Motoi Sakuraba

Quick Facts

Full Name	Motoi Sakuraba
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Aug 5, 1965(1965-08-05)
Age	59
Birthplace	Akita Prefecture
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Leo

Motoi Sakuraba Biography

Motoi Sakuraba is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on August 5, 1965 in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Motoi Sakuraba (Ying Tong / Sakuraba Motoi), a Japanese composer and keyboardist, was born August 5, 1965. He is well-known for his many musical contributions to video games, anime series and television dramas. His notable works include Tales, Star Ocean and Mario Golf.

Namco’s 1995 breakthrough game Tales of Phantasia was developed by Wolf Team in 1995. These and other Tales games featured Shinji Tamura, a Wolf Team colleague, as composers. In 1995, Jun Asanuma (former Wolf Team producer) and Yoshiharu Gotanda (Tales of Phantasia programmer and writer) founded tri-Ace, with financial backing by Enix. Their keystone productions have been the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile. Sakuraba was the composer of almost all their games, with a few exceptions.

During July 2003, Sakuraba held a live concert in Tokyo, Japan. He performed progressive rock interpretations of his music from games Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Star Ocean: The Second Story, Star Ocean: Blue Sphere and Valkyrie Profile. His bandmates for this concert were bassist Atsushi Hasegawa (a member of the band Gerard) and drummer Toshihiko Nakamura. As noted, this concert was released on DVD and CD. At the same time as they were rehearsing for the concert, Hasegawa and Nakamura assisted in recording new material for the Director’s Cut of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.

The following year, the trio performed another concert. The venue was smaller, but included music from Baten Kaitos and a couple of new, non-game-related pieces. This concert was not officially recorded and released, however. However, in 2006, a new concert was given in celebration of tri-Ace’s Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria.

Sakuraba joined Masaaki Shiono and Yasunori Shiono in late 1989 to work as a Wolf Team composer. Sakuraba’s early professional friendships have led to a high demand for his composing abilities and arranging skills. Masaaki Uno, a former Wolf Team director and composer, started work at Camelot Software Planning in 1994 as a sound director and coordinator, creating games for Sega, Nintendo, and Sony. Sakuraba was a Camelot game composer, including the entire Mario Golf, Mario Tennis and Golden Sun series.

Motoi Sakuraba Net Worth

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

Sakuraba expands on the melodic and baroque Japanese progressive rock of 1980s by adding his own complex rhythms, emotional flutes and heavy reverb. His lighter side is a cross between cinematic orchestra, symphonic rock and new age. Sakuraba is known for his jazz-like improvisations. He has been working hard to expand his music style in recent years. He is now a skilled symphonist as well as a versatile arranger.

Sakuraba was born in Japan’s Akita Prefecture. Sakuraba started to take music composition seriously while attending Meiji University. He eventually formed “Clashed Ice”, a progressive rock band consisting of him on keyboards, and Genta Kudo drumming and singing. After graduating the next year, Shingo Ueno noticed the pair and signed them with Made in Japan Records. After adding Tetsuya Nagatsuma as bassist, the band was renamed “Deja Vu”. The band’s only studio album, Baroque in the Future (which was entirely composed by Sakuraba) would be released in 1988. The band broke up in 1989. However, Sakuraba would release a solo album with a similar sound, Gikyokuonsou in 1991.

In 1999, long time Sakuraba sound designer and programmer Hiroya Hatsushiba, a former member of Wolf Team and tri-Ace, founded tri-Crescendo. While initially continuing to contribute sound work to tri-Ace games, tri-Crescendo began game development in 2001. Together with Monolith Soft, tri-Crescendo started working on Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean; Namco provided the financial backing. Hatsushiba, as director and main programmer of the project, again called upon Sakuraba’s composing services. This has extended to the sequel, Baten Kaitos Origins, and Eternal Sonata. The remnants of Wolf Team later morphed into the Namco Telenet joint subsidiary Namco Tales Studio in 2003.

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Who is Motoi Sakuraba Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Motoi Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Motoi Sakuraba celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

Who composed the Dark Souls Ost?

Motoi Sakuraba is a composer best known for his works on the Tales series, Dark Souls series and music arrangement in the Super Smash Bros series.

Who composed golden sun?

Motoi Sakuraba is a video game composer who has written music for many video games, including the Golden Sun series and other Camelot titles, such as the Mario sports series. He is a rather famous composer in the game world, coming close to rivaling Final Fantasy’s Nobuo Uematsu.

Who composed Yugioh master duel?

Yasunori Nishiki

What country made Dark Souls?

The game was first released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan on September 22, 2011, and in Western regions in October 2011. Following the game’s success, many expressed their hope for a PC version.

Who owns Golden Sun IP?

Trade name Camelot Software Planning
Key people| Hiroyuki Takahashi (President) Shugo Takahashi Motoi Sakuraba
Products| Shining series Golden Sun series Mario sports games
Number of employees| 45 (as of April 2021)
Parent| Sega (1990–1995)