# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shinji-hosoe
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:57:18.909Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shinji-hosoe"
name: "Shinji Hosoe"
slug: "shinji-hosoe"
description: "Shinji Hosoe , also known as Megaten and Sampling Masters MEGA, is a Japanese video game composer and musician most famous for scoring Ridge Racer, Street Fighter EX and many Namco arcade games between 1987 and 1996. He also runs the music production and publishing company SuperSweep, alongside long time collaborator Ayako Saso."
tagline: "Video game composer and musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.01408133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2780
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/shinji-hosoe-62865833/"
    handle:    "shinji-hosoe-62865833"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shinji_hosoe"
    handle:    "shinji_hosoe"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/1277388400"
    handle:    "1277388400"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://hosoe.cocoebiz.com/"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1549650/"
    handle:    "nm1549650"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0V7DFCGIyZzxdULoEiyDTb"
    handle:    "0V7DFCGIyZzxdULoEiyDTb"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR7K1T7eo6zWG9RC0Ivt5mA"
    handle:    "@megahanu"
    followers: 2780
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/283668"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "شينجي هوسوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "شينجى هوسوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "شینجی هوسوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Hosoe"
    title: "Shinji Hosoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Hosoe"
    title: "Shinji Hosoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "شینجی هوسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Hosoe"
    title: "Shinji Hosoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%B0%E6%B1%9F%E6%85%8E%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "細江慎治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%EC%86%8C%EC%97%90_%EC%8B%A0%EC%A7%80"
    title: "호소에 신지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Hosoe"
    title: "Shinji Hosoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/442c35ef-4bc2-40f5-8998-67c77504a693"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2740962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2238554"
    title: "Shinji Hosoe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump