Yoko Kanno
Sound
Born: March 18, 1963 (age 63) · Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Highest Rated
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.
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SPY x FAMILY
Theme Song Performance
Aquarion
Music
Aquarion
Theme Song Performance
Cowboy Bebop
Original Music Composer
Space Dandy
Original Music Composer
Darker than Black
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Original Music Composer
Macross Frontier
Original Music Composer
Macross 7
Additional Music
Turn A Gundam
Music
Turn A Gundam
Original Music Composer
The Vision of Escaflowne
Musician
The Vision of Escaflowne
Original Music Composer
Wolf's Rain
Original Music Composer
Kids on the Slope
Music
Terror in Resonance
Original Music Composer
Our Little Sister
Original Music Composer
Gochisousan
Music
Cowboy Bebop
Original Music Composer
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Original Music Composer
Naotora: The Lady Warlord
Original Music Composer
Earth Maiden Arjuna
Music
Macross Zero
Additional Music
Yamato Takeru
Music
Memories
Original Music Composer
Brain Powerd
Original Music Composer
Ōban Star-Racers
Theme Song Performance
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Musician
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Theme Song Performance
Escaflowne: The Movie
Original Music Composer
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Original Music Composer
Aoi Yū × Yottsu no Uso Camouflage
Music
Please Save My Earth
Music
Macross Plus: The Movie
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Original Music Composer
Kamikaze Girls
Original Music Composer
Macross Plus
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Original Music Composer
Mind Game
Musician
The World of Kanako
Original Music Composer
Genius Party
Original Music Composer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
Music
Honey and Clover
Music
Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly
Music
Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell
Original Music Composer
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
Original Music Composer
The Show Must Go On
Original Music Composer
Happy-Go-Lucky
Music
Happy-Go-Lucky
Original Music Composer
Noiseman Sound Insect
Original Music Composer
tokyo.sora
Music
Ashura
Original Music Composer
Genesis of Aquarion: Wings of Genesis
Original Music Composer
Surely Someday
Music
Woman of Water
Original Music Composer
Su-ki-da
Music
Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light
Music
Ring of Gundam
Original Music Composer
Say Hello for Me
Music
Beautiful Sunday
Music
Ein's Summer Vacation
Music
Petal Dance
Music
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Original Music Composer
Sangokushi 30th Anniversary Concert
Original Music Composer
Future Blues
Music
I Can’t Study
Music
A Melody for My Father
Music