Masaru Yokoyama

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.

Masaru Yokoyama 横山 克
Born	(1982-11-03) November 3, 1982 (age 41) Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Orchestral symphonic classical J-pop orchestral pop
Occupation(s)	Composer arranger
Instruments	Keyboard synthesizer
Labels	Miracle Bus

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 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]

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		^[25]
2022	Fruits Basket: Prelude		^[26]
	Tsurune: The Movie – The First Shot		^[27]
	Break of Dawn		^[28]
2023	Gekijōban Collar × Malice Deep Cover		^[8]
	Maboroshi		^[29]
2024	Trapezium		^[30]

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		^[31]
	Real Girl		^[8]
	Cafe Funiculi Funicula
2020	AI Amok
	Yowamushi Pedal
2022	Sen wa, Boku wo Egaku
2023	Nemesis: The Movie		^[32]
	You Made My Dawn		^[33]

Other projects

Year	Title	Note(s)	Ref(s)
2008	Darling / Yui Horie	"Little Honey Bee"	^[34]
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	^[35]
2020	Sister Cities / Saori Hayami	"mist"	^[36]
2021	Shuumatsu no Akasha	video game	^[8]
2022	Noah's Heart	video game
	Masaru Yokoyama NHK Works 2	compilation album	^[37]

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External links

• Profile at Miracle Bus (in Japanese)
• Masaru Yokoyama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia