Kohta Yamamoto

Kohta Yamamoto (山本 康太, Yamamoto Kōta, born 1987) (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and lyricist who has worked on the soundtrack of many anime series. He is best known for composing the soundtrack for Attack on Titan: The Final Season, for which he won the Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Soundtrack.^[1]

Kohta Yamamoto 山本 康太
Born	1987 (age 37–38) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Electronic rock classical rock acoustic rock metal
Occupations	Composer arranger lyricist
Instruments	Keyboard
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Legendoor (2015–2017)
Website	www.kohtayamamoto.net

The native form of this personal name is Yamamoto Kohta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Biography

Yamamoto was born in Tokyo, in 1987.^[2][3] His musician career started in 2015, with him writing songs for other artists.^[4] In 2017, alongside Hiroyuki Sawano, Yamamoto made his debut as a composer in the anime Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga,^[5] the sequel of the popular series Blue Exorcist. Since then, he has been involved in many soundtrack works, several of which with composer Hiroyuki Sawano.

In February 2022, Yamamoto and Sawano were awarded at the Anime Trending Awards for their role on the soundtrack of the anime 86.^[6]

On November 13, 2022, Yamamoto attended an orchestral concert event for the concluding season of Attack on Titan. The event was held at Tokyo's Tachikawa Stage Garden, with him performing tracks from the Attack on Titan's score.^[7]

Yamamoto also attended the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards on March 4, 2023, performing the track "Ashes on the Fire" from Attack on Titan: The Final Season; he and Sawano won the award for Best Soundtrack for their work on the show.^[8][1]

Works

Anime

Year	Title	Role(s)
2017	Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[5]
	DIVE!!	Composer (other tracks by Yuki Hayashi)
2018	The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Takafumi Wada)[9]
	The Girl in Twilight	Composer (other tracks by Kenji Ito and Shun Narita)[10]
	Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight	Opening theme song composer[11]
	Senran Kagura Shinovi Master	Opening theme song composer and arranger[12]
2019	Re:Stage! Dream Days	Composer
	The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[13]
2020	Kingdom Season 3	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[14]
	Attack on Titan: The Final Season	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[15]
2021	The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Takafumi Wada)[16]
	Moriarty the Patriot Season 2	Opening theme song composer, arranger and lyricist
	86	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[17]
	The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[18][19]
	86 Part 2	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[20]
2022	Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[21]
	Kingdom Season 4	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[22]
	The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[23]
2023	Kaina of the Great Snow Sea	Composer (other tracks by Misaki Umase)[24]
	Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 3	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)
	Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts	Composer[25]
	Dark Gathering	Composer (other tracks by Shun Narita and Yusuke Ceo)[26]
	Four Knights of the Apocalypse	Composer[27]
2024	Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[28]
	Chained Soldier	Composer[29]
	Dragon Raja: The Blazing Dawn	Composer[30]
	The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human	Composer[31]
	Mechanical Arms	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Daiki)[32]
2025	The Rose of Versailles	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[33]
	Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise	Composer[34]

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role(s)
2017	CRISIS	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[35]
2019	Sign: Houigakusha Yuzuki Takashi no Jiken	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[36]
2021	Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 3	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Takafumi Wada)[37]
2023	Ōoku: The Inner Chambers	Composer[38]
2024	Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 4	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano and Takafumi Wada)

Video games

Year	Title	Role(s)
2016	The Idolmaster Million Live!	Composer and arranger[39]
	Dark Rose Valkyrie	Ending theme song composer and arranger[40]
2018	Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri -Ran- Hajimaru Michiato	Composer (other tracks by Hiroyuki Sawano)[41]
2019	The Idolmaster SideM	Composer and arranger[42]
2020	Fate/Grand Order Kyosuu Daikaisen Imaginary Scramble	Promotional video music creator[43]
2023	Blue Protocol	Composer[44]

Other involvements

Year	Title	Artist	Role(s)	Album
2015	"Kimi to Iuna no Tsubasa" and "Mōsukoshi"	Takeshi Tsuruno	Arranger	Tsuruno Uta 3[45]
2017	"Reworld"	Sayaka Sasaki	Composer Arranger	Fated Crown[40]
	"Planetary"	Sayaka Sasaki	Composer Arranger	Grand Symphony[46]
2018	"Fly High Myway!"	Mai Fuchigami	Composer Arranger Programmer Instruments	Fly High Myway!
	"SCARLET MASTER"	Sayaka Sasaki	Composer Arranger	SCARLET MASTER[12]
	"Liberation"	Mai Fuchigami	Composer	Liberation
2020	"Time To Burn", "Higher Ground", "Bratsruts", "Lite The Last Fire" and "It's So Quiet"	Knights of the Sound-Table	Composer Arranger	Chapter One[47]
	"Let's Hold Hands Tightly!"	Let's Te to Te de Kyun!	Composer Arranger Programmer Keyboard Instruments	Everybody☆Healin' Good Day!
	"SCARLET MASTER"	Sayaka Sasaki	Composer Arranger	SAYABEST 2010-2020
	"Genjitsu"	Hannah Grace	Composer Arranger	Genjitsu[43]
2021	"Liberation"	Mai Fuchigami	Composer	HOSHIZORA
	"TWISTED HEARTS"	Tasuku Hatanaka	Composer Arranger Lyricist	TWISTED HEARTS[48]
2022	"Tot Musica"	Ado	Composer Chorus	Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red[49]