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{{Infobox Composer
| Name        = Hirohiko Takayama
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| Name        = Hirohiko Takayama
| Picture    = Htakayama2.jpg
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| Picture    = Htakayama2.jpg
| Born        = May 5, 1966 (Age 45)
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| Born        = 1966-05-05 (Age 53)
| BirthPlace  = Japan
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| BirthPlace  = Tokyo, Japan
| Nationality = Japanese
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| Nationality = Japanese
| Flag        = Japan
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| Flag        = Japan
| Alias01     = Hiro Takayama
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| Aliases     = H. Takayama<br>Hiro Takayama<br>Steinberger Hiro<br>たかやまさん (Takayamasan)<br> Takachan
| Website    = www.aonmusic.com
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| Website    = www.aonmusic.com
| E-Mail      = tkym@aonmusic.com
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| E-Mail      = tkym@aonmusic.com
 
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Hiro Takayama has composed tunes to many games. His best known work was for his NES game Xexyz. In 1998, he founded AON-DO where people could listen to samples of his latest work and buy them. Hiro also teaches at a college in Japan and writes books on music composing, software, etc. He currently runs his own website and sells his current music on iTunes.
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'''''Hirohiko Takayama''''' is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He was born on May 5, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Takayama was hired by [[Atlus]] as a freelance composer to work on the soundtracks to several of their video games. Some of which are known in the video game community such as Friday the 13th, The Karate Kid and Xexyz. He also had the honor of composing the only two games that used all eight channels in Namco's Japan-exclusive N163 chip for the Famicom. In 1998, he founded AON-DO where people could listen to samples of his latest work and buy them. Hiro also teaches at a college in Japan and writes books on music composing, software, etc. He currently runs his own website and sells his current music on iTunes.
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While Takayama hasn't composed video game music in a long time, he says he would like to do it again sometime.
  
 
==Music Composition==
 
==Music Composition==
Hirohiko: I've written several NES music on the MS-DOS assembly language as HEX code. But before that, composed with the piano and synthesizer.
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===NES===
 
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I've written several NES songs on MS-DOS assembly language as HEX code. But before that, I composed with the piano and synthesizer.}}
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While working at Atlus, Hirohiko used a sound driver by [[Tsukasa Masuko]], in which he wrote the music in hexadecimal on MS-DOS.
  
 
==Gameography==
 
==Gameography==
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{| class="wikitable" |
{{Template: Table Header
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! Released
| Color    = FFF0FF
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! Title
| Caption01 = Released
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! Sample
| Caption02 = Title
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| Caption03 = Sample
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| 1987-09-11
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| [[Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei (FC)]] (デジタルデビル物語 女神転生)
| Unreleased
 
| [[Sunman (GB)]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| Unreleased
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| 1987-11-??
| [[Sunman (NES)]]
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| [[Gotcha! The Sport (NES)]]
|
 
|-
 
| 1987/11/??
 
| [[Gotcha! (NES)]]
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1987/11/??
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| 1987-11-??
 
| [[The Karate Kid (NES)]]
 
| [[The Karate Kid (NES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1988/02/??
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| 1988-08-26
| [[T&C Surf Designs (NES)]]
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| [[Xexyz (FC)]] (亀の恩返し ウラシマ伝説)
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|-
 
| 1988/8/26
 
| [[亀の恩返し:浦島伝説 (FC)]] - Kame no Ongaeshi: Urashima Densetsu
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1988/9/??
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| 1988-09-??
 
| [[NFL Football (NES)]]
 
| [[NFL Football (NES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1988/9/12
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| 1988-09-12
| [[King of Kings (FC)]]
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| [[King of Kings (FC)]] (キング・オブ・キングス)
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1988/9/27
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| 1988-09-27
| [[Erika to Satoru no Yumebouken (FC)]]
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| [[Erica to Satoru no Yume Bouken (FC)]] (えりかとさとるの夢冒険)
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1989/02/??
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| 1989-02-??
 
| [[Friday the 13th (NES)]]
 
| [[Friday the 13th (NES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/?/??
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| 1990-01-02
| [[ビックリマン世界 (FC)]] - Bikkuriman World
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| [[Ghostbusters II (GB)]]
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|-
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| 1990-08-10
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| [[Parallel World (FC)]] (ぱられるワールド)
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|
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|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Bikkuriman World (FC)]] (ビックリマンワールド 激闘聖闘士)
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|-
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| 1991-10-25
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| [[Time Zone (FC)]] (たいむゾーン)
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|
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|-
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| 1991-??-??
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| [[Trax (GB)]] (突撃!ポンコツタンク)
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|
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|-
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| 1992-04-24
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| [[Panic Restaurant (NES)]] (わんぱくコックンのグルメワールド)
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|
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|-
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| 1992-07-31
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| [[Adventure Island III (NES)]] (高橋名人の冒険島III)
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/4/26
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| 1992-11-20
| [[Xexyz (NES)]]
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| [[Lemmings (GEN)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/8/10
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| 1992-11-28
| [[パラレルワールド (FC)]] - Parralel World
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| [[Lemmings (TGCD)]]
 
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|-
 
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| 1990/12/14
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| 1993-07-30
| [[KLAX (GB)]]
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| [[Bonk's Adventure (NES)]] (FC原人)
 
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|-
 
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| 1991/10/25
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| Unreleased
| [[タイムゾーン (FC)]] - Time Zone
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| Adventure Romance (FC/NES)
 
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| Unreleased
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| Battle Ball (FC/NES)
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|-
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| Unreleased
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| Gaia (FC/NES)
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|
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|-
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| Unreleased
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| [[Happily Ever After (NES)]]
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|-
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| Unreleased
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| Legend of Dinosaurs (FC/NES)
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|-
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| Unreleased
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| Monster Truck (FC/NES)
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|
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|-
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| Unreleased
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| The Snow Princess (FC/NES)
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|-
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| Unreleased
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| Sunman (GB)
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|-
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| Unreleased
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| [[Sunman (NES)]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Picture Gallery==
 
==Picture Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Image:htakayama1.jpg|Deleted photo from Hiro's Facebook
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htakayama1.jpg|Deleted photo from Hiro's Facebook.
Image:Htakayama2.jpg|From Hiro's Facebook
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Htakayama2.jpg|From Hiro's Facebook.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
[[Category:Composers]]
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==Links==
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* [https://www.facebook.com/hirotkym facebook.com/hirotkym] - Facebook.
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* [https://www.facebook.com/takayama.hirohiko facebook.com/takayama.hirohiko] - Facebook Fan Page (with gameography).
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* [https://twitter.com/hirotkym twitter.com/hirotkym] - Twitter.
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[[Category: Composers]]
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[[Category: Foley Artists]]

Revision as of 20:24, 6 July 2019

Hirohiko Takayama
Htakayama2.jpg
Born 1966-05-05 (Age 53)
Birth Place Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Aliases H. Takayama
Hiro Takayama
Steinberger Hiro
たかやまさん (Takayamasan)
Takachan
Website www.aonmusic.com

Hirohiko Takayama is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He was born on May 5, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan.

Takayama was hired by Atlus as a freelance composer to work on the soundtracks to several of their video games. Some of which are known in the video game community such as Friday the 13th, The Karate Kid and Xexyz. He also had the honor of composing the only two games that used all eight channels in Namco's Japan-exclusive N163 chip for the Famicom. In 1998, he founded AON-DO where people could listen to samples of his latest work and buy them. Hiro also teaches at a college in Japan and writes books on music composing, software, etc. He currently runs his own website and sells his current music on iTunes.

While Takayama hasn't composed video game music in a long time, he says he would like to do it again sometime.

Music Composition

NES

I've written several NES songs on MS-DOS assembly language as HEX code. But before that, I composed with the piano and synthesizer.

While working at Atlus, Hirohiko used a sound driver by Tsukasa Masuko, in which he wrote the music in hexadecimal on MS-DOS.

Gameography

Released Title Sample
1987-09-11 Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei (FC) (デジタルデビル物語 女神転生)
1987-11-?? Gotcha! The Sport (NES)
1987-11-?? The Karate Kid (NES)
1988-08-26 Xexyz (FC) (亀の恩返し ウラシマ伝説)
1988-09-?? NFL Football (NES)
1988-09-12 King of Kings (FC) (キング・オブ・キングス)
1988-09-27 Erica to Satoru no Yume Bouken (FC) (えりかとさとるの夢冒険)
1989-02-?? Friday the 13th (NES)
1990-01-02 Ghostbusters II (GB)
1990-08-10 Parallel World (FC) (ぱられるワールド)
1990-??-?? Bikkuriman World (FC) (ビックリマンワールド 激闘聖闘士)
1991-10-25 Time Zone (FC) (たいむゾーン)
1991-??-?? Trax (GB) (突撃!ポンコツタンク)
1992-04-24 Panic Restaurant (NES) (わんぱくコックンのグルメワールド)
1992-07-31 Adventure Island III (NES) (高橋名人の冒険島III)
1992-11-20 Lemmings (GEN)
1992-11-28 Lemmings (TGCD)
1993-07-30 Bonk's Adventure (NES) (FC原人)
Unreleased Adventure Romance (FC/NES)
Unreleased Battle Ball (FC/NES)
Unreleased Gaia (FC/NES)
Unreleased Happily Ever After (NES)
Unreleased Legend of Dinosaurs (FC/NES)
Unreleased Monster Truck (FC/NES)
Unreleased The Snow Princess (FC/NES)
Unreleased Sunman (GB)
Unreleased Sunman (NES)

Picture Gallery

Links