Career
He has composed music for various games produced by Sega, including Virtua Fighter 2 and Shenmue. Mitsuyoshi"s name first gained major recognition after the release of Daytona United States of America, for which he had written all music and vocals. Aside from original compositions, he also arranges, provides vocals, and is a performer for a variety of projects, including South.S.T from 1988 to 1993, and from 2004 onwards.
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi"s music from Shenmue was performed live at the first Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany in 2003.
lieutenant was the first time that a concert featuring video game music was held outside Japan. Mitsuyoshi attended the world-premiere of Play! A Video Game Symphony at the Rosemont Theater in Rosemont, Illinois in May 2006.
His music from the Shenmue series was performed by a full symphony orchestra. This event drew nearly 4000 attendees.
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi joined the choir during the performance.
Foreign Symphonic Shades – Hülsbeck in Concert in 2008, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi arranged music from Apidya, by German composer Chris Hülsbeck. The event was performed by the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne in Cologne, Germany and marked the first live radio broadcast of a video game music concert.