Laura Shigihara

Game Designer

Birthday April 16

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace United States

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About

Video game developer, YouTuber, Twitch streamer and composer known for writing, producing and performing her own songs. She created the 2017 video game Rakuen. She has worked on more than 30 video game titles including World of Warcraft, Plants vs. Zombies and To the Moon. She has amassed more than 600,000 subscribers on her supershigi channel.

Before Fame

She was taught piano for more than a decade. She taught herself guitar and drums. She attended college at UC Berkeley.

Trivia

She co-created the ending theme song with C418 for the official Minecraft documentary. She worked as an audio director at the video game company EA. She also worked on video games like Deltarune, Super Meat Boy, Dunk Lords and High School Story.

Family Life

Her father is Japanese and her mother is French American.

Associated With

In 2011, she contributed the song "Jump" to Akira Yamaoka's charity album titled Play for Japan. The album was a fundraiser for the Tōhoku earthquake survivors.