Yoko Shimomura

Yoko Shimomura (Japanese: 下村 陽子, Hepburn: Shimomura Yōko; an haife ta a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 1967) mawaƙiya ce ta Japan kuma pianist da aka fi sani da aikinta a Wasannin bidiyo. Ta kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Osaka a shekarar 1988 kuma ta fara aiki a Masana'antar wasan bidiyo ta hanyar shiga Capcom a wannan shekarar. Shimomura ya rubuta kiɗa don wasanni da yawa a can, gami da Final Fight, *[[Street Fighter II]]*, da The King of Dragons . Shimomura ta bar Capcom kuma ta shiga Square (yanzu Square Enix) a 1993, tare da aikinta na farko a can shine Live A Live . A can za ta kirkiro kiɗa don wasannin kamar *[[Super Mario RPG]]*, Legend of Mana, da Parasite Eve . 

Shimomura daga baya zai zama sananne don rubuta kiɗa don jerin Kingdom Hearts . Ta bar Square don zama mai zaman kansa a shekara ta 2002, ta ci gaba da aiki tare da su a wasannin da suka biyo baya kamar The 3rd Birthday da Final Fantasy XV . Sauran sanannun wasannin da aka yi aiki a ciki sun haɗa da Jerin amp; Luigi, Radiant Historia, da Xenoblade Chronicles . An yi ayyukanta a cikin kide-kide na kiɗa na wasan bidiyo da yawa, tare da kiɗanta kuma an buga shi azaman kundin da aka shirya da kuma piano. Shimomura memba ne na lakabin kiɗa na Brave Wave Productions . Ta sami lambar yabo ta BAFTA Fellowship a shekarar 2025.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Shimomura a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 1967, a cikin Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Ta ci gaba da sha'awar kiɗa tun tana ƙarama, kuma ta fara karatun piano "yana da shekaru huɗu ko biyar". Ta fara rubuta waƙarta ta hanyar kunna piano ba tare da la'akari ba kuma tana yin kamar tana tsarawa, a ƙarshe ta zo da nata, na farko daga cikinsu ta ce har yanzu tana tunawa da yadda za a yi wasa. Shimomura ta halarci Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Osaka, kuma ta kammala karatu a matsayin babbar makarantar piano a shekarar 1988.

Bayan kammala karatunta, Shimomura ta yi niyyar zama malami na piano kuma an ba ta aikin aiki don zama malami a piano a kantin sayar da kiɗa, amma saboda sha'awarta ga wasannin bidiyo ta yanke shawarar aika wasu samfurori na aikinta ga kamfanonin wasan bidiyo daban-daban da ke daukar ma'aikata a jami'ar. Capcom ta gayyace ta don sauraro da hira, kuma an ba ta aiki a can. Iyalinta da masu koyarwa sun yi takaici da canjin da ta yi a mayar da hankali, saboda ba a girmama kiɗan wasan bidiyo sosai ba, kuma "sun biya kuɗin karatun makarantar kiɗa mai tsada kuma ba za su iya fahimtar dalilin da ya sa  karɓi irin wannan aikin ba", amma Shimomura ta yarda da aikin a Capcom duk da haka.[her][she]

## Ayyuka

Yayinda take aiki ga Capcom, Shimomura ta ba da gudummawa ga sauti na wasanni sama da 16, gami da nasarar *Street Fighter II*, wanda ta kirkiro duka sai dai uku.  Sautin farko da ta yi aiki a kamfanin shine na Samurai Sword a shekarar 1988. Final Fight, a cikin 1989, ita ce aikinta na farko don karɓar fitowar kundin sauti daban, a kan kundin kiɗa daga wasannin Capcom da yawa. Kundin sauti na farko don nuna aikinta na musamman ya zo shekara guda bayan haka don sauti zuwa *Street Fighter II*. Yayinda ta fara aiki a Capcom tana aiki a kan wasanni don na'urorin wasan bidiyo, a shekarar 1990 ta koma sashen wasan kwaikwayo. Ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar Alph Lyla ta cikin gida, wanda ya buga waƙoƙin wasan Capcom daban-daban, gami da ɓangarorin da Shimomura ya rubuta. Ta yi wasan kai tsaye tare da ƙungiyar a 'yan lokuta, gami da buga piano a lokacin bayyanar Alph Lyla a 1992 Game Music Festival . 

A shekara ta 1993, Shimomura ya bar Capcom don shiga wani kamfanin wasa, Square . Ta bayyana cewa an yi wannan tafiya ne saboda tana da sha'awar rubuta waƙoƙin "style na gargajiya" don wasannin wasan kwaikwayo. Yayinda take aiki ga Capcom, ta kasance a cikin sashen gidan caca kuma ba ta iya canja wurin zuwa sashen na'ura mai kwakwalwa don yin aiki a kan jerin wasannin bidiyo na Breath of Fire ba, kodayake ta ba da gudummawa guda ɗaya ga Wasan farko a cikin jerin.[1] Ayyukanta na farko a Square shine ci gaba don wasan bidiyo mai suna Live A Live a cikin 1994. Yayinda take aiki a kan ci gaba zuwa Super Mario RPG a shekara mai zuwa, an nemi ta shiga Noriko Matsueda a kan kiɗa zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na gaba Front Mission . Kodayake ta bayyana cewa ta yi aiki sosai wajen yin duka biyun kuma ba nau'in da take sha'awar ba ne, ta sami kanta ba za ta iya ƙi ba bayan yunkurin da ta yi ya faru a gaban shugaban Square, Tetsuo Mizuno . [1] Wadannan wasannin sun biyo bayan Tobal No. 1, kashi na karshe da ta yi aiki tare da wani mawaki na shekaru goma.[2]

## Ayyuka

### Wasannin bidiyo

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## Manazarta