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Ippo Yamada

Ippo Yamada (山田 一法) is a former Capcom employee who joined in 1993 as a sound designer, originally credited as just Ippo (not to be confused with Izuho Numata [composer of Phantasy Star III and IV], who used the same alias). He departed from the company in 1996, following his work on Resident Evil, but wouldn't wind up straying too far from it.

Between 1996 and 2001, Yamada was involved with a few titles outside of Capcom, including Love & Destroy, Kahen Soukou Gunbike: Speed Power Gunbike and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children: Shiro no Sho.

In 2001, Yamada became the sound department head of Inti Creates, a second party developer for Capcom founded by its former staff members. As such, he acted as sound director and main composer for the Mega Man Zero and Mega Man ZX series as well as the sound director for both Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10. He was also involved with the Crayon Shin-Chan GBA games developed by Inti and published by Banpresto.

Yamada is also a musician, frequently utilizing keyboards, vocorder and bass in collaboration with synthesizers and both sound and voice effects. This is demonstrated in the Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero album collection as well as other arrangement albums published by Inti Creates, most of which were directed and/or produced by Yamada. He was also a member of the now disbanded GeOnDan.

Production History

Song Credits

Mega Man Zero

  • Title - Intro - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Crash - Short Loop - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • The ruins of lab -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Captive Legend -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Cyber Elf -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Theme of Zero (from Rockman X) -- Arrangement
  • Intermission -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Resistance -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Express UG -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Deadzone -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Scorching Desert -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Hell Plant -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Infiltration -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Emergency -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Guarder Room -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Crash -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Result of Mission -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Enemy Hall -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Neo Arcadia -- Composition & Arrangement
  • X, The Legend -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Fake -- Composition & Arrangement
  • The End of Legend -- Composition & Arrangement
  • For Endless Fight -- Composition & Arrangement
  • End Title -- Arrangement
  • Area of Zero / Main Theme of Zero -- Composition & Arrangement

Mega Man Zero 2

  • Title II -- Arrangement
  • For Endless Fight II -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Departure -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Crash II -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Sand Triangle -- Composition (w/Tsutomu Kurihara)
  • Imminent Storm -- Arrangement
  • Neo Arcadia II -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Spreading Darkness -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Combustion -- Arrangement
  • Result of Mission II -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Harpuia -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Dark Elf -- Arrangement
  • In Mother's Light -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Awakening Will -- Composition & Arrangement

Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero

  • Title -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ciel's Memory _ Prologue -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • The ruins of lab -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Captive Legend -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Cyber Elf -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Theme of Zero (from Rockman X) -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Guarder Room -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Crash -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Result of Mission -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ciel's Memory _ Rebirth from Zero -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Intermission -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Resistance -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Express UG -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Deadzone -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Scorching Desert -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ciel's Memory _ The Big Four -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Hell Plant -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Infiltration -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Emergency -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Enemy Hall -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Neo Arcadia -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ciel's Memory _ Truth of Hero -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Fake -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ciel's Memory _ Epilogue -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • For Endless Fight -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Area of Zero / Main Theme of Zero -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming

Mega Man Zero 3

  • Title III -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Neo Arcadia March -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Forbidden Ark -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Break Out -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Darkness over World -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Exiled One - Omega - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Omega Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Curse of Vile -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Prismatic -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Visor Eyes -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Reborn Mechanics -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Créer and Prier -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Crash III -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Final Count Down -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Omega Missile -- Composition & Arrangement
  • For Endless Fight III -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Sand Triangle II -- Composition (w/Tsutomu Kurihara), Arrangement
  • Infiltration II -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Neo Arcadia III -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Cold Smile -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Trail on Powdery Snow -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Submerged Memory -- Composition & Arrangement
  • High-Speed Lift -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Scrapped Beat -- Arrangement
  • Result of Mission III -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Hell's Gate Open -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Curse of Vile - Stage Version - -- Composition & Arrangement [NOTE: Also known as "Pandemonium"]
  • Judgement Day -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Return to Zero -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Apocalypse Now -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Cannon Ball -- Composition & Arrangement
  • I, 0 Your Fellow -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Everlasting Red -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Labo - System-a-Ciel - -- Arrangement

Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero: Idea

  • Title II -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • For Endless Fight II -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Departure -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Crash II -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Result of Mission II -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • X, The Legend -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming [NOTE: Heard in the "Ciel's Memory" drama tracks from the previous album, but on its own here]
  • Sand Triangle -- Composition (w/Tsutomu Kurihara), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Imminent Storm - Uneasy arrange - -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Neo Arcadia II -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Spreading Darkness -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Combustion -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Harpuia -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • The End of Legend -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming [NOTE: Heard in the "Ciel's Memory" drama tracks from the previous album, but on its own here]
  • Dark Elf -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • In Mother's Light -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Awakening Will -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Clover -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming

Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero: Telos

  • Title III -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Neo Arcadia March -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Forbidden Ark -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Break Out -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Darkness over World -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Exiled One -Omega- -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Omega Battle -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Curse of Vile -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Result of Mission III -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Prismatic -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Visor Eyes -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Reborn Mechanics -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Créer and Prier -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Crash III -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Final Count Down -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Omega Missile -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Dark Elf -Arrange- -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • For Endless Fight III -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Sand Triangle II -- Composition (w/Tsutomu Kurihara), Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Infiltration II -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Neo Arcadia III -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Cold Smile -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Trail on Powdery Snow -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Submerged Memory -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • High-Speed Lift -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Hell's Gate Open -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Scrapped Beat -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Judgement Day -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Return to Zero -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Apocalypse Now -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Cannon Ball -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • I, 0 Your Fellow -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Everlasting Red -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Labo -System-a-Ciel- -- Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Retrospect1_Elf War -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Record1_Clockwork Apple -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Record2_Irregular Passion -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Decision_Eight Gentle Judges -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Diary_Alouette's Good Day -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Will1_Vile Numbers -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Will2_Light and Shadow -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Will3_Stand and Fight -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Will4_With Our Justice -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Retrospect2_Dream's Never End -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming

Mega Man Zero 4

  • Title IV -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Caravan - Hope for Freedom - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Elves Dance -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Visor Eyes II -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Fragile Border -- Composition & Arrangement
  • On the Edge -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Kraft -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Exodus -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Crash IV -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Straight Ahead -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Rust and Dust -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Ragnarok -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Fate - Theme of Vile - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Ciel d'aube -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Promise - Next New World - -- Words (w/Yu Mizuki)

Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero: Physis

  • Title IV -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ragnarok Record -Prologue- Gjallarhorn -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Caravan - Hope for Freedom - -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Elves Dance -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Fragile Border -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • On the Edge -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Kraft -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ragnarok Record -At Prison- Valhol -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Exodus -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Crash IV -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Straight Ahead -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ragnarok Record -At Control room- Laevatein -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Rust and Dust -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ragnarok -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Fate - Theme of Vile - -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Ragnarok Record -Final battle- Ragnarok -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Ciel d'aube -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Freesia -- Words (w/Yu Mizuki)

Mega Man ZX

  • Awake - Prologue Version - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Crisis Zone -- Composition & Arrangement
  • En-trance Code -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Cinq Ville - c`est notre espoir - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Trinity -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Dance-macabre -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Metallic Soul -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Onslaught -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Phalanx -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Black Burn -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Fate - deep-seated grudge -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Babel Tower -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Awake - Epilogue Version - -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Dream Weaver -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Cannon Ball - Hard Revenge - -- Composition & Arrangement

Rockman ZX Soundtrack: ZX Tunes

  • Innocence -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Awake -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • En-trance Code -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Cinq Ville - c`est notre espoir - -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Metallic Soul -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Babel Tower -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Fate - deep-seated grudge -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Black Burn - Electpital Dance - -- Composition
  • Innocence - PV Version - -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Crisis Zone -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Trinity -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Dance-macabre -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Onslaught -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Black Burn -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Phalanx -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Dream Weaver -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Cannon Ball - Hard Revenge - -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming

Mega Man ZX Advent

  • Relief -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Target Chaser -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Slam Down -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Dive into Depth -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Dance Macabre -Second Act- -- Composition & Arrangement
  • The Chosen One -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Uroboros -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Mirai e Tsuzuku Kaze -- Composition & Arrangement, Keyboards, Computer Programming

Rockman ZX Advent Soundtrack: ZXA Tunes

  • Go for It! -- Composition
  • Relief -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Target Chaser -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Slam Down -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Dive into Depth -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Dance Macabre -Second Act- -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • Uroboros -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming
  • The Chosen One -- Composition, Keyboards (w/Luna Umegaki), Computer Programming

Rockman ZX Soundsketch "ZX Gigamix"

  • The Chosen One - Gigamix Ver. - -- Composition, Keyboards, Vocorder, Bass, Computer Programming
  • Soundsketch _ Grey Capsule -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • ZXportrait _ Death and Witch -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Soundsketch _ Help Fleuve! -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Flow of the Times -- Composition, Keyboards, Vocorder, Bass, Computer Programming
  • ZXportrait _ Girls Bravo -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • En-trance Code - Gigamix Ver. - -- Composition, Keyboards, Vocorder, Bass, Computer Programming
  • Soundsketch _ Reconstruction of Cinq Ville -- Sound Effect, Computer Programming
  • Awake - Gigamix Ver. - -- Composition, Keyboards, Vocorder, Bass, Computer Programming
  • Battle Giga Mixture -- Composition (w/Ryo Kawakami & Luna Umegaki)

Mega Man 9

  • Thunder Tornado (Tornado Man Stage) -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Staff Roll -- Composition & Arrangement

Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack

  • Thunder Tornado (Tornado Man Stage) -- Composition
  • Maze of Death -- Arrangement, Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Hikaru Asu e -- Composition

Chiptuned Rockman

  • Tornado Man Stage (Integer Spin mix) -- Composition
  • Oil Man Stage, Time Man Stage (200621978 mix) -- Arrangement

Mega Man 10

  • Usual Day -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Future World -- Arrangement
  • Suspicion -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Silent Rain (Dr. Wily Stage 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Dr. Wily Stage Boss -- Composition (w/Hiroki Isogai), Arrangement
  • Abandoned Memory (Dr. Wily Stage 1) -- Composition (w/Hiroki Isogai)
  • After All -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Staff Roll -- Composition & Arrangement
  • Heart of Enker (Special Stage 1) -- Arrangement

Rockman 10 Image Soundtrack

Mega Man Zero Collection

  • Final Match -- Composition & Arrangement

Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero: Mythos

  • Final Match -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Departure - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Sand Triangle - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition (w/Tsutomu Kurihara), Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Resistance - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Neo Arcadia - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Enemy Hall - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Hell's Gate Open - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Straight Ahead - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • I, 0 Your Fellow - Interlude - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Everlasting -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Area of Zero - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming
  • Cannon Ball - Mythos Ver. - -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Keyboards, Computer Programming [NOTE: Secret track on album]

Rockman Zero Collection Soundtrack - résonnant vie -

  • Cyber Elf in Resonance -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami), Analog Synthesizer, Effects
  • For Endless Fight in Resonance -- Composition
  • Break Out in Resonance -- Composition
  • Trail on Powdery Snow in Resonance -- Composition
  • Cold Smile in Resonance -- Composition
  • Ciel d'aube in Resonance -- Composition
  • Awakening Will in Resonance -- Composition
  • Cannon Ball in Resonance -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Ryo Kawakami)
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