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Takashi Kokubo  \u5c0f\u4e45\u4fdd<\/rb>\uff08<\/rp>\u3053\u304f\u307c<\/rt>\uff09<\/rp><\/ruby> \u9686<\/rb>\uff08<\/rp>\u305f\u304b\u3057<\/rt>\uff09<\/rp><\/ruby><\/h1>\r\n

Born in 1956
An ambient music artist, acoustic environment designer, media producer, CEO of Studio Ion, and adjunct lecturer at the Open University of Japan<\/p>\r\n

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His fame as an acoustic environment designer is known through examples such as the earthquake warning buzzer for mobile phones, the sign tone for iD e-money, and the initial melody call tone for DoCoMo.
\r\nHe was also involved in the ambient music for the Roppongi Hills Arena, and the acoustic environment design and time signal music in the Queen’s Square Yokohama Mall. In recent years he has worked on the attention sound in Fukuoka Canal City, and the introductory music for the Exile Special Mapping Show<\/em>.
\r\nRenewed interest worldwide in Japanese ambient music of the 1980s has led to offers to re-release his works from the UK, Switzerland, and Denmark. A US compilation album containing tracks by Kokubo called Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990<\/em> was nominated for the 2020 Grammy Awards (best historical album category).
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\r\nHe creates relaxation music to bring the healing powers of nature to the hearts of people in the modern world. Living in Tokyo while also producing at his private studio in the rich natural environment of Mukawa (Yamanashi Prefecture), he creates music using a Cyberphonic microphone of his own invention that is able to record stereophonic sounds, based on the theoretical background of high frequency noises that relax the brain, 1\/f noise (pink noise), and measurement of brain waves. In recent years he has also put his hand to natural images, visiting over 50 countries and regions in order to make recordings. In 2014 he provided a track featuring natural sounds called “Interlude” to Exile Atsushi’s second solo album Music<\/em>, and produced the video for “Sora no Kanata E ~ Endroll ~ ” on the third solo album Love Ballade<\/em>.
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\r\nWhile active as a sound designer of acoustic (musical) environments in public spaces like cities, offices, or museums, he also works as an artist providing relaxing music for private spaces.
\r\nHe founded his own Ion label<\/em> in 1999, which has released 23 titles so far. These include extremely popular ones like the long-sellers Kaze no Uta (Wind Poems)<\/em> and Mizu no Uta (Water Poems)<\/em>, and the Ear Vacation Series (Columbia)<\/em>. In September 2007, he released Quiet Comfort<\/em>, a greatest hits compilation covering 20 years of work. In 2009, he completed the tenth title in the Chikyu no Uta<\/em> (Poems of the Earth)<\/em> series containing recordings of natural sounds from various countries around the world.
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\r\nHe has further expanded his reach with releases on the Della label of relaxation and healing CDs, releasing Water Healing<\/em> in 2013, Iyashi no Mori (Forest of Healing)<\/em>~ Finland<\/em> containing music and visuals produced by him in 2014, and Forest Healing<\/em> in 2016.
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\r\nIn recent years he has also worked as a media producer, and on 360-degree panoramic works. Shizen Mandala~Chowa no Sekai (Natural Mandala~World of Harmony)<\/em> received the judges special award in the short program contest of the 5th International Festival of Science Visualization in 2014.
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\r\nHe has also led the music production unit called G-rush to create game music evincing a world atmosphere for games such as Elemental Monster<\/em> and Tengai Makyou: Ziria<\/em> (Hudson Soft).
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Cherry blossom viewing in full bloom from the sky with a drone
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