Masaru Yokoyama

Masaru Yokoyama
横山 克
Born (1982-11-03) November 3, 1982 (age 42)
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • arranger
Instruments
LabelsMiracle Bus

Masaru Yokoyama (横山 克, Yokoyama Masaru, born November 3, 1982) is a Japanese composer and arranger, known for his work on television dramas and anime series.

Biography

Yokoyama was born in Nagano Prefecture.[1] He started to take piano lessons at the age of three,[2] taught by his aunt who is an alumna of Kunitachi College of Music,[1] but became interested in music when he was in elementary school, after playing his own compositions.[1][2] When he was in middle school, he began to compose music using a synthesizer that he bought and his computer,[2] and had also briefly played in a band.[1] Interested in computers, Yokoyama attended National Institute of Technology, Nagano College, studying electronic engineering for five years after graduating from middie school.[1][3]

Influenced by Joe Hisaishi's music in Studio Ghibli's films that he watched when he was young and musician Tetsuya Komuro, Yokoyama decided to pursue a career in music and attended Kunitachi College of Music when he was nineteen,[2] following his aunt's encouragement.[1] While in college, he met guitarist Hiroaki Tsutsumi, who would later work with Yokoyama on many projects.[1] After graduating, Yokoyama worked as a freelancer, writing songs for various artists, before joining the music production company Miracle Bus in 2009,[3] where he began to produce soundtracks for television dramas, anime, and other media.[4] His first work as a sole composer was the 2011 television drama series Mitsu no Aji: A Taste of Honey.[3]

He occasionally records his score overseas,[4] and improvises instruments that would match the concept of each work, such as using buckets and decking brushes as instruments when recording the soundtrack for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.[2]

Works

Anime

Year Title Note(s) Ref(s)
2006 Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o! insert song "Eien no Koi" [5]
2007 KimiKiss: Pure Rouge with Hikaru Nanase and Noriyuki Iwadare [6]
2009 Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin [7]
Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye
2010 Amagami SS ending theme "Kitto Ashita wa..." [8]
Arakawa Under the Bridge
2011 Freezing
Hen Semi
Battle Girls: Time Paradox arranged the ending theme "Atsuki Ya no Gotoku"
Maken-ki! ending themes
2012 Queen's Blade Rebellion
Place to Place
Joshiraku
2013 Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation with Kenji Kaneko and Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Freezing Vibration
I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job with Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Unbreakable Machine-Doll
2014 Nobunaga the Fool
Nobunaga Concerto
Lord Marksman and Vanadis with Nobuaki Nobusawa
Your Lie in April
2015 The Rolling Girls
Plastic Memories
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches also OVA in 2014
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
2016 The Lost Village
BBK/BRNK
WWW.Working!!
Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On
Occultic;Nine
2017 Interviews with Monster Girls
Akiba's Trip: The Animation opening theme "Ikken Rakuchaku Goyoujin"
Scum's Wish
Kabukibu!
Seven Mortal Sins with Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Fate/Apocrypha
Love and Lies with Nobuaki Nobusawa
2018 Monster Strike the Animation with Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Nobuaki Nobusawa, and Moe Hyūga
Sirius the Jaeger
Boarding School Juliet
Dakaichi
2019 Fruits Basket
Astra Lost in Space with Nobuaki Nobusawa [9]
2020 Drifting Dragons [10]
A3! with Kana Hashiguchi [11]
The Gymnastics Samurai [12]
Magatsu Wahrheit -Zuerst- [13]
2021 Horimiya [14]
Farewell, My Dear Cramer [15]
2022 Aoashi [16]
Classroom of the Elite Season 2 with Kana Hashiguchi [17]
Urusei Yatsura [18]
2023 Tomo-chan Is a Girl! [19]
Tsurune: The Linking Shot [8]
Mashle [20]
2024 Classroom of the Elite Season 3 with Kana Hashiguchi [21]
'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess [22]
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night [23]
Rising Impact [24]
2025 Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku [25]

Anime films

Year Title Note(s) Ref(s)
2012 Buta [8]
2015 The Anthem of the Heart with Mito
2016 Garakowa: Restore the World
2018 Monster Strike The Movie: Sora no Kanata
2019 Blackfox with Kana Hashiguchi
Her Blue Sky
2021 Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch [15]
Dakaichi: Spain Arc [26]
2022 Fruits Basket: Prelude [27]
Tsurune: The Movie – The First Shot [28]
Break of Dawn [29]
2023 Gekijōban Collar × Malice Deep Cover [8]
Maboroshi [30]
2024 Trapezium [31]
Fureru with TeddyLoid [32]

Television dramas

Year Title Broadcast channel Note(s) Ref(s)
2009 Ijin no Kuru Heya Tokyo MX [8]
2010 Taxmen Tokyo MX
Hammer Session! TBS with Audio Highs
2011 Hanawake no Yon Shimai TBS with Yuko Fukushima and Eishi Segawa
Mitsu no Aji: A Taste of Honey Fuji TV
2012 Perfect Son NTV
Answer ~ Keishicho Kensho Sosakan TV Asahi
Nekoben ~ Shitai no Minoshirokin TBS
Ren'ai Kentei NHK
My Little Nightmare NTV
Odessa no Kaidan Fuji TV ending theme
2013 Yakou Kanransha TBS
Nekoben to Toumei Ningen TBS
35-sai no Koukousei NTV
Na mo Naki Doku TBS
Nanatsu no Kaigi NHK
Honey Trap Fuji TV
Tenshi to Jump NHK
2014 Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu Fuji TV
Alice no Toge TBS
Peter no Souretsu TBS
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē NTV
N no Tame ni TBS
2015 Masshiro TBS with Masato Suzuki
Tatakau! Shoten Garu Fuji TV
Napoleon no Mura TBS
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni TBS
2016 Boku no Yabai Tsuma Fuji TV
Suna no Tou ~ Shirisugita Rinjin TBS
2017 Reverse TBS
Warotenka NHK
2018 Holiday Love TV Asahi
Zettai Reido Season 3 Fuji TV
2019 Keiji Zero Fuji TV with Evan Call
Kami no Te Wowow
2020 Zettai Reido Season 4 Fuji TV
Top Knife: Tensai Nougekai no Joken NTV with Masato Suzuki
O Maidens in Your Savage Season MBS, TBS
2021 Dream Team NHK
Nemesis NTV
Dearest TBS
Our Rainy Days NHK
2022 Itoshii Uso: Yasashii Yami TV Asahi
Jun'ai Dissonance Fuji TV
2023 Dr. Chocolate NTV

Live-action films

Year Title Note(s) Ref(s)
2011 Inu to Anata no Monogatari with Remidos and Masamichi Shigeno [8]
High School Debut with Kei Yoshikawa
Hayabusa additional music
2014 My Little Nightmare: The Movie
2015 No Longer Heroine
2016 Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku
Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku
2017 Memoirs of a Murderer
The Anthem of the Heart
Miseinen Dakedo Kodomo Janai
2018 Chihayafuru: Musubi [33]
Real Girl [8]
Cafe Funiculi Funicula
2020 AI Amok
Yowamushi Pedal
2022 Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku
2023 Nemesis: The Movie [34]
You Made My Dawn [35]

Other projects

Year Title Note(s) Ref(s)
2008 Darling / Yui Horie "Little Honey Bee" [36]
2010 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Character CD Series: Rikuo Nura / Zen "Rikuo, Kaze wo Hiku" [8]
2011 100 Pun de Meicho NHK's television program; main theme
Sakanobori Nippon Shi NHK's television program; main theme
Mirai Bowl / Chai Maxx / Momoiro Clover "Chai Maxx"
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Character CD Series: Gozumaru & Mezumaru / Gyuki "Don't Stop Till The End"
Astarotte no Omocha! Character Song CD Vol.1 Astarotte Ygval x Judit Snorrevik arranged "So Janai!?"
Wide! Scramble TV Asahi's television program; main theme
Astarotte no Omocha! Character Song CD Vol.2 Naoya Tohara x Asuha Tohara arranged "Daitan♪Girl"
Sengoku Otome Utage Takenawa "Densetsu ga Umareru made"
Ano Hito NHK FM's radio program
D' no Junjō / Momoiro Clover Z
2012 Amagami SS+ plus (Anime) Character Songs w/ O.S.T always Vol.01 arranged "Your Smile"
Amagami SS+ plus (Anime) Character Songs w/ O.S.T always Vol.02 arranged "Mafuyu no Serenade"
Mōretsu Uchū Kōkyōkyoku Dai 7 Gakushō "Mugen no Ai" / Momoiro Clover Z arranged "DNA Kyōshikyoku"
Steins;Gate Symphonic Material arrangements with several others
Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TV TBS's television program; main theme
Where I Belong / Himeka
Family History NHK's documentary; opening theme
Bokura no Century / Momoiro Clover Z "Sora no Curtain"
2013 Hero-tachi no Shoubu NHK's documentary; main theme
5th Dimension / Momoiro Clover Z "Jōkyu Monogatari -Carpe Diem-"
Overseas Network NHK's television program
Close-up Gendai NHK's television program
Save / Meg
Occultic;Nine promotional video
Steins;Gate Symphonic Reunion arrangements with several others
Masaru Yokoyama NHK Works compilation album
Jump!!!!! / Twinkle5
2014 Watashi… Fukō Guse / Vanilla Beans "Koi no Snipper 007"
Energy No Honryu NHK's documentary
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight video game; arranged "Reaching out for our future"
Chai Maxx Zero / Momoiro Clover Z
2015 Seimei Daiyakushin NHK's documentary
2016 Hakkin no Yoake / Momoiro Clover Z "Hakkin no Yoake"
Jakuchu Tensai Eshi no Nazo ni Semaru NHK's documentary
2017 Dragon, Dance with Wolves stage play
2018 NHK Dame Jiman ~Minna ga Deru Terebi~ NHK's television program
2019 Boléro IV ~New Breath~ Harunanoni / Tomotaka Okamoto arrangements
Magatsu Wahrheit video game; with several others [37]
2020 Sister Cities / Saori Hayami "mist" [38]
2021 Shuumatsu no Akasha video game [8]
2022 Noah's Heart video game
Masaru Yokoyama NHK Works 2 compilation album [39]

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