Hidenori Shoji
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Hidenori Shoji is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and audio director. Ever since 1996, Shoji has been an employee of Sega. He is known for his works on several series for the company including Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, the latter of which he has served as an audio director for the series. He also served as the composer for a majority of the songs in F-Zero GX, as well as its arcade counterpart F-Zero AX. He is also a proficient guitarist and has played for Sega's band.
Audio Development
Yakuza
For the Yakuza games, Shoji receives a script along with some images of the game, and composes around both of those.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-09-?? | Sega Touring Car Championship (ARC) (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップ) | Name Entry | |
| 1996-09-?? | Virtua Fighter 3 (ARC) (バーチャファイター3) | With Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Fumio Ito. | |
| 1996-11-22 | Virtua Cop 2 (SAT) (バーチャコップ2) | S.E. Support | |
| 1996-??-?? | Sega Super GT (ARC) (セガスーパーGT) | With various others. | |
| 1997-01-10 | Digital Dance Mix: Namie Amuro (SAT) (デジタルダンスミックス 安室奈美恵) | ||
| 1997-11-24 | Sega Touring Car Championship (SAT) (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップ) | Name Entry | |
| 1998-01-31 | Sega Touring Car Championship (W32) (セガツーリングカーチャンピオンシップ) | Name Entry | |
| 1998-03-?? | Fighting Vipers 2 (ARC) (ファイティングバイパーズ２) | ||
| 1998-11-27 | Virtua Fighter 3tb (DC) (バーチャファイター3tb) | With Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Fumio Ito. | |
| 1998-??-?? | Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (ARC) | Assistant Sound Director | |
| 2000-07-?? | Slash Out (ARC) | ||
| 2000-12-?? | Planet Harriers (ARC) | Assistant Sound Creator with Maki Morrow. | |
| 2001-01-18 | Fighting Vipers 2 (DC) (ファイティングバイパーズ２) | ||
| 2001-07-?? | Spikers Battle (ARC) (スパイカーズバトル) | ||
| 2001-09-14 | Super Monkey Ball (GC) (スーパーモンキーボール) | With Haruyoshi Tomita and Sakae Osumi. | |
| 2002-08-25 | Super Monkey Ball 2 (GC) (スーパーモンキーボール2) | With Haruyoshi Tomita. | |
| 2002-10-29 | Virtua Striker 2002 (ARC) (バーチャストライカー2002) | With Hiroyuki Hamada, Masayoshi Ishi, Shinichiro Sato, and Yasutaka Hatade. | |
| 2002-11-19 | Super Monkey Ball Jr. (GBA) | Original Game Staff: Sound Engineer with Haruyoshi Tomita. | |
| 2003-06-?? | F-Zero AX (ARC) (エフゼロAX) | ||
| 2003-07-25 | F-Zero GX (GC) (エフゼロGX) | ||
| 2005-03-15 | Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (PS2) (スーパーモンキーボールデラックス) | With Haruyoshi Tomita and Sakae Osumi. | |
| 2005-12-08 | Yakuza (PS2) (龍が如く) | Sound Director | |
| 2006-12-07 | Yakuza 2 (PS2) (龍が如く2) | Music Director with Haruyoshi Tomita. | |
| 2009-02-26 | Yakuza 3 (PS3) (龍が如く3) | Sound Production with various others. | |
| 2010-02-19 | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (PS3) | CS1 R&D Sound with Naofumi Hataya, Masaru Setsumaru, Jun Senoue, Tomoya Ohtani, Haruyoshi Tomita, and Yuri Fukuda. | |
| 2010-02-23 | Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing (NDS) | CS1 R&D Sound with various others. | |
| 2010-02-23 | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie (X360) | CS1 R&D Sound with Naofumi Hataya, Masaru Setsumaru, Jun Senoue, Tomoya Ohtani, Haruyoshi Tomita, and Yuri Fukuda. | |
| 2010-02-26 | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (W64) | CS1 R&D Sound with Naofumi Hataya, Masaru Setsumaru, Jun Senoue, Tomoya Ohtani, Haruyoshi Tomita, and Yuri Fukuda. | |
| 2010-03-18 | Yakuza 4 (PS3) (龍が如く4) | Sound Production Lead | |
| 2012-02-16 | Binary Domain (X360) (バイナリードメイン) | Sound Director | |
| 2012-04-27 | Binary Domain (W64) | Sound Director | |
| 2012-12-06 | Yakuza 5 (PS3) (龍が如く5) | Music Creation Support | |
| 2015-03-12 | Yakuza 0 (PS4) (龍が如く０ 誓いの場所) | Chief Sound Producer with Fumiyoshi Shimohara. | |
| 2016-01-21 | Yakuza: Kiwami (PS4) (龍が如く極) | Chief Sound Producer with Fumiyoshi Shimohara. | |
| 2016-12-08 | Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4) (龍が如く6 命の詩。) | Sound Production Lead with Fumiyoshi Shimohara. | |
| 2017-12-17 | Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (PS4) (龍が如く極2) | Music Director | |
| 2018-01-22 | Shin Megami Tensei Liberation Dx2 (AND) | Guitar with Yasuyuki Matsuzaki. | |
| 2018-03-08 | Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (PS4) (北斗が如く) | Music Director | |
| 2018-12-13 | Judgment (PS4) (ジャッジアイズ 死神の遺言) | Music Director | |
| 2019-05-09 | Yakuza Kiwami 2 (W64) | Music Director | |
| 2019-06-20 | Yakuza 5 Remastered (PS4) (龍が如く5 夢、叶えし者) | Music Production Assistant | |
| 2019-10-29 | Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD (SW) (たべごろ！スーパーモンキーボール) | With Chihiro Aoki. | |
| 2020-01-16 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS4) (龍が如く７ 光と闇の行方) | Music Director | |
| 2020-10-17 | Streets of Kamurocho (W64) | Music Director | |
| 2021-04-21 | Judgment (PS5) (ジャッジアイズ 死神の遺言) | With Haruyoshi Tomita, Yuri Fukuda, Fumiyoshi Shimohara, Takashi Nagasaka, Tomoo Sekine, and Asami Takeo. | |
| 2021-09-21 | Lost Judgment (PS5) (Lost Judgment: 裁かれざる記憶) | Music Director | |
| 2021-10-05 | Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania (W64) (たべごろ！スーパーモンキーボール 1＆2リメイク) | With Saori Yoshida and Satoshi Okamura. |
Image Gallery
Ryu ga Gotoku 6 Inochi no Uta. Original Soundtrack; Taken from VGMDB.
2013-02-04; Facebook.
Links
- facebook.com/hidenori.shoji.73 - Facebook.
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/3484.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).
