Tales of Phantasia
In 1995, Wolf Team developed the breakthrough game "Tales of Phantasia" for Namco. This and other early games in the "Tales" series primarily featured Sakuraba and fellow Wolf Team co-worker Shinji Tamura as composers. Also in 1995, former Wolf Team director and producer Jun Asanuma, as well as "Tales of Phantasia" writer and programmer Yoshiharu Gotanda, founded tri-Ace with financial backing from Enix. The "Star Ocean" and "Valkyrie Profile" games have been their keystone productions. Sakuraba has been the composer for nearly all of their games, with only a few exceptions.