Tenpei Sato

 is a video game composer and voice actor. His most notable works are his soundtracks for Nippon Ichi Software games, such as "Disgaea" and "Phantom Brave". He also provides voice-over for games and movies.
Biography.
Sato was born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan. He began playing piano at the age of six, and made his first composition, a piece for guitar, at the age of twelve. His first job was at Telenet Japan, where he composed the score for the action role-playing game "XZR" and popular side-scroller "Valis II". After leaving Telenet, he joined Glodia, and together with Nobuhito Koise, composed the soundtrack to the cult "Emerald Dragon". Later he would compose both "Vain Dream" with Abreath Nakamura and "Bible Master II". After leaving Glodia, he joined Birdie Software, and produced soundtracks for four of their games. Currently, he produces music for Nippon Ichi, which is where he has gained his greatest recognition, for games such as the "Marl Kingdom" series, ', ', and "Phantom Brave".
Musical style and influence.
Sato cites Queen, Claude Debussy, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Kate Bush as major musical influences.