Eiko Ishiwata

Eiko Ishiwata (石渡 絵衣子) is a multi-instrumentalist, game designer, composer and life long JRPG fan from St. John's, Newfoundland. https://www.straight.com/ten-young-talents-light-up-the-silver-screen https://www.siliconera.com/composer-eiko-nichols-talks-about-her-final-fantasy-vi-acoustic-rendition/ She attend and taught at the the Art Institute of Vancouver receiving the Professional Recording Arts diploma in 2006, studied classical animation at Sheridan College and was a graduate of The Bishop Strachan School. Eiko started professionally composing music for video games and film in 2002 and has released several acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music composed by Nobuo Uematsu. https://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/eiko-ishiwata/ https://www.siliconera.com/composer-eiko-nichols-talks-about-her-final-fantasy-vi-acoustic-rendition/
Eiko co-composed the English language theme for Pretty Curehttp://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/1364/pretty-cure/
and has collaborated on several films with Director Terry Mileshttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cinemanovels-film-review-718212.
Her song Akari from The Girl and the Robot was preformed in the Montreal Video Game Symphony by Dina Gilbert and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 2017 and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec in 2018.https://flyingcarpetsgames.com/2017/12/20/the-girl-and-the-robot-featured-in-the-montreal-video-game-symphony/https://mvgs.ca/qc-osq-nov-22-23-2018/
Eiko directed Hiroki Kikuta on the Earthlock soundrack and is currently the music supervisor at Snowcastle Games. https://www.snowcastlegames.com/earthlock
In 2019, Eiko formed her own transmedia company named Studio Ishiwata focused on Japanese Shōwa period inspired retro projects.https://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/eiko-ishiwata/
==Filmography==
Composer
* Pretty Cure (2005)https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
* A Night for Dying Tigers (2010) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
* Recoil (2011) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
* Cinemanovels (2013) https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
==Gameography==
All works listed below were solely composed by Kikuta unless otherwise noted.
Year	Title 	Notes 	
2011	Hogworld: Gnart's Adventure 	Composer	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
2012	Crazy Crab 	Composer	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
2012	Chibi Fortune 	Composer	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
2013	Pocket Oceans 	Composer	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
2016	The Girl and the Robot 	Composer	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
2016	Earthlock: Festival of Magic	Composer	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/
==In the media==
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== References ==
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* Eiko Ishiwata on linkedin
* Eiko Ishiwata on imdb
* Eiko Ishiwata Nichols - Bandcamp
* Eiko Ishiwata - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music
* Eiko Ishiwata on spotify
* Eiko Ishiwata on youtube music
* Eiko Ishiwata on google play music
* Eiko Ishiwata on tunein
Category:Canadian composers
Category:Japanese composers
Category:Japanese female composers
Category:Japanese video game designers
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians_from_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Category:People from Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Category:Video game composers
Category:Canadian video game designers