Masafumi Takada

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Takada was born in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan,^[1] and took interest in music since childhood after playing the Electone at Yamaha Music School and experimenting with synthesizers.^[2] He learned to play the piano and tuba in high school and studied music in Tokyo for six years, earning a degree. He entered the game industry around the end of the Super Famicom, which he felt was a good time as game console sound chips were becoming more advanced.^[3] In 1997, Takada composed the soundtrack of Moonlight Syndrome, directed by Goichi Suda. Takada would compose music for multiple projects by Grasshopper Manufacture, which Suda founded after leaving Human Entertainment. For killer7, Takada placed a large emphasis on ambient music and sought to retell the game's story through the music.^[4] He considers the game's soundtrack to be among his favorite work. For No More Heroes, Takada took inspiration from The Chemical Brothers for the boss music.^[3]

On November 5, 2008, Takada founded Sound Prestige, a music and sound production company. The company also functions as a record label where Takada publishes his own music.^[5] Takada composed the soundtrack of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc which released in 2010. For the soundtrack, Takada combined a variety of tones to convey tension and claustrophobia during exploration, and a sense of momentum during trials. Takada returned to compose the soundtrack of the sequel, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, in 2012, which sought to convey a tropical feel due to the change in setting. Takada composed for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony in 2017, aiming for a more mature composition which ended up being more jazz-oriented. The soundtrack for V3 was much larger than the previous titles, and was split into two album releases.^[2]

In 2017, Takada co-founded the video game development studio Too Kyo Games, alongside former members of Spike Chunsoft.^[6] With the company, he composed for Death Come True (2020), Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (2023), and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy (2025).^[7][8] For The Hundred Line, Takada focused on treating the music like its own character, and sought to incorporate sounds similar to his past work using a Virus TI synthesizer. He considered Sirei's theme song to be the most challenging to compose, due to the character's similarity to Danganronpa's Monokuma. Takada initially had sound designer Jun Fukuda perform vocals, but ultimately decided to edit the vocals for the final version of the song.^[9]

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All works listed below were composed by Takada unless otherwise noted.

Video games

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Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1996	Tsuribaka Nisshi	Music	[10]
	Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance	Music	[10]
	Parking Meijin	Music	[10]
1997	2Tax Gold	Music	[10]
	Moonlight Syndrome	Music	[10]
1998	Air Boarder 64	Music	[10]
	Mikagura Shōjo Tanteidan	Music	[10]
	Mizzurna Falls	Piano arrangements	[10]
1999	Neko Zamurai	Music	[10]
	Remote Control Dandy	Music	[10]
	The Silver Case	Music	[11]
2001	Flower, Sun, and Rain	Music	[10]
2002	Robot Alchemic Drive	Music	[10]
2003	Monster Attack	Music	[10]
	Shining Soul II	Music	[10]
	Shin Mikagura Shōjo Tanteidan	Music	[10]
2004	Steel Battalion: Line of Contact	Music	[10]
	Tetsujin 28-go	Music	[10]
	Michigan: Report from Hell	Music	[10]
2005	killer7	Music	[12]
	Global Defence Force	Music	[10]
	The 25th Ward: The Silver Case	Music	[13]
2006	Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked	Music	[14]
	Contact	Music	[10]
	Blood+: One Night Kiss	Music with Jun Fukuda and Shinya Tanaka	[10]
	Chōsōjū Mecha MG	Music	[10]
	God Hand	Music	[15]
	Beatmania IIDX 12: Happy Sky	"IceCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[10]
	Earth Defense Force 2017	Music	[10]
2007	Beatmania IIDX 13: Distorted	"WaterCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[10]
	Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles	Music with Jun Fukuda	[16]
	No More Heroes	Music	[15]
2008	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Arrangements[a]	[14][17]
	Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise	Music	[10]
	Beatmania IIDX 14: Gold	"PentaCube Gt.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[10]
	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse	Music	[10]
2009	Infinite Space	Music	[18]
	Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress	"ToyCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[10]
2010	Zangeki no Reginleiv	Music	[15]
	Vanquish	Music	[19]
	Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc	Music	[10]
2012	Kid Icarus: Uprising	Music with various others	[15]
	Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair	Music	[10]
2013	Earth Defense Force 2025	Music	[10]
2014	Guardian Summoner	Music	[10]
	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	arrangements	[20]
	Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls	Music	[10]
	The Evil Within	Music	[15]
2015	100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams	Music	[10]
	Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth	Music	[21]
	Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair	Music with Jun Fukuda	[10]
	World Gimmick	Music	[10]
2016	Crypt of the NecroDancer	Danganronpa arrangements	[10]
	Wagyan Shiritori de Shoubu da!	Music	[10]
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan	Music with Naofumi Harada	[22]
	Beatmania IIDX 24: Sinobuz	"Yellow Sketch(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)"	[10]
2017	Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony	Music	[23]
	Hana Oboro: Sengoku-den Ranki	Music	[10]
	Earth Defense Force 5	Music with Jun Fukuda	[24]
	Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory	Music	[25]
2018	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Arrangements	[15]
2019	Renshin Astral	Cairo battle themes	[26]
2020	Death Come True	Music	[27]
2022	Earth Defense Force 6	Music with Jun Fukuda	[28]
2023	Master Detective Archives: Rain Code	Music	[7]
2025	Tribe Nine	Music	[29]
	The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy	Music	[8]
	Shuten Order	Music	[30]
	Digimon Story: Time Stranger	Music	[31]
2027	Danganronpa 2×2	Music	[32]

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Anime

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Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2013	Danganronpa: The Animation	Music	[10]
2016	Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School	Music	[33]
2018	100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams	Music	[34]
2019	Days of Urashimasakatasen	Music	[35]
2022	Tribe Nine	Music	[29]

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