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Daisuke Ishiwatari (石渡太輔, Ishiwatari Daisuke, born August 14, 1973 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a Japanese-South African game developer and is best known for creating the famed 2D fighting game series, Guilty Gear. He designed the characters and storyline, and wrote the music. He also provided the in-game voice for the character Sol Badguy. His earliest work was a designer for SNK, working only on one game. The game was the cult historical fighter, The Last Blade. Daisuke Ishiwatari is also noted as being a skilled composer in the metal and rock genres. His songs, found in his signature series,...

Masaharu Iwata (岩田匡治, Iwata Masaharu, a.k.a. REZON, born October 26, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese video game music composer. This great friend of Hitoshi Sakimoto worked on many video games since 1987. His most well-known contributions include songs to Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Treasure Hunter G, Final Fantasy Tactics, Baroque, Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity, and, most recently, Children of Mana and Final Fantasy XII. He is now part of Basiscape, a video game music promotion company founded by Hitoshi Sakimoto. .