Troubadour Records

Troubadour Records is an independent Japanese record label, founded in 1992 by Shinji Hosoe.

The label was set up to release original (non-game) work by numerous video game composers. Some of the composers who have released material on the label include Hitoshi Sakimoto, Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara, Motoaki Takenouchi, Hayato Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Sano and Yasuhisa Watanabe, among many others.

Troubadour Records has also released music by some of Hosoe's side projects, such as Oriental Magnetic Yellow (a tribute band to Yellow Magic Orchestra) and Manikyua-Dan.

in 2000, Troubadour Records ceased its activities and Shinji Hosoe founded a new record label called Super Sweep Records