Yoko Shimomura
Composer
Japan
Biography:
Yoko Shimomura may be one of the most celebrated women in video game music today. Best known to US audiences for bringing us the music of Kingdom Hearts, she has many other instantly recognizable credits to her name including: Street Figher II, Parasite Eve, Front Mission, the Xenoblade Chronicles, Legend of Mana, and Radiant Historia.
She can be heard in the March 2013 release of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX and the July 2013 release of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. In August of that same year PRESS START (a video game orchestra concert) included music from her Xenoblades and Legend of Mana works in the Top 10 People's Choice. Shortly afterward in 2014 her first independent live concert "Shimomura Yoko 25th Anniversary LIVE - THANKS!" was held at the FM Hall in Tokyo. Two extra performances were added, and all 3 critically acclaimed shows sold out! By March 2014, her second Best Of album, mem`oria, was released by Square Enix.
Her current projects span a wide variety of industries, and include composing the music for such highly anticipated titles as Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts 3 as well as teaching music and performing.
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
- Anime NYC 2022 - November 18-20, 2022 in New York, NY, USA
- Comic Con Okinawa 2021 - December 12, 2021 in Okinawa, Japan
- Anime Boston 2019 - April 19-21, 2019 in Boston, MA, USA
- Anime Boston 2015 - April 3-5, 2015 in Boston, MA, USA