birthdate: '1963-03-18'
birthplace: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
discography:
- catalog: KICA-566
  date: '2002-02-06'
  link: album/20098
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: ∀GUNDAM the MOVIE SOUND TRACKS Wakusei no Gogo, Bokura wa Kiss o Shita
    ja: 劇場版 ∀ガンダム サウンドトラックス 惑星の午後、僕らはキスをした
    ja-latn: Gekijouban ∀Gundam SOUND TRACKS Wakusei no Gogo, Bokura wa Kiss o Shita
  type: anime
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Mar 18, 1963
  Birthplace: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
  Bloodtype: O
  Credited works: 1 albums in database
  Credits: 1 liner notes
  Education: School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I, Waseda University (dropped out)
link: artist/54017
meta:
  added_date: 2022-11-14T12:17
  edited_date: 2022-11-14T12:17
  fetched_date: 2026-01-04T02:38
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1123
name: Yoko Kanno
name_real: かんの ようこ
notes: 'Yoko Kanno is a classically trained composer and arranger for Japanese Media.
  Famous for Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell and NHK Taiga Drama Ladylord
  Naotora. She writes music in various styles, from Jazz to 20th Century Film and
  Classical music, collaborating with many skilled artists, from singers to instrumentalists.
  In 1991 she composed for an art gallery show conducted by Fujishiro Seiji and entitled
  the Merchen Collection, composed of painted pictures of the world creation. In the
  90s she worked on various Koei Games and is one of the pioneers of orchestral video
  game music. In 1994 she recorded with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Macross
  Plus. In 1996 she recorded with the Members of the Czech Philharmonic and the Prague
  Philharmonic Choir for Magnetic Rose. In 1998 she worked with The Seatbelts on Cowboy
  Bebop. She had a longlasting collaboration with the Warsaw Philharmonic National
  Orchestra of Poland: Nobunaga''s Ambition, Turn A Gundam, Escaflowne, Ghost in the
  Shell, Brain Powerd, Song to Fly, Wolf''s Rain, Genesis of Aquarion and Macross
  Frontier. In 2013 she recorded with the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra for the TV series
  Gochisousan. In 2017 she recorded with the NHK Symphony Orchestra for NHK Taiga
  Drama Ladylord Naotora. In 2019 she composed and conducted a symphonic piece for
  the new Emperor of Japan in the first year of Reiwa.'
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picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/91/319/319-1637026065.png
sex: female
twitter_names:
- YokoKannoCH
type: Alternate spelling of Yoko Kanno菅野よう子
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/54017?perpage=99999
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