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Yuzo Koshiro (b. December 12, 1967, Tokyo, Japan) is one of the well-known faces of Japanese video game music. In the early 1980s, he created the melodies for productions such as the popular Mega Drive titles Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage and The Story of Thor, and followed that up with the suite for the Super Nintendo game ActRaiser. His latest work includes compositions for the highly acclaimed games Shenmue and Midnight Maximum Tune II. Koshiro is also responsible for composing the original Y's soundtrack for the popular series of roleplaying games. Unfortunately, Koshiro does not own the rights to any of his famous Y's compositions, and has indicated in interviews that he is bitter about that fact and finds their resulting international acclaim ironic.
Yuzo Koshiro is one of the pioneers in releasing soundtracks with his own music. The live orchestral version of ActRaiser was one of the industry's first of its kind. A live performance of this music could be heard at the second Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany.