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Toru Minegishi​

Toru Minegishi

Full name	Toru Minegishi
Native name	峰岸透 (みねぎし とおる)
Pseudonym
Born	1975 (Age 49-50) Shibukawa, Japan
Died
Occupation	Composer
Role(s)	Composer Sound director
Instrument(s)	Keyboards Synthesizer Guitar Drums Melodica
First game	Splatoon
Latest game	Splatoon 3
Splatoon games worked on

Toru Minegishi is a composer who has been working for Nintendo since 1998 and is the sound director and lead composer for Splatoon and Splatoon 2, and also continues to compose music for Splatoon 3. He has composed a number of songs performed by various fictional bands appearing in the games, such as Squid Squad, Hightide Era, Turquoise October, and Wet Floor.

Song credits

Splatune (Splatoon Original Soundtrack)

Squid Squad

• Opening
• Splattack! (Jam Session)
• Splattack!
• Ink or Sink
• Seaskape
• Kraken Up
• Metalopod
• Now or Never!
• Victory! – Jingle
• Battle Victory
• Defeat – Jingle
• Battle Defeat
• Splattack! (E3 2014)

Hightide Era

• Hooked
• Sucker Punch

Others

• Player Editor
• Visiting Inkopolis
• Inkopolis Tutorial
• Plaza
• Lobby
• Splatfest – Theme Announcement
• Splatfest – Final Results
• Got It!
• Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme
• Octo Valley

Bob Dub

• Dubble Bath

Turquoise October

• Eight-Legged Advance
• Tentacular Circus
• Cephaloparade
• Inkstrike Shuffle
• Octoweaponry
• Hero Mode - Onward!
• Hero Mode - SPLAT!
• Sunken Scroll

DJ Octavio

• I am Octavio

Splatoon Live in Makuhari -Shiokalive-

Squid Sisters

• Now or Never! (1st Concert)
• Now or Never! (2nd Concert)
• Now or Never!

Others

• Splattack! ~ Shellfie (Inkredible New Stages and Gear)
• Splattack! (New Stage Squid Dance)

Splatune 2 (Splatoon 2 Original Soundtrack)

Wet Floor

• Opening (Wet Floor)
• Inkoming!
• Rip Entry
• Undertow
• Don't Slip
• Endolphin Surge
• Now or Never!
• You Got Them!
• Turf Master
• They Got You!
• Ink Another Day
• Inkoming! (Cloud Edit)

Others

• Slip into Inkopolis Square
• Getting Squared Away
• Inkopolis Square
• Without a Dop Doubt
• The Shoal
• Got It!
• Low Tide
• January 2017 Trailer

Bob Dub

• Dubble Bath (DIY Remix)

Off the Hook

• Inkopolis News
• Splatfest Theme Drop
• Color Pulse
• Commence the Fest
• Ebb & Flow
• Acid Hues
• Muck Warfare
• Now or Never!
• You Got Them! (Splatfest)
• Fest Zest
• They Got You! (Splatfest)
• Party's Over
• Splatfest Results Drop

Turquoise October

• Octo Eight-Step
• The Girl from Inkopolis
• Buoyant Boogie
• Shooting Starfish
• Tentacular Circus
• Cephaloparade
• Story Mode: Onward!
• R.I.P. (Story Mode)

Octotune (Splatoon 2 Original Soundtrack)

Others

• Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme (Octo) / Character Creation
• TEST PASSED!
• Got That Thang!
• It's Over
• Mic Drop

Dedf1sh

• #0 shell
• #1 progress
• #2 ripped
• #11 above
• #19 bless

Off the Hook

• Here Comes Ultimate Doom
• Fly Octo Fly
• Ebb & Flow (Octo)
• Into the Light
• Ebb&FlowDemo.frsh (Sketch)
• Commence the Fest ~ MC1 (1st Concert)
• Color Pulse (1st Concert)
• Acid Hues (1st Concert)
• Muck Warfare (1st Concert)
• Ebb & Flow (1st Concert)
• Color Pulse
• Acid Hues
• Muck Warfare
• Ebb & Flow
• Now or Never!

Splatoon 2 Live in Makuhari -Tentalive-

Off the Hook

• Opening~MC1 (1st Off the Hook Live)
• Acid Hues (1st Off the Hook Live)
• Color Pulse (1st Off the Hook Live)
• Muck Warfare (1st Off the Hook Live)
• Into the Light (1st Off the Hook Live)
• Fly Octo Fly (1st Off the Hook Live)
• Ebb & Flow (Octo) (1st Off the Hook Live)

Others

• Inkoming! (1st Off the Hook Live)
• Splatocalypse (Final Splatfest Trailer)

Diss-Pair

• Seasick
• Kinetosis

Splatune 3 (Splatoon 3 Original Soundtrack)

C-Side

• Splattack!
• Now or Never!

Front Roe

• Sea Me Now
• Sandy Side Up

Others

• Got It!
• Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme
• The Crater
• Meeting the New Squidbeak Splatoon
• Our Bad
• Splattack! (18 February 2021 Trailer)
• Sea Me Now (1st Deep Cut Concert)

Turquoise October

• Crater Eighters Routine
• Mission Complete! (The Crater)

Octoplush

• Underwater Neon
• Flop to It
• Smoke and Mirrors
• Ride or Fry
• With Flying Colors
• Seep & Destroy
• Marine Machines

Deep Cut

• Now or Never!

All Swell

• Gilded Cage

Ancho-V Games

• Tableturf Three Turns Remaining

Ordertune (Splatoon 3 Original Soundtrack)

Marina

• Unconscience

Off the Hook VS Fire & Ice

• Suffer No Fools

Off the Hook

• We're So Back

Other credits

Title	Credit
Pokémon Stadium	Composer
Pokémon Stadium 2	Composer
Mario Artist: Talent Studio	Composer
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	Composer
Animal Forest	Composer
Animal Crossing	Composer
Super Mario Sunshine	Sound Effects
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	Composer
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour	Sound Effects
Mario Pinball Land	Sound Effects
Mario Power Tennis	Voice Actor
Yoshi Touch & Go	Composer
Mario Superstar Baseball	Voice Actor
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Composer
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	Composer
Wii Fit	Composer
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Arranger
Mario Super Sluggers	Voice Actor
Wii Music	Composer
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks	Composer
Steel Diver	Composer
Mario Kart 7	Sound Support
WaraWara Plaza	Composer
Super Mario 3D World	Composer
Steel Diver: Sub Wars	Composer
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U	Arranger
Mario Party 10	Voice Actor
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD	Sound Supervisor
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Composer
Super Mario Maker 2	Composer

Interviews

English

• Iwata Asks: Wii Fit
• Ask the Developer, Splatoon 3

Japanese

• Famitsu Splatoon, 10 Sep 2015
• Famitsu Splatoon, 14 Sep 2015
• Famitsu Splatoon, 2 July 2016
• Famitsu Splatoon 2, 17 Nov 2017
• Famitsu Splatoon 2, 24 Nov 2017
• Famitsu Splatoon 2, 1 March 2018
• Famitsu Splatoon 2, 21 July 2018
• Famitsu Splatoon 2, 22 July 2018

External links

• Toru Minegishi on Wikipedia