Ayako Yamauchi is a Los Angeles-based multi-award winning Audio Post Engineer from Fukuoka, Japan.  She has worked in a wide range of roles in the industry, from freelancing to studio work in video games, music videos, motion pictures, and television.

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Fully bi-lingual in English and Japanese, Ayako holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, and before that a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and Biotechnology from Azabu University, in Sagamihara, Japan.

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Over the years, Ayako has worked for some of the industry’s top audio studio facilities, such as Dave Collins Mastering, M-Works Mastering, Formosa Group, Binari Sonori (Keyword Studio) and Tinitus Sound Design, as QC engineer and as Audio Post engineer.

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Ayako’s resume includes feature films such as “The Darkness” starring Kevin Bacon, American best-selling Play Station game “Uncharted: the Lost Legacy” and “God of War (2018)”. In addition, she produced and engineered the music video “Eternally”  and won seven awards and thirteen nominations throughout the world for her work.

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Ayako Yamauchi believes that technical excellence combined with teamwork are the two most important elements to achieve success for this kind of work, and she values open communication with her co-workers during the long hard hours it takes to get it right. Ayako values cooperative relationships with management and staffers to create high-quality artistic products. A born artist, whenever Ayako is off work she enjoys collaborating with her musician friends and helping them produce their music.