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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, and trance. He and his sister Ayano founded the game development company Ancient in 1990, of which he remains the president. Koshiro has been cited as creating some of the most memorable game music of the 1980s and 1990s contributing for games such as Nihon Falcom's Dragon Slayer and Ys series, as well as Sega's The Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of Rage series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuzo Koshiro is the 1,392nd most popular composer (down from 1,374th in 2024), the 2,206th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,770th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 1,392 out of 1,451. Before him are Alan Bush, Peter Sculthorpe, George Butterworth, Jerry Bock, Christophe Beck, and Jesper Kyd. After him are Elisabeth Lutyens, William Grant Still, Bernie Worrell, Don Davis, Ned Rorem, and Charles Wuorinen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 505. Before him are Olga Tañón, Michael Schjønberg, Paul Accola, Yoshiro Moriyama, Adam Taubitz, and Yasuhiro Nightow. After him are Gordan Jandroković, Nick Leeson, Gene Hoglan, Felicia Țilea-Moldovan, Lorenzo Minotti, and Kerri Green.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 2,206 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuji Goto (1985), Ken Hirai (1972), Tetsuro Miura (1956), Shinji Nakano (1971), Marica Hase (1981), and Ken Narita (1964). After him are Koya Saito (1986), Itsunori Onodera (1960), Takuya Sasagaki (1991), Sugizo (1969), Koichiro Morita (1984), and Yumi Obe (1975).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Yuzo Koshiro ranks 22. Before him are Akira Yamaoka (1968), Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Junichi Masuda (1968), and Kaoru Wada (1962). After him are Mamoru Samuragochi (1963), Kazumi Totaka (1967), Michiru Yamane (1963), Shoji Meguro (1971), and Hitoshi Sakimoto (1969).

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