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Shiho Fujii (JP) 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[]

Special Thanks[]

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]
  • Cave -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Bird-Riding Practice -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Inside a House -- Arrangement[7]
  • Sealed Temple -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Faron Woods -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Encounter with the Kikwis -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Chasing Machi -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Talking to the Kikwis -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • The Kikwi Elder -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Demon Lord Ghirahim -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Battle with Ghirahim 1 -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Isle of the Goddess -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Small Island -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Lanayru Desert -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Scrapper is Revived -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • The Lumpy Pumpkin -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Kina's Singing -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Farore's Silent Realm -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Inside the Great Tree -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Ancient Cistern -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Nayru's Silent Realm -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • The Mine Cart -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Pirate Stronghold -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Fire Sanctuary -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Temple of Hylia -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Flooded Woods -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Collecting the Tadtones -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • The Goddess's Silent Realm -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Battle with Ghirahim 2 -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Battle with Ghirahim 2: Second Half -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
  • Delivering the Party Wheel -- Composition & Arrangement[7]

New Super Mario Bros. U[]

  • Ground Theme -- Composition & Arrangement[8]

Mario Kart 8[]

  • Selection Screen (Online) -- Composition & Arrangement[9]
  • 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]

The Legend of Zelda X 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]
  • Splatfest - Match Opening [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 with 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: Ground Theme -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Bowser Battle 1: Nimbus Arena Showdown -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • The Silver World of Shiveria -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Shiveria: Town -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Snowline Circuit -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Bound Bowl Grand Prix -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Race Results -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Mount Volbono[15] -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Peronza Plaza -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Cookatiel Battle -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Ruined Dragon Battle -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Honeylune Ridge[15] -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Wedding Hall -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Confrontation -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Capture: Bowser! -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Peach's Castle -- Arrangement[14]
  • RC Car Challenge -- Arrangement[14]
  • Koopa Trace-Walking -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Run, Jump, Throw! 2[15] -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Another World -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Above the Clouds -- Arrangement[14]
  • The Odyssey: Activation -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Moon Rock Released -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Cookatiel Appearance -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Regarding the Location -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Final Lap -- Arrangement[14]
  • Victory! -- Composition & Arrangement[14]
  • Too Bad... -- Composition & Arrangement[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]

Gallery[]

Interviews[]

References[]

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