Hideaki Utsumi

Hideaki Utsumi (内海 秀明, Utsumi Hideaki), aka Tono2097, is a video game sound designer, musician, composer and artist. He is best known for sound design for the Resident Evil video game series. He is a member of the band named mT, and plays the keyboard and midi stick. He is the first midi stick player in the world. Midi stick is like a video game joy stick of old times.[1][2][3][4]

Hideaki Utsumi
内海 秀明
Born
Uji, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesTono2097
OccupationVideo game sound designer, composer
Known forResident Evil, Devil May Cry
Spouse(s)Saori Utsumi

Utsumi worked in Capcom's sound design department for 14 years. He left in 2009 to teach at HAL Osaka Technical School.[5]

Utsumi is married to former Capcom colleague Saori Maeda, who co-composed the soundtrack of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis with Masami Ueda.[6][7]

Birds

Utsumi owns four birds: Gumi, a chattering lory; Lemon, a green-thighed parrot; Kiwi, a harlequin macaw; and Kohaku, an umbrella cockatoo. [8] Utsumi also had a black lory named Kuromi, who died of unknown causes on September 15, 2021.[9]

In 2021, a video recorded and uploaded to Instagram of Gumi laughing then staring at the camera became popular on the internet, forming the basis of an internet meme. Within weeks of the video being published, Utsumi's YouTube channel would surpass 200,000 subscribers and accrue over 10 million channel views.[10]

List of works

Discography
  • V.A. / KIVANDELYAN (1996)
  • V.A. / - natsu - (1997)
  • mT / Daydream (1999)
  • GAME OVER
  • u-man's diary -awaji-

References
  1. Famitsu (June 2000). capcom denshi-no-mosa. ISBN 4-7577-0054-7.
  2. Famitsu (June 1998). "famitsu No.495". ASCII. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. DIGI-CRE Staff (December 1998). "DIGI-CRE". Sony Magazine: 37. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Research on Biohazard 2 -final edition-. 1998. ISBN 4-944000-77-4.
  5. Napolitano, Jayson (2009-12-29). "Mass Exodus From Capcom Part 3: Interview With Hideaki Utsumi". Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  6. "Hideaki Utsumi". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  7. "Neriko (Saori Utsumi)入院中 on Twitter: "旦那氏のYouTubeチャンネルのコミュニティの方で、手術のこと書いてくれてて、大勢の方が成功を祈ってくれてたのさっき知って、めちゃありがたい…Twitterでもたくさんの方に応援してもらえて大感謝"". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  8. hideaki_utsumi [@Hideaki Utsumi] (September 13, 2021). Utsumi/status/1437550975078699015 "The name of the birb" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  9. hideaki_utsumi [@Hideaki Utsumi] (September 15, 2021). Utsumi/status/1438118692110225411 "Kuromi drop dead this afternoon. The cause of death is unknown. It was sudden. I don't know what to write because my mind isn't organized" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. "Hideaki Utsumi". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-08-22.


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