Composer
Yoko Shimomura
Japanese composer of video game music.
Yoko Shimomura is a Japanese composer and pianist known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working at the video game studio Capcom the same year. Shimomura wrote music for several games there, including Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and The King of Dragons. She left Capcom and joined Square in 1993, with her first project there being Live A Live. There she would compose the music for games such as Super Mario RPG, Legend of Mana, and Parasite Eve. Shimomura received the BAFTA Fellowship award in 2025.
- Born
- 1967-10-19, Hyōgo Prefecture, JapanA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1967-10-19, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
Asia/TokyoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 25°02′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 2°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 17°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 10°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 27°06′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 29°56′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 7°46′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 26°41′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 23°01′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 21°40′ | Direct |
Yoko Shimomura is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Yoko Shimomura was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.