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Yuzo Koshiro

1967 - Today

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Yuzo Koshiro (古代 祐三, Koshiro Yūzō, born December 12, 1967) is a Japanese composer and sound programmer. He is often regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune and video game music, producing music in a number of genres including rock, jazz, symphonic, and various electronic genres such as house, electro, techno, trance, and hip hop. Koshiro and his sister Ayano founded the game development company Ancient in 1990, of which he remains the president. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuzo Koshiro has received more than 574,684 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuzo Koshiro is the 1,285th most popular composer, the 1,562nd most popular biography from Japan and the 20th most popular Japanese Composer.

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  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 1,285 out of 1,216. Before him are Ludger Stühlmeyer, Angus MacLise, Dave Stewart, Stephen Schwartz, Jerry Herman, and Harald Kloser. After him are Alexander Goehr, Vladimir Jurowski, Hans Abrahamsen, Magnus Lindberg, David Del Tredici, and Robert Russell Bennett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 373. Before him are Dario Hübner, Joseph M. Acaba, Yael Abecassis, Harry Connick Jr., Craig Gillespie, and Tara Fitzgerald. After him are Evgeni Platov, Anderson Cooper, James McTeigue, Adam Taubitz, Luigi Apolloni, and Domenico Schiattarella.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 1,562 out of 6,048. Before him are Satoshi Tezuka (1958), Keiko Kitagawa (1986), Leisha Hailey (1971), Takefusa Kubo (2001), Koda Kumi (1982), and Hisanori Shirasawa (1964). After him are Eri Fukatsu (1973), Haruka Ayase (1985), Satoshi Tsunami (1961), Joe Odagiri (1976), Shin Koyamada (1982), and Masahiro Nakai (1972).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 20. Before him are Koji Kondo (1961), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Junichi Masuda (1968), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), and Masaaki Suzuki (1954). After him are Kazumi Totaka (1967) and Hitoshi Sakimoto (1969).

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