Susumu Yokota

{{Short description|Japanese composer}}

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• Ebi
• Stevia
• Tenshin

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| birth_date = 22 April 1960

| birth_place = Toyama, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|3|27|1960|04|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Japan

| genre = Ambient

| occupation = Musician

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| years_active = c.1992-2014

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Susumu Yokota (横田 進 Yokota Susumu, or ススム・ヨコタ Susumu Yokota; born 22 April 1960 – 27 March 2015){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/susumu-yokota-mn0000049163|title=Susumu Yokota Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website=AllMusic|access-date=22 April 2024}} was a Japanese record producer and composer. He released several albums under pseudonyms including Stevia, Ebi, and others.

Yokota studied as an economist before working as a graphic designer, DJ and producer.{{cite news |title=The month's best mixes: Gigsta, Susumu Yokota and 25 years of Dutch dynamo Clone |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/31/month-best-mixes-gigsta-susumu-yokota-clone |website=The Guardian |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=4 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804150610/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/31/month-best-mixes-gigsta-susumu-yokota-clone |url-status=live |last1=Martin |first1=Lauren }} Yokota was well known in the English-speaking independent music scene for his albums of experimental ambient music, including albums like Acid Mt. Fuji and Sakura. He also had a long career as a house music DJ and released several highly regarded albums of house music.{{cite web|title=Influential ambient musician Susumu Yokota has died aged 54|url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/14/susuma-yokota-dies-ambient-musician/|website=FACT magazine|date=14 July 2015 |access-date=14 July 2015|archive-date=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714212336/http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/14/susuma-yokota-dies-ambient-musician/|url-status=live}}