Short answers, pulled from the story.
Hitoshi Sakimoto was born on the 26th of February 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. He did not follow the traditional path of a conservatory-trained musician and instead taught himself to play the piano and electronic organ during elementary school.
Hitoshi Sakimoto composed his first professional video game soundtrack for the shooter game Revolter in 1988. He engineered a custom synthesizer driver named Terpsichorean to force the NEC PC-8801 computer hardware to produce higher quality audio.
Hitoshi Sakimoto founded the company Basiscape in October 2002. The studio began with only three members including his longtime friend Masaharu Iwata and Manabu Namiki before expanding to include other composers.
The 1997 release of Final Fantasy Tactics cemented Hitoshi Sakimoto's international reputation. This score became the benchmark for tactical RPG music and was created alongside Masaharu Iwata.
Hitoshi Sakimoto cites the Japanese synthpop group Yellow Magic Orchestra and American jazz musician Chick Corea as major influences. He adopted the pseudonym YmoH.S during his early career to reflect his inspiration from Yellow Magic Orchestra.