Naoshi Mizuta is a Japanese video game composer and musician.
11 Facts About Naoshi Mizuta
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Naoshi Mizuta started his career at Capcom before moving to Square in 1998.
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Naoshi Mizuta composed his first song while in his last year there, and after graduating went to work for Capcom in 1995 as a composer.
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Naoshi Mizuta began his career scoring the Street Fighter series where he was part of the sound team for Street Fighter Alpha in 1995.
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In 1998, while still working for Capcom, Naoshi Mizuta applied to Square as a composer in response to an advertisement and was hired.
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The original Parasite Eve game was scored by Yoko Shimomura, and Naoshi Mizuta incorporated some of the original game's musical themes into the sequel.
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Naoshi Mizuta remained with the Final Fantasy XI project for over ten years, serving as the sole composer for the game's five expansions, and considers it his life's work.
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Naoshi Mizuta has worked on several other projects for Square Enix, including Blood of Bahamut and Guardian Cross.
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Naoshi Mizuta has worked on many other games in the Final Fantasy series, including Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
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For games, Naoshi Mizuta is primarily focused on creating music that fits the title and the scene at hand, without consideration for how it might sound in isolation.
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Naoshi Mizuta is heavily influenced by the work of Ryuichi Sakamoto, as well as Nobuo Uematsu, his superior at Square.