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| Name        = Ayako Saso
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| Name        = Ayako Sasō
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| Local      = 佐宗 綾子 (さそ あやこ)
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| Local      = 佐宗 綾子 (さそう あやこ)
 
| Picture    = Ayako_Saso_2.jpg
 
| Picture    = Ayako_Saso_2.jpg
 
| Born        = March 5, 19??
 
| Born        = March 5, 19??
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| Nationality = Japanese
 
| Nationality = Japanese
 
| Flag        = Japan
 
| Flag        = Japan
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| Alias01     = A. Saso (As credited in Rolling Thunder 2)
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| Aliases     = Aya, A. Saso (As credited in Rolling Thunder 2), SamplingMasters AYA
 
| Website    = www.ayazo.net
 
| Website    = www.ayazo.net
 
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'''''Ayako Saso''''' is a Japanese composer who worked at [[Namco]].
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'''''Ayako Sasō''''' is a Japanese composer who worked at [[Namco]]. She joined the company in 1989 and started composing for their arcade games, most notably Ridge Racer and Rolling Thunder 2. Here, she would meet [[Shinji Hosoe]], who works closely with her to this day. She is also part of [[Sampling Masters]] alongside Hosoe, and previously [[Nobuyoshi Sano]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]]. In 1996 she left Namco to join Arika alongside Hosoe and Aihara. Four years later, the trio left Arika as Hosoe formed [[SuperSweep]], which Saso is currently part of although Aihara did not join.
  
 
==Music Composition==
 
==Music Composition==
 
===ARC===
 
===ARC===
 
Ayako said for Rolling Thunder 2, her music was composed using a piece of proprietary software Namco had on the PC.
 
Ayako said for Rolling Thunder 2, her music was composed using a piece of proprietary software Namco had on the PC.
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==Gameography==
 
==Gameography==
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{{Template: Table Header
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{| class="wikitable" |
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| Color    = FFF0FF
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! Released
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| Caption01 = Released
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! Title
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| Caption02 = Title
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! Sample
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| Caption03 = Sample
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! Notes
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}}
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|-
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| 1990/??/??
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| Unreleased
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| [[Puzzle Club (ARC)]]
 +
|  
 +
|  
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Boxy Boy (ARC)]]
 
| [[Boxy Boy (ARC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
−
|-
 
−
| 1990/??/??
 
−
| [[Puzzle Club (ARC)]] (Unreleased)
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Rolling Thunder 2 (ARC)]]
 
| [[Rolling Thunder 2 (ARC)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1990/19/11
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| 1990-19-11
 
| [[Rolling Thunder 2 (GEN)]]
 
| [[Rolling Thunder 2 (GEN)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged by [[Hiromi Shibano]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Soukoban Deluxe (ARC)]]
 
| [[Soukoban Deluxe (ARC)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1992/??/??
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| 1992-??-??
 
| [[Magical Q Great Adventure Exploding Quiz (ARC)]]
 
| [[Magical Q Great Adventure Exploding Quiz (ARC)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1993/??/??
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| 1993-??-??
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| [[Ridge Racer (ARC)]]
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| [[Ridge Racer (ARC)]] (リッジレーサー)
 
|  
 
|  
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| With [[Etsuo Ishii]], [[Yuri Misumi]], [[Keiichi Okabe]], [[Shinji Hosoe]], and [[Nobuyoshi Sano]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1994/??/??
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| 1994-??-??
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| [[Ridge Racer 2 (ARC)]]
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| [[Ridge Racer 2 (ARC)]] (リッジレーサー レボリューション)
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
|-
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| 1995-12-03
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| [[Ridge Racer Revolution (PS1)]]
 +
|
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| "Ridge Racer 2" Original Sound with [[Shinji Hosoe]], [[Nobuyoshi Sano]], [[Takayuki Aihara]], and [[Etsuo Ishii]].
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|-
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| 1995-??-??
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| [[Dirt Dash (ARC)]]
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|
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| With [[Shinji Hosoe]], [[Nobuyoshi Sano]], [[Yuri Misumi]], [[Hiroto Sasaki]], and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1995/??/??
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| 1995-??-??
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| [[Rave Racer (ARC)]]
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| [[Rave Racer (ARC)]] (レイブレーサー)
 
|  
 
|  
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| With [[Etsuo Ishii]], [[Shinji Hosoe]], [[Ayako Saso]], [[Takayuki Aihara]], and [[Nobuyoshi Sano]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1995/??/??
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| 1995-??-??
 
| [[X-Day 2 (ARC)]]
 
| [[X-Day 2 (ARC)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1996/??/??
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| 1996-03-29
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| [[Xevious 3D/G (ARC)]]
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| [[Tekken 2 (PS1)]] (铁拳2)
 
|  
 
|  
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| BGM Arrange with [[Yoshie Arakawa]], [[Nobuyoshi Sano]], [[Hiroto Sasaki]], [[Takayuki Aihara]], [[Shinji Hosoe]], and [[Keiichi Osabe]].
 
|-
 
|-
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| 1998/??/??
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| 1996-04-26
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| [[Fighting Layer (ARC)]]
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| [[Galaxian 3 (PS1)]] (ギャラクシアン³)
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|
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| With [[Shinji Hosoe]].
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|-
 +
| 1996-11-30
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| [[Street Fighter EX (ARC)]] (ストリートファイターEX)
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|
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| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
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|-
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| 1996-??-??
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| [[Xevious 3D-G (ARC)]]
 +
|
 +
| With [[Shinji Hosoe]], [[Nobuyoshi Sano]], and [[Hiroto Sasaki]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1997-03-11
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| [[Street Fighter EX Plus (ARC)]] (ストリートファイターEX)
 +
|
 +
| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1997-03-14
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| [[Bushido Blade (PS1)]] (ブシドーブレード)
 +
|
 +
| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1997-07-17
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| [[Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha (PS1)]] (ストリートファイターEX PLUS α)
 +
|
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| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1998-03-12
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| [[Street Fighter EX2 (ARC)]] (ストリートファイターEX2)
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1998/??/??
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| 1998-??-??
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| [[Street Fighter EX2 (ARC)]]
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| [[Fighting Layer (ARC)]] (ファイティングレイヤー)
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1998/??/??
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| 1998-??-??
 
| [[Tetris: The Grand Master (ARC)]]
 
| [[Tetris: The Grand Master (ARC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
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| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1999-01-14
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| [[Deep Freeze (PS1)]] (ディープフリーズ)
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|
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| Sound Effect/Voice Edit with [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1999/??/??
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| 1999-01-28
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| [[Street Fighter EX2 Plus (ARC)]]
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| [[iS: internal section (PS1)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| With [[Shinji Hosoe]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1999/12/??
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| 1999-12-22
 +
| [[Street Fighter EX2 Plus (PS1)]]
 +
|
 +
| With [[Shinji Hosoe]] and [[Takayuki Aihara]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1999-12-??
 
| [[Fighting Layer (ARC)]]
 
| [[Fighting Layer (ARC)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 2005/Q2/??
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| 2005-Q2-??
 
| [[Ibara (ARC)]]
 
| [[Ibara (ARC)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 2006/02/23
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| 2006-02-23
 
| [[Ibara (PS2)]]
 
| [[Ibara (PS2)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 2020-09-24
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| [[Ginga Force (W64)]] (ギンガフォース)
 +
|
 +
| With [[Yousuke Yasui]], [[Shinji Hosoe]], [[Kazuhiro Kobayashi]], [[Teruo Taniguchi]], and [[Takahiro Eguchi]].
 +
|-
 +
| 2021-04-07
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| [[Pac-Man 99 (SW)]] (パックマン99)
 +
|
 +
| SuperSweep co., ltd.: Composer with [[Shinji Hosoe]].
 
|}
 
|}
  
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[[Category:Composers]]
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[[Category: Composers]]
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[[Category: Foley Artists]]
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[[Category:Female People]]
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[[Category:Namco Staff]]
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[[Category:SuperSweep Staff]]

Revision as of 21:00, 23 July 2022

Ayako Sasō
Ayako Saso 2.jpg
Local 佐宗 綾子 (さそう あやこ)
Born March 5, 19??
Birth Place Yokohama, Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Aliases Aya, A. Saso (As credited in Rolling Thunder 2), SamplingMasters AYA
Website www.ayazo.net

Ayako Sasō is a Japanese composer who worked at Namco. She joined the company in 1989 and started composing for their arcade games, most notably Ridge Racer and Rolling Thunder 2. Here, she would meet Shinji Hosoe, who works closely with her to this day. She is also part of Sampling Masters alongside Hosoe, and previously Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara. In 1996 she left Namco to join Arika alongside Hosoe and Aihara. Four years later, the trio left Arika as Hosoe formed SuperSweep, which Saso is currently part of although Aihara did not join.

Music Composition

ARC

Ayako said for Rolling Thunder 2, her music was composed using a piece of proprietary software Namco had on the PC.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
Unreleased Puzzle Club (ARC)
1990-??-?? Boxy Boy (ARC)
1990-??-?? Rolling Thunder 2 (ARC)
1990-19-11 Rolling Thunder 2 (GEN) Arranged by Hiromi Shibano.
1990-??-?? Soukoban Deluxe (ARC)
1992-??-?? Magical Q Great Adventure Exploding Quiz (ARC)
1993-??-?? Ridge Racer (ARC) (リッジレーサー) With Etsuo Ishii, Yuri Misumi, Keiichi Okabe, Shinji Hosoe, and Nobuyoshi Sano.
1994-??-?? Ridge Racer 2 (ARC) (リッジレーサー レボリューション)
1995-12-03 Ridge Racer Revolution (PS1) "Ridge Racer 2" Original Sound with Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Takayuki Aihara, and Etsuo Ishii.
1995-??-?? Dirt Dash (ARC) With Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Yuri Misumi, Hiroto Sasaki, and Takayuki Aihara.
1995-??-?? Rave Racer (ARC) (レイブレーサー) With Etsuo Ishii, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara, and Nobuyoshi Sano.
1995-??-?? X-Day 2 (ARC)
1996-03-29 Tekken 2 (PS1) (铁拳2) BGM Arrange with Yoshie Arakawa, Nobuyoshi Sano, Hiroto Sasaki, Takayuki Aihara, Shinji Hosoe, and Keiichi Osabe.
1996-04-26 Galaxian 3 (PS1) (ギャラクシアン³) With Shinji Hosoe.
1996-11-30 Street Fighter EX (ARC) (ストリートファイターEX) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1996-??-?? Xevious 3D-G (ARC) With Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, and Hiroto Sasaki.
1997-03-11 Street Fighter EX Plus (ARC) (ストリートファイターEX) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1997-03-14 Bushido Blade (PS1) (ブシドーブレード) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1997-07-17 Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha (PS1) (ストリートファイターEX PLUS α) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1998-03-12 Street Fighter EX2 (ARC) (ストリートファイターEX2) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1998-??-?? Fighting Layer (ARC) (ファイティングレイヤー) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1998-??-?? Tetris: The Grand Master (ARC) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1999-01-14 Deep Freeze (PS1) (ディープフリーズ) Sound Effect/Voice Edit with Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1999-01-28 iS: internal section (PS1) With Shinji Hosoe.
1999-12-22 Street Fighter EX2 Plus (PS1) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1999-12-?? Fighting Layer (ARC)
2005-Q2-?? Ibara (ARC)
2006-02-23 Ibara (PS2)
2020-09-24 Ginga Force (W64) (ギンガフォース) With Yousuke Yasui, Shinji Hosoe, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Teruo Taniguchi, and Takahiro Eguchi.
2021-04-07 Pac-Man 99 (SW) (パックマン99) SuperSweep co., ltd.: Composer with Shinji Hosoe.
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