Personal Info
Known For:
Sound
Birthday:
March 18, 1963
Place of Birth:
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Social Media
Yoko Kanno
Biography
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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan | |
| 2009 | Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan | |
| 2009 | Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist | Self |
| 2008 | Dimension Bomb | Kuu (voice) |
| 2004 | Memories of Memories | Self (archive) |
| 2001 | Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo | |
| 2001 | Future Blues | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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