Kenichiro Fukui
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Kenichiro Fukui is a Japanese composer and sound designer known for his works with Konami and Square Enix.
He joined Konami in 1990 and as a result was a part of their Konami Kukeiha Club, in which he also served as a keyboardist. He primarily worked on their coin-op games, and is known for games such as Sunset Riders, Violent Storm, and Lethal Enforcers. In 1995, Fukui, along with Konami composers Tsuyoshi Sekido and Junya Nakano departed the company to start working at Square Enix. There, he is known for working on many of the Final Fantasy titles, and was also known for "Einharder", which was also produced by former Konami employees. He also served as a keyboard for the company's band "THE BLACK MAGES".
In 2005, Fukui departed Square Enix, but continued to work on video game music. He became a teacher at HAL Tokyo for their Musical Department, a school which teaches game design. He still continues to teach and write video game music to this day.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-09-?? | Sunset Riders (ARC) (サンセットライダーズ) | Sound Effects | |
| 1992-09-?? | Lethal Enforcers (ARC) (リーサルエンフォーサーズ) | ||
| 1992-??-?? | G.I. Joe (ARC) (G.I.ジョー) | With Tsutomu Ogura. | |
| 1993-07-25 | Lethal Enforcers (GEN) (リーサルエンフォーサーズ) | Arcade Staff: Music Composer | |
| 1993-10-29 | Lethal Enforcers (SCD) (リーサルエンフォーサーズ) | Arcade Staff: Music Composer | |
| 1993-??-?? | Quiz Gakumon No Susume (ARC) (クイズ 学問ノススメ) | ||
| 1993-??-?? | Violent Storm (ARC) (バイオレントストーム) | With Seiichi Fukami and Yohei Kishimoto. | |
| 1994-01-?? | Lethal Enforcers (SNES) (リーサルエンフォーサーズ) | Development Staff - Arcade Game: Music Composer | |
| 1994-??-?? | Racin' Force (ARC) (レーシングフォース) | ||
| 1997-11-20 | Einhander (PS1) (アインハンダー) | ||
| 2005-05-26 | Hanjuku Eiyuu 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Eiyuu (PS2) (半熟英雄4 ～7人の半熟英雄～) | With various others. | |
| 2005-12-29 | Front Mission 5: Scars of the War (PS2) (フロントミッションフィフス スカーズオブザウォー) | Additional Music | |
| 2006-03-14 | Final Fantasy XII (PS2) (ファイナルファンタジーXII) | Kiss Me Good-Bye: Arrangement | |
| 2006-09-28 | Project Sylpheed: Arc of Deception (X360) (プロジェクト シルフィード) | Music Director Composer with Junya Nakano and Kumi Tanioka. | |
| 2006-12-21 | Dawn of Mana (PS2) (聖剣伝説4) | Support Keyboard Player | |
| 2007-04-26 | Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (NDS) (ファイナルファンタジーXII レヴァナント・ウイング) | Composer with Hitoshi Sakimoto. Arranger with Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Kimihiro Abe, and Noriyuki Kamikura. | |
| 2007-04-26 | Final Fantasy IV (NDS) (ファイナルファンタジーIV) | Arranger with Junya Nakano. | |
| 2010-04-10 | Espgaluda II (IOS) (エスプガルーダII) | Music Composer (Smartphone Mode) with Kouta Kanno, Takaaki Asakawa, and Yusuke Yamauchi. | |
| 2010-09-22 | Final Fantasy XIV Online (W64) (ファイナルファンタジーXIVオンライン) | Additional Recording: Arrangement/Synthesizer Programming with Michio Okamiya. | |
| 2010-10-14 | Lord of Arcana (PSP) (ロード オブ アルカナ) | Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd.: Arrangement/Synthesizer Programming with Satoshi Henmi, Kimio Itoyama, Yoshitaka Suzuki, and Tsutomu Narita. | |
| 2017-07-11 | Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (PS4) (ファイナルファンタジーXII ザ ゾディアック エイジ) | Kiss Me Good-Bye: Arrangement | |
| 2019-01-25 | Kingdom Hearts III (PS4) (キングダム ハーツIII) | Additional Composer with Shotaro Shima, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Yuko Komiyama, and Kenichiro Fukui. | |
| 2020-04-10 | Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) (ファイナルファンタジーVII リメイク) | Arrangement & Synthesizer Programming | |
| 2023-12-27 | DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation (SW) (怒首領蜂大往生 臨廻転生) | With various others. |
Image Gallery
2015-10-17; Facebook.
Links
- facebook.com/kenichiro.fukui.7 - Facebook.
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/2977.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).
