Yutaka Yamada

A respected Japanese composer for film and television, Yutaka Yamada was born March 14, 1989 in Tokyo. After studying composition in college, he got his break in the world of soundtracks with the 2011 television series Marumo no Okite. In 2013 his work could be heard in the theme song of the anime series Soul Reviver. The song “Glass Sky”, which was the theme for the 2014 series Tokyo Ghoul, became a huge hit that was later sampled by the best-selling rapper Eminem. He continued to work steadily in Japanese films, even after relocating to the United States in 2017. He enjoyed Japanese pop hits with NIKIIE (“Take My Hand”) and Julia Shortreed (“Never Let Me Go”). Additionally he composed popular jingles for multinational corporations like Coca-Cola and Audi. In 2021 he was back on the Japanese charts with his work for the television series Promise Cinderella.