Kenji Ito (伊藤 賢治)

Music Composer

Kenji Ito (Ito-Ken) became interested in music at the age of 4. By the time he began composing at the age of 10, he had learned to play alto saxophone, clarinet, and piano. In March of 1990, he was recruited by Square to compose music together with Nobuo Uematsu for the Game Boy title, SaGa 2. Shortly after in 1991, he composed the complete soundtrack for Seiken Densetsu, another Game Boy title. Beginning in 1992, Ito began composing music for the Super Famicom Romancing SaGa trilogy.

The composer contributed two tracks for Tobal No. 1, as well as the opening and closing themes of Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon. He arranged Uematsu's famous Final Fantasy tunes for the garrish Chocobo Racing soundtack. He left Square in 2001 to become a freelance composer. Shortly after, he composed his magnum opus for the dreamcast title, Culdcept II, along with various other works for Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange and Shadow Hearts II.

In 2002, Ito announced that he'd received work from Square again, updating his compositions for remakes Sword of Mana and Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song, while churning out new tunes for Children of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 4. Most recently he created the majority of the score for Square Enix's MMORPG Concerto Gate.

Sources: Square Enix Music Online, Cocoebiz

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