is a Japanese music composer and musician. She is most known for her various contributions to the Bomberman series, amongst other video game soundtracks.
She has studied ney performance and Tunisian style composition under professors Slah Manaa, Ali Sriti and Zakia Hannashi at l'Institut Superieur de la Musique de Tunis, and studied riq under Haytham Farghaly of the same institute. She currently curates arab-music.com, and has also made music for many T.V. shows, films and commercials. She is also a part-time lecturer at Kokushikan University, and has since performed many concerts with the classical Arabic music ensemble Le Club Bachraf, with oud player Yoshiko Matsuda and darbuka player Takako Nomiya.
Musical style Her soundtrack for Bomberman Hero features drum and bass and acid techno styles, heavily incorporating fast breakbeats and sub-bass lines from the former genre.
She has stated in interviews that she approaches her music with the philosophy of ‘art suprematism’ or ‘absolute music.’
Works Video games Year Title Notes1985Bomberman (NES version)1986Adventure IslandDoraemon1987Faxanadu1988Jaseiken NecromancerThe Legendary AxeWith Toshiaki Takimoto1989Military MadnessCratermaze (Japanese version)Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair1990Atomic PunkWith Noriyuki Nakagami and Yasuhiko FukudaBomberman1991Bomberman II1992Bomberman '931993Super BombermanBomberman '941994Bomberman: Panic Bomber1995Super Bomberman 3With Keita Hoshi1996Bomberman B-DamanSupervisorGinga Ojousama Densetsu Yuna: Mika Akitaka Illust WorksDoReMi Fantasy: Milon no Dokidoki DaiboukenSuper Bomberman 4Saturn Bomberman1997NectarisSuper Bomberman 5With Yasuhiko FukudaSaturn Bomberman Fight!!With Yoshio TsuruPocket BombermanWith Shinya Yano1998Bomberman WorldWith Hironao YamamotoBomberman HeroBomberman Party EditionBomberman QuestWith Keiji Ueno and Goro Takahashi2001Bomberman TournamentWith Koichi Seiyama2007Sonic and the Secret RingsWith various others.
Anime Bomberman B-Daman Bakugaiden (1998)
Other works "Samai Bayati Al Aryan" on Music Design (1994) – with Le Club Bachraf "Ismael Hayat" on Ten Plants (1998) Musique classique de Tunisie et d'Egypte (2000) – with Le Club Bachraf Concert at Dar Rachidia (2013) – with Le Club Bachraf Les Archives (2019) The Midas Touch (2022) The Lantern Wheel (2024) Notes
References
External links Artist profile on arab-music.com Bomberman music profile on arab-music.com Discography on arab-music.com