Masahiro Sayama (佐山 雅弘, Sayama Masahiro, November 26, 1953 – November 14, 2018) was a Japanese pianist, active in jazz and video game soundtracks.
Sayama began playing piano as a child and became interested in jazz after seeing the film The Glenn Miller Story.
[1] He studied music at Kunitachi College of Music and began playing jazz professionally in the early 1970s, working with Toshiyuki Honda, Shigeharu Mukai, and Kazunori Takeda.
He was a member of Shuichi Murakami's trio Ponta Box and also led his own ensembles.
Sayama also played for video game soundtracks, including Final Fantasy X-2.