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composer and guitarist. He is notable for his work in the ''

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'' series.

Profile

In 1997, his

avant-garde In the arts and literature, the term ''avant-garde'' ( meaning or ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable ...

rock band Happy Family (Japanese band) released an album, "Toscco" on

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in the U.S. (http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/happyfamily.html) "Happy Family" collaborated with many underground artists in Japan, New York and Europe. Afterwards Izutani began to work for major Japanese labels. He remixed (occasionally as Brent Mini) and produced the songs of many pop artists (

Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and producer. Nicknamed the "Empress of Pop" on account of her influence throughout Asia, she is widely recognized for her versatile music production, songwriting, and live performances. Hamasaki is the List of ...

is the most famous one). In 2006, he started his personal band "DUGO", and the track "Dublin" was used in an episode in Season 3 of '' CSI: Miami''. Dugo released the first album "Lingua Franca" from Brave Wave Productions in 2017.

Works

Video games

*'' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'' (2006) *'' Yakuza 2'' (2006) *'' Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3'' (2007) *'' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' (2008) *''

Ninja Blade is a 2009 action game developed by FromSoftware and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360 and Windows. Gameplay The player plays as a modern-day ninja, using a katana, twin swords and broad sword as the main weapon to the hostile cr ...

'' (2009) *'' Otomedius G'' (2009) *''

Bayonetta is a science fantasy action-adventure video game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya. It is developed by PlatinumGames, owned by Sega, and, since the release of Bayonetta 2 in 2014, published by Nintendo. The franchise was introduced in 2009 w ...

'' (2009) *'' Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'' (2010) *'' The Eye of Judgment: Legends'' (2010) *'' Otomedius Excellent'' (2011) *'' Ace Combat: Assault Horizon'' (2011) *'' Shinobi 3D'' (2011) *''

Bayonetta 2 is a 2014 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo. It is the sequel to the 2009 game ''Bayonetta'', and was directed by Yusuke Hashimoto and produced by Atsushi Inaba, Akiko Kuroda, and Hitoshi Yamagami, under ...

'' (2014) *''

Bayonetta 3 is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The game was directed by Yusuke Miyata and produced by Yuji Nakao, with series creator Hideki Kamiya as supervising director. It was a ...

'' (2022) *''

Resident Evil 4 (2023 video game) ''Resident Evil 4'' is a 2023 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. A remake of the 2005 game ''Resident Evil 4'', it was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Windows, and Xbox Series X and Series S, Xb ...

'' Separate Ways DLC (2023)

Anime

* ''

Blassreiter is a Japanese anime television series co-created and produced by Gonzo (studio), Gonzo and Nitro+. The title is List of pseudo-German words adapted to English, pseudo-German and can be translated as "Pale Rider". A manga titled was serializ ...

'' (2008)

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