Yasuhiro Kawakami

Yasuhiro Kawakami

Local 川上 泰広 (かわかみ やすひろ) Born Birth Place Japan Nationality Japanese   Aliases Yatchan, Y. Kawakami, Charlie, Charlie Y.K, Chariey Y.K,

Yasuhiro Kawakami is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He first started working at Sega around 1987, composing the music to their arcade games such as Shinobi and Tetris (under the name Y.K). Around 1991, he started working at Irem for a short time. Later, around 1992, he joined Square Enix around the same time as Ryuji Sasai, and as a result, the two share many game credits together.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1987-??-??	Shinobi (ARC)
1988-10-??	Scramble Spirits (ARC) (スクランブルスピリッツ)		With Tohru Nakabayashi.
1988-??-??	Tetris: Sega (ARC) (テトリス)
1988-??-??	Crack Down (ARC) (クラックダウン)
1989-10-??	ESWAT (ARC)
1989-??-??	Tetris (SMD) (テトリス)
1991-07-13	Super R-Type (SNES) (スーパー・アールタイプ)		With Takushi Hiyamuta and Hiroshi Kimura.
1991-07-19	Racing Damashii (PCE) (レーシング魂)		With Hiroshi Kimura.
1991-12-20	R-Type Complete CD (ROM2) (アールタイプ コンプリートＣＤ)		With Takushi Hiyamuta.
1992-10-??	The Irem Skins Game (SNES) (メジャータイトル)		With Hiroshi Kimura and "Taniyama".
1992-10-05	Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES)		With Ryuji Sasai.
1996-04-05	Rudra no Hihou (SFC) (ルドラの秘宝)		Sound Engineer
1996-08-02	Tobal No. 1 (PS1) (トバル ナンバーワン)		With Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, Kenji Ito, and Ryuji Sasai.
1998-12-23	Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (PS1) (チョコボの不思議なダンジョン2)		With Kenji Ito, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Kumi Tanioka.
2007-09-11	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP) (クライシス コア -ファイナルファンタジーVII)		A&R Director with Daisuke Yosumi and Rie Kodama.

Image Gallery

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Links

• w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/4171.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).