(born August 13, 1967) is a Japanese video game music composer, well known for her work in the Wild Arms series.
Composing career She used to work for Telenet Japan and Riot, but many people who worked for these two companies left, and along with Naruke, later started working for Media.Vision. She has composed music for games outside of the Wild ARMs series, such as Psycho Dream on the Super Famicom and the Tenshi no Uta series on the PC Engine. While it was speculated that Naruke composed under the pseudonym "Hassy" for the @MIDI albums, the composer herself has stated that Hassy is a separate individual (Hiroya Hatsushiba)."I have an idea of who Hassy might be," says the composer, referring to the pseudonym attributed to her on Wikipedia. "I think we might have even worked together a long time ago."
She has made a number of songs for Media.Vision's Wild ARMs series. Occasionally, the main theme and ending theme of the Wild ARMs songs will contain lyrics, formerly being sung by Machiko Watanabe and Kaori Asoh. Most recently, for the tenth anniversary, a new vocalist has been introduced, Nana Mizuki. Her compositions in the Wild ARMs series include her signature whistling parts, whistled by Naoki Takao. Naruke has composed more than 400 songs for the Wild ARMs series. However, during the development of Wild ARMs: The 4th Detonator, Naruke fell ill, marking the first time in the Wild ARMs series that she did not compose the entire soundtrack.
In an interview for Wild ARMs: Piece of Tears, Naruke revealed items which she values, including her keyboard and rhythm machine, a pamphlet of Jerry Goldsmith, a figure of Kurokishi from "Gingaman", an original score of Bach, and a memorial vinyl disc.
Works Video games Year Title Role1990Legion Music with Hiroto Otsubo, Shinobu Ogawa, and Takaharu UmezuDekoboko Densetsu: Hashiru Wagamanmaarrangement with Hiroto Otsubo, Minoru Yuasa, and Shingo Murakami1991Valis III (Mega Drive) arrangement with Takaharu Umezu and Minoru YuasaHigh Grenadier Music with Takaharu UmezuTenshi no Uta Music with Shinobu Ogawa1992Mirai Shounen Conan MusicPsycho Dream Music1993Tenshi no Uta II: Datenshi no Sentaku Music1996Wild Arms Music1999Wild Arms 2 Music2002Wild Arms 3 Music2003Wild Arms Alter Code: F Music2005Wild Arms 4 Music with Masato Kouda, Nobuyuki Shimizu, and Ryuta Suzuki2008Super Smash Bros. Brawl ArrangementsThe Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road "RIZ-ZOAWD!", "My Home on the Hills"2010GuwangeArrangement2011Noora to Toki no Koubou: Kiri no Mori no Majo MusicHalf-Minute Hero: The Second Coming "To a Space Faraway", "Battle of Godwave"2014Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Arrangements2015Zombie Tokyo Music with Noriyuki Iwadare20167'scarlet "Koboresou na Tsuki"Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey "Beyond the Tempest"2018Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ArrangementsWild Arms: Million Memories Music with Saki Furuya, Naoki Chiba, and Kyohei Ozawa2019Rakugaki Kingdom "Regaining"2024Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Music with Motoi Sakuraba2025Armed Fantasia Music with Noriyasu Agematsu
Other Year Title Role2006FM Sound Module Maniax Music with several others2009Griotte no Nemuri Hime ~FEL ARY LU EN TINDHARIA~ Music with several others2013Feedback MusicFeedback 2nd MusicFeedback 3rd MusicFeedback 4th Music2014Game Music Prayer II Music with several othersTHE LEGEND ARTISTS Otakara Hakken! Music with several othersFeedback 5th. Music Feedback 6th. Music
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External links Official website (in Japanese)