COMPOSER, ARRANGER & ORCHESTRATOR
Yasunori Mitsuda [PROCYON STUDIO]
Composer, Arranger, Producer
Yasunori Mitsuda was born on January 21, 1972. He joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1992 and debuted as a composer with the release of Chrono Trigger in 1995. After composing the music for Xenogears, he became an independent freelancer in 1998. Three years later, he founded Procyon Studio and became its president. Creating music unbound by genre, Mitsuda currently composes for a variety of media including TV programs, movies, anime, video games, and other media. He also participates in a wide variety of other work such as writing for various publications, providing album production expertise and music to famous musicians, and performing in events and overseeing recording sessions not only within Japan but around the world. Mitsuda's major works include: Chrono Cross, Xenosaga Episode I, Soma Bringer, Soul Sacrifice Delta, Black Butler: Book of Circus, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Final Fantasy XV Episode Ignis, Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut, among many other works.
COMPOSER, ARRANGER & ORCHESTRATOR
ACE (TOMOri Kudo, CHiCO)
ACE is the Creative Unit formed by TOMOri Kudo and CHiCO
ACE work on music for many projects as lyricists, composers, arrangers and producers. Their major debut was with Universal Music. They have worked on the music in the Xenoblade Chronicles series, the Super Smash Bros. series, Emil Chronicle Online, Atelier Online and many other video games, movies, TV programs and commercial projects. ACE also worked on the music for the Oda Eiichirō Kanshū ONE PIECE Ten "Nakama Shiatā", which attracted 510,000 people in Japan and was also held Taiwan. Recognized both in Japan and overseas, ACE actively participate in a wide range of projects. Their motto is to create music for each individual project from a producer's point of view. TOMOri Kudo has also participated in many projects providing music for artists and as a guitarist. CHiCO has participated as a vocalist in Granblue Fantasy and many other video game music projects and TV theme songs.
COMPOSER, ARRANGER & ORCHESTRATOR
Kenji Hiramatsu
Composer, Arranger, Keyboardist
Kenji Hiramatsu was born in Osaka and has been a support keyboardist for artists ever since he was a music school student. At the same time, he works as a synthesizer programmer and sound manipulator. In composition and arrangement, Kenji Hiramatsu is known for his sound design which makes full use of digital equipment and his ardent, heartful and catchy melodies. Alongside the piano and keyboard, he performs a wide range of instruments including the guitar and bass. In the Xenoblade Chronicles series, Kenji Hiramatsu worked on many musical pieces such as "Engage the Enemy", "Counterattack", "Carrying the Weight of Life" and other dramatic pieces, the successive versions of "You Will Know Our Names" and other fiery battle themes including "Mechanical Rhythm", "Still, Move Forward!", "Battle!!/Torna" and "Chain Attack", and field themes such as "Mechonis Field", "Agniratha, Mechonis Capital", "Mor Ardain - Roaming the Wastes -" and "Kingdom of Uraya". Hiramatsu's works include: the Xenoblade Chronicles series, Final Fantasy XV Episode Ardyn, Nobunaga's Ambition: Hadou, TV Anime Infinite Dendrogram, commercials and many other works.
COMPOSER, ARRANGER & ORCHESTRATOR
Manami Kiyota
Lyricist, Composer, Arranger, Singer (Solo and Chorus), Music Performer
Manami Kiyota started piano at the age of 4 and grew up with music. After graduating high school, she studied composition and synthesizers at a college of music. In high school and college she also studied classical vocal music and Japanese folk songs. In 2003, she debuted with her first original album Tsukimorino Matsuri. Afterward, she was appointed as vocalist for the FINAL FANTASY SONG BOOK CD “MAHOROBA” (Universal Music), NHK Minna no Uta "Sen no Hana Sen no Sora" (avex) and other songs and their live performances. Currently, Manami Kiyota is involved as a composer in the production of video games, large dome videos, documentaries and other various projects. In the Xenoblade Chronicles series, Manami Kiyota was in charge of many musical pieces such as "Satorl Marsh", "Spirit Crucible Elpys" and "Iris Network". After finishing Xenoblade Chronicles 3, she is now playing the series all the way through for the second time staring with Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.
COMPOSER, ARRANGER & ORCHESTRATOR
Mariam Abounnasr [PROCYON STUDIO]
Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator
Mariam Abounnasr was born in London, England. After graduating from the Royal Holloway, University of London with a major in music, she obtained a master's degree at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Abounnasr joined Procyon Studio in 2015. She works as a composer and arranger for mainly anime and video game soundtracks and as an orchestrator for concerts. As composer, her works include Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space and Oninaki. As arranger and orchestrator, her works include NieR Orchestral Arrangement, CHRONO Orchestral Arrangement, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Final Fantasy XV Episode Ignis, Inazuma Eleven: Ares and Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic.
Main Character Designer
Masatsugu Saito
I've also been looking forward to the long-awaited Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Original Soundtrack and am thrilled it has been announced! I had the opportunity to draw an illustration for the soundtrack. In it, I drew a scene of the group of friends listening closely to Noah and Mio's melodies. I recommend listening to the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Original Soundtrack while trying to imagine Noah and Mio perform.