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Junichi Masuda

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Junichi Masuda (増田 順一, Masuda Jun'ichi; born January 12, 1968) is a Japanese video game composer, director, designer, producer, singer, programmer and trombonist, best known for his work in the Pokémon franchise. He was a member of Game Freak where he was an employee and executive at the company since 1989 when he founded it alongside Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. In 2022, Masuda was appointed to be Chief Creative Fellow at The Pokémon Company. With the development of new Pokémon games, Masuda took new roles in future projects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Junichi Masuda is the 1,298th most popular composer (down from 1,264th in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,435th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Junichi Masuda ranks 1,298 out of 1,451. Before him are Shirley Walker, Pascal Dusapin, Samuel Arnold, Peter Schickele, Hamilton Harty, and Paul Creston. After him are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Zagir Ismagilov, Isaac Schwartz, Geirr Tveitt, John Kander, and Gavin Bryars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Junichi Masuda ranks 290. Before him are Gloria Trevi, Hami Mandıralı, Jill Hennessy, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Claudio Suárez, and Yang Xinhai. After him are Sophie Okonedo, Laurent Jalabert, Matteo Garrone, Jason Donovan, Pavel Kuka, and Yasmine Bleeth.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Junichi Masuda ranks 1,639 out of 6,245. Before him are Junichi Suwabe (1972), Takamichi Kobayashi (1979), Kouta Hirano (1973), Kiyonobu Okajima (1971), Masahiro Nakai (1972), and Chiaki Kuriyama (1984). After him are Jo Nakajima (1980), Kotaro Nakao (1969), Yoshinobu Miyake (1939), Ai Iijima (1972), Tsuru Morimoto (1970), and Shuntaro Furukawa (1972).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Junichi Masuda ranks 20. Before him are Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), and Hiroyuki Sawano (1980). After him are Kaoru Wada (1962), Yuzo Koshiro (1967), Kazumi Totaka (1967), Michiru Yamane (1963), Shoji Meguro (1971), and Hitoshi Sakimoto (1969).

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