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Asuka Itō is a Japanese video game and film composer who worked for Nintendo SPD between 2006 and 2014, on projects like Tomodachi Life and Pilotwings Resort.

History[]

After studying at the Yamaha Music School in Japan and The Conservatoire de Musique in Paris, as well as playing in American brass bands, she was hired as an in-house composer for Nintendo SPD in 2006, where she composed for titles on the Tomodachi and Rhythm Heaven franchises, as well as other titles like Pilotwings Resort.

In 2014, she left Nintendo and moved to Los Angeles, where she completed the UCLA Film Scoring Program to become a film composer.

Game Works[]

Special Thanks[]

Song Credits[]

Tomodachi Collection[]

  • Compatibility Tester -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
  • Career Counselor -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
  • Stewing in Rejection -- Composition (w/Daisuke Shiiba), Arrangement (w/Daisuke Shiiba)[2]
  • Separating with a Sweetheart -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
  • All-Time Favorite -- Composition & Arrangement[2]

Pilotwings Resort[]

Asuka Ito was the sole composer of this title

Rhythm Heaven Fever[]

  • Kung Fu Ball -- Composition & Arrangement[3]

Style Savvy: Trendsetters[]

  • Fashion Contest -- Composition & Arrangement[3]

Tomodachi Life[]

  • Techno Song -- Composition & Arrangement[3]
  • Musical Song -- Composition & Arrangement[3]
  • Ballad Song -- Composition & Arrangement[3]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[]

  • Turbo Jet (Pilotwings Resort) -- Composition (w/Soyo Oka), Arrangement
  • Pedal Glider (Pilotwings Resort) -- Composition & Arrangement

Rhythm Heaven Megamix[]

  • Tangotronic 3000 -- Composition & Arrangement[3]
  • Kitties! -- Composition & Arrangement[3]

Gallery[]

Interviews[]

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