I added Kinuyo Yamashita and Ken-ichi Matsubara. They composed for the NES Castlevania games, and thus are credited as the club on Akumajo Dracula Best and other albums.
There's a whole ton of 1up articles. I don't know if he was officially "in the club" or anything but he programmed on quite a few NES titles including tmnt3, contra, gradius, cv3, and is one of the reasons the VRC6 exists.
Some albums here (Apollon releases) are linked to "Konami Sound Staff", but no credits were given on these release AFAIK, usually just Konami Industry is given. So I'll probably change it later.
I thought I'd start linking KKC artists only to realize they had a crazy number of guys and gals working there.
So for later reference I'm going to compile a staff roll list. I'll focus on earlier stuff (I think they stopped using the KKC moniker in the late 90s).
Remember some staff roll weren't through or just use a generic "sound" credit, if possible check the liner notes (which usually credited with nicknames) first.
Of course it's still very incomplete. If anybody wants to help just post+edit below or PM me, I'll keep updating the list.
Info/reference: vgmuseum.com, mobygames, arcade-history.com, youtube/niconico, gamefaqs, CHz/PsychoZeke, Technouchi, strugglepoo, GSLA, cc et al.
[EN/JP] = from english releases (I believe some JP credits were different) and * = didn't check personally.
Credits (^ ^ v v < > < > B A):
=== 1982 ===
- Time Pilot / タイムパイロット [AC] * / 1982.xx.xx
Sound: Mashahiro Inoue
- God Medicine [GB] * / 1993.07.20
Composer: Yuko Kurahashi, Minako Matsuhira
- Mouryou Senki Madara 2 [SNES] * / 1993.07.16
コナミ矩形波倶楽部
SOUND PRODUCTION: M. ADACHI
SOUND PROGRAM AND SOUND EFFECT: A. FUJIO
MUSICAL COMPOSE: TAPPY, _ M. YANAGISAWA, H. TANIGUCHI, A. HATA
- Yie Ar Kung-Fu 1985 [ac] *
Staff : S. Tsuda, Y. Sugimoto, A. Inoue, H. Hori, Mitsuo Takemoto, Nishimura, S. Iwamoto, Shikama, Hasegawa, Yoshiaki Hatano
- International Superstar Soccer 64 [N64]
Sound Producer K. Uehara
Sound Designer T. Ogura
Sound Designer H. Ueko
Sound Designer T. Uenishi
Sound Designer J. Ishigami
- Taisen Puzzle Dama *
MUSICS: ARY, KAGE
- F-1 Spirit: The Road to Formula 1 [MSX]
SOUND: K.UEHARA, M.SASAKI, M.FURUKAWA
- GTI Club [AC]
Sound Designer: Y. Koezuka, Toshirou Sakurai (T. Sakurai), H. Shikama
- Esper Dream 2 [FC]
さうんど:おつまみ まつお
- Gang Busters [AC]
PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER: K. MATSUBARA
MUSIC EDITOR: S. TASAKA, M. FURUKAWA, S. FUKAMI, S.MATSUO
Rush'n Attack (Green Beret) / NES /
SOUND DESIGN: CHARY SADAKICHI
MUSIC BY: RUSHER SAKAMOTO, IKU IKU MIZUTANI, HEVIMETA SATOE, NANDA ADACHI
Metamorphic Force / Arcade 1993
SOUND EFFECT: SAKAGON
MUSIC EDIT: M.IZU, EGA [female?]
SPECIAL THANKS TO: KEISUKE, KINGORO, J_KANE, INA X
Vendetta / AC 1991
SOUND DESIGN: H.SHIKAMA, M.YAMANE
Jackal / AC
None
Jail Break
Rollerblades
Premier Soccer
Main Event
Iron Horse
Jackal 1986 None
M.I.A. Missing in Action
hyper crash
Rock'n Rage
Super Basketball
Escape Kids
Spoiler:
http://www.msx.org/forumtopic1616.html
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firebird/peng.adv/samurai: "I have a disk with these 3 titles on it, according to the 'info' in the dsk image, the game is from 1987, and cracked by martos":
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"I took these from KSS files (not really sure if it is ok) and game endings. Some of them are not composers, just sound creators."
Metal Gear 2: Masahiro ikariko, Piston Uehara, Izumi Mutsuhiko, Pekito, Tekunouchi
Space Manbow: SEKITO, K.UEHARA, Y.MANNO, Piston Uehara, Mansan, Pekito, Tekunouchi
Metal Gear: IKU MIZUTANI, SHIGEHIRO TAKENOUCHI, MOTOAKI FURUKAWA
Quarth: Playback Hanzawa, Mansan, Gorgeous Tommy, Tekunouchi
Penguin Adventure: Ken-ichi MATSUBARA, Moai SASAKI
Vampire Killer: K.YAMASHITA, S.TERASHIMA
Hinotori: MOAI SASAKI, SG.FURUKAWA
King's Valley 2: k.uehara, m.ikariko, y.manno, t.furukawa, k.yamashita
Salamander: MIKI-CHANG, IKACHAN, Furukawa Motoaki
SD-Snatcher: IKACHAN, Piston Uehara, Furukawa Motoaki, Izumi Mutsuhiko, Gorgeous Tommy, Pekito, ChiruChiru Yamane, Tekunouchi
Snatcher: IKACHAN, Izumi Mutsuhiko
Parodius: IKACHAN
Nemesis 3: Piston Uehara, Furukawa Motoaki, ChiruChiru Yamane, Morimoto Yukie
Nemesis 2: Furukawa Motoaki, IKACHAN
| ChiruChiru Yamane: SD-Snatcher, Gradius II Gofer | Composer
| Furukawa Motoaki | Gradius II Gofer, SD-Snatcher, Salamander, Gradius II, King Valley II, Firebird | Composer
| Furukawa Motoaki | Metal Gear | Sound Effects |
| Gorgeous Tommy | Quarth, SD-Snatcher | Composer
| Goro Kin | F1 Spirit 3D Special | Music Composer
| Ika Chan | F1 Spirit, Salamander, Gradius II Gofer, Snatcher, Parodius, Metal Gear II | Composer
| Ika Chan | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Sound Effects |
| Iku Mizutani | Metal Gear | MSX | Sound Effects |
| Izumi Mutsuhiko | Snatcher, SD-Snatcher, Metal Gear II | MSX | Music Composer |
| Kazuhiko Uehara | Shalom, SD-Snatcher, King Valley II, Gradius II Gofer, Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
| Kazuhiko Uehara | Metal Gear II | MSX | Sound Effects |
| Ken-ichi Matsubara | Penguin Adventure | MSX | Music Composer |
| Kenji Yamazaki | Psycho World | MSX | Music Composer |
| Kinuyo Yamashita | Vampire Killer | MSX | Music Composer |
| Kinuyo Yamashita | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
| Kinuyo Yamashita | Gradius II | MSX | Music Composer |
| Mansan | Pennant Race II | MSX | Music Composer |
| Mansan | Space Manbow | MSX | Sound Effects |
| Mansan | Quarth | MSX | Sound Effects |
| Mansan | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
| Masahiro Ikariko | Metal Gear II, King Valley II, Salamander, Gradius II, F1 Spirit, Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
| Michiru Yamane | Twinbee | NES | Music Composer |
| Michiru Yamane | Gradius II Gofer, SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
| Miki Chang | Salamander, Knightmare | MSX | Music Composer |
| Moai Sasaki | Samurai, Firebird, Penguin Adventure | MSX | Music Composer |
| Morimoto Yukie | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Music Composer |
| Norio Hanzawa | Quarth | MSX | Music Composer |
| Piston Uehara | Shalom | MSX | Music Composer |
| Piston Uehara | Maze of Galious, Pennant Race II, Metal Gear II, King Valley II, Gradius II Gofer, Space Manbow, SD-Snatcher, F1 Spirit | MSX | Sound Effects |
| S.Terashima | Vampire Killer | MSX | Music Composer |
| Shigehiro Takenouchi | Metal Gear, Space Manbow, Pennant Race II, Quarth | MSX | Music Composer |
| Shigehiro Takenouchi | SD-Snatcher, Metal Gear II | MSX | Sound Effects |
| T. Sekito | Space Manbow, Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
| Y. Manno | King Valley II, Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
| Yuko Yamazaki | Psycho World | MSX | Music Composer |
| Zenji Pekito | Space Manbow, SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
| Zenji Pekito | Metal Gear II | MSX | Sound Effects |
"Gradius and Contra I worked on completely alone. ... For Gradius, I ported the music from the arcade version, but it also had original songs on Famicom. " http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=...UserId=5379721
"I worked inside the Konami studio in Kobe up until 1992, composing music for the Famicom and for arcade titles. After that, I moved to Tokyo and started working as a music director on the Konami label." http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=...UserId=5379721
Kazuki Muraoka/村岡一樹, Cameo Matano, Dokuo Umeno
> Nickname link: ? (widely reported)
> Nicknames link: parodius liner notes (the joke is, Dokuo does sound while Cameo BGM, but they are both part of the same body and person. wtf?)
>""Esper Dream" is a game which I made the sound program, while composing the music and sound effects myself!"
>video to "Ending of ESPER DREAM"
>video link to "All musics of ESPER DREAM"
Just wanted to stop by and say you've been kicking ass with the Konami research. Keep up the awesome work.
And here, you can have this:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dag
Kazuhito Imai/今井 一仁, Maimai
> Kanji: matching
This person is known most frequently Imohore Imai (いもほれいまい). Connection through Suikoden II: he's credited for mixing in the game as "Imohore Imai" and the OST as Kazuhito.
Kazuo Hanzawa is credited for composition of the vocal themes on the Mischief Makers OST, with arrangement by NON: http://vgmdb.net/album/3729. The vocal themes are based on the BGM from the game, also by NON, so Kazuo = NON.
Norio = NON is treated as common knowledge, but it was actually kind of hard to pin down. Got it through the end credits of the Japanese version of Guardian Heroes, which also confirm Katsuhiko Suzuki / 鈴木勝彦 as the name of Nazo Nazo Suzuki:
I found a profile for Kazuo Hanzawa here: http://www.silentvision.net/PROFILE/profile_D.N.P..html. Mentions game music for Sega, Nintendo, Konami, and Enix, all of which have published games NON/Hanzawa worked on, but no specifics are listed. It says Kazuo composed for a Genesis game awarded game of the year in 1993 by an unnamed American magazine, and that Hideki Matsutake collaborated on the soundtrack. Gunstar Heroes was awarded action game of the year by EGM in the 1994 buyers' guide, which was published at the end of 1993: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...94&postcount=1. Gunstar Heroes was composed by NON, and Matsutake did synthesizer manipulation on the arrange album: http://vgmdb.net/album/2678.
I've always thought Norio was his real name, but based on that profile, perhaps it is Kazuo after all.
EDIT: More Norio/Kazuo controversy. The Canadian Copyrights Database has "Norio Hanzawa" registered for the 2009 game Sin & Punishment: Star Successor: http://www.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/cp...ype=1&lang=eng. Game was registered with them on April 28 of this year. Sigh.
Thanks, I'll add them later, the list just keeps growing . Some people are just puzzling, like where did "Kayo Fujitani" come from and where did she go?
For Kazuo/Norio, I guess he first started using his real name then avoided it, like Kiyoshi>Seiya Murai?
I find quite interesting that, even though many people have come and gone, there are still old composers working at Konami. Some became producers, others went to beatmania & co, others do more obscure gruntwork... I had no idea konami was this big, it seems like they could have +20 sound people in various teams at the time.
Other stuff
Spoiler:
Some Konami CD games (PSX, etc) had documents with notes from the staff:
It's hard to tell with Konami games, because "sound" is the only role in a lot of them. For example, of those Matsuo games I listed, the only one that splits music and sound is Rocket Knight Adventures. He's the only person credited in Esper Dream 2, so he probably composed that, but who knows what he did in the others.
On Twitter and his music school profile, he says that his role was a sound designer, so you may be correct. He does note that he did compose and arrange game music, though.
May as well point out that Manami Matsumae's Japanese wikipedia page lists Esper Dream 2 as a work. I guess she did it as a secret contractor and they never bothered crediting her.
^^^^^ Huh, fancy that. Thanks, hadn't seen that before.
I was trying to find the real name of the "N. Gushiken" who's in a few early Konami games. I've seen her reported as Noriko Gushiken in a couple of places, but I couldn't verify where the heck that came from.
Turns out that a text dump of the game shows some unused names in the GAUDI/JORDAN computer database, which are all(?) Konami staff self-inserts in katakana. After Masahiro Ikariko and Iku Mizutani comes グシケンノリコ, so there's Noriko Gushiken.
Would anybody here know who らてぃーの and しょういちろう credited in Ganbare Goemon: Uchū Kaizoku Akogingu would be? They would have been members of Konami Kukeiha Club in 1996.
しょういちろう is in all probability Shoichiro Hirata. He wrote some music for the PSX version of Snatcher, which was also released in 1996, so he was at Konami by that time.
I'm going through the scans of some old Konami radio albums, because that's the kind of guy I am, and I find this line of composers in the program schedule in KICA-7680:
The Japanese version of Track & Field 2 (NES) says the music is by "All Sound Staff of FC Kukeiha Team". Jun Funahashi told me he did the country anthems, but doesn't remember who else worked on it.
Hey, i never realized that the character on K.K.C. logo (meaning "Konami Square Wave Club", as stated here) actually got his hairs shaped like a square wave!