Frequent Collaborators
Hirota has a friendship from childhood with fellow composer Yasunori Mitsuda who he has worked with on Bomberman 64: The Second Attack, Biohazard 2 Drama Albums, Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts II.
Kyoko Kishikawa has worked with Hirota on Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts II (although not Shadow Hearts: From the New World) and Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange, providing eerie female scat vocals for a number of his tracks. Also, Hirota frequently performs bass guitar with Kishikawa's band darumaya.
Ryo Fukuda has been the sound manipulator for Hirota on the Shadow Hearts games as well as composing and arranging a few tracks for all three games. He also co-composed with Hirota on Sonic Shuffle.
Kenji Ito worked with Hirota on the soundtrack of Shadow Hearts II. Hirota has performed bass guitar for Ito's live performance of Culdcept music during the Extra Live Concert and for Ito's vocal song for Lux-Pain, Seinaru Itami wo Daite sung by Yoko Takahashi.
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