Daisuke Ishiwatari (石渡 太輔 Ishiwatari Daisuke, born August 14, 1973 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a Japanese video game developer, illustrator, musician, composer and voice actor. He is best known for creating the 2D fighting game series, Guilty Gear. He designed the characters and storyline, and wrote the music. He also provides the in-game voice for the characters Sol Badguy and Order-Sol.
His earliest work was a designer for SNK, working only on one game. The game was the historical fighter, The Last Blade. Recently, Daisuke, along with Yoshihiro Kusano, also wrote the music for BlazBlue.
Daisuke Ishiwatari is also noted as being a composer in the metal and rock genres. His compositions, found in his signature series, Guilty Gear, feature no lyrics, but intricate guitar work, as do his compositions found in BlazBlue. The albums Guilty Gear XX in LA and Guilty Gear XX in NY include vocals for selected songs, as do three albums in Japanese by the band Lapis Lazuli.
Queen is known as his favorite band.[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Original Soundtrack ~Consumer Edition~ (2009)
- Guilty Gear XX Λ Core - Secret Gig （2008）
- Aksys Games 2008 Promotional CD （2008）
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Original Soundtrack (2008)
- Guilty Gear 2 Overture Original Soundtrack Vol.1 （2007）
- Guilty Gear 2 Overture Original Soundtrack Vol.2 （2008）
- Guilty Gear Isuka Original Soundtrack （2004）
- Guilty Gear Original Sound Collection （1998）
- Guilty Gear Series Best Sound Collection （2003）
- Guilty Gear Sound Complete Box (2005）
- Guilty Gear X Heavy Rock Tracks ~ The Original Soundtrack of Dreamcast （2001）
- Guilty Gear X Original Sound Track （2000）
- Guilty Gear X Rising Force Of Gear Image Vocal Tracks -Side.I ROCK YOU!!- （2001）
- Guilty Gear X Rising Force Of Gear Image Vocal Tracks -Side.II SLASH!!- （2001）
- Guilty Gear X Rising Force Of Gear Image Vocal Tracks -Side.III DESTROY!!- （2001）
- Guilty Gear XX in L.A. Vocal Edition （2004）
- Guilty Gear XX in N.Y Vocal Edition （2004）
- Guilty Gear XX Original Soundtrack （2002）
- Guilty Gear XX Sound Alive （2003)
External links
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Daisuke Ishiwatari discography at MusicBrainz
- Daisuke Ishiwatari at the Internet Movie Database
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