In 1996 she joined Arika along with Hosoe and Aihara and was a sub-composer for the Street Fighter EX series. They would all later join SuperSweep and contribute to the Street Fighter Tribute Album. Other works Hosoe was involved with during this era include Driving Emotion Type-S, MegaMan Network Transmission, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino dungeon. Saso has retained her ties with the Ridge Racer series and has also contributed as a guest arranger for multiple other games and albums.