Yugo Kanno
Yugo Kanno (菅野 祐悟, Kanno Yūgo) is a Japanese composer and musician known for his work on various anime, TV series, and movies. He has composed the soundtracks for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation from Stardust Crusaders to Stone Ocean.
Kanno was offered the position of JoJo's composer by the series sound director, Yoshikazu Iwanami, during their time working together on Psycho-Pass.[1] Other animated series he has composed for include Birdy the Mighty, Gundam Reconguista in G, and Ajin: Demi-Human.
Biography
Early Life
Kanno was born in Saitama, Japan in 1977. Due to his father being a music enthusiast, he grew up listening to jazz and classical music from his childhood. He began to learn piano at the age of four and became passionate about soccer and piano at elementary school. He attended middle school in Kawagoe and spent a memorable childhood period such as taking charge of percussion instruments in a brass band. After entering high school, he started to teach composing lessons before later moving to Takanezawa for university.[2]
Professional Work
In 1997, he entered the Tokyo Department of Music Composition. After graduating from the Tokyo College of Music, department of composition, film scoring course, he started offering music to artists.[3]
In 2004, he made his debut at the age of 27 in a Fuji TV drama called Last Christmas. After that, he became active in a wide range of music production including movies, TV dramas, animation, and documentaries.[2]
On December 14, 2007 he held his first orchestral concert which has since become an annual event.[4] In 2012, he began work as a painter after casually painting a portrait of a friend who came by while he was in the studio.
JoJo Discography
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# |
Cover | Name | Composer | # of Tracks | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Stardust Crusaders [Departure] | Yugo Kanno | 23 | July 30, 2014 |
| 2 | 
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Stardust Crusaders [Journey] | Yugo Kanno | 13 | August 27, 2014 |
| 3 | 
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Stardust Crusaders [World] | Yugo Kanno | 20 | April 22, 2015 |
| 4 | 
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Stardust Crusaders [Destination] | Yugo Kanno | 27 | May 27, 2015 |
| 5 | 
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Great Days | Karen Aoki & Daisuke Hasegawa Composer: Yugo Kanno |
3 | October 19, 2016 |
| 6 | 
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Theme Song Best "Generation" | Various Artists | 8 | August 23, 2017 |
| 7 | 
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Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Morning Morioh Cho~ |
Yugo Kanno | 23 | July 27, 2016 |
| 8 | 
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Diamond is Unbreakable ~Daydream~ | Yugo Kanno | 9 | July 27, 2016 |
| 9 | 
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Diamond is Unbreakable ~Nightwalk~ | Yugo Kanno | 10 | December 21, 2016 |
| 10 | 
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Diamond is Unbreakable ~Good Night Morioh Cho~ |
Yugo Kanno | 25 | December 21, 2016 |
| 11 | 
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Great Days -Units Ver.- | JO☆UNITED (Hiroaki "TOMMY" Tominaga, Coda, Jin Hashimoto, Jun Shirota, Taisuke Wada, Jeity, Tatsu Hoshino, Karen Aoki, Daisuke Hasegawa) Composer: Yugo Kanno |
2 | December 24, 2016 |
| 12 | 
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Golden Wind: Overture | Yugo Kanno | 26 | December 19, 2018 |
| 13 | 
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Golden Wind: Intermezzo | Yugo Kanno | 26 | March 27, 2019 |
| 14 | 
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Requiem for a Traitor | Daisuke Hasegawa Composer: Yugo Kanno |
3 | March 27, 2019 |
| 15 | 
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Golden Wind: Finale | Yugo Kanno | 28 | August 14, 2019 |
| 16 | 
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Heaven's falling down | sana (sajou no hana) Composer: Yugo Kanno |
3 | December 1, 2022 |
| 17 |
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Heaven's falling down -Dawning Ver.- | sana (sajou no hana) Composer: Yugo Kanno |
1 | April 8, 2023 |
| 18 | 
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Stone Ocean O.S.T. | Yugo Kanno | 60 | June 28, 2023 |
Interviews
| # | Interview | Type | Media | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yugo Kanno - Omnibus (August 2016) | Interview |
Manga Volume |
August 5, 2016 |
| 2 | Ultra Jump (January 2022) | Interview |
Magazine |
January 19, 2022 |
Gallery
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JoJo Great Festival Cast -
Kanno and Daisuke Hasegawa -
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Orchestral recording for Stone Ocean -
Kanno with Stone Ocean cast at Netflix Festival Japan 2021 -
With Fairouz Ai
Videos
Trivia
- Kanno had read JoJo as a kid during Part 4's publication in Weekly Shonen Jump, but according to him, he didn't really notice how much depth the series had until he reread it as an adult.[1]
- While working on the Diamond is Unbreakable soundtrack, Kanno had the hardest time figuring out the character themes for Shigekiyo Yangu and Ken Oyanagi.[1]
- Yugo Kanno's favorite ending theme is "Last Train Home."[5]
- Yugo Kanno's favorite track during the production of Diamond is Unbreakable was "FAITH."
