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Yôko Kanno(I)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Director
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Yôko Kanno was born on 18 March 1964 in Sendai, Japan. She is a composer and director, known for Aquarion EVOL (2012), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001).
BornMarch 18, 1964
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Aquarion EVOL (2012)
    Aquarion EVOL
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Jennifer Hale, Megumi Hayashibara, Ai Kobayashi, and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
    7.8
    • Composer
    • 2001
    Wolf's Rain (2003)
    Wolf's Rain
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Composer

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Volzerk: Monsters and Lands Unknown (2023)
      Volzerk: Monsters and Lands Unknown
      Video Game
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023)
      The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, and Daniella Pineda in Cowboy Bebop (2021)
      Cowboy Bebop
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Yoko Kanno)
      • 2021
    • Macross Frontier Galaxy Live 2021 Revenge (2021)
      Macross Frontier Galaxy Live 2021 Revenge
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Alex Hassell, and Daniella Pineda in Cowboy Bebop: The Lost Session (2021)
      Cowboy Bebop: The Lost Session
      7.2
      TV Short
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Gekijou Tanpen Macross Frontier: Toki no Meikyuu (2021)
      Gekijou Tanpen Macross Frontier: Toki no Meikyuu
      6.7
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Tank! Virtual Session 2020 by Yoko Kanno & Seatbelts
      Music Video
      • composed by (as Yoko Kanno)
      • 2020
    • Kô Shibasaki in Onna joushu Naotora (2017)
      Onna joushu Naotora
      5.6
      TV Mini Series
      • composer
      • 2017
    • Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert (2017)
      Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
      Video
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Genesis of Aquarion (2005)
      Genesis of Aquarion
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2005–2015
    • Masami Nagasawa, Haruka Ayase, Kaho, and Suzu Hirose in Our Little Sister (2015)
      Our Little Sister
      7.6
      • Composer
      • 2015
    • Space Dandy (2014)
      Space Dandy
      8.0
      TV Series
      • composer
      • 2014
    • Terror in Resonance (2014)
      Terror in Resonance
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer
      • 2014
    • Gochisôsan (2013)
      Gochisôsan
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2013–2014
    • Kazue Fukiishi, Aoi Miyazaki, Sakura Andō, and Shioli Kutsuna in Petal Dance (2013)
      Petal Dance
      6.7
      • Composer
      • 2013

    Music Department

    • Tony Zhou, Imran Alhosan, and Sahil in Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa (2021)
      Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa
      Short
      • soundtrack
      • 2021
    • Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau (2021)
      Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau
      6.1
      TV Special
      • music
      • 2021
    • Kids on the Slope (2012)
      Kids on the Slope
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • musician: keyboard
      • musician: piano
      • 2012
    • Oban Star-Racers (2006)
      Oban Star-Racers
      8.0
      TV Series
      • composer: opening & ending themes
      • 2006
    • Mind Game (2004)
      Mind Game
      7.7
      • performer: piano
      • 2004
    • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
      Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
      8.5
      TV Series
      • composer: "Inner Universe"
      • 2002
    • Turn A Gundam (1999)
      Turn A Gundam
      7.5
      TV Series
      • conductor
      • music arranger
      • orchestrator
      • 1999–2000
    • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
      Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
      7.3
      • piano
      • 1999
    • Brain Powerd (1998)
      Brain Powerd
      5.8
      TV Series
      • keyboards
      • music arranger
      • performer: piano
      • 1998
    • Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (1998)
      Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
      7.2
      TV Series
      • composer: title theme
      • 1998
    • Asalto
      Short
      • composer: incidental music
      • 1996
    • Nobunaga's Ambition: Haouden (1992)
      Nobunaga's Ambition: Haouden
      Video Game
      • music arranger
      • 1992

    Director

    • Tank! Virtual Session 2020 by Yoko Kanno & Seatbelts
      Music Video
      • director (uncredited)
      • 2020

    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Last.fm
      • Spotify
    • Alternative names
      • Yoko Kanno
    • Born
      • March 18, 1964
      • Sendai, Japan
    • Spouse
      • Hajime Mizoguchi(divorced)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      She created a band called Seatbelts for the Cowboy Bebop music recording. But because of the great success of the music and selling of the CDs worldwide, the band wasn't disbanded, but kept touring mostly in Japan. They also worked together in 2007 on Darker than Black.

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