Yoko Kanno
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Yoko Kanno is a renowned Japanese composer and musician best known for her eclectic and influential soundtracks for anime, films, and video games such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yoko Kanno canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11536195 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yoko Kanno Context triple: [Yoko, hasNotableBearer, Yoko Kanno]
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A.
Yuki Kajiura
Yuki Kajiura is a renowned Japanese composer and music producer best known for her dramatic, orchestral, and choir-driven soundtracks for anime, games, and films.
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B.
Akira Yamaoka
Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer and sound designer best known for his atmospheric, industrial-ambient soundtracks that defined the mood and identity of the Silent Hill video game franchise.
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C.
Takashi Koyasu
Takashi Koyasu was a Japanese businessman best known as the founder of the major national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.
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D.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto was a pioneering Japanese composer, musician, and producer known for his influential electronic and film scores, including acclaimed work on movies such as "The Last Emperor" and "The Revenant."
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E.
Kayo Washio
Kayo Washio is a Japanese television and film producer best known for her executive production work on the crime drama series "Tokyo Vice."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yoko Kanno Target entity description: Yoko Kanno is a renowned Japanese composer and musician best known for her eclectic and influential soundtracks for anime, films, and video games such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
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A.
Yuki Kajiura
Yuki Kajiura is a renowned Japanese composer and music producer best known for her dramatic, orchestral, and choir-driven soundtracks for anime, games, and films.
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B.
Akira Yamaoka
Akira Yamaoka is a Japanese composer and sound designer best known for his atmospheric, industrial-ambient soundtracks that defined the mood and identity of the Silent Hill video game franchise.
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C.
Takashi Koyasu
Takashi Koyasu was a Japanese businessman best known as the founder of the major national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.
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D.
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto was a pioneering Japanese composer, musician, and producer known for his influential electronic and film scores, including acclaimed work on movies such as "The Last Emperor" and "The Revenant."
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E.
Kayo Washio
Kayo Washio is a Japanese television and film producer best known for her executive production work on the crime drama series "Tokyo Vice."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Seatbelts ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1963-03-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
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linked to:
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| education |
Waseda University (attended)
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linked to:
Waseda University
|
| familyName | Kanno ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
anime music
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electronic music ⓘ jazz ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ pop music ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ |
| givenName | Yoko ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOn |
commercial music
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films ⓘ television anime series ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
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piano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anime soundtracks
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collaborations with Seatbelts ⓘ eclectic musical style ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Yoko Kanno ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 菅野よう子 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aquarion (soundtrack)
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Arjuna (Earth Girl Arjuna soundtrack) ⓘ Cowboy Bebop (soundtrack) ⓘ Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Darker than Black (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Darker than Black
Escaflowne (The Vision of Escaflowne soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Escaflowne
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Kids on the Slope (soundtrack) ⓘ Macross Frontier (soundtrack) ⓘ Macross Plus (soundtrack) ⓘ Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream (game music) ⓘ RahXephon (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
RahXephon
Terror in Resonance (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Terror in Resonance
Turn A Gundam (soundtrack) ⓘ Uncharted Waters II: New Horizons (game music) ⓘ Wolf's Rain (soundtrack) ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ musician ⓘ pianist ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic | mixing jazz, rock, classical, and electronic elements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yoko Kanno Description of subject: Yoko Kanno is a renowned Japanese composer and musician best known for her eclectic and influential soundtracks for anime, films, and video games such as Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.