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{{Nihongo|'''Toshio Masuda'''|増田 俊郎|Masuda Toshio|born October 28, 1959}} is a Japanese composer. He has composed and synthesized scores for several Japanese television shows and animated series. Masuda is perhaps best known as the composer of the 2002 hit anime series ''[[Naruto]]'' where he combined traditional instruments like the [[shamisen]] and [[shakuhachi]] together with guitar, drums, bass, piano and other keyboard instruments along with chanting. |
{{Nihongo|'''Toshio Masuda'''|増田 俊郎|Masuda Toshio|born October 28, 1959}} is a Japanese composer. He has composed and synthesized scores for several Japanese television shows and animated series. Masuda is perhaps best known as the composer of the 2002 hit anime series ''[[Naruto]]'' where he combined traditional instruments like the [[shamisen]] and [[shakuhachi]] together with guitar, drums, bass, piano and other keyboard instruments along with chanting. |
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== Biography == |
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He became interested in music through African ethnic music he heard in his childhood, and later, influenced by his father, who was also a musician, he began listening to a wide range of music genres such as jazz, classical, and pop without limitation. |
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During junior high school, he was strongly drawn to the sound of synthesizers that he heard for the first time, and he began creating self-made tapes through multitrack recording, starting his amateur music activities. He taught himself piano and drums, and began his activities as a keyboard player while attending Nihon University. Immediately after graduating, he joined the backing band of former Candies member Yoshiko Tanaka, marking the beginning of his full-fledged professional career. |
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Since then, he has participated in stage support and recordings for many artists such as Ikki Kajiwara's Sepia, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Akiko Kobayashi, Miho Nakayama, Uta Shimada, etc. Particularly, in Sepia's concert tours, he handled all aspects of stage arrangement from their debut to dissolution, and even played the role of comprehensive music director extending to stage direction. |
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Currently, he is active mainly with his band "Euphoria," supporting and serving as music director for concerts by Toshiro Yanagiba, music director for concerts by Keiko Nagashima, and performing support, arrangement, and music direction for Maomao Ochi's recitals and dinner shows. He is also in charge of the music for Fuji TV's "Downtown's Gotsu Ee Kanji" and "Rasta Tonneruzu." Especially, Downtown's Eccentric Boy has become a big hit with over 500,000 copies sold. He has expanded his activities to include music production for commercials, anime, dramas, etc. |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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* [http://www.last.fm/music/%E5%A2%97%E7%94%B0%E4%BF%8A%E9%83%8E last.fm page] |
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* [http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D=増田+俊郎&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank Toshio Masuda anime] at Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}} |
* [http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D=増田+俊郎&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank Toshio Masuda anime] at Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}} |
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* [http://www.powerbox.co.jp/profile/masuda.html Toshio Masuda profile] |
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Toshio Masuda | |
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| Born | October 28, 1959 Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Soundtrack, ambient, contemporary classical |
| Occupation | Composer |
Toshio Masuda (増田 俊郎, Masuda Toshio, born October 28, 1959) is a Japanese composer. He has composed and synthesized scores for several Japanese television shows and animated series. Masuda is perhaps best known as the composer of the 2002 hit anime series Naruto where he combined traditional instruments like the shamisen and shakuhachi together with guitar, drums, bass, piano and other keyboard instruments along with chanting.
Biography
[edit]He became interested in music through African ethnic music he heard in his childhood, and later, influenced by his father, who was also a musician, he began listening to a wide range of music genres such as jazz, classical, and pop without limitation. During junior high school, he was strongly drawn to the sound of synthesizers that he heard for the first time, and he began creating self-made tapes through multitrack recording, starting his amateur music activities. He taught himself piano and drums, and began his activities as a keyboard player while attending Nihon University. Immediately after graduating, he joined the backing band of former Candies member Yoshiko Tanaka, marking the beginning of his full-fledged professional career.
Since then, he has participated in stage support and recordings for many artists such as Ikki Kajiwara's Sepia, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Akiko Kobayashi, Miho Nakayama, Uta Shimada, etc. Particularly, in Sepia's concert tours, he handled all aspects of stage arrangement from their debut to dissolution, and even played the role of comprehensive music director extending to stage direction.
Currently, he is active mainly with his band "Euphoria," supporting and serving as music director for concerts by Toshiro Yanagiba, music director for concerts by Keiko Nagashima, and performing support, arrangement, and music direction for Maomao Ochi's recitals and dinner shows. He is also in charge of the music for Fuji TV's "Downtown's Gotsu Ee Kanji" and "Rasta Tonneruzu." Especially, Downtown's Eccentric Boy has become a big hit with over 500,000 copies sold. He has expanded his activities to include music production for commercials, anime, dramas, etc.
Works
[edit]Animation
[edit]- Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf (1992)
- Flint the Time Detective (1998)
- Excel Saga (1999)
- Jubei-chan (1999)
- Di Gi Charat specials (2000)
- Hand Maid May (2000)
- Daa! Daa! Daa! (2000)
- Mahoromatic (2001)
- Puni Puni Poemy (2001)
- Naruto (2002)
- Ai Yori Aoshi (2002)
- Nanaka 6/17 (2003)
- Di Gi Charat: Leave it to Piyoko! (2004)
- Jubei-chan 2 (2004)
- Di Gi Charat Nyo! (2004)
- Mushishi (2005)
- Ghost Hunt (2006)
- Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (2006)
- Higepiyo (2009)
- Kamisama Kiss (2013)
- Mushishi -Next Passage- (2014)[1]
- Kamisama Kiss◎ (2015)
- Nobunaga no Shinobi (2016)
- Nobunaga no Shinobi: Anegawa Ishiyama-hen (2018)[2]
- My Clueless First Friend (2023)[3]
OVA
[edit]- Animation Runner Kuromi (2001)
- Puni Puni Poemy (2001)
- Animation Runner Kuromi2 (2003)
Specials
[edit]- Mushi-Shi Special: The Shadow That Devours the Sun (2014)
- Mushi-Shi -Next Passage- Special: Path of Thorns (2014)
Film
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mushishi Anime Gets 2nd Season in April". Anime News Network. January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "Ninja Girl & Samurai Master Anime Gets 3rd Season in April". Anime News Network. January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "My Clueless First Friend Manga Gets TV Anime in 2023". Anime News Network. November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Toshio Masuda at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- last.fm page
- Toshio Masuda anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
- Toshio Masuda profile
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