Wataru Hama (浜 亘) is a Capcom employee who joined in 1996 that has served as a sound effect designer since the fifth console generation, beginning with Resident Evil: Director's Cut followed by Resident Evil 2, working in conjunction with veteran sound designer Hideaki Utsumi and composer Shusaku Uchiyama.
Hama later became Sound Design Chief for the next game in the series, working with Tomoyuki Kawakami. Following this, though, he would reunite with his former colleagues for Devil May Cry and the Gamecube remake of the original Resident Evil. He later worked on the Monster Hunter series with designers Rika Kuroiwa and Masatomo Tajima.
Since 2004, Hama has also worked with T's Music on a few titles as Lead Sound Designer, particularly the Sengoku Basara series.
Production History[]
- Mega Man 8 (1996/1997) -- Special Thanks
- Resident Evil: Director's Cut (1997) -- Sound Design (Sound)
- Resident Evil 2 (PSX, PC and Dreamcast Versions) (1998/1999) -- Sound Design (Sound)
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PSX, PC and GCN Versions) (1999/2000/2003) -- Sound Design Chief (Sound)
- Resident Evil 2 (N64 Version) (1999) -- Sound Design (Sound) (Original Staff)
- Mega Man Legends 2 (2000) -- Special Thanks
- Devil May Cry (2001) -- Recording Engineer (Promotion Video Crew)
- Resident Evil (GCN Version) (2002) -- Special Thanks
- Gyakuten Saiban 3 (GBA Version) (2004) -- Voice
- Under the Skin (2004) -- Sound Effects
- Sengoku Basara (2005)
- Devil Kings (2005) -- Lead Sound Designer
- Sengoku Basara 2 (2006) -- Lead Sound Designer
- Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (2007) -- Sound Designer (Sound Crew) (Monster Hunter Freedom 2 Staff)
- Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes (2007) -- Lead Sound Designer
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (2008) -- Sound Designer (Sound Crew) (Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Staff), Sound Designer (Sound Crew) (Monster Hunter Freedom 2 Staff)
- Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace (2008) -- Sound Effects
- Mega Man Star Force 3: Red Joker (2008) -- Sound Effects
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (2010) -- Lead Sound Designer
- Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015) -- Sound Designer (Capcom Co., Ltd.) (Main Game Staff)
- Monster Hunter Stories (2016) -- Sound Designer