15 Facts About Tetsuya Shibata

Tetsuya Shibata is a Japanese video game music composer and sound director.

In 2009, Shibata left Capcom and began his own music studio, known as Unique Note, with colleague Yoshino Aoki.

Tetsuya Shibata began playing classical piano at a very young age.

Tetsuya Shibata taught himself how to play guitar, bass guitar, and drums while in junior high school and high school.

Tetsuya Shibata completed a law degree from Kansai University in 1996.

Tetsuya Shibata eventually bought a synthesizer to compose his own music.

Tetsuya Shibata joined Capcom's Sound Management Section in 1997, where he took on various roles such as manager, director, producer, and composer for over twenty different games in a twelve-year span.

Tetsuya Shibata personally found this to be the most challenging project in his career.

In late 2008 and early 2009, Tetsuya Shibata worked as senior sound director on two major releases.

Tetsuya Shibata's superior informed him that Capcom would not argue with his decision.

Tetsuya Shibata aspires to create music for several types of media like television, commercials, films, and film trailers, as well as video games.

Tetsuya Shibata himself plays guitar, bass guitar, and keyboard for his own compositions.

Early in the company's establishment, Tetsuya Shibata was joined by another former Capcom composer, Yoshino Aoki, who is the group's vice president as well as a composer, arranger, and lyricist.

Tetsuya Shibata had previously worked with Aoki on several projects at Capcom.

Tetsuya Shibata had gained respect for her musical talent over the years, especially for her score of Breath of Fire IV which he experienced while he was putting together the Breath of Fire Original Soundtrack Special Box in 2006.