Masahiro Andoh

Masahiro Andoh
Born	September 16, 1954 (1954-09-16) (age 57) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Occupations	Composer, guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Associated acts	T-Square anmi2 Ottottrio

Masahiro Andoh (安藤 まさひろ, Andō Masahiro^?, born September 16, 1954) is a Japanese composer, guitarist and T-Square's leader from Aichi, Japan. He was also One-Third of "Ottottrio", a Superband led by 3 Japanese Guitarists, Himself, Hirokuni Korekata of KORENOS and Issei Noro of Casiopea.

Beside being its band member, Andoh is notable in video gaming circles as he wrote the music used in games such as Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits and Gran Turismo, most notably of the latter, Moon Over the Castle, its theme tune (which later became known to T-Square fans as Knight's Song). He is one of the performer on the band's composition, "Truth", the theme tune for Fuji Television's Formula One World Championship coverage (which has been in use since 1987) and F-1 Grand Prix video game series.

Discography

As a member of T-Square

• Lucky Summer Lady (1978)
• Midnight Lover (1978)
• Make Me a Star (1979)
• Rockoon (1980)
• Magic (1981)
• Temptation of Legs (1982)
• The Water of the Rainbow (1983)
  • Both "Temptation of Legs" and "The Water of the Rainbow" were marketed under their native Japanese Names.
• Adventures (1984)
• Stars and the Moon (1984)
• RESORT (1985)
• SPORTS (1986)
• Truth (1987)
  • The song from which this album gets its name, "Truth" (released 1987), and its various remixes, such as Truth 1991 (with Masato Honda instead of Takeshi Itoh), Truth 21c (2001, with Takeshi Itoh, as T-Square Plus), Truth (Drum and Bass Remix featuring Resonance-T, 2003), Truth (20th Anniversary Version, featuring Evolution-K, 2006), etcetera) have been used as Opening Themes for Japan's Formula 1 Races from 1987 to 2006.
• Yes, No (1988)
• Wave (1989)
• Natural (1990)
• NEW-S (1991)
• Refreshest (1991)
• Impressive (1992)
• Human (1993)
• Summer Planet(1994)
  • Marketed under its Japanese Name.
• Welcome to the Rose Garden (1995)
• B.C. A.D. (1996)
• Blue in Red (1997)
• Gravity (1998)
• Sweet & Gentle (1999)
• T-Square (2000)
• Friendship (2000)
• Brasil (2001)
• Truth 21c (2001)
  • This album, as the name implies, includes an arrangement of the song, "Truth", from the 1987 Album of the same name. It also includes arrangements of other well-known T-Square songs.
• New Road, Old Way (2002)
• Spirits (2003)
• T Comes Back (2003)
• Groove Globe (2004)
• Passion Flower (2005)
• Blood Music (2006)
• 33 (2007)
• Wonderful Days (2008)
• Discoveries (2009)
• Time Travel (2010)
  • Marketed under its Japanese name.
• Treasured Songs – T-Square plays The Square (Original Title, たからのうた/Takara no Uta – T-Square plays The Square, 2010)*
  • As the title implies, this album includes T-Square covering their music from 1978 to 1988, when they were known as "The Square".

As a member of Ottottrio

• Super Guitar Session Hot Live! (1989)
• Super Guitar Session Red Live! (1989)
• Triptytch (1998)
• T Comes Back (2003)¹
• T-Square 25th Anniversary (2003 DVD)²
• Casiopea vs. The Square ¹

• ¹ denotes that, although Ottottrio has nothing to do with a Recording, Issei Noro played on it.
• ² denotes that, although Ottottrio has nothing to do with a Recording, Hirokuni Korekata played on it.

As a Solo Artist

• Melody Book (1986)
• Melody-go-Round (1990)
• Andy's (1996)
  • Includes the original version of "Moon over the Castle".

As a Videogame Composer

• Arc the Lad (1995)
• Arc the Lad II (1996)
• Gran Turismo (1997)
• Arc the Lad III (1999)
• Gran Turismo 2 (1999)
• Arc the Lad Collection (2002)
• Arc the Lad: End of Darkness (2004)
• Gran Turismo 4 (2004)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (2007)
• Gran Turismo 5 (2010)

External links

• Profile on T-Square official website

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