# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoko-shimomura
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:23:42.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoko-shimomura"
name: "Yoko Shimomura"
slug: "yoko-shimomura"
description: "Yoko Shimomura  is a Japanese composer and pianist known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working at the video game studio Capcom the same year. Shimomura wrote music for several games there, including Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and The King of Dragons. She left Capcom and joined Square in 1993, with her first project there being Live A Live. There she would compose the music for games such as Super Mario RPG, Legend of Mana, and Parasite Eve. Shimomura received the BAFTA Fellowship award in 2025."
tagline: "Japanese composer and pianist (born 1967)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1967-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     80
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump