Kanno Yugo
Compose/Arrange
Born in 1977, Yugo
Kanno has grown up listening to jazz and classic music. While he was
studying at Tokyo College of Music, Kanno started writing music for
several artists and debuted with producing music for Fuji TV's Getsuku
(Monday 9 PM) Drama "Last Christmas." Today Kanno is one of the
best-known composers that he produces various genres of music
including movies, TV dramas, Japanese animes, and documentaries. Some
of his music are played on TV almost everyday. Kanno says, "I want
more people to enjoy live performance." In 2007, Kanno's first
orchestra concert was held, and since then, his solo concerts have
been organized every year. Moreover, Kanno is known as a multitalented
artist exhibiting his modern paintings. Kanno won the "Movie Music
Artist Award" at the Japanese Movie Critics Award and "Music Award" at
the Nippon Theater Staff Film Festival for his composing "Amalfi:
Rewards of the Goddess" in 2010. In 2014, at the age of 36, he
composed the music for the 53rd NHK historical Taiga Drama "Gunshi
Kanbee (Trategist Kanbee)." In May 2014, he won the "Montyly Galaxy
Award" as an incidental music composer at Japan Council For Better
Radio and Television.
Kannon Yugo Official Web Site
MAYUKO
Lyrics/Compose/Arrange/ Song
Born in
1980, MAYUKO took dance and piano lessons from her childhood to high
school days. When she went to Kunitachi College of Music, MAYUKO
played live shows singing songs that she wrote with her piano. In
2002, MAYUKO made her debut in writing music as her stage name "Yumao"
and has been providing music for several artists. In 2006, she
produced the ending theme song for anime "Kashimashi: Girl Meets
Girl." Moreover, as Yumao, she produced two other ending theme songs
of animes "Asatte No Houkou" and "Genshiken 2." Yumao has released
three singles and two albums so far. Under the name of MAYUKO, she has
focused on live shows and released three albums. In 2008, MAYUKO got
involved in incidental music to debut with Fuji TV's Getsuku (Monday 9
PM) Drama "Innocent Love" and "Kaze no Garden." Since then, she has
been active in various fields including a number of TV dramas, movies,
news reports, sports and education programs.
MAYUKO Official Web Site
Yumao
Lyrics/Compose/Song
Born in 1980, Yumao
took dance and piano lessons from her childhood to high school days.
When she went to Kunitachi College of Music, Yumao played live shows
singing songs that she wrote with her piano. In 2002, Yumao made her
debut in writing music and has been providing music for several voice
actors, including Nana Mizuki . In 2006, she produced the ending theme
song for anime "Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl." Moreover, Yumao produced
two other ending theme songs of animes "Asatte No Houkou" and
"Genshiken 2."Yumao has released three singles and two albums from
Lantis.
Suehiro Kenichiro
Compose/Arrange
Born in 1980, Suehiro
listened to a large number of rock music of the day in his boyhood
since his friend's brother recommended punk and garage rocks. He
started to play the guitar when he went to junior high school copying
Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Stray Cats. Suehiro gradually got into music
and during his high school days, he was influenced by a diverse view
of movie music such as "Cinema Paradiso," "The Blues Brothers," and
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" while playing in a band. It was when Suehiro
started to write music to become a soundtrack composer. Since then, he
has pursued music to highlight footage taking advantage of a diverse
music sense that utilizes guitar, prerecording and orchestration.
Tokuda Masahiro
Compose/Arrange/Guitar
Born in 1984,
Tokuda started to play the piano when he was five years old and that
was the beginning of his connection to music. He belonged to a guitar
club since he was a junior high school student and immersed himself in
various sounds such as hard rock and acoustic. As a high school
student, Tokuda started to play different brass instruments and got to
know symphonic sounds. Since then, he has been interested in composing
music and trying to write music that bring the footages, scenes, and
feelings back again and again.
Mnabe Akihiro
Compose/Arrange
Born in 1988, Manabe
got into music at the time of watching TV drama with his elder sister.
He started playing the guitar when he went to junior high school and
was hooked on his band. Manabe decided to pursue a career in movie
music when he watched the movie "Saving Private Ryan" as a high school
student. In his college years, Manabe wrote his own music and played
famous composers inclding Rakhmaninov and Prokofiev. He graduated
first in acousmatic sound design course of Sensoku Gakuen College of
Music. Manabe says, "Someday I want to produce movie music like
'Saving Private Ryan'"
Kuzushima Yoichi
Recording Engineer
I am in charge of recording and mixing music written by
composers belonging to ONEMUSIC.