Yuzo Koshiro

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yuzo Koshiro
Occupation	Musical Composer
Date Of Birth	Dec 12, 1967(1967-12-12)
Age	57
Birthplace	Hino
Country	Japan
Birth City	Tokyo
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Yuzo Koshiro Biography

Yuzo Koshiro is one of the most popular and richest Musical Composer who was born on December 12, 1967 in Hino, Tokyo, Japan.

Yuzo Koshiro (古代 祐三 , Koshiro Yūzō, born December 12, 1967 in Hino, Tokyo) is a Japanese video game musician programmer, and president of the game development company Ancient. He is often regarded as one of the most influential innovators in chiptune and video game music, producing music in a number of genres, including various electronic genres (such as breakbeat, electro, hardcore, house, jungle, techno, and trance), experimental, symphonic, hip hop, jazz, and synth-rock.

While he was still in high school during the early 1980s, Koshiro began composing music on the NEC PC-8801 as a hobby, including mockups of early arcade game music from Namco, Konami, and Sega. The sequencing skills and experience he gained from this would later be utilized in his early video game projects. The video games that influenced him most were The Tower of Druaga (1984), Space Harrier (1985), and Gradius (1985). The video game music soundtracks to these games inspired him to become a video game composer.

Yuzo Koshiro Net Worth

Yuzo Koshiro is one of the richest Musical Composer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuzo Koshiro 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yuzo Koshiro was born in Tokyo on December 12, 1967. His mother, Tomo Koshiro, was a pianist. She taught him how to play the piano at the age of three, and by the age of five, he had a strong command of it. In 1975, he began taking music lessons from the acclaimed film composer Joe Hisaishi (later known for his soundtracks to Hayao Miyazaki films), and studied with him for three years. Everything Koshiro has learned after that has since been self-taught.

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His influence also extends to the popular music industry, particularly within the electronic dance music genre. His work remains highly regarded within the chiptune community, and has influenced artists outside of it, including electronic music artists such as Ikonika, BT, Labrinth, Martyn, Joker, Darkstar, Danger, and Just Blaze. Koshiro’s Streets of Rage soundtracks in particular have been compared to later electronic dance music, and have influenced electronica, grime and dubstep producers. Koshiro and his sister Ayano founded the game development company Ancient in 1990.

Facts & Trivia

Rob Ranked on the list of most popular Musical Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yuzo Koshiro celebrates birthday on December 12 of every year.

His soundtracks for the Streets of Rage series (known as Bare Knuckle in Japan) from 1991 to 1994 were composed using then outdated PC-8801 hardware alongside his own original audio programming language. According to Koshiro: “For Bare Knuckle I used the PC88 and an original programming language I developed myself. The original was called MML, Music Macro Language. It is based on NEC’s BASIC program, but I modified it heavily. It was more a BASIC- style language at first, but I modified it to be something more like Assembly. I called it ‘Music Love’. I used it for all the Bare Knuckle games.”

Top Facts about Yuzo Koshiro

1. Yuzo Koshiro is a Japanese video game composer.
2. He was born on December 12, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan.
3. Koshiro began composing music at age 15.
4. He is known for his work on the “Streets of Rage” series.
5. Koshiro has composed music for over 80 games.
6. His music blends electronic and traditional Japanese sounds.
7. Koshiro founded his own company, Ancient Corp., in 1990.
8. He has won numerous awards for his compositions.
9. Koshiro’s work has influenced many other composers in the industry.
10. He continues to compose music for new games and projects today.

Who is Yuzo?

Yuzo Koshiro (古代 祐三, Koshiro Yūzō, born December 12, 1967 in Hino, Tokyo) is a Japanese music composer and president of the game development company Ancient.

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Band Song Genre
Yuzo Koshiro| Upbeat Gas Junkie| Composed soundtrack
Yuzo Koshiro| Unlawful Temptation| Composed soundtrack
Yuzo Koshiro| This is My Destiny| Composed soundtrack
Yuzo Koshiro| Highway Obsession| Composed soundtrack

Why is yuzu so popular?

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Where is yuzu from?

Yuzu is believed to have originated from the upper river basin of the Yangtze River in China. It reached Japan through the Korean Peninsula sometime before the Nara period, flourishing around 1300 years ago and grown in western Japan to be used as medicine.

Why is yuzu banned in the US?

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