Junya Nakano

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Full Name	Junya Nakano
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1971(1971-02-28)
Age	53
Birthplace	Kyoto
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Aquarius

Junya Nakano Biography

Junya Nakano is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on February 28, 1971 in Kyoto, Japan. Junya Nakano (Zhong Ye Shun Ye, Nakano Jun’ya born on February 28th 1971) is a Japanese video game composer who worked by Square Enix from 1995 to 2009. He is most well-known for his work on Threads of Fate , and the co-composing of Final Fantasy X. He also served as the arranger of Dawn of Mana and the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV. Nakano has worked with his co-composer Masashi Hamauzu in a number of games.

Nakano was a part of Square (now Square Enix) in the year 1995. He composed four pieces for the Video game Front Mission: Gun Hazard that featured composers Nobuo Uematsu Yasunori Mitsuda, as well as Masashi Hamauzu. His first solo venture resulted from Satellaview’s Treasure Conflix the same year. in 1996 Nakano collaborated with a number of composers from Square to compose the music for the video game Tobal No. 1. He composed three pieces. Hamauzu and Nakano met after they worked in Front Mission: Gun Hazard and Tobal No. 1 and have since collaborated on a variety of titles. in 1997 Nakano was the synthesizer programmer on the score for Front Mission: Alternative. Nakano composed the music for the only Japanese adventure title Another Mind, which he was given two months to finish. The score he composed for the 1999 game Threads of Fate (known as “Dewprism” in Japan) brought him recognition across the world.

Back at Square Enix, he created the music for Musashi: Samurai Legend with Hamauzu and the duo Wavelink Zeal (Takayuki and Yuki Iwai) in 2004. In 2006, Nakano created seven tracks for the Xbox 360 game Project Sylpheed, which also featured several other composers. Later the same year, he arranged four pieces from the Mana series for Dawn of Mana (known as “Seiken Densetsu 4” in Japan). He was also selected to arrange half of Final Fantasy IV’ s Nintendo DS remake under the supervision of Uematsu, and composed the soundtrack to its 2008 sequel, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. On December 31, 2009, Nakano confirmed that he had left Square Enix and would be joining his former mentor and collaborator Yuji Takenouchi’s supergroup “GeOnDan”, whom have since disbanded. Nakano’s last projects for Square Enix before leaving were the soundtracks to Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn and Daughter of the Dusk.

Nakano is most well-known for creating ambient music using percussive, timbral, as well as rhythmic elements. Based on an interview conducted for the web site RocketBaby.net, Nakano was composing music that focused on instruments’ sound and acoustics prior to 1995. After this point, he slowly concentrated on melodies and harmony that are crucial to the whole of music. Following his move to Square the band, he began focusing on timbre and rhythm that he incorporated into titles such as Front Mission: Gun Hazard, Treasure Conflix, and Tobal No. 1. The music from Threads of Fate has diverse styles, including jazz, ambient and Spanish music. The tracks are classified as “mellow” and “upbeat”. In Final Fantasy X, Nakano was responsible for the majority of the ambient-inspired compositions that included the percussion, timbre and rhythm. Nakano declared in the initial music’s liner notes the intention to make music that had an “vibrant and dynamic feel” which entwined his years of experience in game music.

Junya Nakano Net Worth

Junya Nakano is one of the richest Composer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Junya Nakano 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Junya Nakano was born in Kyoto, Japan. He was introduced to musical instruments by his parents at three years old. They gave his lessons on the organ via the Yamaha Music Foundation; they also invited him to join one of the brass bands. After playing the arcade title Lunar Rescue, he developed an interest in video games , and later began to appreciate chiptune music. Through a constant listening to radio stations and playing games, he began composing MIDI music with an NEC PC-9801 in 1985. The year 1987 was the first time he went to an institute of vocational education to study the art of composition and arrangement with the intention of working in the gaming industry. After graduating in 1991, Nakano was a part of Konami’s Kobe division of Konami in 1991. There, the music was composed for eight arcade games along with a variety of collaborators over three years. Determining that he wanted to make more original music and get an opportunity to gain an individual award, Nakano left Konami after finishing scoring for Golfing Greats 2 in 1994.

Nakano was first introduced to music at three when his parents provided him lessons on an electronic instrument. After completing his composition and arrangement studies at a vocational school Nakano was employed by Konami between 1991 and 1994, when he scored many arcade games. Nakano is known for his ambient sound and his use of percussion, the timbre and rhythm when composing.

Since scoring Threads of Fate, Nakano has collaborated with several composers on major projects instead of being the sole composer. In 2001, Nakano and Hamauzu were chosen to assist Uematsu in the production of the score for the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy X, based on their ability to create music that was different from Uematsu’s style; Nakano created 20 pieces. One of his tracks from the game, “Guadosalam”, was arranged for the piano and featured in the album Piano Collections Final Fantasy X (2002). Following Final Fantasy X, Nakano composed the soundtrack to Asmik Ace Entertainment’s flight simulator Sidewinder F.

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Junya Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Junya Nakano celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.