Shinji Hosoe

{{Short description|Japanese composer (born 1967)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Shinji Hosoe | image = | native_name = 細江 慎治 | native_name_lang = ja | other_names = Megaten<br />Sampling Masters MEGA | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|28}} | birth_place = Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan | occupation = {{flatlist| * Composer * musician * producer }} | years_active = 1985–present | employer = {{ubl|Namco (1985–1996)|Arika (1996–2000)|SuperSweep (2000–present)}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | instrument = {{flatlist| * Piano * synthesizer }} | genre = {{flatlist| * Techno * rave * trance * electro * gabber * jazz fusion * synthpop * video game music }} | label = Troubadour Records<br />SuperSweep }} }} {{nihongo|'''Shinji Hosoe'''|細江 慎治|Hosoe Shinji|born February 28, 1967}}, also known as '''Megaten''' and '''Sampling Masters MEGA''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meristation.com/v3/des_articulo.php?pic=82&id=cw45c1c55dcd198&idj=&idp=&tipo=art&c=1&pos=20 |title=Ridge Racer, 15 años a toda velocidad |date=February 5, 2007 |publisher=Meristation |access-date=June 11, 2011 |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929150256/http://www.meristation.com/v3/des_articulo.php?pic=82&id=cw45c1c55dcd198&idj=&idp=&tipo=art&c=1&pos=20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a Japanese video game composer and musician most famous for scoring ''Ridge Racer'', ''Street Fighter EX'' and many Namco arcade games between 1987 and 1996.<ref name="Square Enix Music Online">{{Cite web |last=Greening |first=Chris |date=January 2010 |title=Interview with Shinji Hosoe |url=http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/interviews/shinjihosoe.shtml |access-date=June 11, 2011 |publisher=Square Enix Music Online}}</ref> He also runs the music production and publishing company SuperSweep, alongside long time collaborator Ayako Saso.

== Biography ==

=== Early life === Hosoe was born on February 28, 1967, in Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. His family moved to Chōfu while he was in first grade of elementary school. At the age of 8, he bought Isao Tomita's electronic music album ''The Planets''. He also listened to electronic music by artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra and Jean-Michel Jarre. During his teenage years, he played bass in a Yellow Magic Orchestra tribute band. At the time, he did not have a serious interest in music and received low grades in music classes. After graduating high school, he studied computer graphics at Japan Electronics College.<ref name="ga-core 1">{{Cite web |date=January 7, 2009 |title=ゲームミュージック＆アニメ専門店 |url=http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_1_1.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629064530/http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_1_1.php |archive-date=June 29, 2009 |website=ga-core}}</ref>

=== Namco (1985–1996) === Hosoe joined Namco in 1985 as a part-time game tester and CG artist. During this time, he merely created music as a hobby in his spare time. After showing his music to fellow co-workers, he was reassigned the position of a composer in 1986.<ref name="RocketBaby">{{Cite web |date=2003 |title=RocketBaby's interview with Shinji Hosoe |url=http://interviews.rocketbaby.net/interviews_shinji_hosoe.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030604170846/http://interviews.rocketbaby.net/interviews_shinji_hosoe.shtml |archive-date=June 4, 2003 |website=RocketBaby}}</ref> This led to him composing for ''Dragon Spirit'', as well as various other arcade games such as ''Final Lap'', ''Ordyne'' and ''Dirt Fox''. He started off tracks by programming a rhythm into the sequencer, then playing melodies with a keyboard on-top, and later adding new parts or re-writing existing parts.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Namco Game Sound Express VOL.4 Dragon Saber |date=March 21, 1991 |type=CD}}</ref> In 1990, he composed for ''Galaxian3: Project Dragoon'', working with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara for the first time; he found himself busy with lots of other work, hence other tracks were composed by the other two composers.<ref name="ga-core 2">{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2009 |title=ゲームミュージック＆アニメ専門店 |url=http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_2_2.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629064545/http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_2_2.php |archive-date=June 29, 2009}}</ref>

Using the pseudonym Yuji Yamada, he also composed for games that were not developed or published by Namco. These include the ''Little Master'' series; as the series was intended for children, director Tadato Kawano asked Hosoe to compose tracks that are upbeat and happy.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=LITTLE MASTER SOUNDTRACK ZENER WORKS 25th ver |date=December 24, 2015 |last=Kawano |first=Tadato |language=ja}}</ref> He also composed for the PC-98 game ''Eye of the Beholder'' along with Yuzo Koshiro, whose style he tried to imitate for his tracks in the game.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1255900923290779648 |user=shinji_hosoe |title=Eye of the Beholder の中身は出来るだけ古代ちゃんに寄り添ったつもり…まー聞いての通りなのに、でもどう考えても自分だろっていうところがあって、何年後しかわからないけど、コラボって面白いって思う！ |first=Hosoe |last=Shinji |date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

In 1992, Hosoe composed for ''Fighter & Attacker'' alongside Aihara, which was his first game project to utilize hardcore techno music. Neither Hosoe and Aihara had previously listened to music in this genre; Kawano had given Hosoe two CDs of hardcore techno music, which initially puzzled him but grew on him after repeated listens, so he composed music in this genre to match the game's intensity.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Shinji Hosoe Works Vol.4 ~F/A~ |date=December 5, 2014 |last=Hosoe |first=Shinji |language=ja}}</ref> The following year, he composed for ''Ridge Racer''. While racing games at this point often featured jazz fusion music, the majority of tracks in the game are dance music,<ref name="ga-core 2"/> although he initially planned to include a wider variety of genres. Due to time constraints, he asked Saso and Nobuyoshi Sano to contribute one track each.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Namco Game Sound Express VOL.11 Ridge Racer |date=January 21, 1994 |last=Hosoe |first=Shinji |language=ja}}</ref> The success of ''Ridge Racer'' has since led to him receiving many offers from companies to compose similar music. He also composed for ''Cyber Sled'' earlier that year, which he considers to be his greatest work,<ref name="Square Enix Music Online"/> although it received a mixed reception from critics, who criticized it for being repetitive.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2016 |title=Cyber Sled - PlayStation |url=https://nerdbacon.com/cyber-sled-playstation/ |website=Nerd Bacon Reviews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kotowski |first=Don |date=November 18, 2015 |title=Cyber Commando -Shinji Hosoe Works Vol. 5- |url=http://www.vgmonline.net/shinjihosoeworks5/}}</ref>

=== Arika and SuperSweep (1996–present) === Hosoe left Namco to join Arika in 1996, feeling that his salary would not increase any further.<ref name="ga-core 3"/> Saso and Aihara also joined Arika desiring to continue working with him, although Sano remained at Namco. This led to the trio composing for ''Street Fighter EX'' along with its sequels. The console versions were their first game projects to feature live instrumentation. Ex-Taito composer Yasuhisa Watanabe later joined the sound team. The trio were also given freedom to work on the music of Square games ''Bushido Blade'' and ''Driving Emotion Type-S''. The latter game was poorly received by game critics and fans, although the soundtrack has received praise for its blend of fusion, rock and techno music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Alexandra |date=November 6, 2020 |title=Square's Awful PS2 Racer Had Good-Ass Music, At Least |url=https://kotaku.com/square-s-awful-ps2-racer-had-good-ass-music-at-least-1845591104 |website=Kotaku}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ismail |first=Adam |date=May 14, 2021 |title=How One Of The Worst Racing Games Ever Taught Me To Enjoy Bad Things |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/05/how-one-of-the-worst-racing-games-ever-taught-me-to-enjoy-bad-things/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513235414/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/05/how-one-of-the-worst-racing-games-ever-taught-me-to-enjoy-bad-things/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |website=Kotaku}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Driving Emotion Type-S / Bushido Blade Original Soundtrack |url=http://www.chudahs-corner.com/reviews/index.php?catalog=SRIN-1003~4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216115406/http://www.chudahs-corner.com/reviews/index.php?catalog=SRIN-1003~4 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=usurped |website=Chudah's Corner}}</ref> However, the music also received criticism, with one critic describing it as sounding like "a flock of seagulls being maimed and tortured".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ps2/driving_emotion_type-s |title=Driving Emotion Type-S review for the PS2 |access-date=2008-05-21 |author=Liu, Johnny |date=2001-02-01 |publisher=Game Revolution |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202143203/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ps2/driving_emotion_type-s |archive-date=2008-12-02 }}</ref>

Upon joining Arika, he expressed a desire to eventually found his own game music company, which eventually led to him leaving in 2000 and founding SuperSweep alongside Saso and Watanabe.<ref name="Square Enix Music Online"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2009 |title=ゲームミュージック＆アニメ専門店 |url=http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_4_1.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629064600/http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_4_1.php |archive-date=June 29, 2009}}</ref> Yousuke Yasui, who had already tried to apply to join Arika, also joined the company as a composer. In addition to composing for games, the company also publishes various soundtracks.

One of SuperSweep's first works was the soundtrack of Arika's ''Technictix'' in 2001, which Hosoe considers to be one of his most significant contributions to game music.<ref name="Square Enix Music Online"/> The team also worked on the music of the game's sequel ''Technic Beat''. The game's producer, Ichiro Mihara, decided that the game's soundtrack would include remixes of music from earlier Namco and Arika games. Mihara chose which tracks would be included in the game, while the composers decided on which tracks they wanted to remix, at times fighting with other composers over who would remix a track.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002 |title=『TECHNIC BEAT』 Interview : Part 1 |url=https://www.arika.co.jp/special/sp_interview/inter_technic/inter_technic_ac01_en.html |website=Arika}}</ref>

In 2004, Hosoe and Saso<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saso |first=Ayako |date=August 22, 2021 |title="The part of Xenosaga Ep2 that I was in charge of was not even made into a soundtrack, so there are no song titles for any of the songs." |url=https://peing.net/ja/q/afaec7eb-2436-4801-807e-2d67e574daec |website=Peing}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref> worked on the gameplay soundtrack of ''Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse'', with Yuki Kajiura composing the cutscene music. Kajiura worked entirely separate from Hosoe and Saso, and did not collaborate on any tracks nor even meet during the game's production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=3027|title=Anime Boston 2009: Interview with Kalafina and Yuki Kajiura|last=Kotowski|first=Don|date=26 May 2009|publisher=Original Sound Version|access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920011656/http://www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=3027 |archive-date=20 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> For the gameplay tracks, Hosoe composed those with the sound hardware of the PlayStation 2, and opted to use an electronic sound over orchestral due to the limited memory available to work with, in an attempt to make the difference in sound quality between the gameplay and cutscene soundtracks smaller.<ref name="Square Enix Music Online"/> His music for the game was poorly received by critics and fans at the time, and were considered unfitting;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/585/585744p1.html|title=Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose|last=Dunham|first=Jeremy|date=2005-02-09|publisher=IGN|access-date=2010-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205001210/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/585/585744p1.html |archive-date=2012-02-05 |url-status=live}}</ref> as a result, he had no interest in releasing a soundtrack CD at the time and did not return to compose for ''Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra'', although his work eventually received a more positive reception from fans.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hosoe |first=Shinji |date=February 22, 2022 |title="I don't know if you guys know this, but I got a lot of critical feedback on this title, and I wasn't in the mood to release a soundtrack." |url=https://peing.net/ja/q/99e2f517-f021-45c9-a2d9-b1e7d8cd3895 |website=Peing}}</ref>

Along with Saso, Kenji Kawai and other composers, he scored ''Folklore'' in 2007. The game features a serious, dark cinematic score; while Hosoe most frequently works on upbeat electronic music, he found the music easy to compose due to not having to focus on sound design. In 2009, he served as the sole composer of ''Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'', which also features dark, intense music. He found the music straightforward to compose. As he had to compose the music using the Nintendo DS sound hardware, Yasui assisted him in ensuring that the music sounded close to the quality of recorded music. He would go on to compose for later titles in the ''Zero Escape'' series, including ''Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward'' in 2012 and ''Zero Time Dilemma'' in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kotowski |first=Don |date=July 30, 2016 |title=Shinji Hosoe and Kotaro Uchikoshi Interview: Zero Times |url=http://www.vgmonline.net/hosoeuchikoshiinterview/ |website=Video Game Music Online}}</ref>

In 2016, game company Breaking Bytes announced that if its shoot 'em up game ''Xydonia'' is successfully funded, then Hosoe and Keishi Yonao will contribute additional tracks to the game. Saso and Yasui are also planned to be additional composers for the game if the stretch goal of €32,000 is reached.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greening |first=Chris |date=June 28, 2016 |title=Hosoe and Yonao tipped to contribute to new retro shmup soundtrack |url=http://www.vgmonline.net/hosoe-and-yonao-tipped-to-contribute-to-new-retro-shmup-soundtrack/ |website=Video Game Music Online}}</ref> However, as of 2024 the game has yet to be released.

=== Side projects === In addition to his career as a composer for games and other media, Hosoe has also participated in a number of side projects. He founded the record label Troubadour Record in 1991. The label released a number of game soundtrack-inspired concept albums, featuring other prolific video game composers such as Hitoshi Sakimoto and Hayato Matsuo,<ref name="ga-core 3">{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2009 |title=ゲームミュージック＆アニメ専門店 |url=http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_3_2.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629064555/http://www.ga-core.net/special/sp001_3_2.php |archive-date=June 29, 2009 |website=ga-core}}</ref> as well as vocal and cover albums. He was also part of the group Oriental Magnetic Yellow (O.M.Y.), parodying Yellow Magic Orchestra, alongside fellow Namco composers Sano, Aihara, and Hiroto Sasaki.<ref name="RocketBaby"/> The group released several albums and also performed concerts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OMY |url=https://troubador.panic.or.jp/omy/top.html |archive-date=December 19, 2000 |website=Troubadour Record|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001219065900/https://troubador.panic.or.jp/omy/top.html }}</ref> He has also released albums under the Sampling Masters name with Saso, including the ''Over Drive Hell'' series of albums. He has also participated in the Nanosweep album series, which features original tracks by composers from both SuperSweep and Hiroshi Okubo's circle nanosounds.

== Notable works ==

=== Video games ===

==== As lead composer ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! rowspan="3" | 1987 | ''Dragon Spirit'' | Music |- | ''Final Lap'' | Music |- | ''Quester'' | Music |- ! rowspan="2" | 1988 | ''Assault'' | Music with Kazuo Noguchi |- | ''Ordyne'' | Music |- ! rowspan="1" | 1989 | ''Dirt Fox'' | Music |- ! rowspan="4" | 1990 | ''Final Lap 2'' | Music |- | ''Pistol Daimyo no Bōken'' | Music with Seiichi Sakurai and Yoshie Takayanagi |- | ''Dragon Saber'' | Music |- | ''Galaxian3: Project Dragoon'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara |- ! rowspan="1" | 1991 | ''Starblade'' | Music |- ! rowspan="2" | 1992 | ''Eye of the Beholder'' | PC-98 version; music with Yuzo Koshiro |- | ''Fighter & Attacker'' | Music with Takayuki Aihara |- ! rowspan="2" | 1993 | ''Cyber Sled'' | Music |- | ''Ridge Racer'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Nobuyoshi Sano |- ! rowspan="2" | 1994 | ''Ridge Racer 2'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara |- | ''Attack of the Zolgear'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- ! rowspan="4" | 1995 | ''Tekken'' | PlayStation version; arrangements with various others{{efn|Yoshie Arakawa, Yoshie Takayanagi, Nobuyoshi Sano, Hiroto Sasaki, and Takayuki Aihara}} |- | ''Rave Racer'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara |- | ''Dirt Dash'' | Music with various others{{efn|Nobuyoshi Sano, Hiroto Sasaki, Yuri Misumi, Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara}} |- | ''Speed Racer'' | Music |- ! rowspan="3" | 1996 | ''Xevious 3D/G'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki |- | ''Tekken 2'' | PlayStation version; arrangements with various others{{efn|Yoshie Arakawa, Nobuyoshi Sano, Hiroto Sasaki, Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara, and Keiichi Okabe}} |- | ''Street Fighter EX'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara |- ! rowspan="2" | 1997 | ''Bushido Blade'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara |- | ''Street Fighter EX Plus α'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara |- ! rowspan="2" | 1998 | ''Street Fighter EX2'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara |- | ''Tetris: The Grand Master'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- ! rowspan="3" | 1999 | ''iS: internal section'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- | ''Street Fighter EX2 Plus'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara |- | ''Custom Robo'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Yasuhisa Watanabe |- ! rowspan="4" | 2000 | ''Street Fighter EX3'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara and Yasuhisa Watanabe |- | ''Driving Emotion Type-S'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara |- | ''Tetris: The Absolute – The Grand Master 2'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- | ''Custom Robo V2'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Yasuhisa Watanabe and Yousuke Yasui |- ! rowspan="2" | 2002 | ''Technic Beat'' | Music with SuperSweep |- | ''Custom Robo GX'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- ! rowspan="1" | 2003 | ''Mega Man Network Transmission'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Yousuke Yasui |- ! rowspan="1" | 2004 | ''Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse'' | Music with Yuki Kajiura and Ayako Saso |- ! rowspan="6" | 2005 | ''Tetris: The Grand Master 3 – Terror‑Instinct'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- | ''Spikeout: Battle Street'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- | ''Azumi'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Yousuke Yasui and Masashi Yano |- | ''Ibara'' | Music |- | ''Under Defeat'' | Music |- | ''Super Dragon Ball Z'' | Music with SuperSweep |- ! rowspan="1" | 2009 | ''Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'' | Music |- ! rowspan="1" | 2010 | ''Fate/Extra'' | Music with Keita Haga and Daisuke Nagata |- ! rowspan="1" | 2012 | ''Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward'' | Music |- ! rowspan="1" | 2016 | ''Zero Time Dilemma'' | Music |- ! rowspan="1" | 2021 | ''Pac-Man 99'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- ! rowspan="1" | 2022 | ''Alice Gear Aegis: Op. Halzion'' | Music |- ! rowspan="2" | 2025 | ''Tetris: The Grand Master 4 – Absolute Eye'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- | ''Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi, and Masashi Yano |}

==== As a contributor ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! rowspan="1" | 1988 | ''Metal Hawk'' | Music with Kazuo Noguchi |- ! rowspan="1" | 1995 | ''Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2'' | Music ("Attract") |- ! rowspan="1" | 1998 | ''Battle Garegga'' | Saturn version; arrangements ("Subversive Awareness" and "Erupter") |- ! rowspan="1" | 2000 | ''Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory'' | Music with Takayuki Aihara and Naoki Tsuchiya |- ! rowspan="3" | 2001 | ''Keyboardmania 3rdMix'' | Arrangements ("EE-AL-K" and "Sensation from Salamander2") |- | ''Beatmania IIDX 5th Style'' | Music ("Outer Wall" and "Tablets") |- | ''Beatmania IIDX 6th Style'' | Music ("Route 80s" and "Rottel-Da-Sun") |- ! rowspan="4" | 2003 | ''DoDonPachi DaiOuJou'' | PlayStation 2 version; arrangements ("Stage Clear" and "Game Over") |- | ''Naruto: Clash of Ninja'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Yousuke Yasui |- | ''Beatmania IIDX 9th Style'' | Music ("Rottel-the-Mercury") |- | ''Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Yousuke Yasui and Masashi Yano |- ! rowspan="4" | 2004 | ''Beatmania IIDX 10th Style'' | Music ("1st Samurai") |- | ''Espgaluda'' | PlayStation 2 version; arrangement ("Name Entry") |- | ''The King of Fighters 2003'' | Console versions; arrangements with various others{{efn|Yasuo Yamate, Takayuki Aihara, Hiroto Saitoh, Ayako Saso, Yasuhisa Watanabe, and Masashi Yano}} |- | ''Ridge Racers'' | Music with various others{{efn|Hiroshi Okubo, Keiki Kobayashi, Ayako Saso, Yuu Miyake, Nobuyoshi Sano, Kohta Takahashi, Asuka Sakai, Takayuki Aihara, Tetsukazu Nakanishi, Koji Nakagawa, and Junichi Nakatsuru}} |- ! rowspan="2" | 2005 | ''Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles'' | Music with SuperSweep |- | ''Ridge Racer 6'' | Music ("Valley of the Mind" and "Highway Fusion") |- ! rowspan="3" | 2006 | ''Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner'' | Music with various others{{efn|Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yasunori Mitsuda, Kenji Ito, Yoko Shimomura, Ayako Saso, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kyouji Iwata, Tsukasa Masuko, and Takahiro Ogata}} |- | ''Ridge Racers 2'' | Music ("Rotten7 Remix" and "Heat Floor Remix") |- | ''Ridge Racer 7'' | Music ("Combustion" and "Listen Up!") |- ! rowspan="6" | 2007 | ''Folklore'' | Music with various others{{efn|Kenji Kawai, Ayako Saso, Hiroto Saitoh, and Yuriko Mukoujima}} |- | ''Endless Ocean'' | Music with Ayako Saso |- | ''Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution'' | Music with SuperSweep |- | ''Project Sylpheed'' | DLC; one track |- | ''Arkanoid DS'' | Arrangement ("Captain Neo -Confusion Mix-") |- | ''Umisho'' | Music ("Glad Romantic") |- ! rowspan="4" | 2008 | ''DJMax Technika'' | Music ("Son of Sun") |- | ''Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion'' | Music ("Fist Festival"{{efn|Also used in the console version of ''Tekken 6''}}) |- | ''Let's Tap'' | Music with various others{{efn|Naofumi Hataya, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Teruyoshi Kutsuna, Ayako Saso, Masaharu Iwata, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Noriyuki Kamikura, and Azusa Chiba}} |- | ''Beatmania IIDX 15: DJ Troopers CS'' | Music ("Vox Up"{{efn|with Ryutaro Nakahara}}) |- ! rowspan="2" | 2009 | ''11eyes CrossOver'' | Music ("The Long Afternoon of the Mages" and "Hollow Boundary") |- | ''3D Dot Game Heroes'' | Music with SuperSweep |- ! rowspan="2" | 2010 | ''DJMax Technika 2'' | Music with various others |- | ''DJMax Portable 3'' | Music ("Xlasher") |- ! rowspan="3" | 2011 | ''Otomedius Excellent'' | DLC-only; music with various others |- | ''Ridge Racer 3D'' | Music with various others{{efn|Hiroshi Okubo, Taku Inoue, Rio Hamamoto, Ryo Watanabe, Ayako Saso, Keiichi Okabe, and Akihiko Ishikawa}} |- | ''Ridge Racer'' (2011) | Music ("The Time is Now") |- ! rowspan="3" | 2012 | ''Ridge Racer Unbounded'' | Music ("Mushrooms" and "Wrong Way") |- | ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' | Console version; music with various others{{efn|Akitaka Tohyama, Nobuyoshi Sano, Ayako Saso, Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi, Taku Inoue, Yoshihito Yano, Yuu Miyake, Rio Hamamoto, Go Shiina, and Ryo Watanabe}} |- | ''Groove Coaster Zero'' | Music ("Wacky Dance Ethnic") |- ! rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''Tekken Revolution'' | Music ("Fear to Agonize") |- | ''maimai PLUS'' | Arrangement ("Like the Wind [Reborn]") |- ! rowspan="2" | 2014 | ''Onigiri'' | Music ("The Rainbow Wind Blows" and "One and All, Forever") |- | ''Raiden IV: OverKill'' | Arrangement ("Lightning Strikes") |- ! rowspan="1" | 2015 | ''Chunithm'' | Music ("The Wheel to the Right") |- ! rowspan="1" | 2016 | ''The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor'' | Music ("Zombie Chase") |- ! rowspan="3" | 2017 | ''Giga Wrecker'' | Music with Takahiro Eguchi and Teruo Taniguchi |- | ''DJMax Respect'' | Music ("Mulch") |- | ''Fighting EX Layer'' | Music with SuperSweep |- ! rowspan="1" | 2018 | ''Pokémon Quest'' | Music with Teruo Taniguchi, Takahiro Eguchi, and Fumihisa Tanaka |- ! rowspan="1" | 2019 | ''Tetris 99'' | Music with various others |- ! rowspan="3" | 2024 | ''Tekken 8'' | Music ("Delusional Reality" and "Dive into the Arcade") |- | ''Endless Ocean Luminous'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takahiro Eguchi |- | ''Changeable Guardian Estique'' | Music ("Planetary Throne")<ref>{{cite web | title=Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE Original Soundtrack | url=https://sweeprecord.ocnk.net/product/71 }}</ref> |- ! rowspan="1" | 2025 | ''Pokémon Legends: Z-A'' | Music with various others |}

=== Anime === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! rowspan="1" | 2012 | ''The Pet Girl of Sakurasou'' | Music with various others |- ! rowspan="2" | 2014 | ''Sgt. Frog'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi and Yousuke Yasui |- | ''No Game No Life'' | Music with Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi and Fumihasa Tanaka |- ! rowspan="1" | 2015 | ''Taboo Tattoo'' | Music with Ayako Saso and Takahiro Eguchi |}

== Footnotes ==

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==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Twitter|shinji_hosoe}} * {{URL|http://sweep.co.jp/|SuperSweep website}} {{in lang|ja}} * [https://www.scarletmoon.com/bio-shinji-hosoe Scarlet Moon Records profile] * {{IMDb name|nm1549650|Shinji Hosoe}}

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