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Yoko Shimomura

1967 - Today

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Yoko Shimomura (Japanese: 下村 陽子, Hepburn: Shimomura Yōko; born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and pianist primarily known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working in the video game industry by joining Capcom the same year. Shimomura wrote music for several games there, including Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and The King of Dragons. Shimomura left Capcom and joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1993, with her first project there being Live A Live. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoko Shimomura is the 1,785th most popular musician (down from 1,735th in 2024), the 1,621st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,468th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yoko Shimomura ranks 1,785 out of 3,175. Before her are Avishai Cohen, Joe Morello, Rex Brown, Peter Tork, Bart Berman, and Vitamin C. After her are Elizabeth Cotten, Bob Brookmeyer, Tom Harrell, Simone Young, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and Nigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Yoko Shimomura ranks 296. Before her are Kate Barry, Claes Bang, Yukiko Okada, Gaston Browne, Álex Pina, and Timur Vermes. After her are José Padilha, Joey Wong, Dana Ashbrook, Marco Giampaolo, Masami Ihara, and Melora Hardin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoko Shimomura ranks 1,621 out of 6,245. Before her are Hideko Maehata (1914), Kazumi Kishi (1975), Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), Motoki Imagawa (1980), Takashi Yokoyama (1913), and Kazuaki Nagasawa (1958). After her are Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975), Masao Harada (1912), Konosuke Kusazumi (2000), Naoko Nishigai (1969), Shinichi Morishita (1960), and Shuta Araki (1999).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Yoko Shimomura ranks 21. Before her are Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Nujabes (1974), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Hyde (1969), Miyavi (1981), and Nobuko Imai (1943). After her are Nigo (1970), Toshio Masuda (1959), LiSA (1987), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), and Ringo Sheena (1978).

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