Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno
菅野 よう子
Kanno at Anime Expo 2010
Born
菅野 洋子

(1963-03-18) 18 March 1963 (age 61)[1][2]
Sendai, Japan
Other namesGabriela Robin
Occupations
  • Composer
  • arranger
  • music producer
Years active1985–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
LabelsCaptain Duckling Records

Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子, Kanno Yōko, born 18 March 1963) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer of soundtracks for anime series, video games, television dramas and movies. She has written scores for Cowboy Bebop, Terror in Resonance, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, Turn A Gundam and Darker than Black. Kanno is a keyboardist and the frontwoman for Seatbelts, who perform many of her compositions.

  1. ^ "TETSU100% member profiles". TETSU100%. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ Masako Furukawa (21 October 2013). "Modern Portrait: Composer Yoko Kanno". Asahi Shimbun Weekly Aera. Asahi Shimbun Publications: 56–60.