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Kenichi Tokoi (床井 健一 Tokoi Ken'ichi?) is a Japanese composer who had contributed to the soundtracks of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
History[]
Tokoi joined Sega in 1996, and the first game he composed for was Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition.[1] His first work on the Sonic series was Sonic Jam in 1997, and he would go on to make many more music tracks for the Sonic series. Notably, he was the sound director for Sonic and the Secret Rings. Tokoi also worked alongside Tomoya Ohtani on Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colors. He also worked on Sonic Generations remixing some of his old tracks, including Planet Wisp. Later, in Sonic Forces, he remixed the American version of the theme for Stardust Speedway's Bad Future from Sonic the Hedgehog CD, which would be used for the Metal Sonic boss fight.
Credits[]
Soundtracks[]
- Sonic Jam
- Sonic Adventure
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Sonic Battle
- Sonic Advance 3
- Sonic Riders
- Sonic and the Secret Rings
- Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story
- Sonic World Adventure
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
- Sonic and the Black Knight
- Sonic Colors
- Sonic Generations
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- Sonic Forces
- "Battle with Metal Sonic [US ver. Remix]"
- Team Sonic Racing
- "Team Ultimate: Metal Sonic"
- Sonic Colors: Ultimate
- "Sweet Mountain - Act 1 (Remix)"
- "Sweet Mountain - Act 2 (Remix)"
- "Sweet Mountain - Act 3 (Remix)"
- "Rival Rush - Start"
- "Rival Rush - vs. Metal Sonic"
- "Rival Rush"
- "Rival Rush - Win"
- "Rival Rush - Lost"
- "Planet Wisp - Act 1 (Remix)"
- "Planet Wisp - Act 2 (Remix)"
- "Planet Wisp - Act 3 (Remix)"
- "Asteroid Coaster - Act 1 (Remix)"
- "Asteroid Coaster - Act 2 (Remix)"
- "Asteroid Coaster - Act 3 (Remix)"
- Sonic Frontiers
- "Guardian: ASURA"
- "Jingle: Quest - Intro"
- "Jingle: Quest - Start"
- "Quest: SOS Backup"
- "Jingle: Quest - Clear"
- "Guardian: SQUID"
- "Guardian: SHARK"
- "Guardian: STRIDER"
- "Guardian: TANK"
- "Quest: The Best Defense"
- "Jingle: Quest - Fail"
- "Jingle: Quest - Result"
- "Guardian: SUMO"
- "Titan: WYVERN"
- "Cutscene: Star Crossed"
- "Guardian: SPIDER"
- "Guardian: FORTRESS"
- "Quest: Bridge the Gap"
- "Titan: KNIGHT"
- "Guardian: CATERPILLAR"
- "Guardian: GHOST"
Trivia[]
- Tokoi's favorite character in the Sonic series is Knuckles. He is also the composer of the character's theme song from Sonic Adventure "Unknown from M.E.".[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sonic Channel . 014:床井 健一 (Japanese). Archived from the original on 13 July 2017.
External links[]
Producers | Akinori Nishiyama · Takashi Iizuka · Yuji Naka · Yoji Ishii |
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Programmers | Takahiro Hamano · Takeshi Sakakibara · Tetsu Katano · Yuji Naka · Yoshihisa Hashimoto |
Designers | Eitaro Toyoda · Hirokazu Yasuhara · Kazuyuki Hoshino · Makoto Yonezu · Manabu Kusunoki · Naoto Ohshima · Nobuhiko Honda · Hiroshi Miyamoto · Sachiko Kawamura · Shinichi Higashi · Shiro Maekawa · Shun Nakamura · Takashi Yuda · Yasushi Yamaguchi · Yoshitaka Miura · Yuji Uekawa |
Directors | Hiroshi Nishiyama · Kenjiro Morimoto · Morio Kishimoto · Takashi Iizuka |
Sound engineers | Hideaki Kobayashi · Jun Senoue · Kenichi Tokoi · Mariko Nanba · Masaru Setsumaru · Naofumi Hataya · Takahito Eguchi · Tatsuyuki Maeda · Teruhiko Nakagawa · Tomoya Ohtani |
Other | Yui Karasuno |