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Nobuo Uematsu

1959 - Today

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Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo; born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as one of his biggest influences in pursuing a musical career. Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The two later worked together on many games at the company, most notably in the Final Fantasy series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nobuo Uematsu is the 815th most popular composer (up from 906th in 2019), the 929th most popular biography from Japan (up from 976th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 815 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikos Skalkottas, Korla Awgust Kocor, Christian Cannabich, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, York Bowen, and Johann Krieger. After him are Francesco Feo, Guy Ropartz, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Carl Millöcker, Julius Röntgen, and Wim Mertens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 157. Before him are Aidan Quinn, Massimo Bonini, R. A. Salvatore, John C. McGinley, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Roberto Moreno. After him are Vincent Lindon, Jonathan Franzen, Sigmar Gabriel, Jason Alexander, Gilmar Rinaldi, and Toni Servillo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 929 out of 6,245. Before him are Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Jirō Minami (1874), Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948), Katsuyuki Kawachi (1955), Ken Shimura (1950), and Inō Tadataka (1745). After him are Kaneto Shindo (1912), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), and Fumiko Enchi (1905).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Nobuo Uematsu ranks 6. Before him are Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Toru Takemitsu (1930), Miki Matsubara (1959), and Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933). After him are Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Keiko Abe (1937), Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), and Koji Kondo (1961).

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