is a Japanese musician, bass guitarist, and record producer. He is a member of the

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band Dreams Come True, which was formed in 1988 and went on to sell over 50million CDs. He also composed the soundtracks for the video games ''

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'' (1991) and ''

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'' (1992).

Career

Nakamura was originally a

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before forming the "Cha-Cha & Audrey's Project" with

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. In 1988, they formed the band Dreams Come True. In July 2002, he founded the record company "DCT Records" with Yoshida. They now serve as

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. Nakamura composes much of the catalog for Dreams Come True and arranges almost all of it. On 22 June 2008, he married

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, the 21-year-old former lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band,

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''Sonic the Hedgehog''

Nakamura was picked by

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to compose the music for the original ''

'' early in 1990. Later that year on 7 November, the game was revealed for the first time by being painted on the side of Dream Come True's tour bus. He was also in the middle of recording the band's fourth album, '' Million Kisses'' during ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', and their fifth album, ''

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'' during ''

''. In 2006, Nakamura contributed a remixed version of the ending theme from ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'', "Sweet Sweet Sweet", for the 2006 game ''

''. In 2022, Nakamura voiced the Siberian champion in the Japanese dub of the ''

'' film.

Other musical activity

He has also composed music for various

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References

External links

Masato Nakamura's blog

Official Dreams Come True website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Masato 1958 births Dreams Come True (band) Japanese bass guitarists Japanese composers Japanese male composers Japanese session musicians Living people Male bass guitarists Musicians from Tokyo Video game composers