el ancer ▁for ▁other ▁games , ▁including ▁ones ▁developed ▁by ▁Square ▁En ix ▁and ▁Sak ag uch i ' s ▁development ▁studio , ▁M ist walk er . ▁ ▁Many ▁sound tra cks ▁and ▁arranged ▁albums ▁of ▁U em ats u ' s ▁game ▁scores ▁have ▁been ▁released . ▁Pie ces ▁from ▁his ▁video ▁game ▁works ▁have ▁been ▁performed ▁in ▁various ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁concert s , ▁where ▁he ▁has ▁worked ▁with ▁Gram my ▁Award – win ning ▁conduct or ▁Ar nie ▁Roth ▁on ▁several ▁of ▁these ▁performances . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁keyboard ist ▁in ▁the ▁hard ▁rock ▁band ▁The ▁Black ▁M ages , ▁along ▁with ▁Square ▁En ix ▁colle agues ▁Ken ich iro ▁F uk ui ▁and ▁T su y oshi ▁Se k ito . ▁The ▁band ▁played ▁various ▁arranged ▁rock ▁versions ▁of ▁U em ats u ' s ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁compos itions . ▁He ▁has ▁since ▁performed ▁with ▁Earth bound ▁Pap as , ▁which ▁he ▁formed ▁as ▁the ▁successor ▁to ▁The ▁Black ▁M ages ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁U em ats u ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁K ō chi , ▁K ō chi ▁Pref ect ure , ▁Japan . ▁A ▁self - t aught ▁music ian , ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁piano ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁eleven ▁and ▁twelve ▁years ▁old , ▁and ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁any ▁formal ▁piano ▁less ons . ▁He ▁has ▁an ▁older ▁sister ▁who ▁also