# Yoko Shimomura | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 01:26 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Yoko Shimomura
- Visible lyric pages: 5

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `yoko-shimomura`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 01:26 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-82442afe94739ce8
- Visible lyric pages: 5
- Pages with stored lyric text: 5
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 5201
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 7
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 1
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Ready To Fight, Seven Shades of Life -Bejeweled City in Ruins-, Somnus, and Song of Mana
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Yoko Shimomura was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1967. She started playing piano early and studied classical composers, but also listened to rock, pop, jazz, and electronic music as a teenager. That mix of influences shows up in her work. She joined Capcom in 1993 and wrote music for video games. One of her pieces, "Somnus," appears in the game Final Fantasy XV. Another track, "Song of Mana," comes from...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Ready To Fight — https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/ready-to-fight
2. Seven Shades of Life -Bejeweled City in Ruins- — https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/seven-shades-of-life-bejeweled-city-in-ruins-
3. Somnus — https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/somnus
4. Song of Mana — https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/song-of-mana
5. Ready To Fight — https://lyroverse.com/yoko-shimomura/ready-to-fight