is a Japanese video game composer, arranger, and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1995. As a composer, he is best known for scoring Brave Fencer Musashi (1998), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) and The Last Remnant (2008). He also plays the guitar in the rock bands The Black Mages and The Star Onions; both groups arrange and perform compositions from the Final Fantasy series.

Biography Sekito was born in Osaka, Japan. His career as a video game composer began at the end of the 1980s when he joined Konami's sound team. The first game he scored was Space Manbow in 1989. The following year, he created the music for SD Snatcher and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake along with several other composers. He was subsequently assigned to score the sports titles Double Dribble: 5-on-5 (1991) and Soccer Superstars (1995) and the cartoon adaptations Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers (1991) and Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (1993), often as the leading composer. In 1994, he created the soundtrack to the arcade game Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters with Yuichi Sakakura. He left Konami in 1995 to join the Osaka branch of Square.

After joining Square, Sekito did not compose any games until 1998; his first assignment for the company was to create the music for Brave Fencer Musashi. In 1999, he assisted in scoring the soundtrack to Chocobo's Dungeon 2 by creating 12 pieces. His fellow composers were Kumi Tanioka and Kenji Ito. The following year, he composed music for the Japan-only All Star Pro-Wrestling along with Kenichiro Fukui and Tanioka. Sekito went solo for the game's sequel, All Star Pro-Wrestling II (2001), and was joined by Fukui again for the third and final installment, All Star Pro-Wrestling III (2003).

In 2002, after Sekito and Fukui's collaboration on All Star Pro-Wrestling, they decided to arrange some of the pieces in the Final Fantasy series, composed by Nobuo Uematsu. The two presented their arrangements to Uematsu who enjoyed their work. Although hesitant at first, Uematsu agreed to join Sekito and Fukui in forming the rock band The Black Mages; Sekito served as the group's guitarist. In 2003, Keiji Kawamori, Arata Hanyuda, and Michio Okamiya also joined the band. The Black Mages have released three studio albums, and have appeared at several concerts to promote their albums.

To create the music for The Last Remnant, Sekito utilized his guitar collection for different tracks and used different guitar sounds and techniques including detuning and delay effects on the album. Sekito did not use an orchestra for the game's music, but chose particular instruments and players to make the music an assortment of the best for each part.

In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Sekito felt unrestricted while composing music for the Nintendo 3DS, saying that he was able to create songs that would make a game player feel that were in a large world even on a small device due to the game console's 3D graphics.

For the game Final Fantasy Explorers, Sekito had to begin composing music with very few visual effects finished, and thus composed a wide variety of music to fit however it turned out.

Musical style and influences Sekito cites heavy metal bands Van Halen and Dream Theater and film score composer Jerry Goldsmith as musical influences.

Works Video games Year Title Notes1989Motocross Maniacs Music with Michiru YamaneSpace Manbow Music with Michiru Yamane and Yuji Takenouchi1990SD Snatcher Music with several othersMetal Gear 2: Solid Snake Music with several others1991Double Dribble: 5-on-5 MusicTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers Music with Yuko Kurahashi1993Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure Music with Shinji Tasaka and Hideto Inoue1994Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters Music with Yuichi Sakakura1995Soccer Superstars Music1998Brave Fencer Musashi MusicChocobo's Dungeon 2 Music with Kumi Tanioka, Yasuhiro Kawakami, and Kenji Ito1999Chrono Trigger (PlayStation ver.)ArrangementsFinal Fantasy Chronicles Arrangements2000All Star Pro-WrestlingMusic with Kenichiro Fukui, Naoshi Mizuta, and Kumi Tanioka2001All Star Pro-Wrestling II Music2002Final Fantasy Origins Arrangements2003All Star Pro-Wrestling III Music with Kenichiro Fukui2005Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Music with Kenji ItoHanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Hero Music with several othersFront Mission OnlineArrangements2006Dawn of Mana Music with Kenji Ito, Masayoshi Soken and Ryuichi SakamotoFinal Fantasy III (Nintendo DS) Arrangements with Keiji Kawamori2008The Last Remnant Music with Yasuhiro YamanakaDissidia: Final Fantasy Arrangements with Takeharu Ishimoto and Mitsuto Suzuki2009Gyromancer MusicDeath by Cube Music with Mud-J2010Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Music with Yoko Shimomura and Takeharu IshimotoThe 3rd Birthday Music with Yoko Shimomura and Mitsuto Suzuki2011Fantasy Earth: Zero Chronicles Music with Hidenori Iwasaki and Ryo YamazakiMindJack Music Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Arrangements with Keiji Kawamori and Mitsuto SuzukiLord of Vermilion Re:2 Arrangements with several others2012Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Music with Yoko Shimomura and Takeharu Ishimoto2014Rise of Mana Music with Kenji Ito, Hiroki Kikuta, and Yoko ShimomuraFinal Fantasy Explorers Music2015Kingdom Hearts Union χ Music with Yoko ShimomuraDissidia Final Fantasy Arrangements with Takeharu Ishimoto and Keiji Kawamori2018Secret of Mana Arrangements with several others2019Kingdom Hearts III Music with Yoko Shimomura and Takeharu Ishimoto2020Final Fantasy VII Remake Arrangements with several others2024Visions of ManaMusic with Hiroki Kikuta and Ryo Yamazaki

Films Year Title Notes2005Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Music with Nobuo Uematsu and Keiji Kawamori2009Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Arrangements with Keiji Kawamori

Other works Year Title Notes2001feel/Go dream: Yuna & Tidus with Masashi Hamauzu and Masayoshi Kikuchi2003The Black Mages 2004The Black Mages II: The Skies Above 2008The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight

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