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.

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 6 and a half years there and is branching out to work with 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

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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Arrangement
• Ho-Oh Appears! -- Composition and 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 and 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 and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Getting Changed -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Opening Ceremony -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: An Event Begins! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Event Time! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: In First Place! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Finals! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Results Announcement -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Medal Ceremony -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon Winner! -- Composition and 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 and Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Kimono Girl) -- Arrangement
• Lugia Appears! -- Composition and 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 and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Opening Ceremony (GB Sounds) -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Takuto Kitsuta)
• Pokéathlon: An Event Begins! (GB Sounds) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokéathlon: Results Announcement (GB Sounds) -- Composition and Arrangement

Pokémon Black and White

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

Pokémon X and Y

• Title Screen -- Composition (w/Junichi Masuda), Arrangement
• Opening Movie -- Arrangement
• Kalos Region Theme -- Composition and Arrangement
• An Adventure is Beginning -- Composition and Arrangement
• Vaniville Town -- Composition and Arrangement
• Route 1 -- Composition and Arrangement
• Aquacorde Town -- Composition and Arrangement
• Friends Theme "A New Meeting" -- Composition and Arrangement
• Obtained a Key Item! -- Arrangement
• It's a Pokémon Battle! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Friend) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Hurry Along 1 -- Arrangement
• Route 2 -- Composition and Arrangement
• Santalune Forest -- Composition and Arrangement
• Obtained an Item! -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Wild Pokémon) -- Arrangement
• Level Up! -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Youngster) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Lass) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Trainer Battle) -- Arrangement
• Victory! (Trainer Battle) -- Arrangement
• Santalune City -- Composition and 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 and Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Poké Fan) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Lumiose City -- Composition and Arrangement
• The Sycamore Pokémon Lab -- Composition and Arrangement
• Professor Sycamore's Theme -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... You've Just Begun! -- Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Twins) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Camphrier Town -- Composition and Arrangement
• Together with Shauna -- Composition and 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 and Arrangement
• Changed into Colorful Clothes (Boy) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Bicycle -- Composition and Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Hiker) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Obtained a Berry! -- Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Keep at It! -- Arrangement
• Tower of Mastery -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Successor Korrina) -- Arrangement
• Surf -- Composition and Arrangement
• How About a Song? "An Unwavering Heart" -- Composition and Arrangement
• The Kalos Power Plant -- Composition and Arrangement
• The Lightning of Prism Tower -- Composition and Arrangement
• Quiz Time in the Lumiose City Gym! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Friends Theme "Reunited" -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Not Bad! -- Arrangement
• Laverre City -- Composition and Arrangement
• Route 15 -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... Looking Good! -- Arrangement
• Move Deleted -- Arrangement
• Obtained a Mega Stone! -- Composition and Arrangement
• An Eternal Prison -- Composition and Arrangement
• The Legendary Pokémon Awoken -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Xerneas/Yveltal/Zygarde) -- Arrangement
• AZ -- Composition and Arrangement
• Route 18 -- Composition and Arrangement
• Friends Theme "Friends Forever" -- Composition and Arrangement
• Snowbelle City -- Composition and Arrangement
• Changed into Elegant Clothes (Girl) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Ace Trainer) -- Composition and Arrangement
• The Pokémon League -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Elite Four) -- Arrangement
• Battle! (Champion) -- Arrangement
• The Sun Shines Down -- Composition and Arrangement
• I'll Go With You -- Composition and Arrangement
• KISEKI -- Composition and Arrangement
• FIN -- Composition and Arrangement
• The TMV Departs -- Composition and Arrangement
• Pokédex Evaluation... It's Amazing! -- Arrangement
• Obtained Wallpapers! -- Arrangement
• Boutique -- Composition and Arrangement
• Coiffure Clips -- Composition and Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Elegant 2" -- Composition and Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Cool 4" -- Composition and Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Lively 2" -- Composition and Arrangement
• PR Video BGM "Mature 1" -- Composition and Arrangement
• Another Chapter in Looker's Tale -- Composition (w/Hitomi Satō), Arrangement
• Looker's Theme -- Arrangement
• Emma's Theme -- Composition and Arrangement
• Looker's Sorrowful Theme -- Composition (w/Hitomi Satō), Arrangement
• Berry Picker -- Composition and Arrangement
• Head It -- Composition and Arrangement
• Tile Puzzle -- Composition and Arrangement
• Tile Puzzle Complete! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Let's Super Train! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Start -- Composition and Arrangement
• Super Training! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Success! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Try Again... -- Composition and Arrangement
• Unlocked a New Super-Training Regimen! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Secret Super Training! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle Spot -- Composition and Arrangement
• Game Sync -- Composition and 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 and 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 and Arrangement
• Verdanturf Town -- Arrangement
• A Path We All Must Walk -- Composition and Arrangement
• Hold on Tight! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Southern Island -- Arrangement
• Explosive Encounters! Red and Blue -- Composition and Arrangement
• Route 120 -- Arrangement
• Safari Zone -- Arrangement
• Lilycove City -- Arrangement
• Museum -- Arrangement
• Red Orb / Blue Orb -- Composition and Arrangement
• The Slitherers -- Composition and Arrangement
• Five Furious Strikes! -- Composition and Arrangement
• Countdown to Destruction -- Composition and Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Scuba Diver) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Sootopolis City -- Arrangement
• Coexistence -- Composition and Arrangement
• Soaring Dreams -- Composition and Arrangement
• Soaring Illusions -- Composition and 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 and Arrangement
• Azoth -- Composition and Arrangement
• Sky Pillar -- Arrangement
• The Lament of Falling Stars -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Lorekeeper Zinnia) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Deoxys) -- Arrangement
• Starting of a New Beginning -Theme of Ωrαs- -- Composition and 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 and Arrangement
• Trainers' Eyes Meet (Street Thug) -- Composition and Arrangement
• Battle! (Regirock/Regice/Registeel) -- Arrangement
• Battle Resort -- Arrangement

Pokkén Tournament

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

External links

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

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