Kinuyo Yamashita is a Japanese composer and musician known for her contributions in video games.
13 Facts About Kinuyo Yamashita
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Kinuyo Yamashita's best known soundtrack is Konami's Castlevania, which was her debut work.
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Kinuyo Yamashita was co-credited with Satoe Terashima under the pseudonym James Banana for her work on the Nintendo Entertainment System version of the game.
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Kinuyo Yamashita began playing the piano at the age of four and took piano lessons as a child.
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Kinuyo Yamashita moved to the United States in 2010, and currently resides in Montague, New Jersey.
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In 1986, Kinuyo Yamashita composed her first soundtrack to the video game Castlevania under strict hardware constraints.
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Kinuyo Yamashita was part of the original Konami Kukeiha Club in-house band.
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Kinuyo Yamashita continued to compose independently in the new millennium, working on titles such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Croc 2, Monsters, Inc, WWF Road to WrestleMania, Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, Keitai Denju Telefang, and other games in the Medabot series.
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From 1991 to 1995, Kinuyo Yamashita formed a duo ensemble called "Honey Honey" which performed live covers of American Pop and Jazz music.
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Kinuyo Yamashita played the piano, alto saxophone and sang background vocals.
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In 2009, Kinuyo Yamashita completed the arrangement for "Stage 4" on the Dodonpachi Dai-O-Jo remix CD released in Japan.
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Kinuyo Yamashita composed a song for the Wii game Walk It Out.
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In September 2009, Kinuyo Yamashita was invited as a special guest to Video Games Live at their concert event in Tokyo, where she appeared on stage after a performance of Castlevania produced by Tommy Tallarico.