Masaya Matsuura (松浦 雅也, Matsūra Masaya) (born June 16, 1961) is a Japanese musician and video game designer based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka on June 16, 1961, and majored in Industrial Society at Ritsumeikan University. He has worked extensively with music production, sound design, and visuals, and has been active with the J-pop duo Psy-S. He has also been credited with popularizing the modern music video game at his studio NanaOn-Sha.
In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.[1]
^"IGN - 65. Masaya Matsuura". IGN. Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
MasayaMatsuura (松浦 雅也, Matsūra Masaya) (born June 16, 1961) is a Japanese musician and video game designer based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka...
in Japan in 1996 and worldwide in 1997. Created by music producer MasayaMatsuura in collaboration with artist Rodney Greenblat, the game features unique...
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simply PaRappa, is a fictional character created by Japanese musician MasayaMatsuura and American artist Rodney Greenblat. PaRappa first appears as the...
again featuring the collaboration of music producer and game designer MasayaMatsuura and artist Rodney Alan Greenblat. An arcade version co-developed by...
iNiS for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. The game, directed by MasayaMatsuura in collaboration with Keiichi Yano, is pitched as a revival of story-based...
with clips of PaRappa. All tracks are written by Yoshihisa Suzuki and MasayaMatsuura In Japan, McDonald's released a demo disc alongside its Happy Meal...
Musika is a music video game created for the iPod by MasayaMatsuura. Originally called Rhythmica, Musika was created exclusively for the iPod click wheel...
is a music video game for the iOS platform, developed pro bono by MasayaMatsuura’s NanaOn-Sha Studio and Triangle Studios, published by ngmoco under...
new games. Examples of these works included PaRappa the Rapper by MasayaMatsuura, and Everybody's Golf by Masashi Muramori. Shuhei Yoshida oversaw Japan...
Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest David Wise 1996 PaRappa the Rapper MasayaMatsuura Yoshihisa Suzuki Super Mario 64 Koji Kondo 1997 Castlevania: Symphony...
brand name and oversaturating the market. PaRappa the Rapper creator MasayaMatsuura stated that the video game market was growing stale and needed to move...
Hirai (Sony Computer Entertainment) - Sony Computer Entertainment MasayaMatsuura (NanaOn-Sha) - PaRappa the Rapper Stewart Copeland (The Police) - Spyro...
for the company. Rigopulos personally cites Japanese game designers MasayaMatsuura, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and Keita Takahashi as some artists that have inspired...
and custom data were composed by Japanese musician and game designer MasayaMatsuura. Aperios is Sony's Proprietary Real-Time Operating system, used in...
& the Blackhearts 1988 Punk Single Feb 9, 2016 — — "Speed Fighter" MasayaMatsuura 2014 Pop/Dance/Electronic Single Feb 9, 2016 — — "Still the One" Orleans...
Jim Levy, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead (founders of Activision) 2003: MasayaMatsuura (founder of NanaOn-Sha, pioneer of music/game integration) 2004: Richard...
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