About Michiru Yamane

Michiru Yamanem (山根 ミチル), born September 23, 1963, is a Japanese video game composer and musician. She is known primarily for her work in the Castlevania series and other Konami games, including Suikoden. Her debut project was Nemesis 3. She left Konami in 2008 and became an independent music composer. ==Game projects== • 1987 Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction (with Motoaki Furukawa, Kazuhiko Uehara, Yukie Morimoto, and Masahiro Ikariko) • 1988 King's Valley II (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Kinuyo Yamashita, and Motoaki Furukawa) • 1989 Ganbare Goemon 2 Motocross Maniacs (with Tsuyoshi Sekito) Space Manbow (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Yuji Takenouchi) • 1990 Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ogon Kiseru (with Tsutomu Ogura, Harumi Ueko, and Satoko Minami) Nemesis (with Shinya Sakamoto, Yuji Takenouchi, and Tomoya Tomita) SD Snatcher (with Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Motoaki Furukawa, Yuji Takenouchi, Harumi Ueko, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kazuhiko Uehara) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan Lightning Fighters (with Kenichi Matsubara) • 1991 Detana!! TwinBee (with Hidenori Maezawa and Masae Nakashima) Vendetta • 1992 Asterix (with Mutsuhiko Izumi, Junya Nakano, Mariko Egawa, and Akiko Hashimoto) Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa • 1993 Pop'n TwinBee (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Tomoya Tomita, Nobuyuki Akena, Masae Nakashima, Saiko Miki, Harumi Ueko, and Yukie Morimoto) Rocket Knight Adventures (with Masanori Oouchi, Aki Hata, and Masanori Adachi) • 1994 Castlevania: Bloodlines Contra: Hard Corps (with Akira Souji, Akira Yamaoka, and Hirofumi Taniguchi) Sparkster (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Minako Matsuhira, and Akira Yamaoka) Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (with Akira Yamaoka) • 1996 Ganbare Goemon: Uchū Kaizoku Akogingu ''(with Akira Yamaoka, Takayuki Fujii, Motoaki Furukawa, Tappi Iwase, Latino, Hiroshi Tamawari, and Shoichiro Hirata) • 1997 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night • 1999 Gungage (with Sota Fujimori) • 2000 Elder Gate (with Sota Fujimori and Hidenori Onishi) • 2001 Pro Evolution Soccer (with Norikazu Miura) • 2002 DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution (with Atsushi Sato, Sota Fujimori, and Masafumi Sekiguchi) Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance ("boss rush" mode track and Vampire Killer 2002 remix only) Suikoden III (with Takashi Yoshida and Masahiko Kimura) Pro Evolution Soccer 2 (with Sota Fujimori) Dance Dance Revolution MAX 2 ("Forever Sunshine", with vocalist Chel Y.) • 2003 Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (with Takashi Yoshida and Soshiro Hokkai) Castlevania: Lament of Innocence • 2004 Suikoden IV (with Masahiko Kimura and Norikazu Miura) Rumble Roses ("The Thorn of Justice") • 2005 The Sword of Etheria Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (with Masahiko Kimura) Castlevania: Curse of Darkness • 2006 Elebits (with Naoyuki Sato) Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (with Yuzo Koshiro) • 2007 beatmania IIDX 14: Gold ("Kamiro Una Mendesu") pop'n music 15 Adventure ("Akumajo Dracula Medley ~Hybrid Version~) • 2008 Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (with Yasuhiro Ichihashi) Otomedius G (with many others) Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero (with Naoyuki Sato) • 2010 Mushihimesama Bug Panic (with Mica Nozawa, Daisuke Matsumoto, and Takeshi Miyamoto) • 2011 Otomedius Excellent (with many others) • 2012 Skullgirls (with Vincent Diamante, Blaine McGurty, and Brenton Kossak)