is a Japanese

Japanese people

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 video game developer

Video game developer

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, illustrator

Illustrator

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, musician

Musician

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, composer

Composer

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 and voice actor. He is best known for creating the 2D fighting game

Fighting game

Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...

 series, Guilty Gear

Guilty Gear

is a series of sprite-based competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. It is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters, hard rock/heavy metal soundtrack, unique gameplay, and its numerous references to rock and heavy...

. He designed the characters

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 and storyline, and wrote the music

Music

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. He also provides the in-game voice for the characters Sol Badguy and Order-Sol, as well as Freed Velez in Battle Fantasia.

Ishiwatari worked with Arc System works on the first Guilty Gear as soon as he left school. Recently, Daisuke, along with Yoshihiro Kusano, also wrote the music for BlazBlue

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works. The game's name is a portmanteau of "blaze" and "blue," with the "z" sound omitted in the Japanese pronunciation, rendering it similar to the word "brave" in pronunciation....

, as well as painting the character selection portraits for the sequel, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

is a 2-D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. The game is the official sequel to BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. As with the previous game, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift first came to arcades before both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions as the game was currently released for the Taito Type...

More recently, Ishiwatari composed for Hard Corps: Uprising

Hard Corps: Uprising

Hard Corps: Uprising is a video game developed by Arc System Works. It is part of the Contra series and is a prequel to Contra: Hard Corps. Kenji Yamamoto, the producer, has said that the intention is to make the Hard Corps series into a brand new franchise. The player will play the role of Colonel...

.

Daisuke Ishiwatari is also noted as being a composer in the metal and rock genres. His compositions, found in his signature series, Guilty Gear

Guilty Gear

is a series of sprite-based competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. It is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters, hard rock/heavy metal soundtrack, unique gameplay, and its numerous references to rock and heavy...

, feature no lyrics, but intricate guitar work, as do his compositions found in BlazBlue

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

is a fighting game developed by Arc System Works. The game's name is a portmanteau of "blaze" and "blue," with the "z" sound omitted in the Japanese pronunciation, rendering it similar to the word "brave" in pronunciation....

. 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

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 is known as his favorite band.

Productions

• Guilty Gear
  Guilty Gear
  is a series of sprite-based competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. It is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters, hard rock/heavy metal soundtrack, unique gameplay, and its numerous references to rock and heavy...
  
   series (illustration, creation and BGM)
• Sangokushi Taisen DS (original Ba Tai design)
• Dimension Zero (card illustration)
• BlazBlue (sound director)
• Hard Corps Uprising (design, BGM)

Radio

• Cafe Arc
• Guilty Gear
  Guilty Gear
  is a series of sprite-based competitive fighting games by Arc System Works and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. It is popular with fans for its detailed anime-style graphics, original characters, hard rock/heavy metal soundtrack, unique gameplay, and its numerous references to rock and heavy...
  
   Web Radio
• Isotchi no Shūkan Shakishaki (guest appearance)
• Impress TV (guest appearance)
• BlueRadio (3rd guest appearances)
• Zoku - BlueRadio (12th guest appearances)

Albums

• Guilty Gear X Blazblue OST Live (2011)
• BlazBlue Song Accord #2 with Continuum Shift II (2010)
• BlazBlue Song Accord #1 with Continuum Shift (2009)
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Original Soundtrack ~Bonus Discs~ (2009)
• 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
  OverClocked ReMix
  OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs with new technology and software, as well as by various traditional means...