Naoto Shibata

Naoto Shibata (柴田直人), is a Japanese bassist of heavy metal, who begins his career in 1981 with the metal band Anthem, where he quickly remains the only original member and leader until his separation in 1992. He then joined Loudness in 1994, until the reformation of the original Loudness in 2000, with then reformed Anthem. He also released a solo album of covers in 1999, and several albums of video game covers in the 1990s as part of his "Naoto Shibata Project" surrounded by various musicians. For the Castlevania series, he worked with his assemble of musicians for the albums Perfect Selection Dracula Battle and Perfect Selection Dracula Battle II where he did progressive rock and heavy metal arranges of early Castlevania songs covering from the first games until Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.