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Yoko Shimomura

1967 - Today

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Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子, Shimomura Yōko, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and pianist primarily known for her work in video games such as the Kingdom Hearts series. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working in the video game industry by joining Capcom the same year. She wrote music for several games there, including Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and The King of Dragons. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoko Shimomura has received more than 1,268,381 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yoko Shimomura is the 1,635th most popular musician (down from 1,630th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,254th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yoko Shimomura ranks 1,635 out of 2,662. Before her are José Antonio Labordeta, Dave Navarro, Jimmy Garrison, Eliane Elias, Warren Zevon, and Jimmie Vaughan. After her are Kim Kashkashian, Michael McDonald, Holly Johnson, David Cross, John Patitucci, and Big Walter Horton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Yoko Shimomura ranks 244. Before her are Geraldine Somerville, Marco Giampaolo, Ecaterina Szabo, Sharleen Spiteri, Manuela Maleeva, and Dave Navarro. After her are Dan Ariely, Frances O'Connor, Byron Mann, Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia, Yukiko Okada, and Paul Ince.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoko Shimomura ranks 1,311 out of 6,048. Before her are Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), Yoshiko Tanaka (1956), Kazuaki Nagasawa (1958), Yutaka Ozaki (1965), Masae Suzuki (1957), and Kaoru Kakinami (1966). After her are Toshio Matsuura (1955), Mamoru Miyano (1983), Nobuyo Fujishiro (1960), Sayuri Yamaguchi (1966), Yukiko Okada (1967), and Norifumi Abe (1975).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Yoko Shimomura ranks 21. Before her are Miyavi (1981), Hyde (1969), Nujabes (1974), Nigo (1970), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), and Mana (1969). After her are Tomoyasu Hotei (1962), Mitski (1990), Keiko Matsui (1961), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), Ringo Sheena (1978), and Midori (1971).

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