Shiho Fujii

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“大切なのは気持ちよくゲームを楽しめること。ゲームの絵とともにいつまでも心に残るBGMを作りたい。” — ^[src]

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Shiho Fujii ^{(JPJapanese: 藤井志帆

Romaji: Fujii Shiho)} is a composer at Nintendo. She joined the company in April 2007 and has worked mainly on titles of the Mario franchise, as well as other titles like The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the Splatoon series. Since joining Nintendo, she initially worked mostly on titles for the Wii and Wii U.

She specializes in synthesizing, pop-style, and live-performed soundtracks for her games.

History[]

According to her Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Iwata Asks interview, Shiho Fujii was born in 1984. In her childhood, she owned the Famicom Disk System after elementary school and played Super Mario Bros. Fujii mentioned that she had negative experiences in video games, namely the action genre, and only beat Super Mario 64 out of all the Mario games. Prior to her work at Nintendo, Fujii was experienced in practicing playing the piano, in which she expressed dislike. Despite initial reciting difficulties, Fujii enjoyed making video game music, which ultimately led her to her sound position at Nintendo.

After joining Nintendo in 2007, her first game was Wii Fit which was released in the same year. She later worked on the music for Animal Crossing: City Folk and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In 2011, Fujii composed music for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii, which is her first large-scale and fully-orchestrated music work.

From then on, starting with the lead work in the 2012 Wii U launch title New Super Mario Bros. U, she composed and arranged music for mainly Mario series games. She eventually composed music with live-performance in Mario Kart 8, which features mainly band, violin, and rock. Outside of composition, Fujii worked as the music supervisor for Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge.

Fujii's first major work in a Mario series game which is Super Mario Odyssey for the Nintendo Switch. Her compositions were digitally composed and live-performed, with some full-orchestra performances.

In addition, Fujii composed music for the Splatoon and Ring Fit Adventure games. For the Splatoon series, she was mostly in charge of most of the songs for Squid Sisters and Chirpy Chips, some of which were mostly associated with the Splatfest mode in the original entry. Fujii also contributed to the soundtrack of Super Mario Odyssey, where she was most notoriously in charge of most of the music for the Cap, Lake, Snow and Luncheon kingdoms.

Based on her credits, she typically uses Apple products like Logic Pro and GarageBand for creating music.^[1]

Game Works[]

Wii Fit (2007) - Music
Animal Crossing: City Folk (2008) - Music
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) - Music
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) - Music
New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) - Music
New Super Luigi U (2013) - Music
Mario Kart 8 (2014) - Music
Splatoon (2015) - Sound
Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) - Music Supervisor
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) - Music
Splatoon 2 (2017) - Sound
Super Mario Odyssey (2017) - Music
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) - Music
Ring Fit Adventure (2019) - Music
Splatoon 3 (2022) - Sound
- Expansion Pass (2023-2024) - Sound
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) - Music

Special Thanks[]

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
Tank Troopers (2016)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor

Song Credits[]

Animal Crossing: City Folk[]

K.K. House^{^[2]} -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[3]^[4]}
K.K. Stroll^{^[5]} -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[4]} [note: originally only available as live version]

Animal Crossing - Your Favourite Songs - Original Soundtrack[]

K.K. House (Club Version) -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[3]}

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[]

Underwater Theme -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[6]}
Desert Theme -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[6]}
Castle Theme -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[6]}
Airship Theme -- Arrangement^{^[6]}
Toad House -- Arrangement^{^[6]}
Enemy Course -- Arrangement^{^[6]}
Invincible -- Arrangement^{^[6]}

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword[]

Skyloft -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Waterfall Cave -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Flight Training -- Arrangement^{^[7]}
House Theme -- Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Sealed Temple -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Faron Woods -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Encounter with a Kikwi -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Chasing after Machi -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Conversations with Kikwis -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Kikwi Elder -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Ghirahim, Demon Lord -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
A Duel with Ghirahim -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Statue of the Goddess -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
A Small Island -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Lanayru Desert -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Scrapper Lives -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Lumpy Pumpkin -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
A Duet with Kina -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Farore's Silent Realm -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Inside the Great Tree -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Ancient Cistern -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Nayru's Silent Realm -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Cart Ride -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Pirate Stronghold -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Fire Sanctuary -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Temple of Hylia -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Flooded Woods -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Tracking Down the Tadtones -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
The Goddess's Silent Realm -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Showdown with Ghirahim (First Phase) -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Showdown with Ghirahim (Second Phase) -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}
Party Wheel -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[7]}

New Super Mario Bros. U[]

Ground Theme -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[8]}

Mario Kart 8[]

Water Park -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Sweet Sweet Canyon -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Mario Circuit -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Toad Harbor -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Twisted Mansion -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Shy Guy Falls -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Electrodrome -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Bone-Dry Dunes -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Rainbow Road -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}
Selection Screen (Online) -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[9]}

The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8[]

Excitebike Arena -- Arrangement^{^[9]}

Splatoon[]

Lookin' Fresh / DJ Lee Fish -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Inkopolis News -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
City of Color / Squid Sisters -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Commence the Fest / Squid Sisters -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Ink Me Up / Squid Sisters -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Now or Never! / Squid Sisters -- Arrangement^{^[10]}
Octoling Rendezvous / Turquoise October -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Calamari Inkantation / Squid Sisters -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Maritime Memory / Squid Sisters -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}

Version 2.0.0[]

Shellfie / Chirpy Chips -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Split and Splat / Chirpy Chips -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}

Extra[]

Chorus of Calamari County -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[10]}
Bomb Rush Blush / Callie -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[11]}
Tide Goes Out / Marie -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[11]}
City of Color (Shy-Ho-Shy Demo) -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[11]}
Splattack! - Shellfie (Inkredible New Stages and Gear) -- Composition (w/Toru Minegishi), Arrangement (w/Toru Minegishi)^{^[11]}

Splatoon 2[]

Fresh Start / Squid Sisters -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[12]}

Version 3.0.0[]

Blitz It! / Chirpy Chips -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[13]}
Wave Prism / Chirpy Chips -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[13]}

Super Mario Odyssey[]

Meeting Cappy -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Bonneton -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Top-Hat Tower -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Lake Lamode: Underwater Passage -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Lake Lamode^{^[15]} -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Lake Lamode: Surface -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Bowser Battle 1: Showdown in Nimbus Arena -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
The Silver World of Shiveria -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Shiveria Town -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Snowline Circuit -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
The Bound Bowl Grand Prix -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Race Results -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Mount Volbono^{^[15]} -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Peronza Plaza -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Cooking Cookatiel -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Rebuffing the Ruined Dragon -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Honeylune Ridge^{^[15]} -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
The Wedding Hall -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
The Big Stare Down -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Capturing Bowser! -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Peach's Castle -- Arrangement^{^[14]}
RC Car Challenge -- Arrangement^{^[14]}
Koopa’s Trace-Walking -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Run, Jump, Throw! 2^{^[15]} -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Challenges in Another World -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Above the Clouds -- Arrangement^{^[14]}
Restoring the Odyssey -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Many More Moons -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Coaxing Cookatiel -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
On Your Mark -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
The Last Lap -- Arrangement^{^[14]}
First Place! -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Better Luck Next Time -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[14]}
Shiveria Snowscape -- Composition (w/Shigetoshi Gohara), Arrangement (w/Shigetoshi Gohara)^{^[14]}

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[]

Staff Credits 2 (Music Box) -- Arrangement [note: unknown composition credit]

Splatoon 3[]

Wave Goodbye / Squid Sisters -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[16]}

Version 6.0.0[]

Slopping Spree / Chirpy Chips -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[11]}
No Quarters / Chirpy Chips -- Composition & Arrangement^{^[11]}

Gallery[]

Interviews[]

Iwata Asks: Super Mario 25th Anniversary
Nintendo employee interview 2013 (archived)
Nintendo employee interview 2016 (archived)
- translated by Shiho Takamori
Famitsu: Splatoon

References[]

↑ NEWER VGM Sound Sources
↑ Aircheck and live versions
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Interview in Nintendo DREAM Vol. 182
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://vgmdb.net/album/119941
↑ Live version
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01085336&dm=d#song
↑ ^7.00 ^7.01 ^7.02 ^7.03 ^7.04 ^7.05 ^7.06 ^7.07 ^7.08 ^7.09 ^7.10 ^7.11 ^7.12 ^7.13 ^7.14 ^7.15 ^7.16 ^7.17 ^7.18 ^7.19 ^7.20 ^7.21 ^7.22 ^7.23 ^7.24 ^7.25 ^7.26 ^7.27 ^7.28 ^7.29 ^7.30 ^7.31 https://vgmdb.net/album/114738
↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/55417
↑ ^9.00 ^9.01 ^9.02 ^9.03 ^9.04 ^9.05 ^9.06 ^9.07 ^9.08 ^9.09 ^9.10 https://vgmdb.net/album/51219
↑ ^10.00 ^10.01 ^10.02 ^10.03 ^10.04 ^10.05 ^10.06 ^10.07 ^10.08 ^10.09 ^10.10 ^10.11 https://vgmdb.net/album/54591
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 https://vgmdb.net/album/59115 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":5" defined multiple times with different content
↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/71622
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 https://vgmdb.net/album/77143
↑ ^14.00 ^14.01 ^14.02 ^14.03 ^14.04 ^14.05 ^14.06 ^14.07 ^14.08 ^14.09 ^14.10 ^14.11 ^14.12 ^14.13 ^14.14 ^14.15 ^14.16 ^14.17 ^14.18 ^14.19 ^14.20 ^14.21 ^14.22 ^14.23 ^14.24 ^14.25 ^14.26 ^14.27 ^14.28 ^14.29 ^14.30 ^14.31 ^14.32 ^14.33 https://vgmdb.net/album/73671
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 Includes 8-bit version
↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/126713

[1] NEWER VGM Sound Sources

[2] Aircheck and live versions

[:9-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Interview in Nintendo DREAM Vol. 182

[:7-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://vgmdb.net/album/119941

[5] Live version

[:0-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 https://www.ymm.co.jp/p/detail.php?code=GTP01085336&dm=d#song

[:6-7] 7.00 ^7.01 ^7.02 ^7.03 ^7.04 ^7.05 ^7.06 ^7.07 ^7.08 ^7.09 ^7.10 ^7.11 ^7.12 ^7.13 ^7.14 ^7.15 ^7.16 ^7.17 ^7.18 ^7.19 ^7.20 ^7.21 ^7.22 ^7.23 ^7.24 ^7.25 ^7.26 ^7.27 ^7.28 ^7.29 ^7.30 ^7.31 https://vgmdb.net/album/114738

[8] ttps://vgmdb.net/album/55417

[:1-9] 9.00 ^9.01 ^9.02 ^9.03 ^9.04 ^9.05 ^9.06 ^9.07 ^9.08 ^9.09 ^9.10 https://vgmdb.net/album/51219

[:2-10] 10.00 ^10.01 ^10.02 ^10.03 ^10.04 ^10.05 ^10.06 ^10.07 ^10.08 ^10.09 ^10.10 ^10.11 https://vgmdb.net/album/54591

[:5-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 https://vgmdb.net/album/59115 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":5" defined multiple times with different content

[12] ttps://vgmdb.net/album/71622

[:3-13] 13.0 ^13.1 https://vgmdb.net/album/77143

[:4-14] 14.00 ^14.01 ^14.02 ^14.03 ^14.04 ^14.05 ^14.06 ^14.07 ^14.08 ^14.09 ^14.10 ^14.11 ^14.12 ^14.13 ^14.14 ^14.15 ^14.16 ^14.17 ^14.18 ^14.19 ^14.20 ^14.21 ^14.22 ^14.23 ^14.24 ^14.25 ^14.26 ^14.27 ^14.28 ^14.29 ^14.30 ^14.31 ^14.32 ^14.33 https://vgmdb.net/album/73671

[:8-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 Includes 8-bit version

[16] ttps://vgmdb.net/album/126713

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