Shota Kageyama

Shota Kageyama (Japanese: 景山将太 Kageyama Shota) is a video game composer. He started as a composer in Procyon Studio, where he would collaborate for the soundtrack of Luminous Arc and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. After that, he joined Game Freak, where he did work on the soundtrack for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Pokémon Black and White, and Pokémon X and Y. He also worked on the music of Pokémon Origins.

On January 1, 2014, Shota Kageyama announced on his Twitter that he had left Game Freak to work as an independent composer. He noted that he's "graduating" from the company after having spent the past six and a half years there and is branching out to work with his new company, Spica Musica. However, he still maintains good terms with Game Freak, later working with them on Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, with an open possibility of continuing to collaborate in the future. He has also collaborated on Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U and Pokkén Tournament.

Discography

Kageyama's work appears on the following CDs:

• Pokémon HeartGold & Pokémon SoulSilver: Super Music Collection
• Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection
• Pokémon Black 2 & Pokémon White 2: Super Music Collection
• Pokémon X & Pokémon Y: Super Music Collection
• Pokémon Omega Ruby & Pokémon Alpha Sapphire: Super Music Collection

Game credits

• Luminous Arc (2007) - Composer, Manipulator
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Music Arrangement
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Music Composition
• Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Music (Lead), Interactive Sound System Design
• Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Pokémon Black Version and White Version Music
• Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Sound Director, Music
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (2014) - Music Arrangement
• Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (2014) - Music, Sound Management
• Pokkén Tournament (2015) - Guest Music Composer
• Pokémon Duel (2016) - Music

Song credits

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• Title/Ending (Super Mario World) -- Arrangement
• Opening (Donkey Kong) -- Arrangement
• Hidden Mountain & Forest -- Arrangement
• Obstacle Course -- Arrangement

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

• Title Screen -- Arrangement
• An Adventure Begins! -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Lyra -- Composition & Arrangement
• Obtained a Key Item! -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Level Up! -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Center -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Healed -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Boy 1) -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Victory! (Trainer Battle) -- Arrangement
• Route 30 -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Pokédex Evaluation... No Good! -- Arrangement
• Violet City -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Sage) -- Arrangement
• Poké Mart -- Arrangement
• Received a Pokémon Egg -- Arrangement
• Kimono Girl -- Arrangement
• Picked Up an Item! -- Arrangement
• Ruins of Alph -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Unown -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation: You're on Your Way -- Arrangement
• Azalea Town -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Team Rocket) -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Battle! (Team Rocket) -- Arrangement
• Route 34 -- Arrangement
• A Rival Appears! -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Evolution -- Arrangement
• Congratulations! Your Pokémon Evolved! -- Arrangement
• Goldenrod City -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Gym -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Battle! (Gym Leader—Johto Version) -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Gym Leader) -- Arrangement
• Received a Gym Badge! -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Pokémon Channel -- Arrangement
• Received a TM! -- Arrangement
• Goldenrod Game Corner -- Arrangement
• You're a Winner! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Obtained an Accessory -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Keep at It! -- Arrangement
• Bicycle -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Girl 1) -- Arrangement
• Registered in the Pokégear! -- Arrangement
• Obtained a Berry! -- Arrangement
• Ecruteak Dance Theater -- Arrangement
• Burned Tower -- Arrangement
• Eusine -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Professor Oak's Pokémon Talk -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Not Bad! -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Pokémon March -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Raikou) -- Arrangement
• Received a Pokémon! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 42 -- Arrangement
• Radio Transmission -- Arrangement
• Team Rocket HQ -- Arrangement
• A Rival Appears! (Version 2) -- Arrangement (w/Gō Ichinose)
• Radio Tower Occupied! -- Arrangement
• Move Deleted -- Arrangement
• Dragon's Den -- Arrangement
• Clair -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Entei) -- Arrangement
• Bell Tower -- Arrangement
• The Dance of Ecruteak -- Composition & Arrangement
• Ho-Oh Appears! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 26 -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Wild Pokémon—Kanto Version) -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Just a Little More! -- Arrangement
• Magnet Train -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Pokémon Lullaby -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Suicune) -- Arrangement
• Ethan -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Poké Flute -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Boy 2) -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Suspicious Figure 2) -- Arrangement
• Mt. Moon -- Arrangement
• Professor Oak -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Complete! -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Girl 2) -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Variety Channel -- Arrangement
• The Bug-Catching Contest Begins! -- Arrangement
• The Bug-Catching Contest -- Arrangement
• Bug-Catching Contest: Third Place -- Arrangement
• Bug-Catching Contest: Second Place -- Arrangement
• Bug-Catching Contest: Winner -- Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: In the Pokéathlon Dome -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Getting Changed -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Opening Ceremony -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: An Event Begins! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Event Time! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: In First Place! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Finals! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Results Announcement -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Medal Ceremony -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon Winner! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle Tower -- Arrangement
• Battle Tower Reception Desk -- Arrangement
• Received Battle Points! -- Arrangement
• Received Battle Points in the Battle Arcade! -- Arrangement
• Received Castle Points! -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Trainer Channel -- Arrangement
• Cleared Wobbuffet Pop! -- Arrangement
• Pokégear Radio: Route 101 -- Arrangement
• Pokéwalker -- Composition (w/Junichi Masuda), Arrangement
• Spiky-Eared Pichu Appears! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Kimono Girl) -- Arrangement
• Lugia Appears! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Victory Road -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Champion) -- Arrangement
• The Hall of Fame -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Super-Ancient Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: In the Pokéathlon Dome (GB Sounds) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Opening Ceremony (GB Sounds) -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Takuto Kitsuta)
• Pokéathlon: An Event Begins! (GB Sounds) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Results Announcement (GB Sounds) -- Composition & Arrangement

Pokémon Black and White

• Coronation Day -- Arrangement
• A New Adventure! -- Arrangement
• Onward to Adventure! -- Composition & Arrangement
• A Day of Beginnings -- Composition & Arrangement
• Nuvema Town -- Composition & Arrangement
• Hurry Along 1 -- Arrangement
• Juniper Pokémon Lab -- Composition & Arrangement
• Let's Go Together! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Accumula Town -- Composition & Arrangement
• Hurry Along 2 -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Center -- Arrangement
• Team Plasma Plots -- Composition & Arrangement
• Xtransceiver -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Youngster) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Evolution -- Arrangement
• There's Trouble! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokémon Gym -- Arrangement
• Skyarrow Bridge -- Composition & Arrangement
• Castelia City -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Clerk ♂) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 4 -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Backpacker) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Nimbasa City -- Composition & Arrangement
• An Unwavering Heart -- Composition & Arrangement
• Prisoner to a Formula -- Composition & Arrangement
• A Tight Spot During Battle! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Champion Alder -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 6 (Spring/Summer) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Scientist) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Chargestone Cave -- Composition & Arrangement
• Icirrus City -- Composition & Arrangement
• Dragonspiral Tower -- Composition & Arrangement
• Dragonspiral Tower Top Floor -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 4 (Summer) -- Arrangement
• Relic Castle -- Composition & Arrangement
• Light Stone/Dark Stone -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 10 -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Pokémon League -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Pokémon League Besieged! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Embracing One's Duty -- Composition & Arrangement
• N's Castle -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Pokémon Child, N -- Composition & Arrangement
• N's Dragon -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Dragon Awakens -- Composition & Arrangement
• Ghetsis' Ambitions -- Composition & Arrangement
• Farewell -- Composition & Arrangement
• Ending "Onward to Our Own Futures" -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Royal Unova -- Composition & Arrangement
• Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection -- Arrangement
• GTS -- Arrangement
• Route 4 (Autumn) -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Battle Subway Trainer) -- Arrangement
• Musical Theater -- Composition & Arrangement
• Received Props! -- Arrangement
• Musical: "Exciting Nimbasa" -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 6 (Autumn/Winter) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Black City -- Composition & Arrangement
• White Forest -- Composition & Arrangement
• Game Sync -- Composition & Arrangement
• Entralink -- Composition & Arrangement
• Begin an Entralink Mission! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Someone's Entralink -- Composition & Arrangement
• Mission Accomplished! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Mission Failed! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Undella Town (Summer) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Surf -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 4 (Winter) -- Arrangement
• Challenging a Battle Competition -- Composition & Arrangement
• Musical: Charming Munna -- Composition & Arrangement
• Musical: Meloettaaa!!! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokémon World Championships Final -- Arrangement
• Relic Song -- Composition & Arrangement

Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection

• Farewell (Refrain) -- Composition & Arrangement, Piano

Pokémon Origins

• Title Screen -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Trainer Battle) -- Arrangement
• Final Battle! (Rival) -- Arrangement
• Cycling -- Arrangement

Pokémon X and Y

• Title Screen -- Composition (w/Junichi Masuda), Arrangement
• Opening Movie -- Arrangement
• Kalos Region Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
• An Adventure is Beginning -- Composition & Arrangement
• Vaniville Town -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 1 -- Composition & Arrangement
• Aquacorde Town -- Composition & Arrangement
• Friends Theme "A New Meeting" -- Composition & Arrangement
• Obtained a Key Item! -- Arrangement
• It's a Pokémon Battle! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Friend) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Hurry Along 1 -- Arrangement
• Route 2 -- Composition & Arrangement
• Santalune Forest -- Composition & Arrangement
• Obtained an Item! -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Level Up! -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Youngster) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Lass) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Trainer Battle) -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Trainer Battle) -- Arrangement
• Santalune City -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokémon Center -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Healed -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Gym -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Gym Leader) -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Gym Leader) -- Arrangement
• Obtained a Gym Badge! -- Arrangement
• Obtained a TM! -- Arrangement
• Route 4 -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Poké Fan) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Lumiose City -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Sycamore Pokémon Lab -- Composition & Arrangement
• Professor Sycamore's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... You've Just Begun! -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Twins) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Camphrier Town -- Composition & Arrangement
• Together with Shauna -- Composition & Arrangement
• Poké Flute -- Arrangement
• Hurry Along 2 -- Arrangement
• Received a Pokémon Egg! -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... You're on Your Way! -- Arrangement
• Evolution -- Arrangement
• Congratulations! Your Pokémon Evolved! -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Swimmer♀) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Changed into Colorful Clothes (Boy) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Bicycle -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Hiker) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Obtained a Berry! -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Keep at It! -- Arrangement
• Tower of Mastery -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Successor Korrina) -- Arrangement
• Surf -- Composition & Arrangement
• How About a Song? "An Unwavering Heart" -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Kalos Power Plant -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Lightning of Prism Tower -- Composition & Arrangement
• Quiz Time in the Lumiose City Gym! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Friends Theme "Reunited" -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Not Bad! -- Arrangement
• Laverre City -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 15 -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Looking Good! -- Arrangement
• Move Deleted -- Arrangement
• Obtained a Mega Stone! -- Composition & Arrangement
• An Eternal Prison -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Legendary Pokémon Awoken -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Xerneas/Yveltal/Zygarde) -- Arrangement
• AZ -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 18 -- Composition & Arrangement
• Friends Theme "Friends Forever" -- Composition & Arrangement
• Snowbelle City -- Composition & Arrangement
• Changed into Elegant Clothes (Girl) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Ace Trainer) -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Pokémon League -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Elite Four) -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Champion) -- Arrangement
• The Sun Shines Down -- Composition & Arrangement
• I'll Go With You -- Composition & Arrangement
• KISEKI -- Composition & Arrangement
• FIN -- Composition & Arrangement
• The TMV Departs -- Composition & Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... It's Amazing! -- Arrangement
• Obtained Wallpapers! -- Arrangement
• Boutique -- Composition & Arrangement
• Coiffure Clips -- Composition & Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Elegant 2" -- Composition & Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Cool 4" -- Composition & Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Lively 2" -- Composition & Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Mature 1" -- Composition & Arrangement
• Another Chapter in Looker's Tale -- Composition (w/Hitomi Satō), Arrangement
• Looker's Theme -- Arrangement
• Emma's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
• Looker's Sorrowful Theme -- Composition (w/Hitomi Satō), Arrangement
• Berry Picker -- Composition & Arrangement
• Head It -- Composition & Arrangement
• Tile Puzzle -- Composition & Arrangement
• Tile Puzzle Complete! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Let's Super Train! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Start -- Composition & Arrangement
• Super Training! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Success! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Try Again... -- Composition & Arrangement
• Unlocked a New Super-Training Regimen! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Secret Super Training! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle Spot -- Composition & Arrangement
• Game Sync -- Composition & Arrangement
• Mystery Gift -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Mewtwo) -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Link -- Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

• Super Mario Bros. 3 Medley -- Arrangement
• N's Castle Medley -- Composition & Arrangement
• Quick Man Stage -- Arrangement

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

• Opening Movie: Setting out on a Journey in the Hoenn Region! -- Arrangement
• Opening Movie 2 -- Arrangement
• Title Screen: Main Theme -- Arrangement
• Introductions -- Arrangement
• Littleroot Town -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Route 101 -- Arrangement
• Oldale Town -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Trainer Battle) -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Team Aqua/Team Magma) -- Arrangement
• Rustboro City -- Arrangement
• Trainers' School -- Arrangement
• Crossing the Sea -- Arrangement
• Dewford Town -- Arrangement
• Slateport City -- Arrangement
• Leader's Theme (Team Aqua / Team Magma) -- Composition (w/Junichi Masuda), Arrangement
• Route 110 -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Triathlete) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Verdanturf Town -- Arrangement
• A Path We All Must Walk -- Composition & Arrangement
• Hold on Tight! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Southern Island -- Arrangement
• Explosive Encounters! Red and Blue -- Composition & Arrangement
• Route 120 -- Arrangement
• Safari Zone -- Arrangement
• Lilycove City -- Arrangement
• Museum -- Arrangement
• Red Orb / Blue Orb -- Composition & Arrangement
• The Slitherers -- Composition & Arrangement
• Five Furious Strikes! -- Composition & Arrangement
• Countdown to Destruction -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Scuba Diver) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Sootopolis City -- Arrangement
• Coexistence -- Composition & Arrangement
• Soaring Dreams -- Composition & Arrangement
• Soaring Illusions -- Composition & Arrangement
• Victory Road -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Elite Four) -- Arrangement
• Champion Steven -- Arrangement
• The Hall of Fame -- Arrangement
• Let's Go Home -- Composition (w/Gō Ichinose), Arrangement
• Ending Theme -- Arrangement
• The End -- Arrangement
• The Heirs to Eternity -- Composition & Arrangement
• Azoth -- Composition & Arrangement
• Sky Pillar -- Arrangement
• The Lament of Falling Stars -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Lorekeeper Zinnia) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Deoxys) -- Arrangement
• Starting of a New Beginning -Theme of Ωrαs- -- Composition & Arrangement
• Contest Lobby -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Contest Spectacular: Introductions! -- Arrangement
• Pokémon Contest Spectacular: Appeals! -- Arrangement
• Results -- Arrangement
• Contest Victor -- Arrangement
• Super-Secret Bases -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Poké Fan) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Street Thug) -- Composition & Arrangement
• Battle! (Regirock/Regice/Registeel) -- Arrangement
• Battle Resort -- Arrangement

Pokkén Tournament

• Ferrum Stadium -- Composition & Arrangement
• Tellur Town (Autumn) -- Composition & Arrangement

External links

• Shota Kageyama Official Website (Japanese)
• Twitter of Shota Kageyama (Japanese)
• Pokémon Composer Leaves Game Freak To Start New Venture on Siliconera

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