Go Shiina

Shiina worked across composer and music arranger. The registers place that work in video game music. This article rests on 1 catalogued composition, 2 issued recordings and 8 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Go Shiina • Native Name — 椎名 豪 • Birth Name — Masaru Shiina • Born — 16 May 1974 • Birthplace — Yashio, Saitama, Japan • Instrument — Keyboard • Genre — * Orchestral • jazz fusion • rock • electronic • video game music • Occupation — * Composer • arranger • Years Active — 1998–present

Born in Saitama, Japan, Shiina was taught how to play the electronic organ from his parents when he was growing up. Although he was not a dedicated musician before becoming a composer, he was at one time a member of a Megadeth cover band who also played J-pop music. Shiina enrolled at Dokkyo Junior High School. After being rejected by 46 companies, including a jewelry company, a finance company, and a fast food company, he was hired by Namco (now Bandai Namco Games); he had little prior experience with video games. Creating music for old arcade releases using Namco's sound trackers felt more like computer programming than composing for Shiina, but he has said that the experience helped him out when he would have to use MIDI sounds in future games. The songs he composed for the first Mr. Driller were deemed unfitting for a puzzle game by some of the staff and they almost didn't make it into the final product. Shiina's first solo project was Mr. Driller G. He was given extensive access to live instruments and an incredible amount of creative freedom, setting the stage for his later work. The scores for future games in the Mr. Driller series would also be composed exclusively by Shiina. When he began writing songs for Tales of Legendia, he originally tried to follow in the footsteps of the lead Tales series composer Motoi Sakuraba, but was later inspired to develop his own style for it. Bandai Namco gave Shiina freedom to compose for anime projects during his later years with the company. In September 2017, Shiina announced that he had retired from Bandai Namco. He is currently a freelance composer.

• Hammer Champ (1998) • World Stadium 98 EX (1998) • Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (1998) – with various others • Quick & Crash (1998) • Mr. Driller (1999) • Mr. Driller 2 (2000) • Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (2001) – with Kanako Kakino, Eriko Imura, Katsuro Tajima, and Asuka Sakai • Mr. Driller G (2001) • Taiko no Tatsujin 3 (2002) – with various others • Mr. Driller: Drill Land (2002) • MotoGP 3 (2003) – one track • Taiko no Tatsujin: Appare Sandaime (2003) – "MEKADON~Uchuu ni Kieta Meka Taiko" • The Idolmaster (2005) – "Taiyou no Jealousy" and "Aoi Tori" • Tales of Legendia (2005) • Tekken: Dark Resurrection (2005) – with various others • Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (2006) – with Motoi Sakuraba and Takuya Yasuda • Pro Baseball Nechu Star 2006 (2006) – opening theme • Kyou Kara Maoh! - Hajimari no Tabi (2006) – with various others • Tales of Fandom Vol.2 (2007) – opening and ending theme • Tekken 6 (2007) – with various others • Taiko no Tatsujin 11 (2008) – "Haikei, Gakkou nite..." • Mr. Driller Online (2008) • Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (2009) – with various others • Tales of VS. (2009) – with Motoi Sakuraba • The Idolmaster Dearly Stars (2009) – "ALIVE" • God Eater (2010) • Ace Combat: Joint Assault (2010) – with Kanako Kakino and Inon Zur • Gods Eater Burst (2010) • Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (2011) – with Motoi Sakuraba, Takuya Yasuda, Kota Nakashima, and Kazuhiro Nakamura • Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2011) – with various others • Ace Combat 3D: Assault Horizon Legacy (2012) – with various others • Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave (2012) – with Motoi Sakuraba • Tales of the World: Tactics Union (2012) • God Eater 2 (2013) • Golden Time: Vivid Memories (2014) – ending themes • The Idolmaster One For All (2014) – "Saihyou" • Tales of the World: Reve Unitia (2014) • God Eater 2: Rage Burst (2015) • Tales of Zestiria (2015) – with Motoi Sakuraba • God Eater Resurrection (2015) • Tales of the Rays (2017) – with Motoi Sakuraba, Eriko Sakurai, and Kazuhiro Nakamura • Tekken 7: Fated Retribution (2017) – "DUOMO DI SIRIO 1st" and "DUOMO DI SIRIO 2nd" • LayereD Stories 0 (2017) – with Mitsuhiro Kitadani and Hiroyuki Fujita • The Idolmaster Stella Stage (2017) – "Blooming Star" • God Eater Resonant Ops (2018) • God Eater 3 (2018) • Sound Voltex Vivid Wave (2019) – "Unkai" • Yume Utsutsu Re:Master (2019) – "Natsukashi Machi" • Code Vein (2019) • Various Daylife (2019) • Arknights (2020) – "Tower Fierce" • 9-nine- Shinshou (2021) – "InFINITE Line" • Uma Musume Pretty Derby (2021) - "Takarazuka Kinen Race" (Fanfare) • Tales of Luminaria (2022) – with Homari Kawazu, and Yuri Ookubo • Harvestella (2022) • Sin Chronicle (2023) – "Kenshi" • Tekken 8 (2024) – with various others • Gakuen Idolmaster (2024) – "Chiisana Yabou" • Code Vein II (2026)

• The Idolmaster (2011) – "Happy Christmas" • Sakura no Ondo (2011) • Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012) • Kyousougiga (2013) • Yoyo and Nene, the Little Witch Sisters (2013) • In Search of the Lost Future (2014) – arrangement with Tomoki Kikuya and Akito Matsuda • Tales of Zestiria: Dawn of the Shepherd (2014) – with Motoi Sakuraba • God Eater (2015) • Dimension W (2016) – with Yoshiaki Fujisawa • Tales of Zestiria the X (2016) – with Motoi Sakuraba • Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (2017) • LayereD Stories 0 (2017) • Fate/Grand Order x Himuro's World: Seven Most Powerful Great Figures Chapter (2017) • Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (2018) • Million Arthur (2018) • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019–present) – with Yuki Kajiura • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) – with Yuki Kajiura • Eien no 831 (2022) • The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess (2023) • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (2025) – with Yuki Kajiura • Mobile Suit Gundam RG: XARX-ZERO (2027)

• THE iDOLM@STER RADIO Utahime Rakuen (2006) – "Gekkasai ~la festa sotto la luna~" • Egoist (2006) – "ardore" • THE iDOLM@STER MASTER ARTIST 07 Azusa Miura (2007) – "Tonari ni..." • Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment (2008) – arranged "Eradicate and Evolve" • THE iDOLM@STER MASTER ARTIST 2 -FIRST SEASON- 05 Chihaya Kisaragi (2010) – "Nemurihime" • THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 004 Kaede Takagaki (2012) – "Koi Kaze" • Hasta La Vista / Asami Imai (2012) – "Hasta La Vista" • Dear Darling / Asami Imai (2013) – "Tabibito" • little legacy / Asami Imai (2014) – "little legacy" • Words of GRACE / Asami Imai (2016) – "Aurora no Oto" • THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER KOI KAZE -SAI- (2018) • THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS MASTER SEASONS SPRING! (2018) – "Mikansei no Rekishi" • Flow of time / Asami Imai (2019) – "Kodoku na Ginga" • THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 055-057 Mirei Hayasaka, Hajime Fujiwara, Riamu Yumemi (2020) – "Arakane no Utsuwa" • THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 070-072 －COOL SELECTION－ (2025) – "Messiah"

Go Shiina is recorded with the occupation music arranger. Recorded with the occupation composer. Classed in the genre video game music. Recorded as composer and music arranger. Established in Discogs under 1012682.