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.

Most Famous Work

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Cowboy Bebop

(1998) Original Music Composer

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

(2002) Original Music Composer

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Aquarion

(2005) Lyricist

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Darker than Black

(2007) Original Music Composer

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The Vision of Escaflowne

(1996) Musician

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Wolf's Rain

(2003) Original Music Composer

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Macross 7

(1994) Additional Music

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Turn A Gundam

(1999) Music

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2010	N/A	Maaya Sakamoto 15th Anniversary Live "Gift" at Nippon Budokan 2010-08-11 Movie
2009	N/A	Macross Frontier Galaxy Tour Final in Budokan 2009-11-27 Movie
	Self	Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist 2009-06-18 Movie
2004	Self (archive)	Memories of Memories 2004-02-24 Movie
2001	Self	Future Blues 2001-11-07 Movie
	N/A	Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo 2001-01-01 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Original Music Composer	The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House 2023-01-12 TV Show
2021	Original Music Composer	Cowboy Bebop 2021-11-19 TV Show
2017	Original Music Composer	Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert 2017-02-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Naotora: The Lady Warlord 2017-01-08 TV Show
2015	Original Music Composer	Our Little Sister 2015-06-13 Movie
2014	Original Music Composer	Terror in Resonance 2014-07-11 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	The World of Kanako 2014-07-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Space Dandy 2014-01-04 TV Show
2013	Music	Gochisousan 2013-09-30 TV Show
	Music	Petal Dance 2013-04-19 Movie
2012	Original Music Composer	Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None 2012-12-12 Movie
	Music	Kids on the Slope 2012-04-13 TV Show
2011	Original Music Composer	Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell 2011-02-26 Movie
2010	Music	Surely Someday 2010-07-17 Movie
2009	Original Music Composer	Macross Frontier: The False Songstress 2009-11-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ring of Gundam 2009-08-29 Movie
2008	Original Music Composer	Macross Frontier 2008-04-03 TV Show
	Music	Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage 2008-01-30 TV Show
2007	Original Music Composer	Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis 2007-09-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Genius Party 2007-07-07 Movie
	Music	Say Hello for Me 2007-06-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Darker than Black 2007-04-06 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	The Show Must Go On 2007-04-05 Movie
2006	Music	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society 2006-09-01 Movie
	Music	Honey and Clover 2006-07-22 Movie
	Music	Su-ki-da 2006-02-25 Movie
	Music	Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven 2006-01-27 Movie
2005	Original Music Composer	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – The Laughing Man 2005-09-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ashura 2005-04-16 Movie
	Music	Aquarion 2005-04-05 TV Show
	Theme Song Performance	Aquarion 2005-04-05 TV Show
2004	Musician	Mind Game 2004-08-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Kamikaze Girls 2004-05-29 Movie
2003	Original Music Composer	Wolf's Rain 2003-01-07 TV Show
2002	Music	Woman of Water 2002-11-09 Movie
	Music	Tokyo.Sora 2002-10-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2002-10-01 TV Show
	Music	Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly 2002-02-10 Movie
	Music	Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light 2002-02-09 Movie
2001	Music	Future Blues 2001-11-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 2001-09-01 Movie
	Music	Earth Maiden Arjuna 2001-01-09 TV Show
2000	Music	Escaflowne: The Movie 2000-06-24 Movie
1999	Theme Song Performance	Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 1999-11-17 Movie
	Musician	Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 1999-11-17 Movie
	Music	Turn A Gundam 1999-04-09 TV Show
1998	Music	Beautiful Sunday 1998-11-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Brain Powerd 1998-04-08 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Cowboy Bebop 1998-04-03 TV Show
1997	Original Music Composer	Noiseman Sound Insect 1997-11-22 Movie
	Music	Happy Go Lucky 1997-03-17 Movie
1996	Music	Boku wa benkyo ga dekinai 1996-06-08 Movie
	Music	The Vision of Escaflowne 1996-04-02 TV Show
	Musician	The Vision of Escaflowne 1996-04-02 TV Show
1995	Original Music Composer	Memories 1995-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Macross Plus: The Movie 1995-10-06 Movie
1994	Music	Macross Plus 1994-08-25 TV Show
	Music	Yamato Takeru 1994-04-09 TV Show
1993	Music	Please Save My Earth 1993-12-17 TV Show
	Music	Please Save My Earth 1993-12-17 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2005	Lyricist	Aquarion 2005-04-05 TV Show
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2002	Additional Music	Macross Zero 2002-12-21 TV Show
1994	Additional Music	Macross 7 1994-10-16 TV Show
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