Kenji Ito

Kenji Ito (born July 5, 1968 as Itō Kenji) (a.k.a. Itoken) is a Japanese game composer and musician best known for his work in the SaGa and Mana games from the Final Fantasy series. Kenji has also composed music in the Culdcept game for the Nintendo 3DS system, as well as arrangements for the Super Smash Bros. series.

History
Kenji Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 5, 1968.

At age four, Ito became interested in music. He learned to play various instruments throughout his childhood, such as the piano, alto saxophone, and the clarinet. Ito eventually became interested in songwriting and singing. He was also interested in learning Electone music until he was discouraged from it by his piano teacher.

During his college years, while he was almost about to graduate, Ito decided to pursue his composition career after an advice from his professor. After applying to several companies, including HAL Laboratory, Ito was finally hired at Square Co. where he went to work on several Final Fantasy spin-off games, starting with Final Fantasy Legend II for the Game Boy system.

Production History

 * Final Fantasy Legend II (1990) – Music (with Nobuo Uematsu)
 * Final Fantasy Adventure (1991) – Music
 * ''Romancing SaGa (1992) – Music
 * Romancing SaGa 2 (1993) – Music
 * Romancing SaGa 3 (1995) – Music
 * Sword of Mana (2003) – Music
 * Children of Mana (2006) – Music
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) – Arrangement Supervisor (with various others)
 * Lux-Pain (2008) – Music (with Yasuyuki Suzuki)
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 (2011) – Music (with Atlus composers)
 * Puzzle & Dragons (2012) – Music (with Yukio Nakajima)
 * Culdcept (3DS) (2012) – Music
 * Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (2013) – Music (with Kalle Ylitalo, Nobuo Uematsu)
 * Puzzle & Dragons Z (2013) – Music (with Yukio Nakajima)
 * Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014) – Arrangement Supervisor (with various others)
 * Culdcept Revolt (2016) – Music
 * Puzzle and Dragons X (2016) – Music (with Yuzo Koshiro, Akira Yamaoka, Keigo Ozaki)
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) – Arrangement (with various others)

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

 * Space Armada (Star Fox) – Arrangement
 * Attack (Fire Emblem) – Arrangement
 * Title (Kid Icarus) – Arrangement

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

 * World of Illusions – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Exploration – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * The Enigma Deepens – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Desperate Situation – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Challenge to the Fate – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * JP's - Geomagnetism Research Department – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Confrontation – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Devil Auction – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Dark Clouds – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Countdown – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Septentrion – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Devil Fusion.exe – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Requiem – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Battle of the Brave – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Elegy – Composition & Arrangement
 * Will of Species – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Akashic Records – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Memories of the Firmament – Composition, Arrangement (w/Atlus Sound Team)
 * Beyond the Firmament – Composition & Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

 * Mute City Ver. 3 – Arrangement
 * Super Hoop – Arrangement
 * Culdcept – Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

 * Beginning (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse) – Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Wikipedia article
 * Official English Website (archived)
 * CoCoeBiz Interview (archived)
 * RPGFan Exclusive Interview
 * Gamasutra Interview feat. Masahiro Sakurai from Smash Bros.
 * Devil Survivor 2 Original Soundtrack - VGMdb