Manami Matsumae

• Name — Manami Matsumae • Native Name — 松前 真奈美 • Birth Name — Manami Gotoh • Other Names — Chanchacorin • Born — 25 December 1964 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Composer, arranger • Years Active — 1987–present • Spouse — Kimitaka Matsumae

She previously worked for Capcom, where she worked on titles such as SonSon II, Dynasty Wars, U.N. Squadron, Mercs, Magic Sword, and Carrier Air Wing. She is best known, however, for composing the music for the original Mega Man, including its iconic "Game Start" jingle. Matsumae was known during her days at Capcom by her maiden name, Manami Gotoh, but was usually credited by her alias, Chanchacorin. Following her departure from Capcom in 1990, she became a freelance composer. The soundtracks she worked on afterwards include the Derby Stallion series, Game Boy titles developed by Sunsoft, and other games such as The Adventures of Lolo, Another Bible, Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions, Jade Cocoon 2, and Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. She also married fellow musician, Kimitaka Matsumae (originally part of Sega's S.S.T. Band), with whom she worked with on Othello World and Jade Cocoon 2. Matsumae returned to the Mega Man series via Inti Creates, serving as a guest arranger for some of its album releases, and joining several other former Mega Man composers in creating the Robot Master themes for Mega Man 10. In 2014, she joined the Tokyo based label Brave Wave. The label aims to help connect composers with international companies, which is how she contributed music to Shovel Knight. In July 2015, it was announced that Matsumae would be working on her first original solo album, in addition to a tribute album featuring arrangements by her. The album, titled Three Movements, was released in December 2017.

• Year — Title — Role(s) • 1987 — Ide Yosuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong — Music with Harumi Fujita • Mega Man — Music • 1988 — F1 Dream — Music • 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen — Music with several others • 1989 — Final Fight — Music with several others • SonSon II — Music • Dynasty Wars — Music • U.N. Squadron — Music • 1990 — Mercs — Music • Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy — Music • Carrier Air Wing — Music • 1991 — Capcom no Quiz: Tonosama no Yabou — Music • Derby Stallion: Best Race — Music • 1992 — Batman: Return of the Joker — Music • Sanrio Cup: Pon Pon Volley — Music • Derby Stallion: National Edition — Music • Trip World — Music • Best Play Pro Yakyuu Special — Music • Looney Tunes — Music • Honō no Dōkyūji: Dodge Danpei — Music with Hiroshi Tsukamoto • Othello World — Music with Kimitaka Matsumae • Esper Dream 2 — Music with Shigemasa Matsuo • 1993 — Honō no Dōkyūji: Dodge Danpei 2 — Music with Hiroshi Tsukamoto • Vegas Stakes — Music with Kimitaka Matsumae • 1994 — Adventures of Lolo — Music • Derby Stallion II — Music • Tenchi o Kurau — Music • Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions — Music • 1995 — Another Bible — Music • Derby Stallion III — Music • 1996 — Derby Stallion '96 — Music • G.O.D: Mezameyo to Yobu Koe ga Kikoe — Music with Kimitaka Matsumae and Yuuichi Matsuzaki • Derby Stallion — Music • 1998 — Pilot Kids — Music • Derby Stallion '98 — Music • 1999 — Derby Stallion '99 — Music • Fun! Fun! Pingu — Music • 2001 — Jade Cocoon 2 — Music with Kimitaka Matsumae • 2002 — Best Play Pro Yakyuu — Music • Derby Stallion Advance — Music • 2006 — Derby Stallion P — Music • 2007 — Dragon Quest Swords — Music • 2010 — Mighty Fight Federation — "The Battle is Over" • Mega Man 10 — "Nitro Rider (Nitro Man Stage)" • 2014 — Shovel Knight — Music with Jake Kaufman • Rainblocks — Music • 2015 — Target Acquired — Music • 2016 — Flat Kingdom — Music • Mighty No. 9 — Music with several others • 2017 — Starr Mazer — Music with several others • 2018 — Ultra Space Battle Brawl — Opening theme • 2020 — Derby Stallion — Music • 2021 — Dark Water: Slime Invader — Music • Battle Axe — Music with Alex Aniel • 2023 — 9 Years of Shadows — Music with Michiru Yamane and Norihiko Hibino