Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子 Kanno Yōko, born March 19, 1964) is a famous composer and keyboardist known for her performances and musical scores in anime titles.

She has created game music for Koei. Some of her most famous music pieces are "Tank!" (Cowboy Bebop), "Voices" (Macross Plus), "Dance of Curse" (Escaflowne), "Gravity" (Wolf's Rain), and "Rush" (Cowboy Bebop). She was the lead member of a band called The Seatbelts, which was formed for the sole purpose of making the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack.

Apart from anime and games, Kanno also composes for films and CMs (television advertisements or commercials) for all sorts of brands. Grand Funk Inc. is her recording studio of choice in producing for those media.

There is some speculation that one of her frequently hired vocalists, Gabriela Robin, is Kanno herself under a pseudonym.

She is currently married to fellow composer Hajime Mizoguchi, with whom she collaborated on the soundtracks for Please Save My Earth and Escaflowne.

She has attended Otakon and Anime Expo in 1999, as well as Anime Expo New York in 2002.

Anime works

• Brain Powerd
• Cardcaptor Sakura (TV opening theme)
• Cowboy Bebop
• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• Dai-Guard (Ending theme; "Rocking Horse Stars")
• Earth Girl Arjuna
• Escaflowne: The Movie (in collaboration with Hajime Mizoguchi)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Ghost in the Shell: Tachikoma Days
• Jin-Roh (Piano)
• Macross 7 (some of the music)
• Macross 7 Encore (some of the music)
• Macross Dynamite 7 (some of the music)
• Macross Plus
• Macross Zero (some of the music)
• Magnetic Rose
• Mindgame
• Noiseman Sound Insect
• Please Save My Earth (in collaboration with Hajime Mizoguchi)
• RahXephon (opening theme for TV & OVA)
• (ending theme)
• (opening theme)
• Sousei no Aquarion
• Turn-A Gundam
• The Vision of Escaflowne (in collaboration with Hajime Mizoguchi)
• Wolf's Rain (TV & OVA)

Film works

• Beautiful Sunday
• Boku wa Benkyou ga Dekinai (I Can't Study)
• Mizu no Onna (Woman of Water )
• Natsujikan no Otonatachi (Adults of Summertime)
• Onkyou Seimeitai Noiseman (Noiseman Sound Insect )
• tokyo.sora
• Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls )

Video Games

• Dai Koukai Jidai (Era of Great Voyage / Uncharted Waters)
• Napple Tale
• Nobunaga's Ambition

Hired vocalists

• AFRA
• Akino Arai
• Pierre Bensusan
• Emily Bindiger
• Donna Burke
• Steve Conte
• Cosmic Voices from Bulgaria
• Crystal Kay
• Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch
• Emily Curtis
• Ilaria Graziano
• Reynada Hill
• Seika Iwashita
• Tokiko Kato
• Kyoko Katsunuma
• Joyce (singer)
• Scott Matthew
• M (singer)
• Maryanne Murray
• Kaoru Nishino
• Origa
• Aki Okui
• Soichiro Otsuka
• Raiché Coutev Sisters
• Raju Ramayya (The Beautiful Losers)
• Jadwiga Rappé
• Gabriela Robin
• Maaya Sakamoto
• Franco Sansalone
• Shanti Snyder
• Artur Stefanowicz
• Sydney Thiam
• Carla Vallet
• Wuyontana
• Chinatsu Yamamoto
• Mai Yamane

External links

• The Yoko Kanno Project
• Yoko Kanno Database_
• Grand Funk Inc. Official Site
• Yōko Kanno at the Internet Movie Database
• Nippop Profile | Yoko Kanno