| abstract | - Like Akari Kaida and Naoaki Iwami, Kouda's first role with the company was for Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness and he originally dealt with CPS2 titles (as well as their arranged versions). He would later work again with Takayuki Iwai on Darkstalkers 3 (in lieu of Hideki Okugawa) and would succeed Yuki Iwai's role in the VS. series for Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes. With the start of the sixth console generation, Kouda eventually became involved with the Devil May Cry series, becoming a colleague of Tetsuya Shibata in the process. Though he left the company shortly after the release of Devil May Cry 2 (and a few tracks for Resident Evil Outbreak), he still produced the foundation for the soundtrack of its Monster Hunter series, utilizing a mixture of classical and regional instrumental styles. He contributed to the series actively up until Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and was last seen working with Yuko Komiyama on one of the themes of Monster Hunter 3. Following his departure from Capcom, Kouda has become a regular contributor to the Wild Arms series (starting with Wild Arms 4) and member of the Star Onions (with Naoshi Mizuta). In late 2007 he founded Design Wave, a Tokyo-based music studio which includes himself and former Capcom sound employees Atsushi Mori, Masakazu Sugimori and Kento Hasegawa. Since then he has worked on titles such as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Ignition Entertainment's El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.
- Masato Kouda est un compositeur japonais, co-fondateur de Design Wave.
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