Motoi Sakuraba

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Motoi Sakuraba
Motoi Sakuraba
Born August 5, 1965 (age 60)[1]
Super Mario–related role Composer

Motoi Sakuraba (桜庭 統, born August 5, 1965) is a Japanese musician and video game composer. During his work at Camelot Software Planning, he worked as a composer of all games of the Mario Golf series and Mario Tennis series since 1999, when the original Mario Golf and Mario Tennis were released on the Nintendo 64. Other than said series, he also worked as a composer of other Nintendo games, such as those in the Golden Sun series and Kid Icarus: Uprising, and helped arrange songs for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Sakuraba's musical style revolves around the baroque style and Japanese progressive rock starting in the 1980s.

Games composed[edit]

Mario Golf series[edit]

Mario Tennis series[edit]

Other series[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Motoi Sakuraba Web Site 〜motion〜. Retrieved September 23, 2025.