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Masashi Hamauzu

1971 - Today

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Masashi Hamauzu (浜渦 正志, Hamauzu Masashi; born September 20, 1971) is a Japanese composer, pianist, and lyricist. Hamauzu, who was employed at Square Enix from 1996 to 2010, was best known during that time for his work on the Final Fantasy and SaGa video game series. Born into a musical family in Germany, Hamauzu was raised in Japan. He became interested in music while in kindergarten, and took piano lessons from his parents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masashi Hamauzu is the 1,412th most popular composer (up from 1,422nd in 2019), the 6,007th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,121st in 2019) and the 180th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 1,412 out of 1,451. Before him are Kazumi Totaka, Alla Zahaikevych, Edvin Marton, Steve Roach, Vivian Kubrick, and Meredith Willson. After him are William Alwyn, Michiru Yamane, Judith Weir, Inon Zur, Jeremy Soule, and Shoji Meguro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 575. Before him are Kira Reed, Melinda Kinnaman, Till Brönner, Jiří Šlégr, André Bergdølmo, and Tom Steels. After him are Beat Zberg, Luan Krasniqi, Narine Abgaryan, Espen Sandberg, Agata Kulesza, and Ivan Ivanov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 6,010 out of 7,253. Before him are Till Brönner (1971), Anja Kling (1970), Julian Weigl (1995), Andreas Görlitz (1982), Anna Maria Mühe (1985), and Betty Heidler (1983). After him are Amin Younes (1993), Holger Apfel (1970), Christina Obergföll (1981), Heike Friedrich (1970), Josip Stanišić (2000), and Fritz Walter (1960).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 180. Before him are Kurt Thomas (1904), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Samuel Adler (1928), Alexander Goehr (1932), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), and Gus Kahn (1886).

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