THE Masayuki Paradise

  By the time J9 ended, Fuji Television was airing an anime titled Korokoro Pollon   [tl note: J9 (specifically Bryger) and Pollon were made by the same studio and Yamamoto did BGM for both shows] . Mr. [Yukimasa] Ono, the TV station producer, is now [at the time he wrote this in 2000] the chief director of the Fuji TV Seoul office branch. He regularly comes back to Japan every two years!  With such an ulterior motive in mind, I embarked on a four-day, three-night trip. Ono: Yamamoto-san~~! You're here! I haven't seen you go to a foreign country since you stayed in New York. Yamamoto: Anyways, let's have yakiniku ! Take me to a yakiniku stall that doesn't stink. I stayed in Grand Hyatt, the most luxurious hotel in all of Seoul. I had a twin room all by myself (I definitely wasn't thinking of bringing anyone with me, you know). Outside the window was an overview of Seoul with the mountains in the sky. The TV played mostly in English, but it's a country where Eng...

 Most of the time, Yamamoto sensei had composed hundreds of original songs, anime BGM and image songs. However, two tracks were sung by Yamamoto but weren't composed and written by him... Surprisingly, both songs were released in 1991, so it's just a one-time occurrence. First off, every gamer should know Namco. Namco was the maker of Pac-Man, Tekken, Galaxian and Taiko no Tatsujin. A very obscure Japanese exclusive arcade game Namco made was Pistol Daimyo no Bouken (The Adventure of Pistol Daimyo)  in October 1990. If one manages to finish the game, an ending cutscene plays an ondo sounding song with karaoke lyrics onscreen. When that song was recorded for the Namco Video Game Graffiti CD series, it turned into a kazoeuta  or a counting song. It's crazier when you realize Shinji Hosoe was the composer of Hinawamaru Kazoeuta , who's best well known for his music in the Tekken franchise. New lyrics were written probably by the staff(?), and of course, Yamamoto's Hito...