Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life.

Even in Japan, I don't think that the game culture is established. For example, my father will watch movies but games don't appear in his life at all, I think that that's sad.

I just initiated the project where I write music for somebody else to write the lyrics and also for the orchestra to perform. I've just initiated the project. That leads the project into creating an independent label outside of game music.

I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums.

I receive more fan mail from the females.

And its very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a factor or element in Celtic music that is similar in music that we find in Japan, the United States, Europe, and even China and other Asian countries.

Games are considered to be in the sub-culture category, coming under movies, coming under manga or comics or animation, especially in Japan.