Tokuhiko Uwabo

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Tokuhiko Uwabo (上保徳彦) is a composer of Japanese video game music. Sometimes he has gone by the nicknames "Bo", "Noah Toku", and "Hairy Uwa", as seen in the credits of games he has scored. Although he helped create Sega's early sound, not much is known about him. He is best remembered for the mysterious melodies of Phantasy Star, Zillion and Alex Kidd.

Mr. Bo started composing for the first Sega console, the SG-1000:

• The Black Onyx

Then he scored the music for the following Sega Master System / SG-1000 Mark III games:

• Alex Kidd in Miracle World
• Phantasy Star
• Akai Koudan Zillion
• Zillion II
• Sukeban Deka II
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
• Choplifter

and ported the music of these games from their native machines to the Master System:

• Fantasy Zone
• Space Harrier
• Ys

He also wrote the music for the arcade game Columns, and for the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis games:

• Phantasy Star II
• Space Harrier II
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
• Super Daisenryaku
• Super Monaco GP
• Naomichi Ozaki no Super Masters / Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

With Hiroshi Kubota he worked on the Mega Drive port of Sorcerian.

Also he worked in the sound department of a number of Mega Drive games (not as composer):

• The Super Shinobi (sound coordinator/sound programmer)
• Quackshot (sound producer)
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (sound advice)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (as member of Sega Sound Team)
• Sonic & Knuckles (as member of Sega Sound Team)
• Bare Knuckle / Streets of Rage
• E-Swat (sound producer)
• Battle Golfer Yui
• Panic!

[edit] References

• Sega Stars: Tokuhiko Uwabo, by Ken Horowitz
• Discography at GMLC (in Japanese)
• SMS Power! Forum thread