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Shinji Orito
Shinji Orito
Also known as	Gamma, Gunman
Born	July 30, 1973 (age 51)
Origin	Hyōgo, Japan
Genres	J-pop, Techno
Occupation	Composer
Instrument(s)	Keyboard, Synthesizer
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Key Sounds Label

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Shinji Orito (折戸伸治, Orito Shinji, born July 30, 1973) is a Japanese musical composer originally from Hyōgo, Japan working for the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Before forming Key, Orito worked for another software company named Leaf where he contributed to four games.^[1] After leaving Leaf, Orito transferred to another company named Tactics where he had a hand in the creation of three games for that company: Dōsei, Moon, and One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e. After forming Key, Orito has put much work into such famous titles as Kanon, Air and Clannad. Orito has been influenced by the famous Japanese composers Joe Hisaishi and Yuzo Koshiro.

Career

After graduating from high school, Orito worked at a bank, but due to a recession in the economy, the bank fell to restructuring, and Orito quit soon after. Orito found new work at the video game developer TGL composing music, but when a friend from high school named Naoya Shimokawa (now the president of Aquaplus) invited him to work for the video game developer Leaf, he accepted.

Starting in 1995, Orito composed music for three of Leaf's games: DR² Night Janki, Filsnown: Hikari to Koku, and Shizuku (precursor of To Heart).^[1] When Leaf's next game, Hatsune no Naisho!!, was under production, Orito quit Leaf. Orito got a part-time job working for a post office while providing outsourced musical composition for the video game developer Tactics under Nexton for the game Dōsei; afterward, Tactics hired Orito, who helped compose music for two more games: Moon and One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e.

In 1999, Orito and much of the staff behind Moon and One, including Jun Maeda, Itaru Hinoue, Naoki Hisaya, and OdiakeS, left Tactics to work for the video game publishing company VisualArt's, where they formed the company Key. Orito has composed music for all of Key's titles, though he contributed to only one track on the original soundtrack of Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet.

Music that Orito composes for Key is published on Key's record label Key Sounds Label. The label's first album, Humanity..., was produced by Orito for his temporary band Work-S. Orito was also the director for the remix album OTSU Club Music Compilation Vol.1, also on Key Sounds Label, and is a member of OTSU (Organized Trance Sequential Unit).^[2]

During his time at Key, Orito has provided outsourced musical composition for three games by three separate companies under VisualArt's. The first was for Sense Off by Otherwise, followed by Shoya Kinjō by Giant Panda, and finally Realize by Playm.^[1] In 2001, Orito composed the opening and ending themes for the anime series Please Teacher!. In 2006, Orito composed the song "Precious" on Mami Kawada's debut album Seed. Between December 2007 and August 2010, Orito was one of three personalities (the others being Itaru Hinoue and another woman named Chiro working for Pekoe, another visual novel studio under VisualArt's) on an internet radio show sponsored by Key in regards to the brand called Key Net Radio.^[3] Orito composed the music for Key's game Rewrite (2011) and its fan disc Rewrite Harvest festa! (2012).^[4]^[5] Orito released his album Circle of Fifth in October 2012. In 2016, Orito composed music for Key's game Harmonia.^[6]

Orito's musical roots are in producing dōjin music as a hobby. He used to visit a music BBS called Unison-BBS and named his dōjin circle Unison Label after the website, which has since gone offline. Many people were involved with the circle, which focused on a musical style similar to that featured in bishōjo games. The group was active between 1994 and 2000. During the time he worked with Tactics and later Otherwise, Orito was also a member of a professional group of composers known as the Unison Sound Team, in which he was known as either "Gamma" (がんま, Ganma) or "Gunman" (がんまん, Ganman).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Shinji Orito's visual novel contributions" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
^ "OTSU official website" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.
^ "Key Net Radio section at Key's official website" (in Japanese). Key. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
^ "Rewrite visual novel official website" (in Japanese). Key. Archived from the original on April 9, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
^ "Rewrite Harvest festa!" (in Japanese). Key. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
^ "Harmonia". Key. Retrieved September 15, 2016.

External links

Key's official website (in Japanese)
Key Sounds Label official website (in Japanese)
OTSU official website (in Japanese)
Shinji Orito at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[erogamescape-1] "Shinji Orito's visual novel contributions" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2007.

[2] "OTSU official website" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2007.

[key-radio-3] "Key Net Radio section at Key's official website" (in Japanese). Key. Retrieved January 29, 2008.

[4] "Rewrite visual novel official website" (in Japanese). Key. Archived from the original on April 9, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2008.

[5] "Rewrite Harvest festa!" (in Japanese). Key. Retrieved September 15, 2016.

[6] "Harmonia". Key. Retrieved September 15, 2016.

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-{{Nihongo|'''Shinji Orito'''|折戸 伸治|Orito Shinji|born July 30, 1973}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] musical [[composer]] originally from [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]], [[Japan]] working for the [[software company]] [[Key (company)|Key]]. Before forming Key, Orito worked for another software company named [[Leaf (company)|Leaf]] where he contributed to four games.<ref name="erogamescape">{{cite web|url=http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/creater.php?creater=939|title=Shinji Orito's visual novel contributions|accessdate=June 27, 2007|language=Japanese}}</ref> After leaving Leaf, Orito transferred to another company named [[Tactics (company)|Tactics]] where he had a hand in the creation of three games for that company: ''[[Dōsei]]'', ''[[Moon.]]'', and ''[[One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e]]''. After forming Key, Orito has put much work into such famous titles as ''[[Kanon]]'', ''[[Air (visual novel)|Air]]'' and ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''. Orito has been influenced by the famous Japanese composers [[Joe Hisaishi]] and [[Yuzo Koshiro]].
+{{Nihongo|'''Shinji Orito'''|折戸 伸治|Orito Shinji|born July 30, 1973}} is a Japanese musical [[composer]] originally from [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]], Japan working for the [[visual novel]] brand [[Key (company)|Key]] under [[VisualArt's]]. Before forming Key, Orito worked for another software company named [[Leaf (company)|Leaf]] where he contributed to four games.<ref name="erogamescape">{{cite web|url=http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/creater.php?creater=939|title=Shinji Orito's visual novel contributions|accessdate=June 27, 2007|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014201207/http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/creater.php?creater=939|archivedate=October 14, 2013}}</ref> After leaving Leaf, Orito transferred to another company named [[Tactics (company)|Tactics]] where he had a hand in the creation of three games for that company: ''[[Dōsei]]'', ''[[Moon (visual novel)|Moon]]'', and ''[[One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e]]''. After forming Key, Orito has put much work into such famous titles as ''[[Kanon (visual novel)|Kanon]]'', ''[[Air (visual novel)|Air]]'' and ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''. Orito has been influenced by the famous Japanese composers [[Joe Hisaishi]] and [[Yuzo Koshiro]].
 ==Career==
-After graduating from high school, Orito went to work at a bank, but due to a recession in the economy, the bank eventually fell to [[restructuring]], and Orito quit soon after. Orito originally found new work at the video game developer TGL [[Composer|composing]] music, but was invited by a friend from high school named Naoya Shimokawa (now the president of [[Leaf (company)|Aquaplus]]) to come work for the video game developer [[Leaf (company)|Leaf]], which Orito accepted. Starting in 1995, Orito composed music for three of Leaf's game: ''DR<sup>2</sup> Night Janki'', ''Filsnown: Hikari to Koku'', and ''[[Shizuku]]'' (precursor of ''[[To Heart (visual novel)|To Heart]]'').<ref name="erogamescape" /> While Leaf's next game ''Hatsune no Naisho!!'' was under production, Orito quit Leaf. Orito got a [[Part time|part-time job]] working for a post office while providing outsourced musical composition for the video game developer [[Tactics (company)|Tactics]] under [[Nexton]] for the game ''[[Dōsei]]''; afterwards, Orito was hired into Tactics where he helped compose music for two more games: ''[[Moon.]]'', and ''[[One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e]]''.<ref name="erogamescape" />
+After graduating from high school, Orito worked at a bank, but due to a recession in the economy, the bank fell to [[restructuring]], and Orito quit soon after. Orito found new work at the video game developer TGL [[Composer|composing]] music, but when a friend from high school named Naoya Shimokawa (now the president of [[Leaf (company)|Aquaplus]]) invited him to work for the video game developer [[Leaf (company)|Leaf]], he accepted.
+Starting in 1995, Orito composed music for three of Leaf's games: ''DR<sup>2</sup> Night Janki'', ''Filsnown: Hikari to Koku'', and ''[[Shizuku (video game)|Shizuku]]'' (precursor of ''[[To Heart (visual novel)|To Heart]]'').<ref name="erogamescape" /> When Leaf's next game, ''Hatsune no Naisho!!'', was under production, Orito quit Leaf. Orito got a [[part-time job]] working for a post office while providing outsourced musical composition for the video game developer [[Tactics (company)|Tactics]] under [[Nexton]] for the game ''[[Dōsei]]''; afterward, Tactics hired Orito, who helped compose music for two more games: [[Moon (visual novel)|''Moon'']] and ''[[One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e]].''
-In 1999, Orito and much of the staff who made both ''Moon.'' and ''One'', including [[Jun Maeda]], [[Itaru Hinoue]], [[Naoki Hisaya]], and [[OdiakeS]], left Tactics to work under the video game publishing company [[VisualArt's]] where they formed the company [[Key (company)|Key]]. At Key, Orito has composed music for all of Key's titles, though he only contributed to a single track on the original soundtrack for ''[[Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet]]''. Music that Orito composes for Key titles is published on Key's [[record label]] [[Key Sounds Label]]. The first album on the label, ''[[Humanity... (Shinji Orito album)|Humanity...]]'', was produced by Orito for his temporary band Work-S. Orito was also the director for the [[remix album]] ''OTSU Club Music Compilation Vol.1'', also on Key Sounds Label, and is a member of OTSU, standing for the Organized Trance Sequential Unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otsu.dj/|title=OTSU official website|accessdate=November 17, 2007|language=Japanese}}</ref> During his time at Key, Orito has provided outsourced musical composition for three games by three separate companies also under VisualArt's. The first was for the game ''Sense Off'' by Otherwise, followed by the game ''Shoya Kinjō'' by Giant Panda, and finally the game ''Realize'' by Playm.<ref name="erogamescape" /> In 2001, Orito composed the opening and ending themes for the [[anime]] series ''[[Please Teacher!]]''. In 2006, Orito composed the song "Precious" on [[Mami Kawada]]'s debut album ''[[Seed (Mami Kawada album)|Seed]]''. Between December 2007 and August 2010, Orito was one of three personalities (the others being [[Itaru Hinoue]] and another woman named Chiro working for Pekoe, another visual novel studio under VisualArt's) on an [[Internet radio]] show sponsored by Key in regards to the brand called ''[[Key Net Radio]]''.<ref name="key-radio">{{cite web|url= http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/gallery/radio/index.html|title=Key Net Radio section at Key's official website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|accessdate=January 29, 2008|language=Japanese}}</ref> Orito worked on Key's ninth game ''[[Rewrite (visual novel)|Rewrite]]'' with the composition of the game's music.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/rewrite/rewrite.html|title=''Rewrite'' visual novel official website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]| accessdate=March 31, 2008|language=Japanese}}</ref>
+In 1999, Orito and much of the staff behind ''Moon'' and ''One'', including [[Jun Maeda]], [[Itaru Hinoue]], [[Naoki Hisaya]], and [[OdiakeS]], left Tactics to work for the video game publishing company [[VisualArt's]], where they formed the company [[Key (company)|Key]]. Orito has composed music for all of Key's titles, though he contributed to only one track on the original soundtrack of ''[[Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet]]''.
-Shinji Orito's musical roots come from him producing [[dōjin]] music as a hobby. He used to visit a music [[Bulletin board system|BBS]] named Unison-BBS; Orito named his dōjin circle Unison Label after the website, which has since disappeared from the Internet. Many people were involved with the circle, which focused on a musical style similar to that of featured in [[bishōjo game]]s. This group was in operation between 1994 and 2000, well into Orito's professional career. During the time he worked with Tactics and later Otherwise, Orito was also a member of a professional group of composers known as the Unison Sound Team; under this group, Orito was known as either {{Nihongo|"Gamma"|がんま|Ganma}} or {{Nihongo|"Gunman"|がんまん|Ganman}}.
+Music that Orito composes for Key is published on Key's [[record label]] [[Key Sounds Label]]. The label's first album, ''[[Humanity...]]'', was produced by Orito for his temporary band Work-S. Orito was also the director for the [[remix album]] ''OTSU Club Music Compilation Vol.1'', also on Key Sounds Label, and is a member of OTSU (Organized Trance Sequential Unit).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otsu.dj/|title=OTSU official website|accessdate=November 17, 2007|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114185943/http://www.otsu.dj/|archivedate=November 14, 2007}}</ref>
+During his time at Key, Orito has provided outsourced musical composition for three games by three separate companies under VisualArt's. The first was for ''Sense Off'' by Otherwise, followed by ''Shoya Kinjō'' by Giant Panda, and finally ''Realize'' by Playm.<ref name="erogamescape" /> In 2001, Orito composed the opening and ending themes for the [[anime]] series ''[[Please Teacher!]]''. In 2006, Orito composed the song "Precious" on [[Mami Kawada]]'s debut album ''[[Seed (Mami Kawada album)|Seed]]''. Between December 2007 and August 2010, Orito was one of three personalities (the others being [[Itaru Hinoue]] and another woman named Chiro working for Pekoe, another visual novel studio under VisualArt's) on an [[internet radio]] show sponsored by Key in regards to the brand called ''[[Key Net Radio]]''.<ref name="key-radio">{{cite web|url= http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/gallery/radio/index.html|title=Key Net Radio section at Key's official website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|accessdate=January 29, 2008|language=Japanese}}</ref> Orito composed the music for Key's game ''[[Rewrite (visual novel)|Rewrite]]'' (2011) and its fan disc ''[[Rewrite (visual novel)|Rewrite Harvest festa!]]'' (2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/rewrite/rewrite.html|title=''Rewrite'' visual novel official website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|accessdate=March 31, 2008|language=Japanese|archive-date=April 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409202626/http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/rewrite/rewrite.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/rewrite_hf/index.html|title=Rewrite Harvest festa!|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|accessdate=September 15, 2016|language=Japanese}}</ref> Orito released his album ''[[Circle of Fifth]]'' in October 2012. In 2016, Orito composed music for Key's game ''[[Harmonia (visual novel)|Harmonia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/harmonia/#spec|title=Harmonia|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|accessdate=September 15, 2016}}</ref>
+Orito's musical roots are in producing [[dōjin]] music as a hobby. He used to visit a music [[Bulletin board system|BBS]] called Unison-BBS and named his dōjin circle Unison Label after the website, which has since gone offline. Many people were involved with the circle, which focused on a musical style similar to that featured in [[bishōjo game]]s. The group was active between 1994 and 2000. During the time he worked with Tactics and later Otherwise, Orito was also a member of a professional group of composers known as the Unison Sound Team, in which he was known as either {{Nihongo|"Gamma"|がんま|Ganma}} or {{Nihongo|"Gunman"|がんまん|Ganman}}.
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