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Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子, Shimomura Yōko, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and pianist. Shimomura has worked in the video game industry ever since graduating from the Osaka College of Music in 1988. From then until 1993, she worked for Capcom, where she composed wholly or in part the scores for 16 games, including Final Fight and Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. From 1993 until 2002, Shimomura worked for Square, where she composed for a further eight games. While working for Square...

Yoko Shimomura (下村 陽子, Shimomura Yōko?) is a Japanese video game music composer. Before making her debut as Final Fantasy series music composer, she is best known for her compositions for the Parasite Eve and Kingdom Hearts series. She joined Square in 1993 as a composer after graduating from Osaka Music School and working for Capcom. While working for Capcom, she composed the majority of the score to the legendary fighting game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. After joining Square, she...