Yoko Kanno

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Yoko Kanno

is a composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, arranger and musician

Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
best known for her work on the soundtrack

Soundtrack

The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
s for many games, seminal anime

Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements

Television advertisement

A 'television advertisement' or television commercial is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organisation that conveys a message....
. She has written scores for famous animated works, including Macross Plus
Macross Plus

is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original The Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series that took place in the official timeline ....
, Turn A Gundam
Turn A Gundam

is a 50 episode anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and the anime satellite television network, Animax, created for the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration....
, Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop

is a Japanese Anime Television program. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by Sunrise . Consisting of 26 episodes, the series follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071....
, Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....
, Wolf's Rain
Wolf's Rain

is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by BONES . The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno....
, and is the most trusted composer by veteran and new-wave directors such as Yoshiyuki Tomino

Yoshiyuki Tomino

is a Japanese people anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art....
, Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe

is a Japanese anime filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the popular anime series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo....
and Shoji Kawamori

Shoji Kawamori

, is a renowned Japanese anime creator and designer, having created or co-created such notable series as The Vision of Escaflowne, Earth Girl Arjuna, Genesis of Aquarion, and nearly every chapter of the The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series ....
. Kanno has also composed music for J-pop

J-pop

J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop, but is also a loosely defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in 1990s....
artists, the most notable being Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto

is a Japanese seiyu and singer-songwriter who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne....
and Kyoko Koizumi

Kyoko Koizumi

is a Japanese people singer and actor famous in Japan. Her music is released through Victor Entertainment in Japan. She is also known by the nickname 'Kyon Kyon'....
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is a composer

Composer

Musician

Soundtrack

Anime

Television advertisement

Yoshiyuki Tomino

is a Japanese people anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art....
, Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe

is a Japanese anime filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the popular anime series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo....
and Shoji Kawamori

Shoji Kawamori

J-pop

J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop, but is also a loosely defined musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in 1990s....
artists, the most notable being Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto

is a Japanese seiyu and singer-songwriter who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne....
and Kyoko Koizumi

Kyoko Koizumi

is a Japanese people singer and actor famous in Japan. Her music is released through Victor Entertainment in Japan. She is also known by the nickname 'Kyon Kyon'....
. She is also a skilled keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for The Seatbelts

The Seatbelts

were a Japanese blues/jazz band led by composer and instrumentalist Yoko Kanno. The name of the band, according to the fictional description given in the anime series Cowboy Bebop, derives from how the performers wear seatbelts to be safe while they play hardcore jam sessions....
, who perform many of Kanno's compositions

Musical composition

Musical composition is:* an original piece of music* the musical form of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music...
on the various original soundtracks for which she is responsible.

Biography

Some of Yoko Kanno's most famous soundtrack themes include "Kiseki no Umi

Kiseki no Umi

is the 4th single released by singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released on April 22, 1998. "Kiseki no Umi" was used as the opening theme for Lodoss. Although it debuted at #43 in the Oricon charts, it remained her best-selling single for many years until the release of Triangler in 2008....
" (Lodoss War), "Voices" (Macross Plus
Macross Plus

is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original The Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series that took place in the official timeline ....
), "Tank!

Tank!

"Tank!" is the opening song for the popular anime series Cowboy Bebop. The song, written by Yoko Kanno and performed by The Seatbelts, has an extensive alto saxophone solo played by Masato Honda, as well as a fill part at the end....
" (Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop

is a Japanese Anime Television program. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by Sunrise . Consisting of 26 episodes, the series follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071....
), "Yakusoku wa Iranai

Yakusoku wa Iranai

is the 1st single released by singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released on April 24, 1996. This was her debut single under composer Yoko Kanno. The songs were used in her debut anime, The Vision of Escaflowne....
" (Escaflowne), "Gravity

Gravity (Maaya Sakamoto song)

Gravity is a song by Maaya Sakamoto that is sung in the English language. An abridged version is played as the closing theme of Wolf's Rain....
" (Wolf's Rain
Wolf's Rain

is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by BONES . The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno....
), "Inner Universe" (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....
) and Stand Alone Complex O.S.T
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. is the first original soundtrack of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime series, composed by Yoko Kanno....
. She was the lead member of the project band called The Seatbelts
The Seatbelts

were a Japanese blues/jazz band led by composer and instrumentalist Yoko Kanno. The name of the band, according to the fictional description given in the anime series Cowboy Bebop, derives from how the performers wear seatbelts to be safe while they play hardcore jam sessions....
, which regrouped in the year of 2004 to compose the soundtrack of the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a History of video game consoles video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation of video game consoles....
Cowboy Bebop video game, released in Japan in 2005.

She has composed for many Koei

Koei

Koei Company, Limited , formerly ?? ) is a Japanese video game publisher and video game developer founded in 1978 in video gaming. The company is best known for its historical simulation games based on the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as simulation games based on historical events....
games released during the late 1980s to early 1990s and for Napple Tale

Napple Tale

Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream, more commonly called simply Napple Tale is a 2.5D platform game for the Sega Dreamcast, released on October 18, 2000 in Japan....
, a Dreamcast game. Due to her close involvement in the Cowboy Bebop anime, the game released by Bandai

Bandai

is a Japanese toy making company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third largest producer of toys. Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs....
also features her work.

Apart from anime and games, Kanno also composes for live-action films and television commercials. Some popular brands she has composed for are Canon, DoCoMo, Fuji Xerox

Fuji Xerox

is a joint venture partnership between the Japan photography firm Fujifilm and the United States document management company Xerox to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the Asia-Pacific region....
, Seven-Eleven, Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
, Nissan, Toyota, Shiseido

Shiseido

is a major Japanese hair care and cosmetics producer and the oldest cosmetics company in the world....
, Avon, and Master Card to name a few. Grand Funk Inc. is her recording studio of choice in producing for these two media. Contributions to films started in the 90s but only since 2002 has there been a trend towards the medium. Most of the latter were shown in international film festivals.

She was married to fellow composer Hajime Mizoguchi

Hajime Mizoguchi

is a cello and composer.Mizoguchi started playing piano in 1963, at the age of 3, and the cello in 1971. From 1978?1985 he attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music where he Academic major in violoncello....
, with whom she collaborated on the soundtracks for Please Save My Earth
Please Save My Earth

, sometimes abbreviated Bokutama, is a shojo science fiction manga by Saki Hiwatari. It was published by Hakusensha from 1987 to 1994 in Hana to Yume and collected in 21 tankobon volumes....
and Escaflowne. They divorced in 2007.

In addition to Japanese, she speaks very little English and some French, but claims that her English is "poor" and she needs translation help to converse in French.

She has attended Otakon

Otakon

Otakon is a fan convention in the United States focusing on East Asian popular culture and its fandom. The name is a portmanteau derived from convention and the Japanese language word otaku....
and Anime Expo

Anime Expo

Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an anime convention that usually takes place on the July 4 weekend for four days each year in Southern California....
in 1999, as well as Anime Expo New York in 2002.

Gabriela Robin

Gabriela Robin

Gabriela Robin is a singer and lyricist, credited for lyrics and vocals on many songs composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno. She is rumored to be Kanno herself, singing under a pseudonym....
, an enigmatic vocalist who has only ever worked with Kanno and her ex-husband Mizoguchi Hajime, is rumored to be a pseudonym of Kanno herself.

Discography

Solo Studio Albums

Date	Title	Notes
January 1, 1998	Song to fly Song to fly *Song to fly* is a studio album by Yoko Kanno. It was released January 1, 1998. All music was written by Yoko Kanno....	Track 8 Performed and all songs composed, conducted by Yoko Kanno. (Tracks 1-7,9-11) Performed by , Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Chorus, Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, Franco Sansalone, Krzysztof Ciupinsky, Steve Conte, Jadwiga Rappé & Gabriela Robin.
May 22, 2002	23-Ji no Ongaku	All songs composed, conducted by Yoko Kanno, ft. Maaya Sakamoto, released by JvC Victor. Translates as "Music of the 23rd Hour".
May 2, 2008	CM Yoko	Compilation album of music for commercials done by Yoko Kanno over the years. All songs composed by Yoko Kanno
April 22, 2009	CM Yoko2	Compilation album of music for commercials done by Yoko Kanno over the years. All songs composed and/or arranged by Yoko Kanno

Anime works

Anime Title	Year	Kanno's Role(s)
Please Save My Earth Please Save My Earth , sometimes abbreviated Bokutama, is a shojo science fiction manga by Saki Hiwatari. It was published by Hakusensha from 1987 to 1994 in Hana to Yume and collected in 21 tankobon volumes....	1994	Composer (other tracks by Hajime Mizoguchi)
Macross Plus Macross Plus is a four-episode anime OVA and theatrical movie in the The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series. It was the first sequel to the original The Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series that took place in the official timeline ....	1994	Composer
Memories: Magnetic Rose	1996	Composer
Vision of Escaflowne	1996	Composer (other tracks by Hajime Mizoguchi)
X Clamp Characters File Vol1-4	1996	Composer (one track for each album)
Clamp School Detectives	1997	Second ending theme
Noiseman Sound Insect Noiseman Sound Insect is a short anime film directed by Koji Morimoto, with production by Studio 4?C and music by Yoko Kanno featuring a young Crystal Kay Williams singing the end theme....	1997	Composer
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight	1998	Composer for Opening theme
Cowboy Bebop Cowboy Bebop is a Japanese Anime Television program. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by Sunrise . Consisting of 26 episodes, the series follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071....	1998	Composer
Cardcaptor Sakura Cardcaptor Sakura , also known as *Cardcaptors* and abbreviated as *CCS, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Clamp . Cardcaptor Sakura* is published in Japan by Kodansha and was serialized in Nakayoshi....	1998	Composer for TV opening theme
Brain Powerd Brain Powerd is a 26-episode anime TV series, created by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series also features mecha designs by Mamoru Nagano, character designs by Mutsumi Inomata, and music by Yoko Kanno....	1998	Composer
Gasaraki Gasaraki is a Mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise . It was written by Ryousuke Takahashi, who also created the series with Sunrise and shared directorial duties with Goro Taniguchi....	1998	Composer for opening and closing TV themes
Turn A Gundam Turn A Gundam is a 50 episode anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and the anime satellite television network, Animax, created for the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration....	1999	Composer
Dai-Guard Dai-Guard is an anime television series, produced and animated by XEBEC, and directed by Seiji Mizushima. It aired from October 5, 1999 to March 28, 2000 on the TV Tokyo, ran for 26 episodes, and 6 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD....	1999	Composer for Ending theme; "Rocking Horse Stars"
Jin-Roh Jin-Roh is a 1999 anime feature film directed by Hiroyuki Okiura. The film is the second adaptation of Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos saga manga, Ken-Roh Densetsu, the first attempt being StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops released in Japanese theaters in 1991....	1999	Pianist
Escaflowne: The Movie	2000	Composer (other tracks by Inon Zur & Hajime Mizoguchi)
Earth Maiden Arjuna	2001	Composer
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door	2001	Composer Pianist for The Seatbelts The Seatbelts were a Japanese blues/jazz band led by composer and instrumentalist Yoko Kanno. The name of the band, according to the fictional description given in the anime series Cowboy Bebop, derives from how the performers wear seatbelts to be safe while they play hardcore jam sessions....
RahXephon RahXephon is a Japanese anime series about 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a godlike mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world around him....	2002	Composer for Opening theme for TV & OVA
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell . It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I.G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes....	2002	Composer
Wolf's Rain Wolf's Rain is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by BONES . The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno....	2003	Composer for TV & OVA
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG	2004	Composer
Genesis of Aquarion Genesis of Aquarion is an anime TV series written and directed by Shoji Kawamori, produced by Satelight.The science fiction series is an homage to the Super Robot shows of the 1970s and 1980s, executed with modern animation techniques and aesthetics....	2005	Composer (other tracks by/in collaboration with Hogari Hisaaki)
Oban Star-Racers Oban Star-Racers is a France/Japanese animated television series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel of Sav! The World Productions.The show will be returning on Disney XD with reruns in America starting in February 2009....	2006	Composer for Opening and Ending theme songs
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society is the 2006 in film Anime based on the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, which is based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell....	2006	Composer
Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha Darker than Black is an anime Television program, created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones . It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on Mainichi Broadcasting System, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and #Broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007....	2007	Composer
Genius Party Genius Party *Genius Party* is an anthology of short animated cartoon from Studio 4?C released on July 7, 2007. The short films are Japanese anime, with the exception of the France "Le manchot m?lomane" directed by Nicolas de Cr?cy ....	2007	Composer for "Baby Blue"
Genesis of Aquarion Genesis of Aquarion (OVA) is an OVA series created and directed by Shoji Kawamori and produced by Satelight studio. It is an alternative retelling of the Genesis of Aquarion television series, divided into two parts, and ....	2007	Composer
Macross Frontier Macross Frontier is a Japanese animated science fiction space drama that aired in Japan on Mainichi Broadcasting System from April 3, 2008 to September 25, 2008. It is the most recent Japanese anime television series set in the Macross universe....	2008	Composer

Video games

Movie works

Film Title	Year	Kanno's Role(s)
Yamato Takeru Yamato Takeru , originally Prince Ousu was a Japanese legendary prince of the Yamato dynasty, son of Emperor Keiko, a legendary monarch who is traditionally counted as the 12th Tenno or Emperor of Japan....	1994	Composer
Asalto	1996	Composer
Boku wa benkyo ga dekinai (I Can't Study)	1996	Composer
Natsu jikan no otonatachi	1997	Composer
Tokyo. Sora	2002	Composer
Mizu no onna	2002	Composer
03 +	2003	Composer
Shimotsuma monogatari (Kamikaze Girls Kamikaze Girls *Kamikaze Girls*, known in Japan as is a light novel written by Novala Takemoto that has been adapted into a manga and film.Kamikaze Girls centers around two students, Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri , who are from completely different backgrounds: one is a Lolita fashion girl, the other a Yankee#In_other_parts_of_the... )	2004	Composer
Ashurajo No Hitomi Ashurajo no Hitomi is a 2005 Japanese film, starring Somegoro Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, and Kanako Higuchi. Being directed by Yojiro Takita, it is a movie adaptation of a Kazuki Nakashima play set in the 16th century.... (Blood Gets in Your Eyes)	2005	Composer
Su-ki-da	2005	Composer
Honey and Clover Honey and Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as and H&C. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the manga magazines CUTiEcomic, Young YOU, and Chorus , and collected in ten tankobon....	2006	Composer
Elegant World (The Show Must Go On)	2007	Composer
Say Hello!	2007	Composer

TV works

TV Show	Year	Kanno's Role(s)
The Vision of Escaflowne	1996	Composer
Yo ni mo Kimyou na Monogatari - Mama Shinhatsubai	2001	Composer
Mayonaka Betsu no Kao (The Other Side of Midnight)	2002	Composer
X'smap~Tora to Raion to Gojin no Otoko~	2004	Composer
Chichi ni Kanaderu Merodi	2006	Composer
Camouflage	2008	Composer
Kaze ni Mai Agaru Vinyl Sheet	2009	Composer

Works for Associated Acts

Band	Album	Year	Kanno's Role(s)
Tetsu 100%	Tokyo Taco Blues	1986	Composer for one track
	Tetsu 100%	1987	Composer for four tracks
	Ato3cm	1987	Composer for five tracks
	Jack in the Box	1988	Composer for three tracks
	Manatsu no Santa Claus	1988	Composer for one track
	Sunao	1989	Composition credited to band

Samply Red	Perfect Rouge	1996	Composition credited to band
	Ah-ra ii Kimochi	1996	Composition credited to band
	(with Riyu Konaka) Kiseki to Taitsuku	1996	Composition credited to band
	Happy Go Lucky OST	1997	Composer for 8 tracks
	Kemeko no Uta (Happy Go Lucky)	1997	Arrangement credited to band
	It's for my Ego	1997	Composition credited to band
	Perfect Rouge I, II, III	2002	Composition credited to band

Works for Pop Albums

(In Order of Starting Year of Affiliation)

Artist	Album	Year	Kanno's Role(s)
Chiyono Yoshino	Montage	1988	Composer for two tracks
	Song Bird	1989	Composer for three tracks, arranger for two tracks
	Melanger	1990	Composer for one track, performer on two tracks

Keiko Nakajima	Keiko Nakajima	1990	Composer for all tracks

Kyoko Endo	Renai	1990	Arranger for seven tracks
	Kobitori ni Naritai	1993	Arranger for all tracks
	Fuyu no Miwa	1993	Arranger for all tracks
	Hashire Hashire	1999	Arranger for two tracks

Aki Okui	Lost Melodies	1994	Arranger for two tracks
	Straw Color	1997	Arranger for one track
	Tsuki no Mayu	2000	Composer for all tracks

Hitomi Mieno	Hajimari no Boukenshya-tachi ~Hikari no Chizu~	1995	Composer for two tracks

Miki Imai	Love of my Life	1995	Arranger for four tracks
	Thank You	1996	Arranger for four tracks
	IMAI.MIKI from 1986	1998	Arranger for one track
	Blooming Ivory	2000	Arranger for one track

Yuri Shinatori	Atarashii Kutsu	1995	Composer for two tracks, Lyricist for one track
	Caramel Pop	1995	Composer and lyricist for two tracks

Kyoko Koizumi	Otokonoko, Onnannoko	1996	Composer for eight tracks, arranger for all tracks except 9 by Samply Red
	For my Life(Single)	1999	Composer for two tracks

Maaya Sakamoto	Grapefruit	1997	Composer for all tracks
	Dive	1998	Composer for all tracks
	Hotchpotch	1999	Composer for all tracks
	Lucy	2001	Composer for all tracks
	Easy Listening	2001	Composer for all tracks
	Tune The Rainbow	2003	Composer for all tracks, two tracks composed with Alexander Borodin
	Shonen Alice	2003	Composer for all tracks
	Kazeyomi	2009	Composer for two tracks

Akino Arai	Sora No Mori	1997	Composer for five tracks
	Sora No Miwa	1997	Composer for two tracks
	Hiru No Tsuki	1998	Arranger for two tracks
	RGB	2002	Composer for one track

Yasui Inoue	Kyuu Dan	1998	Composer for one track

Crystal Kay	Eternal Memories	1999	Composer for two tracks
	Komichi no Hana	1999	Composer for one track
	C.C.L Crystal Lover Light	2000	Composer for one track, Arranger for one track

Kei Kobayashi	Nagashime Play	2003	Composer for all tracks

SMAP	Say What You Will	2005	Composer for two tracks
	super.modern.artistic.performance	2008	Composer for one track

Yukawa Shione	Yuki No Waltz	2007	Composer for one track

AKINO from bless4	Lost in Time	2007	Composer for all tracks

Hajime Chitose	Cassini	2008	Composer for one track

Origa	The Songwreath	2008	Composer for one track

YOSHIKA	The World	2008	Composer for one track

May'n	May’n?Street	2009	Composer for two tracks

Commercial music

This is a list of companies that have commissioned Kanno for commercial music.

AEON
AGF Maxim
Ajinomoto
Ajinomoto

, is a Japanese company that produces food seasonings, cooking oils, foods and pharmaceuticals.The literal translation of Aji no Moto is ?Essence of Taste,? used as a trademark for the company?s monosodium glutamate ....
Asahi Glass Co.
Asahi Glass Co.

is a Japanese manufacturing company. It is one of the core Mitsubishi companies.Founded in 1907 by Toshiya Iwasaki, the second son of the second president of the original Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, it was the first Japanese producer of sheet glass....
Avon
Avon Products

Avon Products, Inc. is a United States cosmetics, perfume and toy seller with markets in over 140 countries across the world and sales of $9.9 billion worldwide as of 2007....
Cafe Noevir
Citizen Watch Co.
Citizen Watch Co.

is the core company of a Japanese global corporation group based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was originally founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in 1918 and is currently known as the manufacturer of CINCOM precision lathe machine tools as well as CITIZEN watches....
Canon
Cosmo Oil
Daikin
Daio Paper
Daiwa House
FamilyMart
FamilyMart

is a convenience store Franchising chain first opened in Japan on September 1, 1981. FamilyMart is Japan's third largest convenience store chain, behind 7-Eleven and Lawson , and the largest chain store in South Korea....
Fancl
Fuji Xerox
Fuji Xerox

is a joint venture partnership between the Japan photography firm Fujifilm and the United States document management company Xerox to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the Asia-Pacific region....
Fujitsu
Fujitsu

is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, air conditioners, computers , telecommunications, and Service , and is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Tokyo....
Glico
Ezaki Glico

is a Japanese confectionery company headquartered in Osaka. The company manufactures the traditional Glico Caramel#Caramel candy, as well as Pocky , and many others....
Gravity
Half Century More
Haus Ten Bausch
Hisamitsu
Hitachi
Hitachi, Ltd.

is a multinational corporation specializing in high-technology and services headquartered in Marunouchi Itchome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The company is the parent of the Hitachi Group as part of the larger DKB Group companies....
House
IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue" , is a multinational corporation computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, New York, United States....
Japan Medical Association
Japan Railways
Japan Railways

The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as , consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the assets and Operations management of the government-owned Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987....
Japan Telecom
Japan Telecom

Softbank Telecom Corp. Japanese language: , previously as , is a Communications in Japan of the Softbank group. It is a load in Japanese National Railways in the origin....
J-Phone
Kanebo
KDDI
KDDI

is a Japanese telecommunications operator formed in October 2000 through the merger of DDI Corp., KDD Corp., and IDO Corp.KDDI provides mobile cellular services using both the "au " brand....
Kirin Beverage
Kirin Brewery Company

is a Japan company. It is a member of the Mitsubishi core group of companies.Longtime leader of the Japanese beer market, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited was overtaken in the early 2000s by its arch-rival, Asahi Breweries....
Kincho
Kubota
Kubota

, is a tractor and heavy equipment manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan. The company was established in 1890.The company produces many products including:...
MasterCard International
MasterCard

MasterCard Worldwide is a multinational corporation based in Purchase, New York, New York, United States. Throughout the world, its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the banks of purchasers that use its "MasterCard" brand Debit card and credit cards to make purchases....
Meiji
Meiji Seika

is the Japanese confectionery and pharmaceutical company company that manufactures a wide range of products including Hello Panda and Yan Yan . Its competitors include Ezaki Glico, Kabaya, Lotte and Morinaga & Company....

Microsoft

Mister Donut

Mister Donut is a large doughnut franchise. Once an American icon, the franchise now operates mainly in Japan, Philippines and other Asian markets and El Salvador....

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

, or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group....

Mitsui Home

Morinaga

Morinaga & Company

is a confectionery company in Tokyo, Japan, in operation since August 15, 1899. Their products include candy and other confectioneries. Morinaga is best known for having superstar Ayumi Hamasaki to appear in their commercials....

Nagatanien

National Ionity Nanocare

Nikon

, also known as Nikon or Nikon Corp., is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan specializing in optics and imaging....

Nintendo

is a global company located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

Nissan

NTT DoCoMo

is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a phrase dokodemo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese language....

Ono Pharmaceutical

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.

, abbreviated OPC, is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Osaka and Naruto, Tokushima, Japan. The company was established August 10, 1964, and currently has approximately 27,000 employees worldwide....

Pioneer

Pioneer Corporation

is a multinational corporation that specializes in digital entertainment products, based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and Loudspeaker repair shop....

Platinum Guild International

Pola

Seiko Epson

, or Epson, is a Japanese company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of inkjet printer, dot matrix printer and laser printers, s, desktop computers, business, multimedia and home theatre projectors, large home theatre televisions, robots and industrial automation equipment, point of sale docket printers and cash registers, laptops,...

Sekisui House

Seven Eleven

7-Eleven

7-Eleven is a worldwide chain of convenience stores. It is, since March 2007, the largest chain store in any category, beating McDonald's by 1,000 stores....

Sharp

Sharp Corporation

is a Japanese electronics manufacturer, founded in 1912.It takes its name from one of its founder's first inventions, the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil, which was invented by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1915....

Shimura

Shiseido

is a major Japanese hair care and cosmetics producer and the oldest cosmetics company in the world....

Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....

Suntory

is a Japanese brewing and distilling company. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan....

Taiyo Life Insurance

Takano Yori Beauty Clinic

Tepco

Tirol Choco

Tokyo Gas

Tokyo Metro

is one of two Rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation....

Tombow Pencil

Toyota

Try Group

UFJ Bank

Vodafone

Vodafone is a mobile network operator with its headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire, Berkshire, England, UK. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about ?75 billion ....

Yukiguni Maitake

Hired vocalists

AFRA
Aki Okui
AKINO
AKINO

, better known as AKINO, is a female Professional wrestling in Japan#Female wrestling. Billed from Honshu, she started late in the sport and didn't debut until the age of 25....
Akino Arai
Akino Arai

is a Japanese singer, song-writer, and lyricist, best known for her works in anime such as Outlaw Star, Noir , Macross Plus, and many others....
Artur Stefanowicz
Carla Vallet
Chinatsu Yamamoto
Chris Mosdell
Chris Mosdell

Chris Mosdell is an award-winning British lyricist, poet, and author, as well as a composer, vocalist, and illustrator, based in Tokyo, Japan, and Boulder, Colorado, USA....
Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria
Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay

is a J-pop singer signed to the Sony Music Entertainment Japan records label. , she has released eight albums, one of which reached #1 on the Oricon charts....
Donna Burke
Donna Burke

Donna Burke, a singer, narrator, and entrepreneur, was born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, and moved to Tokyo, Japan in 1996. She lives with her guitarist and husband Bill Benfield and her three cats....
Emily Bindiger
Emily Bindiger

'Emily Bindiger' is an United States actress and singer, belonging to the award-winning a cappella group The Accidentals.Bindiger has recorded for soundtracks for movies such as The Stepford Wives , One Life to Live, Bullets Over Broadway, Everyone Says I Love You, Donnie Brasco, The Hudsucker Proxy, Michael Coll...
Emily Curtis
Emily Curtis

Emily Curtis, a New York City native, is an indie rock singer/songwriter. She plays guitar, piano, cello, and bass guitar. In 1999, she released Radiate, an independent CD produced by Jamal Ruhe....
Megumi Nakajima
Megumi Nakajima

is a seiyuu and singer under the Stardust Promotion talent agency. Born of a Japanese people father and a Filipina mother, she was brought up in a "house filled with music" and grew up with the desire to sing....
Franco Sansalone
Gabriela Robin
Gabriela Robin

Gabriela Robin is a singer and lyricist, credited for lyrics and vocals on many songs composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno. She is rumored to be Kanno herself, singing under a pseudonym....
Hassan Bohmide
Heartsdales
Heartsdales

Heartsdales was a Japanese hip hop group composed of sisters and , known by their stage names Rum and Jewels, respectively.Yumi was born on December 17 1981, and Emi on December 4 1976 in Tokyo, Japan....
Ilaria Graziano
Ilaria Graziano

Ilaria Graziano is an Italian singer and vocalist. She gained popularity with the release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the subsequent original soundtrack, written by composer Yoko Kanno....
Jadwiga Rappe'
Joyce (singer)
Joyce (singer)

Joyc? Silveira Palhano de Jesus, commonly known as Joyce in English-speaking countries or Joyc? in Portuguese-speaking countries , is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, as well as an accomplished guitarist and arranger....
Kaoru Nishino

Kyoko Katsunuma (singer)

M (singer)

May'n

Maaya Sakamoto

is a Japanese seiyu and singer-songwriter who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne....

Mai Yamane

is a Japanese singer, well known for her work on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack with Yoko Kanno. Her career started at the very beginning of 80's when she participated in a young singer's contest in Japan....

Mou Sukoshi

Maryanne Murray

Origa

Origa is a Japanese singer of Russian descent.After graduating from music school in 1990, she took an opportunity to visit Japan in 1991 and finally contracted with the ROAD&SKY Organization in 1993....

Mari Iijima

is a Japanese singer-songwriter who has released various top 10 albums in Japan. She has over 20 albums listed in her discography....

Pierre Bensusan

Pierre Bensusan is a France-Algerian guitarist. His family came from Spain, Spanish Morocco and French Algeria. His CDs include Pres de Paris , 2 , Solilai , Intuite , An Evening With International Guitar Night , and Altiplanos ....

Raiche' Coutev Sisters

Raj Ramayya

Reynada Hill

Scott Matthew

Scott Matthew is a vocalist and lyricist born in Queensland, Australia. He currently resides and performs as an independent artist in New York City....

Seika Iwashita

Seika Iwashita was born in Osaka, Japan. She grew up in Kagoshima and later moved to Tokyo. She used to belong to a punk band called "LOTUS", until the producer thought that she should have some other singing jobs....

Shanti Snyder

Shanti is a Japanese/English lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host. She frequently appears with her father in the band "Snyder?s Market"....

Soichiro Otsuka

Steve Conte

Steve Conte is a member and the lead singer of the band The Contes along with his brother John Conte . He is also the lead singer of Crown Jewels, and is the current lead guitarist of the New York Dolls....

Sydney Thiam

Tim Jensen

Tim Jensen is a long-time collaborator with anime soundtrack producer/composer Yoko Kanno and her group The Seatbelts. He has worked with her on many soundtracks, including Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Wolf's Rain....

Tokiko Kato

Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch

Tulivu-Donna Lynn Cumberbatch, daughter of Harold Cumberbatch , is a jazz singer from Brooklyn, and has been compared to Bessie Smith, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughn, Gloria Lynn, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson , and Aretha Franklin in terms of her singing ability....

James Wendt

Wuyontana

Wuyontana is a Mongols singer from the Horqin district of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China. She has lived in Japan since 1987 and has contributed vocals to a variety of anime including Macross Plus, Shamanic Princess, Betterman, and the first Card Captor Sakura movie....

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