Saori Yoshida
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| Saori Yoshida |
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| Place of birth: Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan[1] |
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| Role(s): Composer, Sound Designer, Musician |
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Saori Yoshida (吉田 沙織) is a composer, sound designer and musician at Sega of Japan, known for working with Ryu ga Gotoku Studio projects.
Career
When Saori Yoshida began working, Sega was not accepting new recruits for sound production[2], so she worked part-time in Yakuza: Dead Souls. She made her official Sega with Binary Domain and became a more prominent composer on Yakuza games like Ryu ga Gotoku: Ishin! and Yakuza 0. She made her debut as music director with D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation.
Around 2018/2019, Yoshida gave birth to her first child, becoming the second member of the Yakuza sound team to take maternity leave, after Chihiro Aoki[2]. Most likely as a result, did not contribute to the then in-development Yakuza: Like a Dragon (although her song "Theory of Beauty" from Yakuza 6: The Song of Life was reused). Yoshida gave birth again 4 years later, and as she also had to raise her children, began working from home on shorter hours, ending work at 4 PM, roughly 3 hours earlier than most of her co-workers([2].
Production history
- Yakuza: Dead Souls (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Audio Production Assistant
- Binary Domain (Xbox 360; 2012) — Sound Designers
- Phantasy Star Online 2 (Windows PC; 2012) — Sound Effects
- Yakuza 5 (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Sound Creation Team
- Ryu ga Gotoku: Ishin! (PlayStation 3; 2014) — 音楽制作 (as 吉田 沙織)
- Ryu ga Gotoku: Ishin! (PlayStation 4; 2014) — 音楽制作 (as 吉田 沙織)
- Yakuza 0 (PlayStation 3; 2015) — Music Production
- Yakuza Kiwami (PlayStation 3; 2016) — Music Production
- Yakuza Kiwami (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Music Production
- Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PlayStation 4; 2017) — Music Production
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (Android; 2018) — ミュージックディレクター (as 吉田 沙織)
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (iOS; 2018) — ミュージックディレクター (as 吉田 沙織)
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (Android; 2018) — MusicDirector
- D×2: Shin Megami Tensei Liberation (iOS; 2018) — MusicDirector
- Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise (PlayStation 4; 2018) — Sound Production
- Judgment (PlayStation 4; 2018) — Music Production
- Lost Judgment (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Music Production
- Lost Judgment (PlayStation 5; 2021) — Music Production
- Lost Judgment (Xbox One; 2021) — Music Production
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Xbox One; 2021) — Composers
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 4; 2021) — Composers
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (PlayStation 5; 2021) — Composers
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Composers
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania (Steam; 2021) — Composers
- Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PlayStation 4; 2023) — Music Production
- Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PlayStation 5; 2023) — Music Production
- Like a Dragon: Ishin! (Xbox One; 2023) — Music Production
- Like a Dragon: Ishin! (Steam; 2023) — Music Production
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (Steam; 2023) — Music Production
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (PlayStation 5; 2023) — Music Production
- Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (Xbox One; 2023) — Music Production
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PlayStation 5; 2024) — Music Composers
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Xbox One; 2024) — Music Composers
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Steam; 2024) — Music Composers
Song credits
- Main article: Saori Yoshida/Song credits.
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Saori Yoshida
Interviews
References
- ↑ File:RgG6OST CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 8
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.sega.co.jp/recruit/interview/senior/consumer10/ (Wayback Machine: 2024-03-30 16:47)