Biography
Yuta Bandoh (also credited as Yûta Bandoh, Yuuta Bandou, 坂東 祐大 and Taku Matsushiba) is a Japanese composer. He was born on 25 January 1991 in Osaka and studied composition at the Tokyo University of the Arts, graduating from both the undergraduate and graduate programmes.
Bandoh is known for his work on the films It Comes (2018), Belle (2021) and Sheep in the Box (2026), as well as the series Yuri!!! on Ice (2016) and Kaiju No. 8 (2024). He founded the ensemble Ensemble FOVE and has collaborated with Kenshi Yonezu on several projects. In 2022 he received the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Belle.
