Release date: February 12, 2026 A sound environment designer reveals the secrets of sound for the first time.
The 1st ION Forest Retreat was held on November 11–12, 2025.
NHK "Don’t sleep through life! "(Rebroadcast)“Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”
An additional live performance celebrating the release of GAIAPHILIA, the collaborative album by Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo
“Gaiaphilia” — Japan-Exclusive CD Release Party
A collaboration between Yumiko Morioka and Takashi Kokubo. A new masterpiece of Japanese environmental music, rooted in nature and imbued with deep emotion and transcendence.
“Tree of Life” — Takashi Kokubo & Naoki Tate Live at Manchin Saketen
Environmental video content provided for the USEN BGV service
2nd GAS Bon Odori Festival
Ambient × J-Rock Film Score. Eight tracks including GLAY, officially selected in two international film festival soundtrack categories; created by director Tanabe and the composers.
Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti’s collaboration album Music For A Cosmic Garden is a healing work that fuses field-recorded nature soundscapes with meditative ambient music.
Takashi Kokubo combines natural field recordings from 50 countries with cutting-edge visual technology. 5.1ch surround Blu-ray.
Final installment of the Brain-Fitness series. GAIA infrasonic mix. Birds and water with synths drifting through space. Cyberphonic recording, headphones recommended.
Brain-Fitness, 2nd Volume. Fractal soundfields that regulate the nervous system. Cyberphonic recording. Headphones recommended.
Brain-Fitness Trilogy Vol.1. DNA-helix themed 3D sound to activate the brain. Headphones recommended. Includes “EVOLUTION IN URBANLIFE.”
Light In The Attic’s Japan Special Edition Becomes Grammy Nominee: Takashi Kokubo and the Definitive Survey of Japanese Ambient
“Beautiful Night of the Moon” is a poetic soundscape themed on moonlight and silence — a sonic journey that wraps the night and brings gentle healing to the heart.
Yokohama, Kanagawa – Queen’s Square Yokohama / Queen Mall Sound Environment Design and Music Production
Radio Commercial Music for “MYLORD” (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Program Title Music for Metropolitan TV “Square 1200”
Korakuen “Sauna Tokyo Dome” Music Production
Intelligent Building “Granpark Tower” Introduction of a Real-Time Environmental Sound Playback System (working title)
Communication Resort “Relime” (Fukui City) Relaxation Room Production and Music Composition
Multimedia Information Center Gallery In-Facility Environmental Music (Ueda City)
Kenji World In-Facility Environmental Music and Additional Works (Iwate Prefecture)
Warabe-kan In-Facility Music Production and Related Works (Tottori Prefecture)
Performed at the live event “Yorubon” at Gallery “Gasbon Metabolism”
Performing Van Gogh in Arles, Southern France! Takashi Kokubo Concert “Van Gogh and Arles”
In connection with the exhibition “Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute — Music / Art / Media,” a live festival centered on Micro Ambient Music will be presented.
Ultra-Ancient Future Music “JOMON DIVA — Rite of Creation”
Asahi Shimbun GLOBE No. 292 (newspaper insert) — Contemporary Society Seen Through Sound
Asahi Shimbun (Web Edition):“Gyu-ee!” — The Master of Healing Sound Behind Japan’s Mobile Earthquake Early Warning Tone Reflects on the Relationship Between Society and Sound
Spatial Audio Production in a Log House Surrounded by Forest
Remote Live Appearance on “Lovely Day♡” (FM Yokohama 84.7) from Yamanashi Discussed the Yokohama sound logo.
“Yokohama’s sound logo completed — expressing the city’s brand image through sound” (Yokohama Keizai Shimbun)
NHK Don’t Sleep Through Life! — “Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”
Appearance on Hideki Matsutake’s Program “Logic Radio #150” (α-STATION / FM Kyoto)