Kenichi Tomizawa

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Kenichi Tomizawa
Kenichi Tomizawa - 1.jpg
Local 富沢 賢一 (とみざわ けんいち)
Born July 29, 1963
Birth Place Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Aliases わかめ (Wakame)

Kenichi Tomizawa is a Japanese composer, sound designer and sound programmer. From 1984 to 1989 he worked at Skylark Co., Ltd. In 1989 he joined Atelier Double as a composer, programmer, and director. When he worked there, Hiroshi Morita was his subordinate. He also programmed their sound drivers. Tomizawa also started his own sound business Asobi Create. He stayed at Atelier Double up until 1997. For conventional music, Kenichi plays the drums. Kenichi also goes by the name Wakame (わかめ) which translates to Seaweed.

Kenichi is currently the drummer in the Japanese band Throughmaker (スルーメイカー).

Music Development

NES

Kenichi programmed a sound driver in 6502 assembly in 1990. Like most other sound engines at the time, he wrote in hexadecimal numbers that represented musical notation. The driver he used before 1990 was likely also by Tomizawa, or it could have been written by another programmer.

Gameography

Note: In the USA version of Boxxle 2, Kenichi is credited as the sound designer. In the Japanese version, he is only credited as a programmer with Goro Takahashi being the composer. Both versions of the game have the same music.

Note 2: Kenichi's old website lists some video games that he worked on. However, some of them, he has not revealed the name of. His old website can be found here: http://web.archive.org/web/20010309100702/http://www.asobicreate.com/profile/index.html

Released Title Sample Notes
1987-03-27 Winter Games (FDS) (ウィンターゲームズ)
Arranged David Thiel's music.
1987-09-?? Winter Games (NES)
Arranged David Thiel's music.
1988-10-21 Dandy: Zeuon no Fukkatsu (FDS) (ダンディー ゼウオンの復活 )
1989-??-?? Fantasy Zone II: Opa-Opa no Namida (MSX) (ファンタジーゾーンⅡ ―オパオパの涙―)
1989-09-01 Boxxle (GB) (倉庫番) Music Chief
1990-03-21 Penguin Land (GB) (ペンギンランド)
1990-06-22 Boxxle 2 (GB) (倉庫番2) Sound Program
1990-08-21 Kujaku Ou II (FC) (孔雀王Ⅱ) Sound Driver
1990-09-21 Tamura Mitsuaki no Mahjong Seminar (FC) (田村光昭 麻雀ゼミナール)
1990-12-21 The Bard's Tale (NES) (バーズテイル) Sound Driver
1991-06-21 Jungle Wars (GB) (ジャングルウォーズ) Sound Program
1991-08-21 A-Ressha de Ikou (FC) (A列車で行こう) Sound Driver
1992-01-25 The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (FC) (バーズテイルⅡ) Music Program
1992-02-21 Dragons of Flame (FC) (ドラゴン・オブ・フレイム) Sound Driver
1992-10-30 Doublemoon no Densetsu (FC) (ダブルムーン伝説) Sound Driver
1992-12-25 Ranma 1/2: Hard Battle (SNES) (らんま½ 爆烈乱闘篇) Sound Program
1993-09-19 Jungle Wars 2: Kodai Mahou Atimos no Nazo (SFC) (ジャングルウォーズ2 古代魔法アティモスの謎) Sound Driver?
1993-10-22 Ranma 1/2: Akanekodan Teki Hihou (SFC) (らんま½ 赤猫団的秘宝) Sound Program
1993-12-03 Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium (SFC) (SUPER究極ハリキリスタジアム) Sound Program
1994-04-28 Ranma 1/2: Chougi Ranbu Hen (SFC) (らんま½ 超技乱舞編) Sound Program
1994-12-02 The Last Battle (SFC) (ザ・ラストバトル) Sound Program
1995-06-23 Princess Minerva (SFC) (プリンセスミネルバ) Sound Program
1995-07-21 Ranma 1/2: Ougi Jaanken (SFC) (らんま½ 奥義雀拳) Sound Program
1999-10-08 Super Real Fishing (GBC) (スーパーリアルフィッシング)

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