# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuzo-koshiro
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:17.042Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuzo-koshiro"
name: "Yuzo Koshiro"
slug: "yuzo-koshiro"
description: "Yuzo Koshiro  is a Japanese video game composer. 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."
tagline: "Japanese composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Y%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Koshiro.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1967-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.9
  momentum:             5.206191265892759
  historical:           17.295144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/yuzokoshiro"
    handle:    "yuzokoshiro"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0961227/"
    handle:    "nm0961227"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2e5j2AHVM9srnFD0Lev7TO"
    handle:    "2e5j2AHVM9srnFD0Lev7TO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://ancient.co.jp/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "يوزو كوشيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "يوزو كوشيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "یوزو کوشیرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Ko%C5%9Firo"
    title: "Yuzo Koşiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Koshiro"
    title: "Yūzō Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro"
    title: "Yuzo Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Koshiro"
    title: "Yūzō Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "یوزو کوشیرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Koshiro"
    title: "Yūzō Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro"
    title: "Yuzo Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E4%BB%A3%E7%A5%90%E4%B8%89"
    title: "古代祐三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EC%8B%9C%EB%A1%9C_%EC%9C%A0%EC%A1%B0"
    title: "고시로 유조"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro"
    title: "Yuzo Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro"
    title: "Yuzo Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%2C_%D0%AE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE"
    title: "Косиро, Юдзо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro"
    title: "Yuzo Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzo_Koshiro"
    title: "Yuzo Koshiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4cda071-2ba4-4fa9-a50d-4378c408676d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1126420"
    title: "Yuzo Koshiro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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