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Chihiro Aoki

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Chihiro Aoki

Employment history: Sega (2007-04^[1] – ) Divisions: Sega AM3 Sega AM1 Sega CS1 Sega Games Sega
Role(s): Composer, Musicians, Developers
Education: Senzoku Gakuen College of Music (Sound Design)^[3]

Chihiro Aoki (青木千紘) is a Sega sound composer and a former member of [H.]. Joining in April 2007^[1], she has become a leading composer for the Yakuza series, including being the music director for Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.

Early life

Chihiro Aoki grew up in a household exposed to a variety of music. Her parents were of the generation from when The Beatles were big, while her brother was interested in 80's and 90's rock music, including metal^[4]. She was also exposed to classical and jazz music through her electric organ lessons, and her general environment meant she was also exposed to Japanese pop^[4].

She started playing video games in elementary school, mainly on Super Famicom. She also mostly played RPGs developed by Square (e.g. Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger) and Enix (e.g. Dragon Quest V), and would transcribe the music so she could play them on the organ^[4]. Her teacher supported her interests and did not force her to write just classical music, which allowed her to believe that "all music is wonderful, regardless of genre"^[4],.

Aoki went on the study sound design at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, and knew beforehand that she wanted a career as a video game music composer^[4]. She has also said that she entered the industry to create music for children^[5].

Career

In 2007, Chihiro Aoki joined Sega, and was assigned to one of the arcade departments. She primarily made classical music using orchestra and funk/soul music^[4], and frequently created arrangements exclusive to albums beginning with Musica e WCCF Secondo Movimento. She was later invited to contribute to the Yakuza series by Hidenori Shoji^[4] and officially joined the series sound team with Yakuza 5^[4], thereby also transferring to the consumer team. She became one of the series' music directors with the next game Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!. Aoki has since directed the music for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: Lost in Memories and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.

On October 18, 2014, Chihiro Aoki gave birth to a daughter. She thus took maternity leave, so couldn't do as much work on the next couple Yakuza games as before.

In 2022, Hidenori Shoji and Chihiro Aoki were awarded with the Dramatic Sound Award by PlayStation Game Music, for their work on Judgment^[5].

Production history

Games

(; 2009) — Sounds Production
(; 2009) — Sound Creators
(; 2010) — Music Composer
(; 2011) — Sound Creators
(; 2011) — Music Composers
(; 2011) — Sound Designers
(; 2012) — Sound Designers
(; 2012) — Music
(; 2012) — Sound Creation Team
(; 2013) — Composers
(; 2014) — 音楽監督／制作 (as 青木千紘)
(; 2014) — 音楽監督／制作 (as 青木千紘)
(; 2015) — Music Production
(; 2016) — Music Production
(; 2016) — Music Production
(; 2016) — Music Director
(; 2017) — Music Production
(; 2018) — 楽曲製作 (as 青木千紘)
(; 2018) — コンポーザー (as 青木千紘)
(; 2018) — コンポーザー (as 青木千紘)
(; 2018) — Composer
(; 2018) — Composer
(; 2018) — Sound Production
(; 2018) — 楽曲製作 (as 青木千紘)
(; 2018) — Music Production
(; 2019) — Composer
(; 2020) — Music Production
(; 2020) — サウンドチーム (as 青木千紘)
(; 2020) — サウンドチーム (as 青木千紘)
(; 2020) — Music Production
(; 2020) — Music Production
(; 2021) — Special Thanks
(; 2021) — Special Thanks
(; 2021) — Music Production
(; 2021) — Music Production
(; 2021) — Music Production
(; 2023) — Music Directors
(; 2023) — Music Directors
(; 2023) — Music Directors
(; 2023) — Music Directors
(; 2023) — Music Director
(; 2023) — Music Director
(; 2023) — Music Director
(; 2024) — Music Director
(; 2024) — Music Director
(; 2024) — Music Director
(; 2024) — PR

Music

(; 2008) — Arranged
(; 2009) — 合唱団
(; 2009) — 演奏協力^[6] (as 青木千紘)
(; 2011) — Chorus (as 青木千紘)
(; 2012) (as 青木千紘)
(; 2012) — Chorus (as 青木千紘)
(; 2013) — Music
(; 2014) (as 青木千紘)
(; 2014) — Chorus (as 青木千紘)
(; 2021) — Composed by
(; 2021) — Chorus

Let's Go Away: The Video Game Daytona USA Anniversary Box (CD) (2009)
From Loud 2 Low Too: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Works (CD) (2009)
Lola and Carla the Beauty Contest^[7] (2010)
Bayonetta (2009)
That's Paradice^[7] (2011)
maimai (2012)

Song credits

Main article: Chihiro Aoki/Song credits.

Musica e WCCF Secondo Movimento

Forever and ever — Arrangement, Lyrics (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Chorus (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)

Yakuza 3

D 2 A — Chorus

Let's Go Away: The Video Game Daytona USA Anniversary Box

Let's Go Away - Piano Ver. - — Arrangement
Pounding Pavement - Unplugged Ver. - — Arrangement, Backup Singer Female (w/Lindie P.E. Achacoso)

From Loud 2 Low Too: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Works

From Ben — Arrangement

Bayonetta

Splash Wave (∞ Climax Mix)^[8] — Chorus

Lola to Carla no Mijou Mensetsu

We are bijo-men!! — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement (as ディーバ青木)

Yakuza 4

Infinite Handcuff — Music & Arrangement
Teufel mit Liebe — Music & Arrangement
Casino — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza: Dead Souls

Gary's Boot Camp — Music & Arrangement
Ramble in Kamurocho — Music & Arrangement

maimai

ばっきゅん☆BAD GIRL — Music & Arrangement

Phantasy Star Online 2

Spiral Tracker - Val Rodos - — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza 5

What a Funkastic hit — Music & Arrangement
The Opening of Princess League — Music & Arrangement
La Seine — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Prime ‐Love Game‐ — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Be the Star!! — Lyrics, Music & Arrangement
Bar Crest - Rainy - — Music & Arrangement
Quiet Mode — Music & Arrangement
Silky Night — Music & Arrangement
Sleepy Eyes — Music & Arrangement
highway — Music & Arrangement
Rouge of Love ~feat. Kaguya~ — Music & Arrangement
Rouge of Love ~feat. Shion~ — Music & Arrangement

Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!

夜明け前 — Music & Arrangement
〜激動の時代〜 — Music & Arrangement
〜我を何とも言わば言え〜 — Music & Arrangement
〜京の街〜 — Music & Arrangement
As a man, As a brave — Music (with Hidenori Shoji), Arrangement
〜千錯万綜〜 — Music & Arrangement
〜志と共に〜 — Music & Arrangement
〜憂・憎・悲・悔〜 — Music & Arrangement
〜肝胆相照らす〜 — Music (with ZENTA), Arrangement
〜天は人の上に人を造らず〜
〜夜明け〜 — Music & Arrangement
With You — Music & Arrangement, Lyrics (with Asami Takeo, Aimee Blackschleger)
〜時を越えて〜 — Music & Arrangement
Lost Lewisite — Arrangement
吹雪小唄 — Music & Arrangement
さむらい演舞 — Music & Arrangement
鼓動 — Music & Arrangement
さむらい音頭 — Music & Arrangement
故郷に錦を飾るべし — Arrangement (with Tsuyoshi Kaneko)
はらぺこ日和 — Arrangement (with Tsuyoshi Kaneko)
阿修羅小町 — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza Kiwami

TAKUMI 2016 — Arrangement
Moment de la Petite Sirene -Heartbreak Mermaid- — Arrangement

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

応龍の嘶き — Music & Arrangement
found! — Music & Arrangement
The Vulgar Ceremony — Music & Arrangement
flames of determination — Music & Arrangement
Qui garde un secret — Music & Arrangement
what for — Music & Arrangement
The Way of Life — Music & Arrangement
Dirty Boy — Music & Arrangement
The Man was Reborn — Music & Arrangement
Love of Binaural — Music & Arrangement
Baby Sign — Music & Arrangement (with Fumiyoshi Shimohara)
不器用ラブステップ — Music, Arrangement, Lyrics & Vocals
#モノクロシティシンドローム — Vocals

Judgment

Conflict — Music & Arrangement
RTF — Music & Arrangement

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD

Landing On A New Island! — Music & Arrangement
Khafre's Trials — Music & Arrangement
Swamps Of Side Chain — Music & Arrangement

External links

References

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