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Takeharu Ishimoto
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Date of Birth: | May 29, 1970s (Nichinanshi) |
| General Interests: | Rock Music, Guitars | |
| Instruments: | Piano, Guitar | |
| Employment: | Square Enix (1998 - ) (Synthesizer Op., Composer) | |
| Game Works: | Crisis Core, Dissidia, Agito XIII |
Takeharu Ishimoto is a mysterious guitar-obsessed Square Enix synthesizer operator turned composer. Though not very prolific as a synthesizer operator, he was principally responsible for the scores to Vagrant Story, the All Star Pro-Wrestling series, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories and its remake, and the controversial Kingdom Hearts II. He also made to Final Fantasy X and Legend of Mana.
Having revealed an inclination for composing in Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection and the little-known sports game World Fantastista, he was officially upgraded to a composer in 2005. He is now one of Tetsuya Nomura's favoured composers due to his versatility with popular genres. Thus far, he has worked on the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII titles Last Order (anime), Before Crisis (mobile), and Crisis Core (PSP).
Over the last two years, Ishimoto has been especially prolific. Among his recent projects are the DS' It's a Wonderful World, the mobile phone prequel Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the spinoff Dissidia Final Fantasy, and another mobile game, Monotone. He has already made numerous achievements as a composer, but how the public will receive him is still unclear.
