▁played ▁the ▁piano . ▁After ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁Kan ag awa ▁University ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁English , ▁U em ats u ▁played ▁the ▁keyboard ▁in ▁several ▁amateur ▁bands ▁and ▁composed ▁music ▁for ▁television ▁commer ci als . ▁When ▁U em ats u ▁was ▁working ▁at ▁a ▁music ▁r ental ▁shop ▁in ▁Tokyo , ▁a ▁Square ▁employee ▁asked ▁if ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁interested ▁in ▁creating ▁music ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁titles ▁they ▁were ▁working ▁on . ▁Although ▁he ▁agreed , ▁U em ats u ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁considered ▁it ▁a ▁side ▁job , ▁and ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁think ▁it ▁would ▁become ▁a ▁full - time ▁career . ▁He ▁said ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁make ▁some ▁money ▁on ▁the ▁side , ▁while ▁also ▁keeping ▁his ▁part - time ▁job ▁at ▁the ▁music ▁r ental ▁shop . ▁ ▁Square ▁( 1 9 8 5 – 2 0 0 4 ) ▁U em ats u ▁joined ▁Square ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁and ▁composed ▁the ▁sound track ▁to ▁Cru ise ▁Ch aser ▁Bl as sty ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁his ▁first . ▁While ▁working ▁at ▁Square , ▁he ▁met ▁Hir on ob u ▁Sak ag uch i , ▁who ▁asked ▁him ▁if ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁create ▁music ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁games , ▁which ▁U em ats u ▁agreed ▁to . ▁For ▁the ▁next ▁year , ▁he ▁created ▁music ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁games ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁achieve ▁w ides p read ▁success , ▁including ▁titles ▁like ▁Gen esis ▁and