Yasunori Mitsuda

I'll be honest — I used to be the person who thought video game music was a lesser art form, and Yasunori Mitsuda is the main reason I had to quietly eat those words. Born in 1972 in Shunan, Yamaguchi — a coastal, industrial town that probably doesn't scream "world-class composer" — he somehow grew up to write melodies that make you ache for places you've never been. What gets me is the way he weaves in folk instruments and prayer-like harmonics from no particular identifiable culture, yet it all lands emotionally with total precision. He's a composer, arranger, sound designer, and pianist all at once, but he carries none of the ego that résumé usually brings. The guy just quietly makes the screen feel like an entire world, then steps back. That kind of craftsman restraint is genuinely rare, and I have a lot of respect for it.

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Yasunori Mitsuda is a Japanese composer, arranger, sound designer, and pianist born on January 21, 1972, in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture. He is widely recognized for his work in video game music, blending orchestral arrangements with folk and ethnic instrumentation to create emotionally resonant soundscapes. His official base is Procyon Studio, and he maintains a presence on social media under his own name.

Name (English)

Yasunori Mitsuda

Name (Japanese)

光田康典

Reading

みつだ やすのり

Born

January 21, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

Origin

Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Composer / Arranger / Sound Designer / Pianist

Works summary

Appearances

104 (1992–2026)

By year

1992: 2, 1993: 2, 1995: 2, 1996: 3, 1998: 3, 1999: 2, 2000: 1, 2001: 3, 2002: 3, 2004: 3, 2005: 4, 2006: 2, 2007: 2, 2008: 6, 2009: 7, 2010: 3, 2011: 8, 2012: 7, 2013: 6, 2014: 7, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 7, 2018: 5, 2019: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2026: 2

Debut work

『半熟英雄 ああ、世界よ半熟なれ…!!』

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.procyon-studio.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/YasunoriMitsuda
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E7%94%B0%E5%BA%B7%E5%85%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369806

Tags

• From Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Composer
• Arranger
• Sound Designer

Last updated

2026-08-26

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