1963-03-18 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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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坂本真綾 15周年記念LIVE“Gift” at 日本武道館 | 2010-08-11 | |
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Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist | Self | 2009-06-18 |
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マクロスF ギャラクシーツアーFINAL in ブドーカン | 2009-11-27 | |
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Dimension Bomb | Kuu (voice) | 2008-09-15 |
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MEMORIES Special Preview Video | Self (archive) | 2004-02-24 |
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Seatbelts: Souvenir of Tokyo | 2001-01-01 | |
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Future Blues | Self | 2001-11-07 |
