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Naoshi Mizuta
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Date of Birth: | January 24, 1972 (Kochi) |
| Education: | Graduated from Chiba University | |
| Instruments: | Bass Guitar | |
| Joined Square: | 1995 | |
| Square Enix Role: | Composer | |
| Band Involvement: | Bass Guitarist and Arranger for The Star Onions | |
| Game Works: | Final Fantasy XI + Extensions, Parasite Eve II |
Naoshi Mizuta is the principle composer for the Final Fantasy XI franchise. Having first come to recognition as a Capcom composer on projects such as Rockman & Forte and Street Fighter Alpha. After interesting Square with a non-composing role on Resident Evil 2, he joined them in 1998 and initially produced the ambient score to the survival horror game Parasite Eve II.
In 2002, he was the chief composer of the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI and has almost exclusively composed for this franchise since. He was solely responsible for the franchise's four extension soundtracks and is the principle arranger and bass guitarist for The Star Onions, a band dedicated to arranging and performing Final Fantasy XI themes.
He was also the composer of PlayOnline's Tetra Master and Internet Explorer's The Shochu Bar. Stylistically, he is known mostly for building compositions up from ostinati and utilising a wide range of organic instrumentation, although often accused of formulaic methods of composing. With the Final Fantasy XI franchise continuing, Mizuta's future is secure.
