Yoko Shimomura

Yoko Shimomura
Yoko Shimomura performing at a concert in 2007
Background information
Born	(1967-10-19) October 19, 1967 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Symphonic, electronic (chiptune, video game)
Occupation(s)	Composer, engineer, producer
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Midiplex

Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子, Shimomura Yōko, b. October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer who makes video game music. She has worked with Capcom and Square Enix. She is best known for composing music for the Kingdom Hearts and Mario & Luigi series. Many of her works have been performed in video game music concerts. She left Square in 2002 and currently works as a freelancer but has or is working on six Kingdom Hearts games and the Mario & Luigi series. Shem is also working on Final Fantasy Versus XIII.

Video game Soundtracks

• Samurai Sword (1988)
• F-1 Dream (1989)
• Final Fight (1989) (with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (uncredited))
• Adventures in the Magic Kingdom (1990)
• Mizushima Shinji no Daikoushien (1990)
• Code Name: Viper (1990) (with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (uncredited))
• Gargoyle's Quest (1990) (with Harumi Fujita (uncredited))
• Adventure Quiz 2: Capcom World (1990) (with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi, Manami Matsumae, Junko Tamiya, H. Takaoka, and G. Morita (uncredited))
• Mahjong School: The Super O Version (1990) (with Masaki Izutani (uncredited))
• Buster Bros. (PC Engine) (1991) (with Tamayo Kawamoto)
• The King of Dragons (1991)
• Street Fighter II (1991) (with Isao Abe (credited as Pii♪))
• Block Block (1991) (with Masaki Izutani)
• Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (1992) (with Masaki Izutani and Toshio Kajino)
• The Punisher (1993) (with Isao Abe, Toshio Kajino, Syun Nishigaki and Nobu. Oouchi)
• Breath of Fire (1993) (with Bun Bun, Minae Fujii, and Mari Yamaguchi)
• Live A Live (1994)
• Front Mission (1995) (with Noriko Matsueda)
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
• Tobal No. 1 (1996) (with many others)
• Parasite Eve (1998)
• Legend of Mana (1999)
• Hataraku Chocobo (2000)
• Kingdom Hearts (2002)
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
• Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004)
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
• Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
• Pop'n Music Carnival (13) (2005) (with many others)
• Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) (with Shinji Hosoe, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yasunori Mitsuda, Kenji Ito, Masaharu Iwata, Tsukasa Masuko, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Ayako Saso, and Takahiro Ogata)
• Heroes of Mana (2007)
• Luminous Arc 2 (2008) (with Akari Kaida, Yoshino Aoki, and Shunsuke Nakamura)
• Little King's Story (2008) (with Yutaka Minobe)
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009)
• Kingdom Hearts coded (2009)
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009)
• Pop'n Music The Movie (17) (2009) (with many others)
• Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Takeharu Ishimoto)
• Last Ranker (2010)
• Xenoblade (2010) (with ACE+, Manami Kiyota, and Yasunori Mitsuda)
• The 3rd Birthday (2010) (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Mitsuto Suzuki)
• Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010)
• Radiant Historia (2010)
• Half-Minute Hero II (2011)
• Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012) (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Takeharu Ishimoto)
• Demons' Score (2012)
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (2013)
• Exstetra (2013) (with many others)
• Final Fantasy XV (TBA)
• Kingdom Hearts III (TBA)
• "Future Mana Project" (TBA)

Other website

• Official website (in Japanese)