Shinji Tasaka

Shinji Tasaka

Local 田坂 真二 (たさか しんじ) Born Birth Place Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan Nationality Japanese   Aliases S. Tasaka, Boss Tasaka, Gokujyou‑Tasaka

Shinji Tasaka is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and sound programmer. He joined Konami around 1985 and was a part of the Konami Kukeiha Club. One of his earliest works was the arcade game Gradius, in which he not only did sound programming, but also wrote the intro for the song Aircraft Carrier. However, it appears he was mainly a sound designer, editor, and programmer, rather than a composer. During his time at Konami, Tasaka was the head of their coin-op division, and sometimes went by the name "Boss Tasaka". In 1997, he worked on his last game Solar Assault, and appears to have left the industry after that.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1985-??-??	Gradius (ARC) (グラディウス)		Sound Program
1986-10-??	Top Gunner (ARC) (特殊部隊ジャッカル)		With Yosuke Uno.
1986-??-??	Jail Break (ARC) (マンハッタン24分署)		With Yoshiaki Hatano.
1988-04-??	Vulcan Venture (ARC) (グラディウスII)
1988-11-26	Snatcher (PC88) (スナッチャー)		Voice Editor with Hideaki Shikama.
1988-12-23	Snatcher (MSX2) (スナッチャー)		Created effect tail transplant data with Iku Mizutani and others.
1988-??-??	The Final Round (ARC) (ハードパンチャー)		Sound Design
1988-??-??	Gang Busters (ARC) (クレイジーコップ)		With Motoaki Furukawa, Seiichi Fukami, and Shigemasa Matsuo.
1988-??-??	Kitten Kaboodle (ARC) (にゃんにゃんパニック)		With Kenichi Matsubara and Junichiro Kaneda.
1988-??-??	Vulcan Venture (ARC) (グラディウスII GOFERの野望)		With Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara, and Seiichi Fukami.
1989-??-??	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (ARC) (T.M.N.T. スーパー亀忍者)		Sound Director
1990-02-??	Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai E (ARC) (パロディウスだ! －神話からお笑いへ－)		Arranged by Kazuki Muraoka.
1990-10-19	Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun (FC) (悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん)		With Satoko Minami.
1990-??-??	Over Drive (ARC)		Sound Program Sound Effects with Kiyohiko Yamane.
1991-04-19	Cave Noire (GB) (カーブノア)		With Yoshiyuki Hagiwara.
1991-12-25	Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru! (GB) (がんばれゴエモン さらわれたエビス丸)		With Yoshiyuki Hagiwara and Akihiro Juichiya.
1993-??-??	Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (GEN)		With Tsuyoshi Sekito and Hideto Inoue.
1994-??-??	Fantastic Journey (ARC) (極上パロディウス)		Sound Effect with Akihiro Juichiya.
1997-??-??	Solar Assault (ARC) (ソーラーアサルト)		With Hideaki Shikama, Mutsuhiko Izumi, and Seiko Kobuchi.

Image Gallery

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  2014-07-27; Facebook.

Links

• facebook.com/shinji.tasaka.5 - Facebook.
• w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/10768.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).