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Yoko Kanno

1963 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yoko Kanno is the 1,372nd most popular singer (down from 1,300th in 2019), the 1,356th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Yoko Kanno ranks 1,372 out of 4,381. Before her are Dima Bilan, Shirley Verrett, Paulina Rubio, Den Harrow, Greetje Kauffeld, and Eivør Pálsdóttir. After her are Jake Zyrus, Cazuza, Junior Wells, Lee Hyori, Kenny Dorham, and Ian Hunter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Yoko Kanno ranks 280. Before her are Dario Marianelli, Jens Johansson, Jörg Michael, Ivan Capelli, Nina Ananiashvili, and Vladimir Solovyov. After her are Koichi Wakata, Yasuharu Takanashi, Raimond Aumann, Rosario Flores, Daniel Bravo, and Andy Rubin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoko Kanno ranks 1,356 out of 6,245. Before her are Rinko Kikuchi (1981), Atsushi Matsuura (1981), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Nobuyuki Oishi (1974), Kazuki Ito (1987), and Akie Abe (1962). After her are Koichi Wakata (1963), Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926), Tetsuya Ogura (1970), Yasutoshi Miura (1965), Yuki Amano (2000), and Kansai Yamamoto (1944).

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Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Yoko Kanno ranks 10. Before her are Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Seiko Matsuda (1962), Damo Suzuki (1950), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Akina Nakamori (1965), and Tetsuya Komuro (1958). After her are Namie Amuro (1977), Izumi Sakai (1967), Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Joji (1992), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), and Masashi Tashiro (1956).

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