birthdate: '1956'
birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
discography:
- catalog: SM25-5066
  date: '1980-11-21'
  link: album/101115
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Musician
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Suite X BOMBER
    ja: 組曲Xボンバー
    ja-latn: Kumikyoku X BOMBER
  type: toku
- catalog: CX-7115
  date: 1983-09
  link: album/24399
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP URASHIMAN SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタルトリップ 未来警察ウラシマン シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7124
  date: '1983-10-21'
  link: album/58105
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Talk
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP SPACE SHERIFF SHARIVAN SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: DIGITAL TRIP 宇宙刑事シャリバン SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Uchuu Keiji Sharivan SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: toku
- catalog: CX-7130
  date: '1983-11-21'
  link: album/48106
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP Aura Battler Dunbine SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタル・トリップ 聖戦士ダンバイン-シンセサイザー・ファンタジー-
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Seisenshi Dunbine SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7158
  date: 1984-05
  link: album/57624
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP KENIYA SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタルトリップ 少年ケニヤ シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Shounen Keniya Synthesizer Fantasy
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7172
  date: '1984-08-21'
  link: album/24658
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP GIANT GORG SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタル・トリップ 巨神ゴーグ シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP GIANT GORG SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7207
  date: '1985-01-01'
  link: album/48702
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP WINGMAN SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタル・トリップ 夢戦士ウイングマン シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: Digital Trip Yume Senshi Wingman Synthesizer Fantasy
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7211
  date: '1985-02-21'
  link: album/48802
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP MECHADOC SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: DIGITAL TRIP よろしくメカドック シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP MECHADOC SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7222
  date: '1985-05-21'
  link: album/47698
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP CAPTAIN TSUBASA SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: DIGITAL TRIP キャプテン翼 ～シンセサイズー・ファンタジー～
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP CAPTAIN TSUBASA SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7226
  date: '1985-06-21'
  link: album/48176
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP HEAVY METAL L-GAIM SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタル・トリップ 重戦機エルガイム シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: Digital Trip Juusenki L-Gaim Synthesizer Fantasy
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7240
  date: '1985-09-21'
  link: album/24674
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Essayist
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP Z-GUNDAM SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタル・トリップ 機動戦士Ζガンダム シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Z-GUNDAM SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7268
  date: '1986-03-21'
  link: album/45014
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP MACROSS II Mingmay's Songs SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタル・トリップ 超時空要塞マクロスII ミンメイズソング シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Choujikuu Yousai Macross II Mingmay's Songs SYNTHESIZER
      FANTASY
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-33963~4
  date: '2006-10-18'
  link: album/105648
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Space Sheriff Sharivan ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: 宇宙刑事シャリバン ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja-latn: Uchuu Keiji Sharivan ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: toku
- catalog: KIZC-225~39
  date: '2013-12-25'
  link: album/137864
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Synthesizer Operator
  - Special Thanks
  titles:
    en: NOVELA SPECIAL BOX ~director's edition~
    ja: NOVELA SPECIAL BOX ~director's edition~
    ja-latn: NOVELA SPECIAL BOX ~director's edition~
  type: print
- catalog: LNN-001
  date: '2020-04-15'
  link: album/98062
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Field Recordist
  titles:
    en: GRATEFUL IN ALL THINGS
    ja: 感謝感激雨霰
    ja-latn: GRATEFUL IN ALL THINGS
  type: works
- catalog: N/A
  date: 2022-08
  link: album/121462
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: BOMBER X
    ja: 'Télé 80: Les séries cultes de votre enfance – BOMBER X'
    ja-latn: BOMBER X
  type: toku
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: '1956'
  Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
  Credited works:
  - 16 albums in database
  - 3 products in database
  Credits:
  - 14 arranger
  - 10 synthesizer
  - 5 liner notes
  - 4 composer
  - 4 special thanks
  - 2 performer
  - 2 music
  - 1 musician
  - 1 talk
  - 1 essayist
  - 1 synthesizer operator
  - 1 field recordist
  - 1 director
  Studios:
  - link: artist/56382
    names:
      en: Studio Ion
      ja: スタジオ・イオン
link: artist/10364
meta:
  added_date: 2011-03-14T17:10
  edited_date: 2020-04-13T10:00
  fetched_date: 2026-01-05T16:28
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 3885
name: Takashi Kokubo
name_real: 小久保 隆
name_trans: こくぼ たかし
notes: Originally a synthesizer player and programmer for anime synth orchestration
  albums, Kokubo would famously move on to making New Age and ambient albums from
  the mid-1980s onward.
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/46/10364/10364-1300151538.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/46/10364/10364-1300151538.jpg
sex: male
twitter_names:
- TakashiKokubo
type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/10364?perpage=99999
websites:
  Official: []
