Chiyomaru Shikura

is a Japanese video game writer, lyricist and composer. He is the executive producer and former chairman of Mages. He planned and wrote the 2008 visual novel Chaos;Head, and subsequently other works in the Science Adventure series including Steins;Gate. He has also been credited with composing the opening and ending songs of the Science Adventure series.

Career During the 1990s and early 2000s, he composed music for various visual novel games. He has also collaborated with Yūko Miyamura, composing music for the band loose@rouse.

In April 2005, he founded 5pb. Inc. after stepping down as director of Scitron. He later became the chairman of Mages with the merging of the company with AG-ONE.

In January 2023, he stepped down as chairman of Mages but remained as executive producer.

Science Adventure series

Shikura has created and worked on all 6 main entries in the Science Adventure series.

Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes, Chaos;Child, Anonymous;Code, Steins???: Creator, writer, lyricist. Occultic;Nine: Creator, writer.