]

It's good to see Unique Note has expanded so quickly.

[dissident93]

Could this be the same "Taihei" for Minnesota Fats?

[CHz]

Taihei Sato spent a few years at Data East, so absolutely.

[dissident93]

And while it's relevant, any idea who "Arma" was/is?

[CHz]

Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions for him(?). Most of Data East's sound folk consistently kept to a single alias, so I would guess it's not one of the better-known composers.

[Don]

It seems that Taihei Sato now works for some place called Paon (based on his Facebook page). He is no longer on the Unique Note composers page.

[Ramza]

Paon is the rebirth of Data East. They're behind the Glory of Heracles DS game.

[drdevilfx]

Was Taihei Sato even part of SuperSweep to begin with? I see he appears on NanoSweep 7, but that series had a few guest composers before (like ESTi). It feels more like he was contracted by the company for a few projects (same case with Keiichi Okabe) than actually being part of it, considering he apparently doesn't have it in his bio. Endless Ocean: Blue World is the only game I see him credited under SuperSweep.

[CHz]

He's listed as having been a member on a few different works pages on SuperSweep's site: [1] [2] [3]