Masafumi Takada

Masafumi Takada (高田雅史) is a Japanese video game music composer. His most notable works are the soundtracks for killer7 and No More Heroes. Takada often partners up with musician and guitar player Jun Fukuda, and worked with SUDA51 from Moonlight Syndrome to Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen. Takada was responsible for most of the music of every single game Grasshopper developed in that period, as well as contributions to remix albums for their games.

After departing Grasshopper Manufacture around the release of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Takada formed his own independent studio, Sound Prestige Records. The studio has since provided the music for the entire Danganronpa series, and Takada has worked on other projects like Tango Gameworks' The Evil Within. During this period, Takada was mostly silent regarding his time at Grasshopper; he finally made his return to working with SUDA51 and Grasshopper with the 2018 remake of The 25th Ward: The Silver Case, to which he provided two tracks, one remixed and one brand new.

Discography[]

Albums[]

Year	Soundtrack	Position
1998	Epica Stella Original Soundtrack	Composer, arranger
1999	Promise of Smiles ~ Seiyuu Heroine Vocal Collection	Composer, arranger
1999	Neko Zamurai Original Soundtrack	Composer, recording engineer
2001	The Silver #01 STRUCTURE	Composer
2001	water ~For Relaxing Time~¹	Composer, arranger
2003	shine ~For High Time~²	Composer, arranger
2004	michigan ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK	Composer, arranger
2005	killer7 Original Soundtrack	Composer
2006	SAMURAI CHAMPLOO Rhythm Track CD	Composer, arranger
	SAMURAI CHAMPLOO ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK	Composer, arranger
	GOD TRACKS!³	Composer, arranger
	The Silver #01 Structure	Composer, arranger
	The Silver #02 DESTRUCTOR	Composer
2007	The Silver #02 + PARADE	Composer, arranger
	beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK	Composer, arranger
	Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles Original Soundtrack⁴	Composer, arranger
2008	No More Heroes Original Sound Tracks	Composer
	No More Heroes Sound Tracks: Dark Side	Composer, arranger, performer
	beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS Original Soundtrack	Composer
	The Outer Rim	Composer
	Denjin K	Arranger
	The virgin child makes her wish without feeling anything	Composer
2009	H.M.T.A.2 - Hyper Moe Trance Ayane 2	Arranger
2009	beatmania IIDX CS collection	Composer
2010	Zangeki no REGINLEIV LIMITED SOUNDTRACK -Shinwa no Senritsu	Composer
	GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track	Arranger
	VANQUISH ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK	Composer
	No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Original Soundtrack	Composer, arranger
	DANGAN RONPA!! ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK	Composer
2011	Akumajo Dracula Tribute Vol.1	Arranger
	DANGANRONPA Original Soundtrack	Composer
	BIOHAZARD SOUND CHRONICLE II	Composer, arranger
	DANGANRONPA Rearrange Soundtrack & Original Drama CD	Composer
2012	Shin Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami Music Selection	Composer
	SUPER DANGANRONPA 2 SOUNDTRACK + CAST COMMENT	Composer, arranger
	Shin Hikari Shinwa Palutena no Kagami Original Soundtrack	Composer, arranger
	SUPER DANGANRONPA 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK	Composer
	RE:DANGANRONPA ~SUPER DANGANRONPA bitbitbit TKD Remix~	Composer, arranger

1,2 With Shingo Yasumoto, credited as Torn
3 With Jun Fukuda, credited to Grasshopper Manufacture on disc
4 With Jun Fukuda, credited as ghm sound team

Video Game Soundtracks[]

Year	Game	System	Position
1996	Tsuribaka Nisshi	PS1	Composer, arranger
	Ranma 1/2: Battle Renaissance	PS1	Composer, arranger
	2Tax Gold*	SAT	Composer, arranger
1997	Moonlight Syndrome*	PS1	Composer, arranger
1998	Vanguard Bandits*^[1]	PS1	Composer, arranger
	Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan*	PS1	Vocals arranger
	Air Boarder 64*	N64	Composer, arranger
1999	Remote Control Dandy*	PS1	Sound support
	Neko Zamurai*	PS1	Composer, arranger
	Shirubā Jiken^†	PS1, PSN	Composer, arranger
2001	Flower, Sun, and Rain^†	PS2	Composer, arranger
2002	Robot Alchemic Drive^[2]	PS2	Composer, arranger
2003	Monster Attack^[3]	PS2	Composer, arranger
2003	Shining Soul II^†	GBA	Composer, arranger
2004	Michigan: Report from Hell^†	PS2	Composer, arranger
	God Hand	PS2, PSN	Composer, arranger
	Tetsujin 28-Go	PS2	Composer, arranger
	Steel Battalion: Line of Contact^[4]	XBOX	Composer, arranger
2005	killer7^†	GC, PS2	Composer, arranger
2005	Shirubā Jiken 25 Ku^†	Mobile Phone	Composer, arranger
2006	Global Defence Force^[5]	PS2	Composer, arranger
	Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked^†	PS2	Composer, arranger
	Global Defence Force: Tactics^[6]	PS2	Composer, arranger
	Blood+ One Night Kiss^†	PS2	Composer, arranger
	Contact^†	DS	Composer, arranger
	Chou Soujuu Mecha MG	DS	Composer, arranger
	Earth Defense Force 2017^[7]	360	Composer, arranger
2007	Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles^[8]	Wii	Composer, arranger
2007	No More Heroes^†	Wii	Composer, arranger
2008	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Wii	Arranger
	Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise^†	DS	Composer, arranger
	Fatal Frame IV^{^†}	Wii	Composer, arranger
2009	No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle^†	Wii	Composer, arranger
	Infinite Space	DS	Composer, arranger
	Vanquish	360, PS3	Composer
	Zangeki no REGINLEIV	Wii	Composer
2010	Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc	PSP	Composer
2011	Kid Icarus: Uprising^[9]	3DS	Composer
2012	Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair	PSP	Composer
2013	Earth Defense Force 2025	Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 4	Composer
2014	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	3DS, Wii U	Arranger
	Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls	PS Vita	Composer
	The Evil Within	Several	Composer

Entries marked with * produced by Human Entertainment.
Entries marked with † produced by Grasshopper Manufacture.

References[]

↑ Known as Epica Stella in Japan.
↑ Known as Gigantic Drive in Japan.
↑ Known as Simple 2000 Series Vol. 31: The Chikyuu Boueigun in Japan.
↑ Known as Tekki Taisen in Japan.
↑ Known as Simple 2000 Series Vol. 81: The Chikyuu Boueigun 2 in Japan.
↑ Known as Simple 2000 Series Vol. 103: The Chikyuu Boueigun Tactics in Japan.
↑ Known as Chikyuu Boueigun 3 in Japan.
↑ Known as Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles in Japan.
↑ Known as Shin Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami in Japan.

External links[]

[1] Known as Epica Stella in Japan.

[2] Known as Gigantic Drive in Japan.

[3] Known as Simple 2000 Series Vol. 31: The Chikyuu Boueigun in Japan.

[4] Known as Tekki Taisen in Japan.

[5] Known as Simple 2000 Series Vol. 81: The Chikyuu Boueigun 2 in Japan.

[6] Known as Simple 2000 Series Vol. 103: The Chikyuu Boueigun Tactics in Japan.

[7] Known as Chikyuu Boueigun 3 in Japan.

[8] Known as Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles in Japan.

[9] Known as Shin Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami in Japan.

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