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
A refreshing healing CD where forest soundscapes and music soothe the mind and ease stress and anxiety.
A healing CD + Blu-ray work featuring the forests and lakes of Finland, delivering relaxation through imagery and music.
An album designed to ease insomnia and shallow sleep through natural 1/f fluctuations captured by Takashi Kokubo.
A healing and invigorating album produced by Takashi Kokubo, integrating water sounds and the natural rhythm of 1/f fluctuations.
A collection of healing music themed around the cosmos. Takashi Kokubo’s transparent sound transforms an ordinary room into a quiet, luminous “sonic universe.”
A healing work that renders Japan’s archetypal landscapes in sound. Takashi Kokubo’s gentle sonic textures restore a sense of “quiet Japan” to the heart.
Miho Okai — “Fairyland ~Healing Orgel~” is a healing ambient work that invites the listener into a gentle “fairyland” through the quiet resonance of the music box. A refined sonic world that brings calm and spaciousness to the heart.
Produced by Takashi Kokubo, Little Cafe Style 1 —Cafe Latte delivers gentle café music that brings relaxation and small moments of happiness into everyday life.
“Poetry of the Earth,” Africa edition. Horizons, wildlife breath, flamingo swarms, nocturnal hyenas, and the pulse of the Maasai captured in 3D.
Production of the accompanying CD for Mikazuki Tamaki’s A Magical CD Book That Brings Good Fortune Just by Listening (Makino Publishing), a practical healing guide introducing “Aurora Meditation,” which harmonizes mind and body and attracts good fortune through sonic vibration.
World of Giant Dinosaurs 2006” (Makuhari, July 15 – September 10, 2006) — Music Production
Composed Music for the Xbox 360 Game “Tengai Makyo ZIRAIA”
Produced initial music for NTT Docomo’s “Melody Call” service
Composed the alert tone for NTT Docomo’s Emergency Earthquake Warning “Area Mail” system
Created the payment confirmation sound for the mobile credit service “iD”
Appearance on Fuji TV’s “New Design Paradise” as the designer tasked with redesigning the “school chime.”
Inside Shinagawa Aqua Stadium: “Port of Pirates” / “Dolphin Party”
Expo 2005 Aichi — “Wonder Wheel Exhibition Car” Music (March 25 – September 25, 2005)
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)
