The Konami Kukeiha Club (コナミ矩形波倶楽部 Konami Kukeiha Kurabu, lit. "Konami Square Wave Club") is the sound team of Konami. The group was founded in 1987 by Motoaki Furukawa and composed several soundtracks for various Konami games, including the Gradius series. They eventually disbanded in 2003, after Furukawa left Konami.
Members which worked on Gradius titles[]
| Member | Work |
|---|---|
| Motoaki Furukawa (Miss Furukawa) |
Nemesis 2, Gradius II, Salamander (MSX) |
| Seiichi Fukami (Prophet FUKA) |
Gradius II, Thunder Cross, Gradius III (Arcade), Gokujō Parodius! |
| Miki Higashino (MIKI-CHANG) |
Gradius, Salamander, Life Force, Gradius III |
| Yukie Morimoto | Gradius II (FC), Nemesis 3, Gradius III (SNES) |
| Masahiro Ikariko (IKA-chan) |
Parodius, Salamander (MSX), Nemesis 2, Parodius Da! |
| Mutsuhiko Izumi (IZUMI) |
Solar Assault, Sexy Parodius, Gradius III (Arcade) |
| Kazuhiko Uehara (Piston Uehara) |
Nemesis 3, Space Manbow, Gradius III (SNES) |
| Yuji Takenouchi (YUJI TECHNOUCHI) |
Nemesis (GB), Space Manbow |
| Mikio Saito (Metal Yuki) |
Thunder Cross II, Gradius II (PCE) |
| Naoki Maeda | Salamander 2 |
| Harumi Ueko (H.UEKO) |
Cosmic Wars, Moai-Kun, Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius, Gradius IV, Gradius III (SNES) |
| Kiyohiko Yamane (Wildcat) |
Sexy Parodius, Gradius Deluxe Pack, Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack |
| Norikazu Miura (Nories Miura) |
Gradius Gaiden |
| Kazuki Muraoka | Gradius III (SNES) |
| Mayuko Kageshita | Sexy Parodius |
| Hideaki Shikama | Solar Assault |
| Shinji Tasaka | Solar Assault |