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Japanese video game composer renowned for creating the iconic soundtracks of the Fire Emblem series. Yuka Tsujiyoko is a Japanese composer best known for her foundational work on Nintendo's Fire Emblem tactical role-playing game series. She composed the music for the first five Fire Emblem titles released on the Famicom/NES and Super Famicom/SNES consoles between 1990 and 1999. Her compositions defined the series' early musical identity, blending classical and medieval influences with the technical constraints of early chiptune sound. Despite her significant contribution to a major franchise, Tsujiyoko has maintained an exceptionally private personal life, with few photographs or public appearances throughout her career. She worked closely with the development studio Intelligent Systems.

• Tsujiyoko is famously private; very few photographs of her exist, and details about her personal life, education, or career outside Fire Emblem are scarce, leading to an almost enigmatic persona within the gaming community.
• Her work on the original Fire Emblem (1990) was groundbreaking for strategy RPGs, establishing musical motifs (like the series' main theme) that continue to be referenced and rearranged in nearly every subsequent Fire Emblem title.
• Beyond the first five core Fire Emblem games, her confirmed work includes contributions to Paper Mario (2001) and its sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004), primarily handling sound effects rather than full compositions.
• She seemingly stepped back from a primary composing role after Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999), though she remained credited for sound support or effects in later Intelligent Systems projects for several years. Her reasons for reducing her public role remain unknown.
• Her legacy is immense within the game music community; her Fire Emblem soundtracks are celebrated for their memorable melodies, strategic use of limited sound channels, and ability to convey epic scope and emotional depth crucial to the series' narrative.