Mahito Yokota

Mahito Yokota (横田 真人, Yokota Mahito) is a Japanese music composer and orchestrator who works for the video game development company Nintendo.^[1] He is most known for his collaborations with Koji Kondo in the Super Mario Galaxy series, along with Super Mario 3D World.^[2][3][4] Yokota served as an audio director at Koei prior to joining Nintendo in 2003.

Mahito Yokota 横田 真人
Genres	Video game music symphonic
Occupations	Composer orchestrator
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1998–present

Works

Year	Title	Role
1998	Sangokushi Sōsōden	Music
1999	Saiyuki: Journey West	Sound effects
2000	Kessen	Sound director
2001	Kessen II	Sound director
2002	Dynasty Tactics	Music
	Crimson Sea	Sound director
2003	Dynasty Warriors 4	Music with various others
	Dynasty Tactics 2	Music with Masato Koike
2004	Donkey Kong Jungle Beat	Music
2006	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Orchestrations
2007	Super Mario Galaxy	Music with Koji Kondo
2008	Wii Music	Music with Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi
2010	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Music with Ryo Nagamatsu and Koji Kondo
2011	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D	3DS adaptation of the original score
	Super Mario 3D Land	Music with Asuka Hayazaki and Takeshi Hama
	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Music with Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, and Takeshi Hama
2012	New Super Mario Bros. U	Music with Shiho Fujii
2013	New Super Luigi U	Music with Shiho Fujii
	Super Mario 3D World	Music with Toru Minegishi, Yasuaki Iwata, and Koji Kondo
2014	Mario Kart 8	Sound support
	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	"Star Wolf's Theme / Sector Z"
	Pikmin Short Movies	Music with Hajime Wakai
	Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	Music with Naoto Kubo
2015	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D	3DS adaptation of the original score
	Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash	Music supervisor
2016	Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge	Music supervisor
2017	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Sound support
	Arms	Sound support
	Super Mario Odyssey	Sound management
2018	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Main theme recording management
2021	Mario Golf: Super Rush	Sound supervisor
2022	Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope	Sound supervisor
2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Supervisor

References

1. Greening, Chris (2 April 2013). "Mahito Yokota Profile". vgmonline.net. Video Game Music Online. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
2. "Iwata Asks: Super Mario Galaxy 2". Nintendo. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
3. Watts, Martin (6 November 2013). "Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo Discuss Their Involvement with Super Mario 3D World". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
4. "Interview with Super Mario Galaxy composers Koji Kondo and Mahito Yokota". Music 4 Games. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2014.