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Yoko Kanno

Sound

Yoko Kanno

JA, EN, KO cinema · 42 credits

Born

18 March 1963 (age 63)

Birthplace

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Also known as Gabriella Robin · Yôko Kanno · Yōko Kanno · Youko Kanno · Yohko Kanno · Gabriela Robin

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.

Known for

Filmography

Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert poster

Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert

JA · 2017Not rated

Original Music Composer

Our Little Sister poster

Our Little Sister

JA · 20157.6

Original Music Composer

The World of Kanako poster

The World of Kanako

JA · 20146.4

Original Music Composer

Petal Dance poster

Petal Dance

JA · 20136.4

Music

Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None poster

Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None

JA · 20126.2

Original Music Composer

Ein's Summer Vacation poster

Ein's Summer Vacation

JA · 20127.0

Music

Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell poster

Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell

JA · 20117.0

Original Music Composer

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

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

JA · 20108.5

Actor

Surely Someday poster

Surely Someday

JA · 20106.0

Music

Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan poster

Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan

JA · 20095.0

Actor

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

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

EN · 2009Not rated

as Self

Macross Frontier: The False Songstress poster

Macross Frontier: The False Songstress

JA · 20096.9

Original Music Composer

Ring of Gundam poster

Ring of Gundam

JA · 2009Not rated

Original Music Composer

Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis poster

Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis

JA · 20074.4

Original Music Composer

Genius Party poster

Genius Party

JA · 20076.5

Original Music Composer

Say Hello for Me poster

Say Hello for Me

JA · 20076.5

Music

The Show Must Go On poster

The Show Must Go On

KO · 20076.5

Original Music Composer

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

JA · 20077.5

Original Music Composer

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven

JA · 20067.5

Music

Honey and Clover poster

Honey and Clover

JA · 20066.4

Music

Su-ki-da poster

Su-ki-da

JA · 20067.3

Music

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man poster

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

JA · 20057.7

Original Music Composer

Ashura poster

Ashura

JA · 20055.3

Original Music Composer

A Melody for My Father poster

A Melody for My Father

JA · 2005Not rated

Music

Memories of Memories poster

Memories of Memories

JA · 20046.0

as Self (archive)

Kamikaze Girls poster

Kamikaze Girls

JA · 20047.2

Original Music Composer

Mind Game poster

Mind Game

JA · 20047.5

Musician

tokyo.sora poster

tokyo.sora

JA · 20027.6

Music

Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly poster

Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly

JA · 20026.0

Music

Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light poster

Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light

JA · 20026.0

Music

Woman of Water poster

Woman of Water

JA · 20026.2

Original Music Composer

Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo

2001

Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo

EN · 2001Not rated

Actor

Future Blues poster

Future Blues

JA · 2001Not rated

as Self, Music

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie poster

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

JA · 20017.7

Original Music Composer

Escaflowne: The Movie poster

Escaflowne: The Movie

JA · 20006.6

Original Music Composer

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade poster

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

JA · 19997.4

Musician, Theme Song Performance

Beautiful Sunday poster

Beautiful Sunday

JA · 19987.6

Music

Noiseman Sound Insect poster

Noiseman Sound Insect

JA · 19976.8

Original Music Composer

Happy-Go-Lucky poster

Happy-Go-Lucky

JA · 19977.4

Music, Original Music Composer

I Can’t Study poster

I Can’t Study

JA · 1996Not rated

Music

Memories poster

Memories

JA · 19957.5

Original Music Composer

Macross Plus: The Movie poster

Macross Plus: The Movie

JA · 19957.0

Original Music Composer