He later served as an assistant composer for Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening and then as main composer for Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, which includes Vile's (Vava in Japan) themes as well as the music for the game's animated cutscenes and unlockable Day of Σ OVA. He has since become a member of the unit Design Wave (which includes former Capcom sound employees Atsushi Mori, Masato Kouda and Masakazu Sugimori) and worked on Ignition Entertainment's El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.