Tokuhiko Uwabo

Tokuhiko Uwabo

Date of birth: 1960-04-26 (age 62)
Employment history: Sega of Japan
Role(s): Composer, Sound Designer, Programmer

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Tokuhiko Uwabo (上保徳彦) is a Japanese businessman and musician, and former Sega of Japan composer, sound designer, and programmer.

Career

Tokuhiko Uwabo is one of the older sound members in Sega's history, more commonly known by his alias, Bo. He mainly dealt with sound porting during the Master System era and shifted to a more advisory role for the Mega Drive era. He also composed the music for the first two Phantasy Star titles.

Though Uwabo's last known game with Sega was Sonic 3 & Knuckles in 1994, he has stayed in touch with the company following its release. In 1995, he transferred to Sega of Europe's development team, residing in Richmond, London, England. In 1997, he returned to Sega of Japan, but quit sometime afterward. He then spent the next 10 years between some number of investment companies, including a new role as a Venture Capitalist in Tokyo looking over different investment portfolios in Asia.

In June 2007 he joined Winlight Co., Ltd., a mobile gaming company, and worked there as a director. After Winlight was bought in 2012 by Singapore-based Pole To Win Asia Pte. Ltd., Uwabo was promoted to Managing Director. Despite having left Sega (which was unofficially publicized as early as April 2006 via liner notes), he has provided commentary for recent Wave Master soundtrack releases of his compositions.

Uwabo currently lives and works in Singapore.

Production history

Games

Flicky (Mega Drive;
1991) — Special Thanks^[1] (as Bo)
Choplifter (Master System;
1986) — Sound Effects^[2] (as Hairy Uwa)
Space Harrier (Master System;
1986) — Music Arranger (as Bo)
Fantasy Zone (Master System;
1986) — Music by^[3] (as Noah Toku)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System;
1986) — Sound (as Toku)
The Black Onyx (SG-1000;
1987) — Sound Composer (as Bo)
Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu (Master System;
1987) — Music Composed by (as Bo)
Zillion (Master System;
1987) — Sound Coordinate (as Bo)
After Burner (X Board;
1987) (as Bo)
After Burner II (X Board;
1987) (as Bo)
Phantasy Star (Master System;
1987) — Sound (as Bo)
Space Harrier 3D (Master System;
1988) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen (Master System;
1988) — Sound (as Bo)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive;
1988) — Sound Composer^[4] (as Bo)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive;
1988) — Sound Programmer^[4] (as Bo)
Poseidon Wars 3D (Master System;
1989) — Sound Coordinator (as Bo)
Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive;
1989) — Musical Composer (as Bo)
Super Daisenryaku (Mega Drive;
1989) — Sound Programed and Composed by (as Mr.Bo)
Super Monaco GP (Mega Drive;
1990) — Music Composer (as Bo)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (Mega Drive;
1989) — うるとらおちゃめな (as Bo)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf (Mega Drive;
1989) (as BO)
The Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive;
1989) — Sound Coordinator, Sound Programmer^[5] (as Bo)
Sorcerian (Mega Drive;
1990) — Scenario Written (as Bo)
Sorcerian (Mega Drive;
1990) — Music Composed (as Bo)
Columns (Mega Drive;
1990) — Composer
ESWAT: City Under Siege (Mega Drive;
1990) — Sound Coordinator^[6] (as Bo)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive;
1990) — Sound Adviser^[7] (as Bo)
Summer Games (Master System;
1990) — Sound Programming
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive;
1990) — Sound Director^[8] (as Bo)
16t (Mega Drive;
1991) — Special Thanks to (as Bo)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Master System;
1991) — Sound Director (as B. O)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (Game Gear;
1991) — Sound Director^[9] (as B. O)
Battle Golfer Yui (Mega Drive;
1991) — Special Thanks (as B O)
Streets of Rage (Mega Drive;
1991) — Special Thanks to^[10] (as Bo)
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (Mega Drive;
1991) — Sound Producer (as Bo)
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Master System;
No results
9999) — Sound (as Bo)
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Mega Drive;
No results
9999) — Sound Creator (as Bo)
Dyna Brothers (Mega Drive;
1992) — Sega R&D Dept
Bio-Hazard Battle (Mega Drive;
1992) — Special Thanks to (as Bo)
Panic! (Mega-CD;
1993) — スーパーバイザー (as 上保徳彦)
Panic! (Mega-CD;
1993) — Supervisors^[11]
Panic! (PlayStation 2;
2002) — スーパーバイザー (as 上保徳彦)
Golden Axe III (Mega Drive;
1993) — Sound Program (as Bo)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive;
1993) — Special Thanks (as T.Uwabo)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Mega Drive;
1994) — SEGA Sound Team (as Bo)
Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive;
1994) — SEGA Sound Team (as Bo)
Shinobi Legions (Saturn;
1995) — Technical Support
Lulu: Un Conte Interactif de Romain Victor-Pujebet (Saturn;
1996) — Producers^[12]
Sakura Taisen Hanagumi Tsuushin (Saturn;
1997) — プロデューサー^[13] (as 上保徳彦)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse () — Original Composers

Music

SING!! Sega Game Music Presented by B.B. Queens (CD;
1992) — Directed by^[14] (as 上保徳彦)
Sega Simulation Best: Advanced Daisenryaku Original Soundtrack (CD;
2006) — Special Thanks (as Bo)
After Burner 20th Anniversary Box (CD;
2007) — Porting (as Tokuhiko "Bo" Uwabo)
Phantasy Star 1st Series Complete Album (CD;
2008) — Commentator (as Tokuhiko "BO" Uwabo)

Satellite 7 (1985)
Action Fighter (Master System Version) (1986)
Woody Pop (1987)
Great Volleyball (1987)
OutRun (Master System Version) (1987) — (as T.U)
SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative (1987)
After Burner (Master System Version) (1987)
Columns (Arcade version) (1990)
Columns (Game Gear Version) (1990)

Song credits

Satellite 7

Title — Music & Arrangement
Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Fantasy Zone (Master System Version)

Title — Arrangement
Opa-Opa! [Rd. 1] — Arrangement
Boss [Rd. 1~7 Boss] — Arrangement
Round Up [Round Clear] — Arrangement
Keep on the Beat [Rd. 2] — Arrangement
Saari [Rd. 3] — Arrangement
Prome [Rd. 4] — Arrangement
Hot Snow [Rd. 5] — Arrangement
Don't Stop [Rd. 6] — Arrangement
Dreaming Tomorrow [Rd. 7] — Arrangement
Shop — Arrangement
Ya-Da-Yo [Rd. 8 Boss] — Arrangement
Victory Way [Ending] — Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement

Choplifter (Master System Version)

Round Start — Arrangement
Round 1 BGM — Music & Arrangement
Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
Round 2 BGM — Arrangement
Round 3 BGM — Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement

Action Fighter (Master System Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Mission Briefing — Music & Arrangement
Ground Stage BGM — Music & Arrangement
Hidden Character — Music & Arrangement
Take Off — Music & Arrangement
Air Stage BGM — Music & Arrangement
Sega Jingle — Music & Arrangement
Hidden Character 2 — Music & Arrangement
Boss — Music & Arrangement
Mission Clear — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Start — Music & Arrangement
Alex Kidd (Main Theme) — Music & Arrangement
Swimming — Music & Arrangement
Item Obtain — Music & Arrangement
Scopaco Cycle (Unused) — Music & Arrangement
Petit-Copter — Music & Arrangement
Castle — Music & Arrangement
Jung-Keng — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Miss — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Space Harrier (Master System Version)

Main BGM — Arrangement
Squilla — Arrangement
Ida — Arrangement
Godarni — Arrangement
Wiwi Jumbo — Arrangement
Battle Field — Arrangement
Syura — Arrangement
Valda — Arrangement
Stanray — Arrangement
Haya-Oh — Music & Arrangement
Lake Side Memory — Arrangement
Game Over — Arrangement
White Summer — Arrangement
Lovers — Music & Arrangement

Woody Pop: Shinjinrui no Block Kuzugi

Title — Music & Arrangement
Round Start — Music & Arrangement
BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Continue — Music & Arrangement
BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
Demo — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement

Great Volleyball

Title — Music & Arrangement
USA — Arrangement
USSR — Arrangement
China — Arrangement
Korea — Arrangement
Japan — Arrangement
Brazil — Arrangement
Cuba — Arrangement
France — Arrangement
Win — Music & Arrangement
Lose — Music & Arrangement

Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu

Title — Music & Arrangement
Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
Battlin' Days (Action BGM 1) — Music & Arrangement
In Search of Freedom (Action BGM 2) — Music & Arrangement
The Will to Love (Ending BGM) — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

The Black Onyx (SG-1000 Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

SDI (Master System Version)

Demo — Music & Arrangement
Game Start — Music & Arrangement
System Down — Arrangement
Perfect — Arrangement
We Are Desirous of Peace — Arrangement
Blue Moon — Arrangement

After Burner (Master System Version)

Maximum Power — Arrangement
Final Take Off — Arrangement
Red Out — Arrangement
Super Stripe — Arrangement
After Burner — Arrangement
City 202 — Arrangement

Space Harrier II

Motion — Music & Arrangement
Harrier Saga — Music & Arrangement
Nuclear Shock — Music & Arrangement
Mind Quake — Music & Arrangement
Neo — Music & Arrangement
Giga — Music & Arrangement
Winner's Flight — Music & Arrangement
The Stairs to Z — Music & Arrangement
Handcuff — Music & Arrangement
Perspective — Music & Arrangement
Machine Henge — Music & Arrangement
Jelly Syndrome — Music & Arrangement
Outsider — Music & Arrangement
An Omen — Music & Arrangement
Mega Chance — Music & Arrangement
Reverse Infect — Music & Arrangement
An Epitaph — Music & Arrangement
Illusion — Music & Arrangement
A — Music & Arrangement
Name Entry — Music & Arrangement

Super Daisenryaku (Mega Drive Version)

Title — Music & Arrangement
Prot It — Music & Arrangement
A Bottom — Music & Arrangement
Spirits — Music & Arrangement
Splend — Music & Arrangement
Out All — Music & Arrangement
Ahead — Music & Arrangement
Fire — Music & Arrangement
Surrender — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Extra — Music & Arrangement

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Title — Music & Arrangement
Select — Music & Arrangement
BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
BGM 4 — Music & Arrangement
Birdie — Music & Arrangement
Par — Music & Arrangement
Bogey — Music & Arrangement
Out of Bounds — Music & Arrangement
Score Display — Music & Arrangement
Coffee Break — Music & Arrangement
Awards Ceremony — Music & Arrangement
Ending — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version)

On Earth — Music & Arrangement
In the Sky — Music & Arrangement
Earthwind — Music & Arrangement
Ice Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
Ice Dragon — Music & Arrangement
Twin Islands — Music & Arrangement
Windy Cave — Music & Arrangement
High Minotaur — Music & Arrangement
Melody I — Music & Arrangement
Melody II — Music & Arrangement
Fairy's Harp — Music & Arrangement
Human World — Music & Arrangement
Marionette's World — Music & Arrangement
King of Marionette — Music & Arrangement
Behind the Marionette — Music & Arrangement
Eerie Village — Music & Arrangement
Underground Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
Fire Dragon — Music & Arrangement

Columns (Arcade version)

Coin — Music & Arrangement
Filthy (Select) — Music & Arrangement
Quagmire (Start/Unused Tune) — Music & Arrangement
Clotho (Theme) — Music & Arrangement
Conciliation (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement
Boy Wonder (Name Entry) — Music & Arrangement
Arabian Jewelry (U.S.A. Version) — Music & Arrangement

Columns (Mega Drive Version)

Lathesis (Theme 2) — Music & Arrangement
Atropos (Theme 3) — Music & Arrangement

Super Monaco GP (Mega Drive Version)

F1 Grand Prix — Arrangement
Exhaust Fumes — Music & Arrangement
Extreme Tension — Arrangement
Qualify — Arrangement
A Break — Arrangement
The Checker Flag — Arrangement
Super License — Arrangement
The Heat Waves — Arrangement
At a Loss — Arrangement
Concentration — Music & Arrangement
Contentment — Music & Arrangement
Hold in Check — Music & Arrangement
Impatience — Music & Arrangement
The Bitterness — Music & Arrangement
Theme of Monaco — Arrangement

Columns (Game Gear Version)

Filthy (Select) — Music & Arrangement
Quagmire (Start/Unused Tune) — Music & Arrangement
Clotho (Theme 1) — Music & Arrangement
Lathesis (Theme 2) — Music & Arrangement
Atropos (Theme 3) — Music & Arrangement
Conciliation (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement
Boy Wonder (Name Entry) — Music & Arrangement

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Tokuhiko Uwabo

External links

Sega Stars: Tokuhiko "Bo" Uwabo article by Ken Horowitz at Sega-16

References

[:File:Flicky_MD_credits.pdf_p-1] File:Flicky MD credits.pdf

[:File:Choplifter_SMS_credits.png_p-2] File:Choplifter SMS credits.png

[:File:Fantasy_Zone_SMS_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Fantasy Zone SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Space_Harrier_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Revenge_of_Shinobi_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Revenge of Shinobi MD credits.pdf

[:File:ESWAT_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:ESWAT MD credits.pdf

[:File:Moonwalker_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Moonwalker MD credits.pdf

[:File:Castle_of_Illusion_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Castle of Illusion MD credits.pdf

[:File:Castle_of_Illusion_GG_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Castle of Illusion GG credits.pdf

[:File:Streets_of_Rage_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Streets of Rage MD credits.pdf

[:File:Panic_MCD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Panic MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Lulu_Saturn_JP_SSCredits.pdf_p-12] File:Lulu_Saturn_JP_SSCredits.pdf

[:File:STHT_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-13] File:STHT_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:Sing_Sega_Game_Music_MCD_JAP_manual.pdf_p22-14] File:Sing Sega Game Music MCD JAP manual.pdf, page 22

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