Kenichiro Fukui
| Kenichiro Fukui | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 4, 1970 Hyōgo, Japan |
| Genres | Electronic music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, keyboardist |
| Instruments | Piano, organ, guitar, drums, keyboard |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels |
DigiCube Square Enix Universal Music Group Sony Music Distribution Dog Ear Records |
| Associated acts | The Black Mages |
Kenichiro Fukui (福井 健一郎 Fukui Ken'ichirō?) is a Japanese video game composer and electronic musician. Before working at Square Enix, he was employed at Konami. He was also an arranger and a keyboardist in the band The Black Mages. Additionally, Fukui arranged Angela Aki's "Kiss Me Good-Bye" from Final Fantasy XII. In October 2007, he left Square Enix to become a lecturer, although he continued to work with The Black Mages until the band dissolved in 2010, and continued to do freelance work with video games. His Konami Kukeiha Club nickname was "Funiki Fukui". He currently lives in Yokohama, Japan.
Fukui was born on March 4, 1970, in Hyōgo Prefecture. He joined the video game company Konami in 1990. While there, he contributed to the soundtracks of Lethal Enforcers, G.I. Joe and Violent Storm. He was also one of the keyboardists for the Kukeiha Club, and played in the live event at the Budokan in Tokyo.
In 1995, he moved to Osaka to join "Solid", a subsidiary of Square (now Square Enix). He was later transferred to Square's main office in Tokyo. While there, he wrote music for games such as Einhänder, Front Mission 5: Scars of the War, and Project Sylpheed, and did arrangements for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Hanjuku Hero 4: 7-Jin no Hanjuku Hero. He played the keyboard and organ for 2005's Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, the first game he worked on for which he neither composed nor arranged the music.
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