--- title: "3 Yoko Shimomura Quotes - Famous Composer" description: "Japanese composer and pianist (born 1967)... | Yoko Shimomura is a Japanese composer and pianist known for her work in video games. She graduated from ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/yoko-shimomura-87928_accepted_i-ve-been-playing-videogames-since-befor_49670.jpg" --- # Yoko Shimomura (1967) Composer **3** quotes in **55** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Yoko Shimomura is a composer. ## Quick Facts About Yoko Shimomura Born October 19, 1967 Profession Composer ## About Yoko Shimomura Japanese composer and pianist (born 1967)... \| 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 Th ## Quotes by Yoko Shimomura > [I've been playing videogames since before my career in this business, but what happened is several videogame companies were recruiting students back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-shimomura/i-ve-been-playing-videogames-since-before-my-career-in-this-business/) [Yoko Shimomura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-shimomura/) [Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/yoko-shimomura-87928_accepted_i-ve-been-playing-videogames-since-befor_49670.jpg) > [There isn't one thing in particular; rather, a lot of different things give me inspiration. I tend to come up with tunes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-shimomura/there-isn-t-one-thing-in-particular-rather-a-lot-of-different-things/) [Yoko Shimomura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-shimomura/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/yoko-shimomura-87928_beautiful_there-isn-t-one-thing-in-particular-rath_408028.jpg) > [I started learning the piano at the age of 4 or 5, so I think I already liked music then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-shimomura/i-started-learning-the-piano-at-the-age-of-4-or-5-so-i-think-i/) [Yoko Shimomura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-shimomura/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/yoko-shimomura-87928_age_i-started-learning-the-piano-at-the-age_1443446.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-shimomura/#itemlist", "name": "Yoko Shimomura Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been playing videogames since before my career in this business, but what happened is several videogame companies were recruiting students back then and I applied with barely any hope of getting accepted to any of the companies. 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