Yasunori Nishiki

Yasunori Nishiki (西木 康智, Nishiki Yasunori, born July 10, 1985) is a Japanese composer, best known for his work on the Octopath Traveler video game series. He formerly worked for Konami and has produced soundtracks for video games and anime.

Yasunori Nishiki 西木 康智
Also known as	Vivian
Born	(1985-07-10) July 10, 1985 (age 39) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Orchestral progressive rock symphonic rock ambient video game music
Occupations	Composer arranger
Instruments	Keyboard synthesizer
Website	yasunorinishiki.com

Biography

Nishiki was born on July 10, 1985, in Kanagawa Prefecture.^[1] He started taking piano lessons when he was a child, but became interested in music when he became a fan of the Japanese band Spitz. After which, he bought some sheet music for their songs and began to write his own compositions on the piano.^[2] After graduating from Tokyo College of Music, he began to work as a music composer for Konami,^[3] and worked on titles such as Quiz Magic Academy series, and arranged the national anthems for Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, which are also used in the further installments in the series.^[4] He had also produced several tracks for various music video game series such as Reflec Beat, Pop'n Music, and Jubeat under the alias Vivian.^[5]

He left Konami to pursue his career as a freelancer, and began to expand his works for various non-gaming projects such as anime and puppet shows.^[3] His first major project was the soundtrack for the video game Octopath Traveler; the soundtrack received positive reception from critics and fans,^[6] and was nominated for "Best Score/Music" at The Game Awards 2018.^[7] It has spawned many arrangement albums and has also been performed live in concerts.^[8] He would later work on the anime Azur Lane,^[9] and Princess Connect! Re:Dive.^[10]

He has collaborated with Kohei Tanaka as a synthesizer programmer for several of his works, including Gravity Rush 2 and One Piece.^[11]

Works

Video games

Year	Title	Note(s)	Ref(s)
2010	Quiz Magic Academy VII	with various others	[11]
	Pro Evolution Soccer 2011	arranged the national anthems	[4]
2011	Quiz Magic Academy VIII	with various others	[11]
	Frontier Gate	with Naoyuki Sato, Masato Nakayama, and Junpei Fujita	[11]
2012	NeverDead	with various others	[11]
	Quiz Magic Academy: Kenja no Tobira	with various others	[11]
	Reflec Beat Colette -Winter-	"guerre à outrance"	[5]
	Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle	with various others	[11]
	Pop'n Music Sunny Park	"Haitoku to jaaku no epitaph"	[5]
	Jubeat Saucer	two tracks	[5]
2013	Dragon Collection		[11]
	Reflec Beat Colette -Summer-	"Legendary Dragon"	[5]
	Beatmania IIDX 21: Spada	"Shattered control"	[5]
2015	Otocadoll	"Sen no Komorebi"	[11]
	Lord of Vermilion Arena	arrangements	[11]
2016	Show by Rock!!	"My Precious Sign"	[11]
	Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz	with various others	[11]
	Endride: X Fragments	with various others	[11]
	Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star	"ex:tella"	[11]
2017	Gravity Rush 2	synthesizer	[11]
	Terra Battle 2	arrangements with various others	[12]
2018	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	with various others	[13]
	Octopath Traveler		[2][3]
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	arrangements with various others	[14]
	Rakugaki Kingdom	"Spectrum Seeker"	[15]
	Renshin Astral	Kyoto battle themes	[16]
	Sakura Wars	arranged "Kurui Sake Teito ni"	[17]
2020	Granblue Fantasy Versus	with Tsutomu Narita, Hidenori Maezawa, and Nao Tokisawa	[18]
	Final Fantasy VII Remake	with various others	[19]
	Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent		[20]
2021	Uma Musume Pretty Derby	with various others	[21]
	Solomon Program	with Rina Yugi	[22]
2022	Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel		[23]
2023	Octopath Traveler II		[24]
	Sin Chronicle	"Trigger of Fate"	[25]
	Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising	with Tsutomu Narita, Hidenori Maezawa, and Nao Tokisawa
2024	Final Fantasy VII Rebirth	arrangements with various others	[26]

Anime / television

Year	Title	Note(s)	Ref(s)
2016	Endride	synthesizer
2017	Granblue Fantasy The Animation	with Nobuo Uematsu and Tsutomu Narita	[11]
2019	Azur Lane		[9]
	Granblue Fantasy The Animation 2	with Tsutomu Narita	[27]
2020	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	with various others	[10]
2022	Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall	with Shingo Nishimura and Ren Tsukagoshi	[28]
	Shine Post	with Tsubasa Ito	[29]
2023	Dragons of Wonderhatch	with Hisaki Kato and Kana Inukai	[30]

Other projects

Year	Title	Note(s)	Ref(s)
2014	Oreca Omaeca Genkai Battle!! / Akira Kushida	"Kessen! Burning"	[11]
2015	El Mundo / Risa Minami	synthesizer on "Moroha no Tsurugi"	[11]
	Music College Alumni Joint Volunteer Project: Work Collection 1	"SeTsuNa"	[31]
2016	Izayoi Bonboriuta / Tsurezurenaru Ayatsuri Mugenan	arranged "Gensou yo Sake"	[11]
2018	Canvas / Risa Minami	"Yoake no Ane Mosu"	[32]
2019	Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World of Tres-	arranged "Overture to the Decisive Battle"	[33]
	Octopath Traveler Arrangements Break & Boost -Extend-		[34]
2020	Reknowing / Lena Raine	"Light Rail (Yasunori Nishiki Remix)"	[35]
	Final Fantasy VII Remake Acoustic Arrangements	with various others	[36]
2021	Merregnon: Land of Silence	arrangements	[14]
2023	Final Fantasy Series Acoustic Arrangements	arranged "Battle With the Four Fiends"	[37]
	Genshin Concert 2023 - Melodies of an Endless Journey	music director	[38]
2024	Octopath Traveler Orchestral Arrangements -To Travel is to Live-	supervisor	[39]