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Kenji Ito
伊藤 賢治
Born
(1968-07-05) July 5, 1968 (age 55)
Tokyo, Japan
Other names
Itoken
Occupation(s)
Composer, musician
Years active
1990–present
Employer
Square (1990–2001)
Musical career
Instrument(s)
Piano, clarinet, alto saxophone
Musical artist
Kenji Ito (伊藤 賢治, Itō Kenji, born July 5, 1968), also known by the nickname Itoken (イトケン),[1][nb 1] is a Japanese video game composer and musician. He is best known for his work on the Mana and SaGa series, though he has worked on over 30 video games throughout his career as well as composed or arranged music for over 15 other albums, concerts, and plays. He learned to play several instruments at a young age, and joined Square directly out of college as a composer in 1990 at the advice of a professor. He worked there for over a decade, composing many of his best-known scores. In 2001, he left Square to become a freelance composer, but has since continued to collaborate with the company.
Since leaving Square, Ito has composed soundtracks to over a dozen games, and has branched out into composition and production of music for plays and albums for other performers. Ito's work has been performed in a concert dedicated to his pieces as well as general video game music events, and he has played the piano in additional concerts. Pieces of his from the SaGa and Mana series have been arranged as piano solos and published in sheet music books.
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second game in the series, Final Fantasy Legend II he was assisted by KenjiIto. In late 1994, Uematsu was asked to finish the soundtrack for Chrono Trigger...
first work for the series. The music was solely composed and arranged by KenjiIto, who had previously co-composed music for Final Fantasy Legend II. Later...
cushion and a cellphone strap. The score for Sword of Mana was composed by KenjiIto, the composer for the original Final Fantasy Adventure. The music includes...
created by Masato Kato, and the music was composed by a group led by KenjiIto. It is the final game in the series to be developed in-house by Square...
familiar with were Square employees Hitoshi Sakimoto, Nobuo Uematsu and KenjiIto. Her favorite pianists at the time were Piotr Paleczny and Hiromi Uehara...
Akira Kaida also contributing music. Guest composers Nobuo Uematsu and KenjiIto were also announced to be a part of the project, creating music for American...
arrangements by KenjiIto, composer for several games in the series. The music of Final Fantasy Adventure was composed by KenjiIto, while Hiroki Kikuta...
Retrieved May 18, 2020. Priestman, Chris (February 13, 2015). "SaGa Composer KenjiIto Adds Music To Terra Battle". Siliconera. Retrieved May 18, 2020. Kotowski...
Akitoshi Kawazu as director and producer, Koichi Ishii as planning chief, KenjiIto as composer, and Tomomi Kobayashi as illustrator. Square Production Team...
game. After the game had been downloaded 1.6 million times, composer KenjiIto joined the project, with Kingdom Hearts series composer Yoko Shimomura...
music was co-composed by Nobuo Uematsu and KenjiIto. While Uematsu had previously worked on the first SaGa, Ito had only just joined the company and this...
sword attack are based on Sword of Mana's rather than the original's. KenjiIto, the composer for Final Fantasy Adventure, returned to create updated...
The score for Children of Mana was composed by KenjiIto, Masaharu Iwata, and Takayuki Aihara. Ito had previously composed the music for the first game...
Dungeon 2 by creating 12 pieces. His fellow composers were Kumi Tanioka and KenjiIto. The following year, he composed music for the Japan-only All Star Pro-Wrestling...
equivalent to the mobile phone game Emperors SaGa. Regular series composer KenjiIto returned to compose and arrange music. The original scenario was created...
released in Japan on July 15, 1991. Most of the tracks were composed by KenjiIto, while track 16, "Chocobo Tanjou (Chocobo's Birth)", is credited to Square...
music for the game was composed by Kenji Kaneko. Nobuo Uematsu, along with his band Earthbound Papas, and KenjiIto also contributed four songs each. The...
characters. KenjiIto returned from previous games as both composer and arranger. Rather than approach the game with a specific theme in mind, Ito allowed...
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and composed by Hikoshi Hashimoto, KenjiIto, Minako Seki, Kaoru Wada, Noriyuki Iwadare, Tamayo, and Tadayoshi Makino...
lead designer and writer; illustrator Tomomi Kobayashi; and composer KenjiIto. The delayed start to production allowed Kawazu to rethink the game design...
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