Yuji Takenouchi, known as TECHNOuchi, is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and musician.
16 Facts About Yuji Takenouchi
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Yuji Takenouchi wanted to compose music for the NES, but was assigned to work for PC.
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Yuji Takenouchi composed for multiple games, most notably SD Snatcher and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
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Yuji Takenouchi considers 1989's Space Manbow to be his best MSX-era work.
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Yuji Takenouchi found arcade game music and sound design to offer different challenges as arcades are a crowded environment.
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In 1996, Yuji Takenouchi left Konami to join Sony Computer Entertainment after participating in the project "Let's Play Games", which Sony hosted.
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In 1996 Yuji Takenouchi composed the soundtrack for Circadia for the PlayStation, which was his first project for the platform.
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In 2002, Yuji Takenouchi composed the soundtrack of ChainDive with Hideyuki Eto, who previously contributed music for Circadia and sound design for Sky Gunner.
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Yuji Takenouchi was managing a school at the time, leading to hectic schedule.
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Yuji Takenouchi suggested Akira Yamasaki as a composer, acting as a supervisor instead.
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Yuji Takenouchi later joined FromSoftware, where he worked on sound design for Demon's Souls with Hideyuki Eto, marking their fourth collaboration.
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Yuji Takenouchi contributed to the Monster Hunter 10th Anniversary Compilation Album, which released in October 2014.
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Yuji Takenouchi later joined Access Games, after a conversation with producer Nobuo Tomita.
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Yuji Takenouchi served as sound director and composer for D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, working on sound direction from the second episode onwards.
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Yuji Takenouchi contributed to KE-TSU-I kizunajigokutachi, an arrangement album of music from Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi, which released in August 2020.
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Yuji Takenouchi produced Saki Hayash's mini-album, TESTAMENT, which released in May 22,2021.