# Masaru Yokoyama

Masaru Yokoyama (横山 克, Yokoyama Masaru, born November 3, 1982) is a Japanese composer and arranger, known for his work on television dramas and anime series.

## Biography

Yokoyama was born in Nagano Prefecture. He started to take piano lessons at the age of three, taught by his aunt who is an alumna of Kunitachi College of Music, but became interested in music when he was in elementary school, after playing his own compositions. When he was in middle school, he began to compose music using a synthesizer that he bought and his computer, and had also briefly played in a band. Interested in computers, Yokoyama attended National Institute of Technology, Nagano College, studying electronic engineering for five years after graduating from middie school.
Influenced by Joe Hisaishi's music in Studio Ghibli's films that he watched when he was young and musician Tetsuya Komuro, Yokoyama decided to pursue a career in music and attended Kunitachi College of Music when he was nineteen, following his aunt's encouragement. While in college, he met guitarist Hiroaki Tsutsumi, who would later work with Yokoyama on many projects. After graduating, Yokoyama worked as a freelancer, writing songs for various artists, before joining the music production company Miracle Bus in 2009, where he began to produce soundtracks for television dramas, anime, and other media. His first work as a sole composer was the 2011 television drama series Mitsu no Aji: A Taste of Honey.
He occasionally records his score overseas, and improvises instruments that would match the concept of each work, such as using buckets and decking brushes as instruments when recording the soundtrack for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

## Works
### Anime

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2006 | Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o! | insert song "Eien no Koi" |
| 2007 | KimiKiss: Pure Rouge | with Hikaru Nanase and Noriyuki Iwadare |
| 2009 | Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin | |
| 2009 | Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye | |
| 2010 | Amagami SS | ending theme "Kitto Ashita wa..." |
| 2010 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | |
| 2011 | Freezing | |
| 2011 | Hen Semi | |
| 2011 | Battle Girls: Time Paradox | arranged the ending theme "Atsuki Ya no Gotoku" |
| 2011 | Maken-ki! | ending themes |
| 2012 | Queen's Blade Rebellion | |
| 2012 | Place to Place | |
| 2012 | Joshiraku | |
| 2013 | Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation | with Kenji Kaneko and Hiroaki Tsutsumi |
| 2013 | Freezing Vibration | |
| 2013 | I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job | with Hiroaki Tsutsumi |
| 2013 | Unbreakable Machine-Doll | |
| 2014 | Nobunaga the Fool | |
| 2014 | Nobunaga Concerto | |
| 2014 | Lord Marksman and Vanadis | with Nobuaki Nobusawa |
| 2014 | Your Lie in April | |
| 2015 | The Rolling Girls | |
| 2015 | Plastic Memories | |
| 2015 | Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches | also OVA in 2014 |
| 2015 | Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace | |
| 2015 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | |
| 2016 | The Lost Village | |
| 2016 | BBK/BRNK | |
| 2016 | WWW.Working!! | |
| 2016 | Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On | |
| 2016 | Occultic;Nine | |
| 2017 | Interviews with Monster Girls | |
| 2017 | Akiba's Trip: The Animation | opening theme "Ikken Rakuchaku Goyoujin" |
| 2017 | Scum's Wish | |
| 2017 | Kabukibu! | |
| 2017 | Seven Mortal Sins | with Hiroaki Tsutsumi |
| 2017 | Fate/Apocrypha | |
| 2017 | Love and Lies | with Nobuaki Nobusawa |
| 2018 | Monster Strike the Animation | with Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Nobuaki Nobusawa, and Moe Hyūga |
| 2018 | Sirius the Jaeger | |
| 2018 | Boarding School Juliet | |
| 2018 | Dakaichi | |
| 2019 | Fruits Basket | |
| 2019 | Astra Lost in Space | with Nobuaki Nobusawa |
| 2020 | Drifting Dragons | |
| 2020 | A3! | with Kana Hashiguchi |
| 2020 | The Gymnastics Samurai | |
| 2020 | Magatsu Wahrheit -Zuerst- | |
| 2021 | Horimiya | |
| 2021 | Farewell, My Dear Cramer | |
| 2022 | Aoashi | |
| 2022 | Classroom of the Elite Season 2 | with Kana Hashiguchi |
| 2022 | Urusei Yatsura | |
| 2023 | Tomo-chan Is a Girl! | |
| 2023 | Tsurune: The Linking Shot | |
| 2023 | Mashle | |
| 2024 | Classroom of the Elite Season 3 | with Kana Hashiguchi |
| 2024 | 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess | |
| 2024 | Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night | |
| 2024 | Rising Impact | |
| 2025 | Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku | |

### Anime films

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2012 | Buta | |
| 2015 | The Anthem of the Heart | with Mito |
| 2016 | Garakowa: Restore the World | |
| 2018 | Monster Strike The Movie: Sora no Kanata | |
| 2019 | Blackfox | with Kana Hashiguchi |
| 2019 | Her Blue Sky | |
| 2021 | Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch | |
| 2021 | Dakaichi: Spain Arc | |
| 2022 | Fruits Basket: Prelude | |
| 2022 | Tsurune: The Movie – The First Shot | |
| 2022 | Break of Dawn | |
| 2023 | Gekijōban Collar × Malice Deep Cover | |
| 2023 | Maboroshi | |
| 2024 | Trapezium | |
| 2024 | Fureru | with TeddyLoid |

### Television dramas

| Year | Title | Broadcast channel | Note(s) |
| 2009 | Ijin no Kuru Heya | Tokyo MX | |
| 2010 | Taxmen | Tokyo MX | |
| 2010 | Hammer Session! | TBS | with Audio Highs |
| 2011 | Hanawake no Yon Shimai | TBS | with Yuko Fukushima and Eishi Segawa |
| 2011 | Mitsu no Aji: A Taste of Honey | Fuji TV | |
| 2012 | Perfect Son | NTV | |
| 2012 | Answer ~ Keishicho Kensho Sosakan | TV Asahi | |
| 2012 | Nekoben ~ Shitai no Minoshirokin | TBS | |
| 2012 | Ren'ai Kentei | NHK | |
| 2012 | My Little Nightmare | NTV | |
| 2012 | Odessa no Kaidan | Fuji TV | ending theme |
| 2013 | Yakou Kanransha | TBS | |
| 2013 | Nekoben to Toumei Ningen | TBS | |
| 2013 | 35-sai no Koukousei | NTV | |
| 2013 | Na mo Naki Doku | TBS | |
| 2013 | Nanatsu no Kaigi | NHK | |
| 2013 | Honey Trap | Fuji TV | |
| 2013 | Tenshi to Jump | NHK | |
| 2014 | Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu | Fuji TV | |
| 2014 | Alice no Toge | TBS | |
| 2014 | Peter no Souretsu | TBS | |
| 2014 | Jigoku Sensei Nūbē | NTV | |
| 2014 | N no Tame ni | TBS | |
| 2015 | Masshiro | TBS | with Masato Suzuki |
| 2015 | Tatakau! Shoten Garu | Fuji TV | |
| 2015 | Napoleon no Mura | TBS | |
| 2015 | Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni | TBS | |
| 2016 | Boku no Yabai Tsuma | Fuji TV | |
| 2016 | Suna no Tou ~ Shirisugita Rinjin | TBS | |
| 2017 | Reverse | TBS | |
| 2017 | Warotenka | NHK | |
| 2018 | Holiday Love | TV Asahi | |
| 2018 | Zettai Reido Season 3 | Fuji TV | |
| 2019 | Keiji Zero | Fuji TV | with Evan Call |
| 2019 | Kami no Te | Wowow | |
| 2020 | Zettai Reido Season 4 | Fuji TV | |
| 2020 | Top Knife: Tensai Nougekai no Joken | NTV | with Masato Suzuki |
| 2020 | O Maidens in Your Savage Season | MBS, TBS | |
| 2021 | Dream Team | NHK | |
| 2021 | Nemesis | NTV | |
| 2021 | Dearest | TBS | |
| 2021 | Our Rainy Days | NHK | |
| 2022 | Itoshii Uso: Yasashii Yami | TV Asahi | |
| 2022 | Jun'ai Dissonance | Fuji TV | |
| 2023 | Dr. Chocolate | NTV | |

### Live-action films

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2011 | Inu to Anata no Monogatari | with Remidos and Masamichi Shigeno |
| 2011 | High School Debut | with Kei Yoshikawa |
| 2011 | Hayabusa | additional music |
| 2014 | My Little Nightmare: The Movie | |
| 2015 | No Longer Heroine | |
| 2016 | Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku | |
| 2016 | Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku | |
| 2017 | Memoirs of a Murderer | |
| 2017 | The Anthem of the Heart | |
| 2017 | Miseinen Dakedo Kodomo Janai | |
| 2018 | Chihayafuru: Musubi | |
| 2018 | Real Girl | |
| 2018 | Cafe Funiculi Funicula | |
| 2020 | AI Amok | |
| 2020 | Yowamushi Pedal | |
| 2022 | Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku | |
| 2023 | Nemesis: The Movie | |
| 2023 | You Made My Dawn | |
| 2025 | Unforgettable | |
| 2025 | 10Dance | |

### Other projects

| Year | Title | Note(s) |
| 2008 | Darling / Yui Horie | "Little Honey Bee" |
| 2010 | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Character CD Series: Rikuo Nura / Zen | "Rikuo, Kaze wo Hiku" |
| 2011 | 100 Pun de Meicho | NHK's television program; main theme |
| 2011 | Sakanobori Nippon Shi | NHK's television program; main theme |
| 2011 | Mirai Bowl / Chai Maxx / Momoiro Clover | "Chai Maxx" |
| 2011 | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Character CD Series: Gozumaru & Mezumaru / Gyuki | "Don't Stop Till The End" |
| 2011 | Astarotte no Omocha! Character Song CD Vol.1 Astarotte Ygval x Judit Snorrevik | arranged "So Janai!?" |
| 2011 | Wide! Scramble | TV Asahi's television program; main theme |
| 2011 | Astarotte no Omocha! Character Song CD Vol.2 Naoya Tohara x Asuha Tohara | arranged "Daitan♪Girl" |
| 2011 | Sengoku Otome Utage Takenawa | "Densetsu ga Umareru made" |
| 2011 | Ano Hito | NHK FM's radio program |
| 2011 | D' no Junjō / Momoiro Clover Z | |
| 2012 | Amagami SS+ plus (Anime) Character Songs w/ O.S.T always Vol.01 | arranged "Your Smile" |
| 2012 | Amagami SS+ plus (Anime) Character Songs w/ O.S.T always Vol.02 | arranged "Mafuyu no Serenade" |
| 2012 | Mōretsu Uchū Kōkyōkyoku Dai 7 Gakushō "Mugen no Ai" / Momoiro Clover Z | arranged "DNA Kyōshikyoku" |
| 2012 | Steins;Gate Symphonic Material | arrangements with several others |
| 2012 | Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TV | TBS's television program; main theme |
| 2012 | Where I Belong / Himeka | |
| 2012 | Family History | NHK's documentary; opening theme |
| 2012 | Bokura no Century / Momoiro Clover Z | "Sora no Curtain" |
| 2013 | Hero-tachi no Shoubu | NHK's documentary; main theme |
| 2013 | 5th Dimension / Momoiro Clover Z | "Jōkyu Monogatari -Carpe Diem-" |
| 2013 | Overseas Network | NHK's television program |
| 2013 | Close-up Gendai | NHK's television program |
| 2013 | Save / Meg | |
| 2013 | Occultic;Nine | promotional video |
| 2013 | Steins;Gate Symphonic Reunion | arrangements with several others |
| 2013 | Masaru Yokoyama NHK Works | compilation album |
| 2013 | Jump!!!!! / Twinkle5 | |
| 2014 | Watashi… Fukō Guse / Vanilla Beans | "Koi no Snipper 007" |
| 2014 | Energy No Honryu | NHK's documentary |
| 2014 | Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight | video game; arranged "Reaching out for our future" |
| 2014 | Chai Maxx Zero / Momoiro Clover Z | |
| 2015 | Seimei Daiyakushin | NHK's documentary |
| 2016 | Hakkin no Yoake / Momoiro Clover Z | "Hakkin no Yoake" |
| 2016 | Jakuchu Tensai Eshi no Nazo ni Semaru | NHK's documentary |
| 2017 | Dragon, Dance with Wolves | stage play |
| 2018 | NHK Dame Jiman ~Minna ga Deru Terebi~ | NHK's television program |
| 2019 | Boléro IV ~New Breath~ Harunanoni / Tomotaka Okamoto | arrangements |
| 2019 | Magatsu Wahrheit | video game; with several others |
| 2020 | Sister Cities / Saori Hayami | "mist" |
| 2021 | Shuumatsu no Akasha | video game |
| 2022 | Noah's Heart | video game |
| 2022 | Masaru Yokoyama NHK Works 2 | compilation album |