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|Box title = <center><b>Harumi Fujita</b><br>{{J|藤田晴美}}</center>

|image = File:BVP_Harumi_Fujita_2014.png

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|caption = Harumi Fujita, circa 2014

|Row 1 title = Birthplace:

|Row 1 info = [[wikipedia:Osaka|Osaka]], [[wikipedia:Japan|Japan]]<ref name=site>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120131074300/http://otoya.rocketserver.jp/profil.html Profile: Harumi Fujita]" (Japanese). Harumi Fujita's official site. Retrieved from archive.org. Accessed May 26, 2016</ref>

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|Row 2 info = 1961<ref name=site/>

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|Row 3 info = Music composer

|Row 4 title = Active years:

|Row 4 info = 1984 - 1999

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'''Harumi Fujita''' ({{J|藤田晴美}}) is a music and sound composer best known for her work at Capcom during the late 80's. She was sound designer and composer for several games in (among others) the Arcade, NES and SNES platforms, including the [[Strider (NES)|NES incarnation]] of ''Strider''. She was often credited as either simply "Fujita", "Misses Tarumi" or "Mrs. Tarumi".

==Early Days==

According to Fujita herself, her composer career was inspired by her father, who had a hobby playing records at home and she'd listen to a large variety of them everyday.<ref name=VGM>Greening, Chris (August 15, 2015). [http://www.vgmonline.net/harumifujitainterview/ "Harumi Fujita Interview: Ghosts, Goblins, and Gargoyles".] ''vgmonline.net''. Translated by Alex Aniel. Accessed May 26, 2016.</ref>

==Career==

===SNK===

After graduating from college, Fujita got an interview with SNK for a designer position, but she was chosen to compose music instead after seeing her resume and noting they had no composer at the company. As video game composing was still in its early stages, there were no specific software dedicated to it nor people to learn from, so Fujita had to figure out and research on her own. She remained at SNK for a year, composing music through programming using a hexadecimal computer and learning to use the technology available while enjoying "discovering things that no other person had done yet."<ref name=VGM/>

===Capcom===

After leaving SNK, Fujita moved into Capcom and joined the company's in-house sound team "Alph Lyla"<ref name=GSM>Alph Lyla wa Lyla (May 21, 1989). ''Strider Hiryû -G.S.M. CAPCOM 2-''. [CD]. Pony Canyon, D25B-1001. Liner Notes, pg. 1-2.</ref>. Initially she worked as sound designer and produced sound effects for early Arcade titles such as [[wikipedia:Ghosts_'n_Goblins|''Ghosts 'n Goblins'']] before making her first game soundtrack for the Arcade version of [[wikipedia:Bionic_Commando_(arcade)|''Bionic Commando'']]<ref name=VGM/><ref name=works>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20120130063310/http://otoya.rocketserver.jp/works.html GAMEWORKS]" (Japanese). Harumi Fujita's official site. Retrieved from archive.org. Accessed May 26, 2016</ref>. She continued composing soundtracks primarily for Capcom's NES catalog, including the [[Strider (NES)|NES version]] of the [[Strider (CPS-1)/Development|''Strider'' three-way project]]<ref name=works/>. She was also involved in the Arcade ''[[Strider (CPS-1)|Strider]]'''s official soundtrack release ''[[Strider Hiryu -G.S.M. Capcom 2-]]'', composing an arrange track titled "Snow in Savanna" alongside fellow team members [[w:c:capcom:Tamayo_Kawamoto|Tamayo Kawamoto]], [[w:c:capcom:Manami Matsumae|Manami Matsumae]] and the Arcade game's main composer, [[Junko Tamiya]].<ref name=GSM/>

Her final game for Capcom turned out to be [[wikipedia:Mega_Man_3|''Mega Man 3'']]. She composed three themes for it before having to abandon development due to maternal labor. Although she wanted to rejoin the team, her constant travels to the hospital prevented it and she regrettably retired from Capcom<ref name=VGM/>. Her duties in ''Mega Man 3'' were taken over by [[w:c:capcom:Yasuaki_Fujita|Yasuaki Fujita]], another composer unrelated to her but often mistakenly believed to be her husband.

===Freelance Years===

Afterwards, Harumi Fujita went freelance and continued working on video games for several companies<ref name=site/>, most notably returning to SNK to work on the shoot'em ups [[wikipedia:Pulstar_(video_game)|''Pulstar'']] and [[wikipedia:Blazing_Star|''Blazing Star'']]<ref name=VGM/><ref name=works/> and working for Capcom one more time in 1999 for the Game Boy Color version of [[wikipedia:Magical_Tetris_Challenge|''Magical Tetris Challenge'']]<ref name=works/>. In 1998 she composed for [[wikipedia:Whoopee_Camp|Whoopee Camp]]'s first [[wikipedia:Tomba!|''Tomba!'']] game, which reunited her with former Capcom producer [[wikipedia:Tokuro_Fujiwara|Tokuro Fujiwara]] (producer of the Arcade ''Strider''). She remembers the development being specially difficult and having to redo the music a lot due to the developers explaining the game's imagery to her<ref name=VGM/>. The game was also written by [[Patariro|Masahiko Kurokawa]], who was main designer in the NES ''Strider''.

Fujita continued working for video games until around 1999, after the company she was a part of folded. Wanting to do something different from the fixed patterns of video game music, she took the opportunity to try stage music and performances, and eventually worked on musicals<ref name=VGM/>. In 2014 Fujita joined Japanese label Brave Wave Productions and worked on their "Project Light" album, which saw her reunited with several colleagues from her Capcom days.<ref name=VGM/>

==Gameography==

{| class="wikitable"

|- style="text-align:middle"

!Year

!Title

!Developer

!Publisher

!System

!Role

|-

| 1984

| Mad Crasher<br />{{J|マッドクラシャー|Maddo Kurashā}}

| [[wikipedia:SNK|SNK]]

| SNK

| Arcade

| Sound Designer

|-

| 1985

| [[wikipedia:Ghosts_'n_Goblins|''Ghosts 'n Goblins'']]<br />{{J|魔界村|Makaimura}}

| [[wikipedia:Capcom|Capcom]]

| Capcom

| Arcade, [[wikipedia:Nintendo_Entertainment_System|NES]]

| Sound Designer

|-

| 1986

| ''The Speed Rumbler''<br />{{J|ラッシュ&クラッシュ|Rasshu to Kurasshu}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| Arcade

| Sound Designer

|-

| 1987

| [[wikipedia:Bionic_Commando_(arcade)|''Bionic Commando'']]<br />{{J|トップシークレット|Toppu Shīkuretto}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| Arcade

| Composer

|-

| 1987

| ''Higemaru Makaijima''<br />{{J|魔界島 七つの島大冒険|Makaijima Nanatsu no Shima Daibōken}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| NES

| Composer

|-

| 1987

| ''Ide Yosuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong''<br />{{J|井出洋介名人の実戦麻雀}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| NES

| Composer

|-

| 1987

| [[wikipedia:Tiger_Road|''Tiger Road'']]<br />{{J|虎への道|Tora e no Michi}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| Arcade

| Sound Designer

|-

| 1988

| [[wikipedia:1943:_The_Battle_of_Midway|''1943 Kai'']]<br />{{J|1943改 ミッドウェイ海戦|1943 Kai Middouei Kaisen}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| Arcade

| Composer

|-

| 1988

| [[w:c:capcom:Titan Warriors|''Titan Warriors'']]<br>(Cancelled)

| Capcom

| Capcom

| NES

| Composer

|-

| 1989

| ''[[Strider (NES)|Strider]]''

| Capcom

| Capcom

| NES

| Composer

|-

| 1989

| [[w:c:capcom:Willow_(video_game)|''Willow'']]<br/>{{J|ウィロー|Uirō}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| NES

| Composer

|-

| 1989

| [[wikipedia:Final_Fight|''Final Fight'']]<br />{{J|ファイナルファイト|Fainaru Faito}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| Arcade

| Composer

|-

| 1990

| [[wikipedia:Gargoyle's_Quest|''Gargoyle's Quest'']]<br />{{J|レッドアリーマー 魔界村外伝|Reddo Arīmā Makaimura Gaiden}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| [[wikipedia:Game_Boy|Game Boy]]

| Composer

|-

| 1990

| [[wikipedia:Chip_'n_Dale_Rescue_Rangers_(video_game)|''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'']]<br />{{J|チップとデールの大作戦|Chippu to Dēru no Daisakusen}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| NES

| Composer

|-

| 1990

| [[wikipedia:Mega_Man_3|''Mega Man 3'']]<br />{{J|ロックマン3Dr.ワイリーの最期!?|Rokkuman Surī Dokutā Wairī no Saigo!?}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| NES

| Special Thanks

|-

| 1994

| [[wikipedia:Skyblazer|''Skyblazer'']]<br />{{J|迦楼羅王|Karuraō}}

| [[wikipedia:Ukiyotei|Ukiyotei]]

| [[wikipedia:Sony_Imagesoft|Sony Imagesoft]]

| [[wikipedia:Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System|SNES]]

| Composer

|-

| 1994

| [[wikipedia:Panic_in_Nakayoshi_World|''Panic in Nakayoshi World'']]<br />{{J|パニック イン なかよしワールド|Panikku in Nakayoshi Wārudo}}

| Tom Create

| [[wikipedia:Bandai|Bandai]]

| SNES

| Composer

|-

| 1994

| ''[[wikipedia:Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon|Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon]] S: Kondo wa Puzzle de Oshioki yo''<br />{{J|美少女戦士セーラームーンS こんどはパズルでおしおきよ!|Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn S: Kondo wa Pazuru de Oshioki yo}}

| Tom Create

| Bandai

| SNES

| Composer

|-

| 1995

| ''Tottemo! Lucky Man! - Lucky Cookie Roulette de Totsugeki!!''<br />{{J|とっても!ラッキーマン! ラッキー クッキー ルーレットで突撃!!|Tottemo! Rakkī Man! Rakkī Kukkī Rūretto de Totsugeki!!}}

| Bandai

| Bandai

| SNES

| Composer

|-

| 1995

| [[wikipedia:Pulstar_(video_game)|''Pulstar'']]<br />{{J|パルスター|Parusutā}}

| [[wikipedia:Aicom|Aicom]]

| SNK

| Arcade, [[wikipedia:Neo_Geo_(console)|Neo Geo]]

| Composer

|-

| 1995

| [[wikipedia:Todd_McFarlane's_Spawn:_The_Video_Game|''Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Video Game'']]

| Ukiyotei

| [[wikipedia:Sony_Electronic_Publishing|Sony Electronic Publishing]]

| SNES

| Composer

|-

| 1995

| ''Zenkoku Jyudan''<br>{{J|全国縦断ウルトラ心理ゲーム|Zenkoku Jūdan Urutora Shinri Gēmu}}

| Ukiyotei

| Visit

| SNES

| Composer

|-

| 1995

| [[wikipedia:Tarot_Mystery|''Tarot Mystery'']]<br />{{J|タロットミステリー|Tarotto Misuterī}}

| Ukiyotei

| Visit

| NES

|

|-

| 1996

| [[wikipedia:Punky_Skunk|''Punky Skunk'']]<br />{{J|クーリースカンク|Kūrī Sukanku}}

| Ukiyotei

| Visit<br />[[wikipedia:Jaleco|Jaleco]]

| [[wikipedia:PlayStation|PlayStation]]

| Composer

|-

| 1996

| ''Fūun Gokū Ninden''<br />{{J|風雲悟空忍伝}}

| Aicom

| Aicom

| PlayStation

| Composer

|-

| 1996

| ''Karate Ninja Shō''<br />{{J|空手忍者 翔}} (Cancelled)<ref name=works/>

| [[wikipedia:Yumekobo|Yumekobo]]

|

| Neo Geo

|

|-

| 1997

| ''Rabbit''<br />{{J|羅媚斗|Rabitto}}

| Aorn

| Electronic Arts

| [[wikipedia:Sega_Saturn|Sega Saturn]]

| Composer

|-

| 1997

| [[wikipedia:Metal_Slug|''Metal Slug'']]<br />{{J|メタルスラッグ|Metaru Suraggu}}

| [[wikipedia:Nazca_Corporation|Nazca Corporation]]

| SNK

| PlayStation

| Sound Assist

|-

| 1997

| [[wikipedia:Tomba!|''Tomba!'']]<br />{{J|オレっ!トンバ|Ore! Tonba}}

| [[wikipedia:Whoopee_Camp|Whoopee Camp]]

| Sony Computer Entertainment

| PlayStation

| Composer

|-

| 1998

| [[wikipedia:Blazing_Star|''Blazing Star'']]<br />{{J|ブレイジングスター|Bureijingu Sutā}}

| Yumekobo

| SNK

| Arcade, Neo Geo

| Composer

|-

| 1998

| [[wikipedia:Hellnight|''Hellnight'']]<br />{{J|ダークメサイア|Dāku Mesaia}}

| [[wikipedia:Atlus|Atlus]]

| Atlus<br />[[wikipedia:Konami|Konami]]

| PlayStation

| Composer

|-

| 1998

| ''Yoshimoto Mahjong Club''<br />{{J|よしもと麻雀倶楽部}}

| [[wikipedia:Psikyo|Psikyo]]

| Psikyo

| Sega Saturn, PlayStation

| Composer

|-

| 1999

| [[wikipedia:Magical_Tetris_Challenge|''Magical Tetris Challenge'']]<br />{{J|テトリスアドベンチャー すすめミッキーとなかまたち|Tetorisu Adobenchā Susume Mikkī to Nakama-tachi}}

| Capcom

| Capcom

| [[wikipedia:Game_Boy_Color|Game Boy Color]]

| Composer

|-

| 1999

| ''[[w:c:snk:Shigeru_Mizuki's_Yokai_Photo_Album|Mizuki Shigeru no Yōkai Shashin Kan]]''<br />{{J|水木しげるの妖怪写真館}}

| SNK

| SNK

| [[wikipedia:Neo_Geo_Pocket_Color|Neo Geo Pocket Color]]

| Composer

|-

| 1999

| ''Viewpoint 2064''<br />{{J|ビューポイント2064|Byūpointo 2064}} (Cancelled)<ref name=works/>

| [[wikipedia:Sammy_Corporation|Sammy]]

|

| [[wikipedia:Nintendo_64|Nintendo 64]]

|

|-

|}

==External Links==

* [http://otoyanoblog.ldblog.jp/ Official blog]

* [http://www.bravewave.net/harumi-fujita/ Profile in Brave Wave Production site]

==References==

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[[Category:Creators]]

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