Kota Hoshino

Kota Hoshino (星野康太, Hoshino Kota) (born April 23, 1975 in Tokyo, Japan[1]) is a Japanese musical composer employed by video game developer FromSoftware. As part of FromSoftware's sound team, "FreQuency", Hoshino primarily composes music for the company's flagship franchise, Armored Core.[2][3]

Kota Hoshino
Born	April 23, 1975[1] Tokyo, Japan[1]
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Video game composer
Notable work	Armored Core series

Hoshino was educated at Surugadai University and began working at From Software in spring of 1998.[1] His first project with the company was Echo Night for the PlayStation. As the game uses very little music, some unused tracks from the game were later used in Evergrace.[1] Hoshino states that he cannot read music, so he does not compose orchestral scores.[1]

Works

• Echo Night (1998)[1]
• Spriggan: Lunar Verse (1999)[1]
• Armored Core: Master of Arena (1999)[1]
• Echo Night 2 (1999)[1]
• Frame Gride (1999)[1]
• Evergrace (2000)[1]
• Armored Core 2 (2000)[1]
• The Adventures of Cookie & Cream (2000)[1]
• Forever Kingdom (2001)
• Lost Kingdoms (2002)
• Armored Core 3 (2002)
• Silent Line: Armored Core (2003)
• Lost Kingdoms II (2003)
• Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors (2003)
• Armored Core: Nexus (2004)
• Metal Wolf Chaos (2004)
• Tenchu: Fatal Shadows (2004)
• Armored Core: Last Raven (2005)
• Armored Core 4 (2006)
• Chromehounds (2006)
• Armored Core: For Answer (2008)
• Armored Core V (2012)
• Armored Core: Verdict Day (2013)

References

1. "RocketBaby's video game and anime music journal: Interview with Kota Hoshino". RocketBaby.net. 2003. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
2. "FreQuency - About". fromsoundrecords.com (in Japanese).
3. "FreQuency - Discography". fromsoundrecords.com (in Japanese).