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is a Japanese video game composer who was employed at Square Enix from 1995 to 2009. He is best known for scoring ''Threads of Fate'' and co-composing ''Final Fantasy X''. He has also worked as an arranger for ''Dawn of Mana'' and the Nintendo DS version of ''Final Fantasy IV''. Nakano has collaborated with his friend and fellow composer Masashi Hamauzu on several games. He was introduced to music at the age of three when his parents offered him lessons in the electronic organ. After studying composition and arrangement at a vocational school, Nakano worked for Konami from 1991 to 1994, where he scored numerous arcade games. Nakano is noted for his ambient style and for using percussion, timbre, and rhythm in his compositions. ==Biography== Junya Nakano was born in Kyoto, Japan. His parents introduced him to music when he was three years old, offering him lessons in the electronic organ through the Yamaha Music Foundation; they also encouraged him to join some brass bands. After playing the 1979 arcade game ''Lunar Rescue'', he developed an interest in video games and subsequently began to enjoy chiptune music. By frequently listening to the radio, he started composing MIDI music using the NEC PC-9801 in 1985. In 1987, he attended a vocational school to study composition and arrangement in hopes of entering the gaming industry. After graduation, he joined the Kobe branch of Konami in 1991, where he contributed music to eight arcade games with several collaborators over a three-year period. Deciding he wanted to create more original music and have a chance to receive individual recognition, Nakano left Konami after completing the score for ''Golfing Greats 2'' in 1994.〔 Nakano joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1995.〔 He created four pieces for the 1996 video game ''Front Mission: Gun Hazard'', which featured composers Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Masashi Hamauzu.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Front Mission Gun Hazard Tech Info )〕 His first solo project came about with Satellaview's ''Treasure Conflix'' the same year.〔 In 1996, Nakano joined several of Square's composers to create the soundtrack for the fighting game ''Tobal No. 1'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tobal No. 1 Tech Info )〕 he contributed three compositions.〔 Hamauzu and Nakano became friends after working on ''Front Mission: Gun Hazard'' and ''Tobal No. 1'', and they have later collaborated on several titles. In 1997, Nakano served as synthesizer programmer for the score to ''Front Mission: Alternative''.〔 Nakano composed the soundtrack for the Japan-only adventure game ''Another Mind'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Another Mind Tech Info )〕 which he was given a deadline of two months to complete.〔 His subsequent score to the 1999 title ''Threads of Fate'' (known as "''Dewprism''" in Japan) gave him worldwide recognition.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Threads of Fate Tech Info )〕 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'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Fantasy X (ps2: 2001): Reviews )〕 based on their ability to create music that was different from Uematsu's style;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview by RocketBaby.net )〕 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''. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Musashi: Samurai Legend Tech Info )〕 In 2006, Nakano created seven tracks for the Xbox 360 game ''Project Sylpheed'', which also featured several other composers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Project Sylpheed Tech Info )〕 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''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Release Information )〕 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''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Junya Nakano」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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