Yoko Kanno

Born: 1963-03-18

Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子, Kanno Yōko, born March 18, 1963) is a Japanese composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime films, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. She has written scores for Cowboy Bebop and its live-action adaptation, Darker than Black, Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, The Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, Kids on the Slope, Genesis of Aquarion and Terror in Resonance, and has worked with the directors Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichirō Watanabe and Shōji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music for pop artists Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She is also a keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for the Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions and soundtracks.


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Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist

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Released: 2009-06-18

Everyone in Japan knows his work, yet few recognize his face. Chris Mosdell, British expatriate,...

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Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan

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Released: 2010-08-11

For her 15th debut anniversary and birthday, Sakamoto Maaya made an amazing concert in Budokan...

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Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan

as uncredited
Released: 2009-11-27

In November 2008, a live concert of Macross Frontier's music was performed by May'n, Megumi...

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Dimension Bomb

as Kuu (voice)
Released: 2008-09-15

A lonely character, his pains, his happiness, the vociferations of his soul. A visual poetry...

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Memories of Memories

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Released: 2004-02-24

Memories (1995) making-of featurette, includes introductions to the creative genius behind the...

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Future Blues

as Self
Released: 2001-11-07

Short film and live concert "Future Blues" by Katsu Nagaishi with music by Yoko Kanno and The...

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