Hideki Sakamoto

{{short description|Japanese composer}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Music|date=December 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2025}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Hideki Sakamoto | native_name = 坂本英城 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_date = | birth_place = Japan | alma_mater = Waseda University | years_active = 1998–present | occupation = Composer | organization = Noisycroak | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | genre = Video game music | website = {{URL|http://hideki-sakamoto.com}} }}}}

{{Nihongo|'''Hideki Sakamoto'''|坂本英城|Sakamoto Hideki}} is a Japanese music composer, best known for his contributions in video games. He serves as the representative director of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks. ''Echochrome II'' holds the Guinness World Record for the longest single musical track in a video game, lasting 75 minutes and 7 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-15 |title=echochrome ii Music Sets Guinness World Record, Special Soundtrack Offer on PSN |url=https://blog.playstation.com/2011/06/15/echochrome-ii-music-sets-guinness-world-record-special-soundtrack-offer-on-psn/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=PlayStation.Blog |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615032027/https://blog.playstation.com/2011/06/15/echochrome-ii-music-sets-guinness-world-record-special-soundtrack-offer-on-psn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early life and education == Sakamoto started playing classical piano at the age of 4. He graduated from Waseda University in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HIDEKI SAKAMOTO {{!}} Official Site |url=https://hideki-sakamoto.com/ |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=HIDEKI SAKAMOTO Official Site |language=en}}</ref>

==Works== {{Update|section|date=July 2017}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Game !Notes !{{Refh}} |- !scope=row |2005 |''Shinobido: Way of the Ninja'' | rowspan="2" |with Keisuke Ito |<ref name="nc_profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.noisycroak.co.jp/staff/hideki_sakamoto.html |title=坂本英城 |language=ja |website=noisycroak |access-date=December 29, 2020 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029145223/http://www.noisycroak.co.jp/staff/hideki_sakamoto.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !scope=row rowspan="2" |2006 |''Bomberman'' |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Yakuza 2'' | rowspan="3" |with several others |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- !scope=row| 2007 |''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness'' |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- !scope=row rowspan="4" |2008 |''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'' |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Echochrome'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Castlevania Judgment'' |music director |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- ! scope=row rowspan="3" |2009 |''428: Shibuya Scramble'' |with Naoki Sato and Shingo Yasumoto |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.noisycroak.co.jp/artists/ |title=''Noisycroak Staff Page (Japanese language)'' |work=Noisycroak |access-date=2008-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222010318/http://www.noisycroak.co.jp/artists/ |archive-date=2010-12-22 }}</ref> |- |''Yakuza 3'' |with several others |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- ! scope=row rowspan="2" |2010 |''Echochrome II'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Patchwork Heroes'' | |<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Game Watch |title=アニプレックス、PSP「100万トンのバラバラ」と「勇者のくせになまいきだ:3D」のサントラを発売 |url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/350228.html |date=2010-02-22 |access-date=2022-12-27 |language=ja |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227142144/https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/350228.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !scope=row|2012 |''Time Travelers'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- !scope=row rowspan="2" |2013 |''Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Toukiden'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- !scope=row|2014 |''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U'' |arrangements |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smashbros.com/wiiu-3ds/us/music/ |title=''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: Music'' |website=smashbros.com |access-date=2019-01-26 |archive-date=2019-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108022757/https://www.smashbros.com/wiiu-3ds/us/music/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope=row rowspan="3" |2015 |''Kakuriyo no Mon'' |with several others |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Hakuōki: Shinkai - Furi no Shou'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Monster Strike'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- ! scope=row rowspan="3" |2016 |''Fortune Tellers Academy'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''TumeTume Lord'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- |''Kumapara'' | |<ref name="nc_profile" /> |- !scope=row|2018 |''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' |main theme "Lifelight" |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/noisycroak/status/1006605787890790401 |title=''Noisycroak Twitter Status'' |work=Noisycroak |access-date=2018-06-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sounders |first1=Mike |title=Check out all the new music from yesterday's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct |url=https://www.destructoid.com/check-out-all-the-new-music-from-yesterday-s-super-smash-bros-ultimate-direct-529553.phtml |website=Destructoid |date=2 November 2018 |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409121330/https://www.destructoid.com/check-out-all-the-new-music-from-yesterday-s-super-smash-bros-ultimate-direct-529553.phtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- !scope=row|2020 |''Project Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar'' | |<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hideki Sakamoto |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2397093/ |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=IMDb |archive-date=2022-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420212648/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2397093/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !scope=row|2021 |''Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars'' | |<ref name=":0" /> |- !2022 |''Altair Breaker'' | |<ref name=":0" /> |- !2023 |''Takt Op. Symphony'' | |<ref name=":0" /> |- !scope=row|2024 |''Mario & Luigi: Brothership'' | |<ref name=brothership>{{cite video game|title=Mario & Luigi: Brothership|developer=Acquire|publisher=Nintendo|date=November 7, 2024|platform=Nintendo Switch}}</ref> |}

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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.noisycroak.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakamoto, Hideki}} Category:Composers from Tokyo Category:Japanese male musicians Category:Japanese video game composers Category:Living people Category:Waseda University alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people)