Yoshikazu Iwanami (岩浪美和, Iwanami Yoshikazu) is a Japanese sound director and musician known for his work on various anime, TV series, and movies. He has directed the sound design for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, from Phantom Blood to Stone Ocean.
Iwanami also sound directed various other series, such as Sword Art Online, Psycho-Pass, Konosuba, Kill La Kill, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Baccano!, Ah! My Goddess and more.
Biography
Iwanami was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1962. He became interested in film and theater through making independent films when he was a college student. After graduating from the college's sound art department, Iwanami worked as a mixing engineer for 6 years, and after working as a video director, he started his career as a sound director under Etsushi Yamada.[1]
JoJo discography
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# |
Cover | Name | Composer | # of Tracks | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Stardust Crusaders 「Departure」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 23 | July 30, 2014 |
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Stardust Crusaders 「Journey」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 13 | August 27, 2014 |
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|
Stardust Crusaders 「World」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 20 | April 22, 2015 |
| 4 | 
|
Stardust Crusaders 「Destination」 Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 27 | May 27, 2015 |
| 5 | 
|
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Theme Song Best「Generation」 |
Various Artists | 8 | August 23, 2017 |
| 6 | 
|
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 23 | July 27, 2016 |
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Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 9 | July 27, 2016 |
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Diamond is Unbreakable ~Nightwalk~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 10 | December 21, 2016 |
| 9 | 
|
Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~ Original Soundtrack |
Yugo Kanno | 25 | December 21, 2016 |
| 10 | 
|
Golden Wind: Overture | Yugo Kanno | 26 | December 19, 2018 |
| 11 | 
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Golden Wind: Intermezzo | Yugo Kanno | 26 | March 27, 2019 |
| 12 | 
|
Golden Wind: Finale | Yugo Kanno | 28 | August 14, 2019 |
Other Notable Works
Anime
- Psycho-Pass (2012) - Composer
- Gundam Reconguista in G (2014) - Composer
- Psycho-Pass 2 (2014) - Composer
- Ajin: Demi-Human (2016) - Composer
- Psycho-Pass 3 (2019) - Composer
- Levius (2019) - Composer
- The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited (2020) - Composer
- Cells at Work! Code Black (2021) - Composer
- 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team (2021) - Composer
Film
- March Comes in like a Lion (2017) - Composer
- Blame! (2017) - Composer
- Batman Ninja (2018) - Composer
- Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System (2019) - Composer
- Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021) - Composer
Video Games
Interviews
Gallery
JoJo Great Festival Cast
Kanno and Daisuke Hasegawa
Kanno recording Requiem for a Traitor English Ver. with Daisuke Hasegawa and Karen Aoki
Orchestral recording for Stone Ocean
Kanno with Stone Ocean cast at Netflix Festival Japan 2021
Videos
Trivia
- Kanno had read JoJo as a kid during Part 4's publication in Weekly Shonen Jump, however, he notes that he didn't really notice how much depth the series had until he reread it as an adult.[2]
- While working on the Part 4 soundtrack, Kanno had the hardest time figuring out the character themes for Shigekiyo Yangu and Ken Oyanagi.[2]
- Yugo Kanno's favorite ending theme is Last Train Home.[3]
References
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