# Yasunori Nishiki

Yasunori Nishiki (西木 康智, Nishiki Yasunori, born July 10, 1985) is a Japanese composer, best known for his work on the Octopath Traveler video game series. He formerly worked for Konami and has produced soundtracks for video games and anime.

## Biography

Nishiki was born on July 10, 1985, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He started taking piano lessons when he was a child, but became interested in music when he became a fan of the Japanese band Spitz. After which, he bought some sheet music for their songs and began to write his own compositions on the piano. After graduating from Tokyo College of Music, he began to work as a music composer for Konami, and worked on titles such as Quiz Magic Academy series, and arranged the national anthems for Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, which are also used in the further installments in the series. He had also produced several tracks for various music video game series such as Reflec Beat, Pop'n Music, and Jubeat under the alias Vivian.
He left Konami to pursue his career as a freelancer, and began to expand his works for various non-gaming projects such as anime and puppet shows. His first major project was the soundtrack for the video game Octopath Traveler; the soundtrack received positive reception from critics and fans, and was nominated for "Best Score/Music" at The Game Awards 2018. It has spawned many arrangement albums and has also been performed live in concerts. He would later work on the anime Azur Lane, and Princess Connect! Re:Dive.
He has collaborated with Kohei Tanaka as a synthesizer programmer for several of his works, including Gravity Rush 2 and One Piece.

## Works
### Video games

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2010 | Quiz Magic Academy VII | with various others |
| 2010 | Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 | arranged the national anthems |
| 2011 | Quiz Magic Academy VIII | with various others |
| 2011 | Frontier Gate | with Naoyuki Sato, Masato Nakayama, and Junpei Fujita |
| 2012 | NeverDead | with various others |
| 2012 | Quiz Magic Academy: Kenja no Tobira | with various others |
| 2012 | Reflec Beat Colette -Winter- | "guerre à outrance" |
| 2012 | Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle | with various others |
| 2012 | Pop'n Music Sunny Park | "Haitoku to jaaku no epitaph" |
| 2012 | Jubeat Saucer | two tracks |
| 2013 | Dragon Collection | |
| 2013 | Reflec Beat Colette -Summer- | "Legendary Dragon" |
| 2013 | Beatmania IIDX 21: Spada | "Shattered control" |
| 2015 | Otocadoll | "Sen no Komorebi" |
| 2015 | Lord of Vermilion Arena | arrangements |
| 2016 | Show by Rock!! | "My Precious Sign" |
| 2016 | Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz | with various others |
| 2016 | Endride: X Fragments | with various others |
| 2016 | Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star | "ex:tella" |
| 2017 | Gravity Rush 2 | synthesizer |
| 2017 | Terra Battle 2 | arrangements with various others |
| 2018 | Princess Connect! Re:Dive | with various others |
| 2018 | Octopath Traveler | |
| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts III | arrangements with various others |
| 2019 | Rakugaki Kingdom | "Spectrum Seeker" |
| 2019 | Renshin Astral | Kyoto battle themes |
| 2019 | Sakura Wars | arranged "Kurui Sake Teito ni" |
| 2020 | Granblue Fantasy Versus | with Tsutomu Narita, Hidenori Maezawa, and Nao Tokisawa |
| 2020 | Final Fantasy VII Remake | with various others |
| 2020 | Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent | |
| 2021 | Uma Musume Pretty Derby | with various others |
| 2021 | Solomon Program | with Rina Yugi |
| 2022 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel | |
| 2023 | Octopath Traveler II | |
| 2023 | Sin Chronicle | "Trigger of Fate" |
| 2023 | Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising | with Tsutomu Narita, Hidenori Maezawa, and Nao Tokisawa |
| 2024 | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | arrangements with various others |

### Anime / television

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2016 | Endride | synthesizer |
| 2017 | Granblue Fantasy The Animation | with Nobuo Uematsu and Tsutomu Narita |
| 2019 | Azur Lane | |
| 2019 | Granblue Fantasy The Animation 2 | with Tsutomu Narita |
| 2020 | Princess Connect! Re:Dive | with various others |
| 2022 | Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall | with Shingo Nishimura and Ren Tsukagoshi |
| 2022 | Shine Post | with Tsubasa Ito |
| 2023 | Dragons of Wonderhatch | with Hisaki Kato and Kana Inukai |

### Other projects

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2014 | Oreca Omaeca Genkai Battle!! / Akira Kushida | "Kessen! Burning" |
| 2015 | El Mundo / Risa Minami | synthesizer on "Moroha no Tsurugi" |
| 2015 | Music College Alumni Joint Volunteer Project: Work Collection 1 | "SeTsuNa" |
| 2016 | Izayoi Bonboriuta / Tsurezurenaru Ayatsuri Mugenan | arranged "Gensou yo Sake" |
| 2018 | Canvas / Risa Minami | "Yoake no Ane Mosu" |
| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres- | arranged "Overture to the Decisive Battle" |
| 2019 | Octopath Traveler Arrangements Break & Boost -Extend- | |
| 2020 | Reknowing / Lena Raine | "Light Rail (Yasunori Nishiki Remix)" |
| 2020 | Final Fantasy VII Remake Acoustic Arrangements | with various others |
| 2021 | Merregnon: Land of Silence | arrangements |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy Series Acoustic Arrangements | arranged "Battle With the Four Fiends" |
| 2023 | Genshin Concert 2023 - Melodies of an Endless Journey | music director |
| 2024 | Octopath Traveler Orchestral Arrangements -To Travel is to Live- | supervisor |