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Fave VGM #281: "One Who Watches Over the Stars" ~ Yoshino Aoki, et al.
Fave VGM #233: "The Plain and the Sky" ~ Yoshino Aoki, et al.
Yoshino Aoki (青木 佳乃, Aoki Yoshino) (born 19 August 1971) is a Japanese video game music composer. 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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- Fave VGM 281 One Who Watches Over the Stars Yoshino Aoki et al
- Fave VGM 233 The Plain and the Sky Yoshino Aoki et al
- Life and career
- Composer
- Arranger
- Performer
- References
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 acts as the company's vice president, as well as a composer, arranger, and lyricist. Aoki's most recent work is on Konami's Genso Suikoden Tierkreis and Half-Minute Hero.
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.