Tokuhiko Uwabo (上保徳彦) is a composer of Japanese video game music who helped create Sega's early sound. He is best known for Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd and Columns and is usually credited under the nicknames "Bo", "Noah Toku", and "Hairy Uwa."

First composition was The Black Onyx for the SG-1000. Then he scored the music for the Master System / SG-1000 Mark III games...

• Alex Kidd in Miracle World
• Phantasy Star
• Akai Koudan Zillion
• Zillion II
• Sukeban Deka II
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
• Choplifter

and ported the music of these games from their native machines to the Master System:

• Fantasy Zone
• Space Harrier
• Ys

Also he wrote the music for the Columns, the arcade version, and for the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis games:

• Phantasy Star II
• Space Harrier II
• Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
• Super Daisenryaku
• Super Monaco GP
• Naomichi Ozaki no Super Masters / Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf
• Sorcerian (Mega Drive port with Hiroshi Kubota)

As a producer or manager he worked in the music department of these Mega Drive games:

• The Super Shinobi (sound coordinator/sound programmer)
• Quackshot (sound producer)
• Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (sound advice)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (as member of Sega Sound Team)
• Sonic & Knuckles (as member of Sega Sound Team)
• Bare Knuckle / Streets of Rage
• E-Swat (sound producer)
• Battle Golfer Yui
• Panic!

External links

• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Sega Stars: Tokuhiko Uwabo, by Ken Horowitz
• Discography at GMLC (in Japanese)
• SMS Power! Forum thread