Mahito Yokota


Mahito Yokota is a Japanese music composer and orchestrator who works for the video game development company Nintendo. He is most known for his collaborations with Koji Kondo in the Super Mario Galaxy series, along with Super Mario 3D World. Prior to joining Nintendo in 2003, Yokota served as an audio director at Koei.

Works

All works listed below were composed by Yokota unless otherwise noted.
YearTitleNotes
1998Sangokushi Sōsōden
1999'sound effects
2000Kessensound director
2001Kessen IIsound director
2002Dynasty Tacticssound director
2002Crimson Seasound director
2003Dynasty Warriors 4with various others
2004Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
2006'orchestration
2007Super Mario Galaxywith Koji Kondo
2008Wii Musicwith Kenta Nagata and Toru Minegishi
2010Super Mario Galaxy 2with Ryo Nagamatsu and Koji Kondo
2011'3DS adaptation of the original score
2011Super Mario 3D Landwith Asuka Hayazaki and Takeshi Hama
2011'with Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii and Takeshi Hama
2012New Super Mario Bros. Uwith Shiho Fujii
2013New Super Luigi Uwith Shiho Fujii
2013Super Mario 3D Worldwith Toru Minegishi, Yasuaki Iwata and Koji Kondo
2014Mario Kart 8sound support
2014Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii Uarrangements with various others
2014Pikmin Short Moviescollection of short CGI films, composed with Hajime Wakai
2014'with Naoto Kubo
2015'3DS adaptation of the original score
2015'music supervision, along with Koji Kondo
2016'music supervision, along with various others
2017Mario Kart 8 Deluxesound support, along with Takahiro Watanabe
2017Armssound support, along with various others
2017Super Mario Odysseysound management
2018Super Smash Bros. Ultimatemain theme recording management