Hiroyuki Iwatsuki (岩月博之) (born 1970) is a Japanese

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who has contributed to the soundtracks of '' Ninja Warriors'', '' Pocky & Rocky'', and ''

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''. He has been composing and arranging songs for the game company

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beginning as early as the 1991

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title ''Chaos World''. For his score to the

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shooter ''Omega Five'', Iwatsuki employed his years of experience creating game soundtracks to fashion retro versions of his songs to simulate the feel of a 16-bit game. An album release was planned after game composer

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listened to the soundtrack prior to the release and suggested the sound design team Super Sweep participate in arrangements for the album.

Selected games

*'' Chaos World'' (1991): Composer (in collaboration with Iku Mizutani) *'' Spanky's Quest'' (Game Boy) (1991): Composer *'' Choujin Sentai Jetman'' (NES) (1991): Composer *''

Tail 'Gator ''Tail 'Gator'', known in Japan as , is a Game Boy video game released in 1991. In the game, the player plays a small alligator known as 'Charly' who whips his tail forward to attack. Story The story of the game centers on the conflict arising f ...

'' (Game Boy) (1991): Sound effects *'' Ninja Gaiden Shadow'' (Game Boy) (1991): Composer *'' Shatterhand'' (NES) (1991): Sound effects *'' Pocky & Rocky'' (1992): Composer *'' Mitsume ga Tōru'' (1992): Composer *'' Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation'' (1992): Composer *'' Ghost Sweeper Mikami: Joreishi ha Nice Body'' (1993): Sound effects *''

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'' (1994): Sound effects *''Mitsume ga Tōru'' (1992): Composer *''Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling'' (1993): Composer (in collaboration with Iku Mizutani and

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) *'' Natsume Championship Wrestling'' (1994): Composer (in collaboration with Iku Mizutani and

) *'' The Ninja Warriors Again'' (1994): Composer (in collaboration with N. Tate) *'' Pocky & Rocky 2'' (1994): Composer (in collaboration with Kinuyo Yamashita) *''

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'' (1994): Composer (in collaboration with Haruo Ohashi) *'' Natsume Championship Wrestling'' (1994): Composer (in collaboration with Iku Mizutani and Kinuyo Yamashita) *'' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition'' (1995): Composer (in collaboration with Haruo Ohashi) *''Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling 2'' (1995): Composer (in collaboration with Iku Mizutani, Kinuyo Yamashita and Haruo Ohashi) *'' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' (1995): Composer (in collaboration with Haruo Ohashi) *''

'' (1995): Sound effects *''Gekisō Sentai Carranger: Zenkai! Racer Senshi'' (1996): Composer (in collaboration with Haruo Ohashi) *'' Gundam Wing Endless Duel'' (1996): Composer (in collaboration with Haruo Ohashi) *'' Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers'' (1996): Composer *''Hokuto no Ken: Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu'' (2000): Composer *''

Gear Fighter Dendoh is a Japanese robot anime television series produced by TV Tokyo, Yomiko Advertising and Sunrise. It was directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, with Chiaki Morosawa handling series scripts, Hirokazu Hisayuki designing the characters and monsters, Satosh ...

'' (2001): Composer *'' Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger'' (2001): Composer *''

Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger is a Japanese Tokusatsu television show and Toei's twenty-sixth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. After Toei filed the trademark for the series on November 22, 2001, it aired from February 17, 2002, to February 9, 2003, replacing ...

'' (2001): Composer *'' WWE Road to WrestleMania X8'' (2002): Composer (in collaboration with Iku Mizutani and Tetsuari Watanabe) *''

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'' (2003): Composer (in collaboration with Noriko Fujimura, Iku Mizutani, and Tetsuari Watanabe) *''

Battle Assault 3 Featuring Gundam SEED ''Gundam: The Battle Master'' (ガンダム・ザ・バトルマスター), later known as ''Battle Assault'', is a series of fighting games released for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance. The series features mobile suits from se ...

'' (2004): Composer *''

'' (2008): Composer *''

Half-Minute Hero ''Half-Minute Hero'' is a hybrid real-time strategy action role-playing shoot 'em up video game developed by Opus. It was initially released as a PlayStation Portable exclusive in Japan on May 28, 2009, later in North America on October 13, and i ...

'' (2009): Composer (in collaboration with many others) *'' Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming'' (2011): Composer (in collaboration with many others) *'' Wild Guns Reloaded'' (2016): Composer, Arranger *'' Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising'' (2022): Composer

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