Toshio Kai
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Toshio Kai was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He attended and graduated from the Tama Art University, Department of Design. In 1970, Kai started working at Nakamura Seisakusho as a graphic artist. When the company changed their name to Namco, he designed their logo. He also served as the head of the design office of Namco.
While Kai's name isn't well-known, he is best known for composing the music and sound to the arcade game Pac-Man.
Audio Development
Arcade
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Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
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| 1979-09-15 | Galaxian (ARC) (ギャラクシアン) | |
With Shigeichi Ishimura. |
| 1980-05-22 | Pac-Man (ARC) (パックマン) | |
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| 1980-10-?? | Rally-X (ARC) (ラリーX) | All songs except "High Score BGM" by Nobuyuki Ohnogi. | |
| 1982-09-?? | Super Pac-Man (ARC) (スーパーパックマン) | Composed "Start Music" and "Round Clear". Also composed "Game Over" with Shigeichi Ishimura. Arranged by Yuriko Keino. | |
| 1983-07-?? | Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp (ARC) (パック&パル) | |
Composed "Extend Sound", which is reused from Super Pac-Man. Arranged by Yuriko Keino. |
| 1983-??-?? | Pac-Man (C64) | Arranged by Unknown. | |
| 1984-11-02 | Pac-Man (NES) (パックマン) | |
Arranged by Junko Ozawa. |
| 1987-11-?? | Pac-Mania (ARC) (パックマニア) | |
Composer of original Pac-Man score. Arranged by Junko Ozawa, Yuriko Keino, and Yoshito Tomuro. |
Picture Gallery
2021-01-26; "Untold Stories of the Creation of PAC-MAN"
2021-01-26; "Untold Stories of the Creation of PAC-MAN - Part 1"
2021-01-26; "Untold Stories of the Creation of PAC-MAN - Part 2"
Links
- https://twitter.com/kaitoshio - Twitter page
- mobygames.com/person/631954/toshio-kai/ - MobyGames.
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/7373.html - AtWiki (in Japanese).
