Tokuhiko Uwabo
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Tokuhiko Uwabo |
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Date of birth: 1960-04-26 (age 62) |
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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.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Production history
- 3 Song credits
- 3.1 Satellite 7
- 3.2 Fantasy Zone (Master System Version)
- 3.3 Choplifter (Master System Version)
- 3.4 Action Fighter (Master System Version)
- 3.5 Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System Version)
- 3.6 Space Harrier (Master System Version)
- 3.7 Woody Pop: Shinjinrui no Block Kuzugi
- 3.8 Great Volleyball
- 3.9 Sukeban Deka II: Shoujo Tekkamen Densetsu
- 3.10 The Black Onyx (SG-1000 Version)
- 3.11 SDI (Master System Version)
- 3.12 After Burner (Master System Version)
- 3.13 Phantasy Star
- 3.14 Space Harrier II
- 3.15 Phantasy Star II
- 3.16 Super Daisenryaku (Mega Drive Version)
- 3.17 Phantasy Star II (Overseas)
- 3.18 Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf
- 3.19 Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version)
- 3.20 Columns (Arcade version)
- 3.21 Columns (Mega Drive Version)
- 3.22 Super Monaco GP (Mega Drive Version)
- 3.23 Columns (Game Gear Version)
- 4 Photographs
- 5 External links
- 6 References
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; 9999) — Sound (as Bo)
- Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Mega Drive; 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
Phantasy Star
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Opening — Music & Arrangement
- Town — Music & Arrangement
- Dungeon 1 — Music & Arrangement
- Palma — Music & Arrangement
- Battle — Music & Arrangement
- Sun — Music & Arrangement
- Shop — Music & Arrangement
- Land Master — Music & Arrangement
- Motavia — Music & Arrangement
- Church — Music & Arrangement
- Dezoris — Music & Arrangement
- Event — Music & Arrangement
- Dungeon 2 — Music & Arrangement
- Lassic — Music & Arrangement
- Sky City — Music & Arrangement
- Dark Force — Music & Arrangement
- Ending — Music & Arrangement
- Staff Roll (Dungeon 2 Reprise) — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & 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
Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Sprite — Music & Arrangement
- Step Up — Music & Arrangement
- A Prologue — Music & Arrangement
- Pleasure Stream — Music & Arrangement
- Pressure — Music & Arrangement
- My Home — Music & Arrangement
- Blacky News — Music & Arrangement
- Restration — Music & Arrangement
- Rise or Fall — Music & Arrangement
- Movement — Music & Arrangement
- Advanced Position — Music & Arrangement
- Secret Ways — Music & Arrangement
- Promised Mystery — Music & Arrangement
- Hidepipe — Music & Arrangement
- Silent Zone — Music & Arrangement
- Musik — Music & Arrangement
- Exciting Town — Music & Arrangement
- Violation — Music & Arrangement
- Power — Music & Arrangement
- Under — Music & Arrangement
- The Place of Death — Music & Arrangement
- Exclaim — Music & Arrangement
- Never Dreaming — Music & Arrangement
- Over — 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
Phantasy Star II (Overseas)
- Phantasy — Music & Arrangement
- Step Up — Music & Arrangement
- A Prologue — Music & Arrangement
- Pleasure — Music & Arrangement
- Pressure — Music & Arrangement
- My Home — Music & Arrangement
- Blacky News — Music & Arrangement
- Restration — Music & Arrangement
- Rise or Fall — Music & Arrangement
- Movement — Music & Arrangement
- Advanced — Music & Arrangement
- Secret Ways — Music & Arrangement
- Mystery — Music & Arrangement
- Silent Zone — Music & Arrangement
- Excite Town — Music & Arrangement
- Violation — Music & Arrangement
- Power — Music & Arrangement
- Noah — Music & Arrangement
- Death of Place — Music & Arrangement
- Exclaim — Music & Arrangement
- Never Dream — Music & Arrangement
- Over — 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
- ↑ File:Choplifter SMS credits.png
- ↑ File:Fantasy Zone SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Space Harrier II MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Revenge of Shinobi MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:ESWAT MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Moonwalker MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Castle of Illusion MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Castle of Illusion GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Streets of Rage MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Panic MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Lulu_Saturn_JP_SSCredits.pdf
- ↑ File:STHT_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ File:Sing Sega Game Music MCD JAP manual.pdf, page 22