Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

Lyric and song writer, arranger and music producer. Yoko has created music for movies, TV dramas, TV commercials, animation and video games. She has produced and written music for many artists as well. Her masterpieces include "Cowboy Bebop", "Genesis of Aquarion", "Macross Frontier", "Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex", the movie "Our Little Sister", and the NHK historical TV drama "Naotora: The Lady Warlord", etc. She also composed the great eastern Japan earthquake (Fukushima) recovery support song, "Flowers Will Bloom - Hana wa Saku -", in which she made many different arrangements. In the first year of the new Reiwa era, she composed the Japanese emperor's enthronement celebration song, "Ray of Water", and dedicated the performance to the emperor and the empress in front of the imperial palace. The third movement of this song, "Journey to Harmony", is recorded in the mini CD "Kite" by Arashi. Her latest works are the music for the Netflix versions of "Cowboy Bebop" and "The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House".