Motoi Sakuraba

Japanese composer

Person Human Q1192606

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: August 5, 1965
Place of birth: Akita Prefecture
Country of citizenship: Japan^[7]
Occupation: composer, musician, keyboardist, music arranger
Educated at: Meiji University^[9]
Genre: progressive rock^[11]
Official website: sakuraba-motion.com^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese^[18]
Blood type: AB^[21]
Family name: Sakuraba^[13]
Given name: Motoi^[14]
Instrument: piano, electronic organ^[16]^[17]
Name in kana: さくらばもとい^[20]
Name in native language: 桜庭統^[19]
Native language: Japanese^[8]
Record label: Musea Records^[12]
Social media followers: 16k (2.8k–16k, n=6)^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]
Start of work period: 1984^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Motoi Sakuraba en Sakuraba Motoi ar موتوي ساكورابا es 桜庭統 fa موتوی ساکورابا hu Szakuraba Motoi ko 사쿠라바 모토이 ru Мотой Сакураба ru 桜庭統 uk Мотоі Сакураба zh Motoi Sakuraba zh 樱庭统 zh-hant 櫻庭統

🔖 Identifiers · 37

ISNI: 0000000003388881
VIAF cluster ID: 39588290
Album of the Year artist ID: 35239
AllMusic artist ID: mn0001334603
AniList staff ID: 100191
Apple Music artist ID: 357679473
Bgm.tv person ID: 330
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14223699r
Deezer artist ID: 361809
Discogs artist ID: 468970
Europeana entity: agent/base/62841
Facebook username: sakurabamotoi

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Film.ru person ID: motoi-sakuraba
Freebase ID: /m/01p9lz
HAND ID: D7CA-BF61-C59C-7772-DB37
IMDb ID: nm1245713
Instagram username: motoisakuraba
Kinobox person ID: 932874
MobyGames person ID: 80784
MuseScore artist ID: 230036
MusicBrainz artist ID: ea809832-657d-4335-b492-1daa3d46a322
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000040812
MyAnimeList people ID: 5191
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX4701450
Plex person key: 5d7770affb0d55001f5f68e9
Shazam artist ID: 357679473
Spotify artist ID: 1DdhScDGl9AceKnbvgkFgz
Super Mario Wiki ID: Motoi_Sakuraba
TMDB person ID: 1433682
VGMRips composer ID: motoi-sakuraba
VGMdb artist ID: 166
Visual Novel Database ID: s7903
WhoSampled artist ID: Motoi-Sakuraba
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJp9py8h34GYcjYcmWyWXd
X (Twitter) username: MotoisakurabaM
YouTube channel ID: UC7ZITrdvK5IYsv-7SnwdSbQ
ČSFD person ID: 363821

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🔗 Connections

Compositions 73

Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Dark Souls III, Tales of Symphonia, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Mario Power Tennis, Eternal Sonata, Mario Tennis Aces +65 more

Mb:composer 26

Dark Souls, Dark Souls, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dark Souls III, Dark Souls III, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Symphonia +18 more

Occupation 4

composer, musician, keyboardist, music arranger

Mb:performer of 3

Baten Kaitos: Origins Original Soundtrack, Gikyokuonsou, Shining Force III Original Soundtrack

Instrument 2

piano, electronic organ

Mb:arranger 2

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Country of citizenship 1

Japan

Educated at 1

Meiji University

Genre 1

progressive rock

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Japanese

Mb:member of band 1

Deja-Vu

Native language 1

Japanese

Place of birth 1

Akita Prefecture

Sex or gender 1

male

← Performer 1

Kid Icarus: Uprising

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Summary

Motoi Sakuraba was born on August 5, 1965^[1], in Akita Prefecture^[2]. He has worked as a composer^[3], musician^[4], keyboardist^[5], and music arranger^[6].

FAQs

Where was Motoi Sakuraba born?

Motoi Sakuraba was born in Akita Prefecture^[2].

What did Motoi Sakuraba do for work?

Motoi Sakuraba worked as a composer^[3], musician^[4], keyboardist^[5], and music arranger^[6].

Where did Motoi Sakuraba go to school?

Motoi Sakuraba was educated at Meiji University^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — place of birth (P19): Akita Prefecture. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — country of citizenship (P27): Japan. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — educated at (P69): Meiji University. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — native language (P103): Japanese. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — occupation (P106): composer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — occupation (P106): musician. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — occupation (P106): keyboardist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — occupation (P106): music arranger. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — genre (P136): progressive rock. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — record label (P264): Musea Records. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — date of birth (P569): August 5, 1965. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — family name (P734): Sakuraba. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — given name (P735): Motoi. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — official website (P856): http://sakuraba-motion.com. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — instrument (P1303): piano. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — instrument (P1303): electronic organ. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Japanese. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — name in native language (P1559): 桜庭統. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — name in kana (P1814): さくらばもとい. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — blood type (P1853): AB. AniList. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — start of work period (P2031): 1984. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — social media followers (P8687): 2794. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — social media followers (P8687): 9060. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — social media followers (P8687): 11,200. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — social media followers (P8687): 12,500. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-04-29. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — social media followers (P8687): 14,100. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-02-01. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Motoi Sakuraba — social media followers (P8687): 15,600. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-07-12. wikidata.org.

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18w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Visual Novel Database ID → s7903

"Created claim: Visual Novel Database ID: s7903, batch #259958"
23w ago · Nutshinou · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Educated at → Meiji University

Sex or gender → male

Genre → progressive rock

VGMRips composer ID → motoi-sakuraba

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"Created claim: VGMRips composer ID: motoi-sakuraba, Matched to Motoi Sakuraba (#154721309) in VGMRips co…"

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