Yuka Tsujiyoko facts for kids

Yuka Tsujiyoko (辻横 由佳, Tsujiyoko Yuka, born Yuka Bamba) is a talented Japanese video game music composer. She is famous for creating music for popular games like the Fire Emblem and Paper Mario series. She has also worked on many other games made by Intelligent Systems.

Yuka Tsujiyoko was born in Uji, a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. She started learning to play the piano when she was very young, even before she went to elementary school. Later, in high school, she wrote her very first original song for a music class project.

She went to Osaka Electro-Communication University and studied electronic engineering. Before she joined Intelligent Systems, a company that makes video games, Yuka Tsujiyoko worked as a computer programmer. She was inspired by musicians like Pat Metheny and Hirokazu Tanaka. Hirokazu Tanaka even helped her with her first game project, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.

Creating Game Music

Yuka Tsujiyoko is known for her amazing work as a composer. A composer writes the music you hear in games. This music helps set the mood and makes the game more exciting.

The Fire Emblem Series

Yuka Tsujiyoko has played a big part in the music for the Fire Emblem games. These are strategy role-playing games where you lead an army. She composed music for many early games in the series, including:

• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990)
• Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992)
• Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1994)
• Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996)
• Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999)
• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (2002)
• Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003)

Later, she became a "sound supervisor" for many Fire Emblem games. This means she helped guide the overall sound and music for the game. She made sure all the music fit together perfectly. Some games where she was sound supervisor include:

• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (2004)
• Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005)
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007)
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (2008)
• Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem (2010)
• Fire Emblem Awakening (2012)
• Fire Emblem Fates (2015)
• Fire Emblem Heroes (2017)
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017)
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019)
• Fire Emblem Engage (2023)

The Paper Mario Series

Yuka Tsujiyoko also helped create the music for the Paper Mario games. These games are known for their unique art style, where characters look like paper cutouts. She composed music for:

• Paper Mario (2000)
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)

Other Notable Games

Besides Fire Emblem and Paper Mario, Yuka Tsujiyoko has worked on other fun games:

• Battle Clash (1992) and its sequel Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge (1994), which were games played with the Super Scope light gun.
• Tetris Attack (1996) for Game Boy, a puzzle game.
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014), where she helped arrange music. This means she took existing songs and changed them to fit the game.
• Pokémon Picross (2015), a puzzle game featuring Pokémon.

Yuka Tsujiyoko continues to create amazing music that makes video games more enjoyable for players around the world.