# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takeharu-ishimoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:42:42.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takeharu-ishimoto"
name: "Takeharu Ishimoto"
slug: "takeharu-ishimoto"
description: "Takeharu Ishimoto  is a Japanese video game composer and musician. Formerly employed by Square Enix, he joined them in 1999 as a synthesizer programmer on Legend of Mana, working for them on several games. In 2002, he was promoted to the role of composer, beginning with World Fantasista, and composed for several large-budget games, such as The World Ends with You, the Final Fantasy series, and the Kingdom Hearts series. In addition to his work for Square Enix, he is a composer and guitar player for the band The Death March. He left Square Enix at the end of 2017, becoming a freelancer."
tagline: "Japanese video game composer, synthesizer programmer, and musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1970-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.47
  momentum:             0.3051438535309503
  historical:           12.042552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2320
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/IshimotoTakeharu"
    handle:    "IshimotoTakeharu"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/takeharu_ishimoto/"
    handle:    "takeharu_ishimoto"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.takeharuishimoto.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ishimoto_music"
    handle:    "ishimoto_music"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1912085/"
    handle:    "nm1912085"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/04LEJd8eE8sDCre2pUpoW9"
    handle:    "04LEJd8eE8sDCre2pUpoW9"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-dDJ80294ndI-4Y3wBmlg"
    handle:    "@takeharu_ishimoto"
    followers: 2320
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/487811"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاكيهارو إيشيموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاكيهارو ايشيموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Ishimoto"
    title: "Takeharu Ishimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Ishimoto"
    title: "Takeharu Ishimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاکه‌هارو ایشیموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Ishimoto"
    title: "Takeharu Ishimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Ishimoto"
    title: "Takeharu Ishimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%85%83%E4%B8%88%E6%99%B4"
    title: "石元丈晴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Ishimoto"
    title: "Takeharu Ishimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8D%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Исимото, Такэхару"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%85%83%E4%B8%88%E6%99%B4"
    title: "石元丈晴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0e54f9fd-7011-4c77-86f0-59021c5ffddf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2626374"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/229189"
    title: "Takeharu Ishimoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump