Masaya Matsuura

Masaya Matsuura
Masaya Matsuura at GameCity 2009, Nottingham
Born	June 16, 1961 Japan
Occupation	Game designer

Masaya Matsuura (松浦 雅也, Matsuura Masaya^?) (born June 16, 1961) is a video game designer and musician based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka on June 16, 1961, and majored in Industrial Society at Ritsumeikan University. He has worked extensively with music and images, and has been active with the J-Pop band, PSY • S (サイズ^?) (or PSYCHOLOGICAL S). Matsuura been credited with popularizing the modern rhythm-based music video game at his studio NanaOn-Sha.

In April 1983, shortly after his graduation from Ritsumeikan University, Matsuura met singer Chaka (Mami Yasunori) and founded PSY • S (サイズ^?). The band's first album, Different View, was released in 1985. The group's musical style is a mixture of experimental synthesizer, electric guitar, and vocals. Matsuura is the band's composer and arranger, and he performs using a Fairlight CMI synthesizer. He has also mastered the keyboard, guitar, and bass and he occasionally performs these instruments in stage as well.