Yoshio Watanabe

Yoshio Watanabe

Local 渡辺 芳夫 (わたなべ よしお) Born Birth Place Japan Nationality Japanese   Aliases Y. Watanabe, Star Watanabe, 星 渡辺 (Star Watanabe)

Yoshio Watanabe is a Japanese composer who worked at ITL and Act Japan. He usually worked with Kiyoshi Kusatsu, who did the sound programming.

He sometimes went by the name Star Watanabe. This is because Yoshio rhymes with the Japanese translation of star (Hoshi).

Audio Development

Game Boy/NES

For his work on the Famicom, he used sound drivers by Kiyoshi Kusatsu, who he was normally credited with. Sadly, none of his Famicom works were released outside of Japan.

GBA

For Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder, Yoshio used Nintendo's MP2K sound engine.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1987-12-??	Run Deep (ARC) (ザ・ディープ)		With Kiyoshi Kusatsu.
1989-??-??	Maze Of Flott (ARC) (メイズ・オブ・フロット)		With Kiyoshi Kusatsu and "S. Saitou".
1990-05-11	Kagerou Densetsu (FC) (影狼伝説)		With Kiyoshi Kusatsu.
1990-05-31	Don Doko Don (PCE) (ドン ドコ ドン)		With Koichi Dekune and Kiyoshi Kusatsu.
1991-06-21	Halley Wars (GG) (ハレーウォーズ)
1992-10-??	The Jetsons: Robot Panic (GB)
1993-07-30	Daibakushou: Jinsei Gekijou - DokiDoki Seishun Hen (SFC) (大爆笑人生劇場 ～ドキドキ青春編～)
1993-09-24	Super Nova (SNES) (ダライアスフォース)		With Kiyoshi Kusatsu and Yukihiko Tanabe.
1994-11-25	Daibakushou: Jinsei Gekijou - Ooedo Nikki (SFC) (大爆笑人生劇場 ～大江戸日記～)
1995-12-29	Daibakushou: Jinsei Gekijou - Zukkoke SalaryMan Hen (SFC) (大爆笑人生劇場 ～ずっこけサラリーマン編～)
1996-12-13	Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Souzoushu Arawaru! (GB) (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 妖怪創造主現る！)
1996-12-27	Meitantei Conan: Chika Yuuenchi Satsujin Jiken (GB) (名探偵コナン 地下遊園地殺人事件)
1999-11-11	Jeff Gordon XS Racing (GBC)
2000-03-21	Trick Boarder (GBC) (トリックボーダーＧＰ)
2000-11-17	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (GBC)
2001-03-30	Return of the Ninja (GBC)
2001-06-05	Ultimate Surfing (GBC) (波乗り野郎！)
2001-07-20	J.League Excite Stage Tactics (GBC) (Jリーグエキサイトステージ タクティクス)
2001-11-27	Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder (GBA)