is a video game music composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. She has composed musical scores for Capcom

Capcom

is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

 games including Resident Evil

Resident Evil (video game)

Resident Evil, known as in Japan, is a survival horror video game by Capcom. The first installment in the Resident Evil series, it was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and was subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn and PC. In 2002, a remake of the game was released for the Nintendo...

, Dino Crisis

Dino Crisis

is a survival horror video game by Capcom, originally released in 1999 for the PlayStation and later ported to Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast in 2000...

and Ōkami

Okami

is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console in 2006 in Japan and North America, and 2007 in Europe and Australia...

. is occasionally credited as Akari Groves, taking the last name of her husband.

Career

Kaida was a jazz piano major in college, spending her first year at the Osaka College of Music

Osaka College of Music

is a private university in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1915, and it was chartered as a university in 1958.-External links:*...

 before joining Capcom in 1994. She became a freelance composer in 2005, but still continued to work on various Capcom projects, most recently becoming part of the Inti Creates

Inti Creates

is a Japanese video game development company formed by ex-Capcom staff in May 1996, best known for the creation of the Mega Man Zero series and Mega Man ZX series...

 sound team for Mega Man

Mega Man

Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately...

games.

Works

• Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
• Night Warriors
• Resident Evil
  Resident Evil (video game)
  Resident Evil, known as in Japan, is a survival horror video game by Capcom. The first installment in the Resident Evil series, it was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and was subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn and PC. In 2002, a remake of the game was released for the Nintendo...
  
  
• Breath of Fire III
  Breath of Fire III
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation console as part of the Breath of Fire series. Initially released in Japan on September 11, 1997, the game was later released in North America and Europe in 1998. It is the first game in the franchise to...
  
  
• Trick'N Snowboarder
  Trick'N Snowboarder
  Trick'N Snowboarder, known in Japan as , is a snowboarding sports video game published by Capcom in 1999. It is the second snowboarding game developed by Cave and unlike the first, was developed for the home console market rather than the arcade....
  
  
• Mega Man & Bass
  Mega Man & Bass
  Mega Man & Bass, known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Capcom. It is a spin-off title in the original Mega Man series and was originally released exclusively in Japan on April 24, 1998 for the Super Famicom...
  
  
• Dino Crisis
  Dino Crisis
  is a survival horror video game by Capcom, originally released in 1999 for the PlayStation and later ported to Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast in 2000...
  
  
• Mega Man Battle Network
  Mega Man Battle Network (video game)
  Mega Man Battle Network, known as in Japan, is a video game developed by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance handheld console. It is the first of the Mega Man Battle Network series of video games...
  
  
• Mega Man Battle Network 5
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
  Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
  Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, released in Japan and Europe as , is an action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. It is the third game of the Onimusha series and was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 27, 2004. It was later ported to Windows on December 8, 2005.-Plot:The game opens...
  
  
• Ōkami
  Okami
  is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console in 2006 in Japan and North America, and 2007 in Europe and Australia...
  
  
• Mega Man ZX Advent
  Mega Man ZX Advent
  Mega Man ZX Advent, known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is the sequel to Mega Man ZX...
  
  
• Luminous Arc
  Luminous Arc
  is a tactical role-playing game from Marvelous for the Nintendo DS. Luminous Arc was released in Japan on February 8, 2007 and August 14, 2007 in North America by Atlus. The game was released in Europe on October 12, 2007 by Rising Star Games....
  
  
• Luminous Arc 2
• Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack
• Mega Man 10
  Mega Man 10
  Mega Man 10, known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Capcom and Inti Creates. It is the tenth main entry of the original Mega Man series...
  
  
• Mega Man Star Force 3
  Mega Man Star Force 3
  Mega Man Star Force 3, known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It was released in Japan on November 13, 2008 and in United States on June 30, 2009. The game was released with two versions: and...
  
  
• Walk It Out
• Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
  Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side
  is a female-oriented dating sim video game released by Konami for the PlayStation 2 game console on June 20, 2002. It was also rereleased with enhancements for the Nintendo DS as Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 1st Love on February 15, 2007...
  
  
• LovePlus
  LovePlus
  is a dating sim developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. Released on September 3, 2009 only in Japan.-Characters:Protagonist -Love Plus +:...
  
  
• Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Omise
• KE-TSU-I kizunajigokutachi [ARRANGE ALBUM]
• dodonpachi DAI-OU-JOU [arrange album]
• Chiptuned Rockman
• Mushihimesama Double Arrange Album
• Guwange Arrange Album + Original Soundtrack

External links

• Akari Kaida's homepage
• Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
  OverClocked ReMix
  OverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs with new technology and software, as well as by various traditional means...