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Kaoru Ôkubo

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Kaoru Ookubo, also known as Kimyou na Kankei, is a Japanese arranger, composer, musician, orchestrator and keyboardist. He is a part of the sound production studio Popholic. He is also the producer of Chinhoza from TOKYO PINK along with Oomori Seiko. Once had the title "god of anison" in the mid-2000s.
BornDecember 24, 1972
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    • Known for

    Kamen No Maid Guy (2008)
    Kamen No Maid Guy
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Composer(as Kaoru Okubo)
    How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (2018)
    How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Music Department(as Kaoru Okubo)
    Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)
    Is the Order a Rabbit?
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Music Department(as Kaoru Okubo)
    Annoying and Cunning Sisters (2023)
    Annoying and Cunning Sisters
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Music Department

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Rhythm Heaven Groove (2026)
      Rhythm Heaven Groove
      8.0
      Video Game
      • music arrangement (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2026
    • Annoying and Cunning Sisters (2023)
      Annoying and Cunning Sisters
      5.7
      TV Series
      • arranger: ED
      • 2023
    • Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout (2022)
      Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated Into a Total Fantasy Knockout
      6.6
      TV Series
      • music: ending theme (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2022
    • How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (2018)
      How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord
      6.9
      TV Series
      • music: opening theme (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2021
    • In Another World with My Smartphone (2017)
      In Another World with My Smartphone
      6.4
      TV Series
      • music: opening theme (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2017
    • And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (2016)
      And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • music: opening theme
      • music: 1st Love Story (as Kaoru Okubo, as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2016
    • Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015)
      Rhythm Heaven Megamix
      7.8
      Video Game
      • music arranger (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2015
    • Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)
      Is the Order a Rabbit?
      6.9
      TV Series
      • music: opening theme
      • music: ending theme (as Kaoru Okubo, as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2014
    • Gekijouban Mahou sensei Negima! Anime Final (2011)
      Gekijouban Mahou sensei Negima! Anime Final
      5.5
      • music: ending theme (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2011
    • Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011)
      Rhythm Heaven Fever
      7.7
      Video Game
      • music arranger (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2011
    • A Certain Scientific Railgun OVA (2010)
      A Certain Scientific Railgun OVA
      6.7
      Video
      • music: ending theme (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2010
    • Rhythm Heaven (2008)
      Rhythm Heaven
      8.0
      Video Game
      • music arranger (as K. Okubo)
      • 2008
    • School Days (2007)
      School Days
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • music: Let Me Love You
      • music: ending theme (as Kaoru Okubo, as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2007
    • Mai otome zwei (2006)
      Mai otome zwei
      6.9
      TV Series
      • title song arranger (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2006–2007
    • Rhythm Tengoku (2006)
      Rhythm Tengoku
      7.3
      Video Game
      • music arranger (as K. Okubo)
      • 2006

    Composer

    • Rhythm Heaven Groove (2026)
      Rhythm Heaven Groove
      8.0
      Video Game
      • composer (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2026
    • Kamen No Maid Guy (2008)
      Kamen No Maid Guy
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2008
    • School Days: Majikaru hâto Kokoro-chan (2008)
      School Days: Majikaru hâto Kokoro-chan
      5.1
      Video
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • School Days: Valentine Days (2008)
      School Days: Valentine Days
      5.3
      Video
      • Composer (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2008
    • Da Capo II (2007)
      Da Capo II
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Composer (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2007
    • School Days (2007)
      School Days
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Composer (as Kaoru Okubo)
      • 2007

    Soundtrack

    • Rhythm Heaven Groove (2026)
      Rhythm Heaven Groove
      8.0
      Video Game
      • arranger: "My Telepathy! Watashi No Atsui Kosen", "Odoreba Dance!", "Owarinaki Perfect", "Seigi No Mikata!", "Zanshin Na Dancin'", "Amor de Ajillo"
      • 2026
    • Doraemon: Nobita and the New Castle of the Undersea Devil (2026)
      Doraemon: Nobita and the New Castle of the Undersea Devil
      6.2
      • arranger: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" (Make My Dreams Come True, Doraemon)
      • 2026
    • Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales (2025)
      Doraemon: Nobita's Art World Tales
      7.3
      • Soundtrack (Make My Dream Come True, Doraemon, (arranger: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon")
      • 2025
    • Annoying and Cunning Sisters (2023)
      Annoying and Cunning Sisters
      5.7
      TV Series
      • arranger: "Kemuri no Junction" (Smoke Junction)
      • 2023
    • Musical Starmyu
      Video
      • arranger: "We are Ayanagi Academy's Kao Council", "Star of Stars!", "Ayanagi Showtime"
      • writer: "Ayanagi Showtime"
      • 2017
    • Starmyu (2015)
      Starmyu
      6.8
      TV Series
      • arranger: "Wonderful Wonder!"
      • writer: "Wonderful Wonder!"
      • arranger: "We are Ayanagi Academy's Kao Council" ...
      • 2015–2017
    • Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, and Subaru Kimura in Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi (2017)
      Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi
      6.7
      • arranger: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" (Make My Dreams Come True, Doraemon)
      • 2017
    • Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan (2016)
      Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
      6.8
      • arranger: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" (Make My Dreams Come True, Doraemon)
      • 2016
    • Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)
      Is the Order a Rabbit?
      6.9
      TV Series
      • music: "No poi!"
      • music: "Daydream café"
      • music: "Daydream café", "No poi!"
      • 2014–2015
    • Castle Town Dandelion (2015)
      Castle Town Dandelion
      6.8
      TV Series
      • arranger: "Honey Come!!"
      • 2015
    • Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015)
      Rhythm Heaven Megamix
      7.8
      Video Game
      • arranger: "I'm a lady now", "Classmate"
      • 2015
    • Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes (2015)
      Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes
      6.6
      • arranger: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" (Make My Dreams Come True, Doraemon)
      • 2015
    • Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum (2013)
      Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum
      7.1
      • arranger: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" (Make My Dreams Come True, Doraemon)
      • 2013
    • Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~ (2012)
      Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~
      6.8
      • arranger: "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" (Make My Dreams Come True, Doraemon)
      • 2012
    • Toradora!: Bentô no gokui (2011)
      Toradora!: Bentô no gokui
      7.1
      Video
      • music: "Pre-Parade"
      • 2011

    Personal details

    • Official sites
      • Instagram
      • Kimyou na Kankei Instagram
    • Alternative names
      • K. Okubo
    • Born
      • December 24, 1972
      • Osaka, Japan

    Did you know

    • Nicknames
      • Okubo Kaoru
      • Kaoru Okubo
      • Ôkubo Kaoru
      • Kaoru Ookubo
      • Ookubo Kaoru
      • Kimyou na Kankei
      • K. Okubo
      • Ohkubo Kaoru
      • Kaoru Ohkubo

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