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Masato Nakamura (中村 正人, Nakamura Masato, born October 1, 1958) is a Japanese musician, bass guitarist, and record producer. He is a member of the J-pop band Dreams Come True, which was formed in 1988 and went on to sell over 50 million CDs. He also composed the soundtracks for the video games Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992).

Career

Nakamura was originally a session musician before forming the "Cha-Cha & Audrey's Project" with Miwa Yoshida. In 1988, they formed the band Dreams Come True along with keyboardist Takahiro Nishikawa. In July 2002, he founded the record company "DCT Records" with Yoshida. They now serve as executive producers. Nakamura composes much of the catalog for Dreams Come True and arranges almost all of it.

On 22 June 2008, he married Mākii, the 20-year-old former lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band, High and Mighty Color.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Nakamura was picked by Sega to compose the music for the original Sonic the Hedgehog early in 1990. Later that year on 7 November, the game was revealed for the first time by being painted on the side of Dream Come True's tour bus. He was also in the middle of recording the band's fourth album, Million Kisses during Sonic the Hedgehog, and their fifth album, The Swinging Star during Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

In 2006, Nakamura contributed a remixed version of the ending theme from Sonic the Hedgehog 2, "Sweet Sweet Sweet", for the 2006 game Sonic the Hedgehog.

In 2022, Nakamura voiced the Siberian champion in the Japanese dub of the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film.

Other musical activity

He has also composed music for various television commercials.

References

1. "DREAMS COME TRUE WONDERLAND 2007特集" (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. 13 February 2007. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
2. "ドリカム中村正人が結婚！お相手は２９歳年下" (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. 2 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
3. "Masato Nakamura interview". Sonic Retro. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
4. 中村正人(DREAMS COME TRUE)がまさかの役柄で映画吹替初挑戦、ソニックと30年越し共演!!. sega.jp. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
5. "Dreams Come True - DCTJoy.com: Discography: Soundtracks". DCTJoy.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

External links

• Masato Nakamura's blog
• Dreams Come True website

• 1958 births
• Composers from Tokyo
• Dreams Come True (band)
• Japanese male composers
• Japanese session musicians
• Living people
• Japanese male bass guitarists
• People from Chōfu, Tokyo
• Japanese video game composers