Shinji Hosoe  

Shinji Hosoe, also known as MEGATEN and SamplingMasters MEGA, is a Japanese video game composer and musician who gained fame for scoring Ridge Racer, Keyboardmania 3rd mix and many early 1990s Namco arcade games. He also created the in-game music for Xenosaga Episode II Jenseits von Gut und Böse, with Yuki Kajiura assisting him on the project. Although he did not return as a composer for Xenosaga Episode III, Hosoe runs the VGM company Super Sweep Records alongside long-time collaborator Ayako Saso. He was also a member of "Oriental Magnetic Yellow" (OMY), a music band that parodied electronic music group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). In addition to his work in video games and music bands, Hosoe has provided music for Visual Novels such as the Zero Escape series and Fate/Extra.