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Yoshino Aoki
青木 佳乃
Born (1971-08-19) August 19, 1971 (age 53)
Occupation
Years active 1995–present
Employer Capcom (1995–2007)
Spouse(s)
Tetsuya Shibata
(m. 2014)
Musical career
Instruments Piano, flute

Yoshino Aoki (青木 佳乃, Aoki Yoshino) (born August 19, 1971) is a Japanese video game music composer and lyricist. 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.

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 later married Shibata in 2014. She acts as the company's vice president, as well as a composer, arranger, and lyricist.

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.

Works

Year Title Role(s)
1996 Mega Man X3 (PS1 & Sega Saturn versions) Arrangements with Toshihiko Horiyama, Shusaku Uchiyama, and Makoto Tomozawa
1997 Mega Man Battle & Chase Vocalist
Breath of Fire III Music with Akari Kaida, vocalist
1998 Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (Console versions) Music with Isao Abe
2000 Breath of Fire IV Music with Taro Iwashiro, vocalist
2001 Mega Man Battle Network 2 Music
2002 Mega Man Battle Network 3 Music
2005 Shadow of Rome Music with Kota Suzuki
Mega Man Battle Network 6 Music
2006 Mega Man Star Force Music with Mitsuhiko Takano
2007 Mega Man Star Force 2 Music with Marika Suzuki
2008 Luminous Arc 2 Music with Akari Kaida, Shunsuke Tsuchiya, and Yoko Shimomura
Shiki-Tei Music
Daletto World Music
Mega Man Star Force 3 Music with Akari Kaida
Suikoden Tierkreis Music with several others
2009 Half-Minute Hero "Triumphant Return"
Rakuen Vocalist with Tetsuya Shibata
Suisei Vocalist with Tetsuya Shibata
2011 Earth Seeker Music with Tetsuya Shibata
Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming "Destiny", "Grand Ending"
Otomedius Excellent Arrangements with several others
2014 Merc Storia Music with Tetsuya Shibata and Kenichi Tendo
2015 Final Fantasy Record Keeper Arrangements with various others, vocalist
2016 UPPERS Music with Unique Note
Justice Monsters Five Music with Unique Note
Final Fantasy XV Music with Yoko Shimomura, Tetsuya Shibata, and Yoshitaka Suzuki
2017 Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus Music with Keiichi Okabe and Tetsuya Shibata
Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV Music with Tetsuya Shibata
2018 Last Period Music with several others
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Arrangements
2022 Babylon's Fall Recording manager
Gungrave G.O.R.E Music with Shoya Kitagawa and Ren Tsukagoshi
2023 Resident Evil 4 Music with several others
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