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Yoshino Aoki

Yoshino Aoki

Japanese composer and lyricist (born 1971)


Yoshino Aoki (青木 佳乃, Aoki Yoshino) (born August 19, 1971) is a Japanese video game music composer and lyricist. She began her career with video game company Capcom, and later co-founded the music studio Unique Note with another ex-Capcom composer, Tetsuya Shibata.

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Life and career

Yoshino Aoki was born in Kanagawa, Japan, and studied classical music as a child. She began playing piano at the age six, began learning the flute at age 13, and started using a synthesizer shortly thereafter. In high school, she sang classical music and played the keyboard in her own band. In college, she studied music education and classical singing.

After graduating from college, Aoki went to work for video game company Capcom, where she began her career by arranging Kinuyo Yamashita's score for the CD re-release of Capcom's Mega Man X3, along with three other members of Capcom's sound team. In 2007 she left Capcom to pursue a freelance career. She is currently in employment with sound studio Unique Note Co., Ltd., a studio founded by Tetsuya Shibata and herself. She later married Shibata in 2014.[1] She acts as the company's vice president, as well as a composer, arranger, and lyricist.[2]

Yoshino Aoki is also known for her vocal role in the song "Kaze yo, Tsutaete", often used as the theme song for the Mega Man character Roll.

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References

  1. Chris Greening (April 2, 2014). "Unique Note's Tetsuya Shibata and Yoshino Aoki get married".
  2. Napolitano, Jayson (June 25, 2009). "Meet Unique Note: Interview With Tetsuya Shibata and Yoshino Aoki". Original Sound Version. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  3. McCarthy, Helen (2009). 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide.

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