A release that frees the heart—shrunken by monotonous days—into the open sky. Transparent tones lift the listener higher and farther. Mineaki Hotta’s second solo album for ocarina & kalimba. Bonus natural-sound tracks on iTMS.
A work where Japanese-inflected melodies meet healing water sounds—evoking nostalgic nature. iTMS edition includes bonus natural-sound tracks.
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)
Mobile Phone Ringtone Music (NTT docomo “Healing Forest – 3D”)
Shizuoka Prefecture – 3D Software “The Fountain of Life, Shizuoka: 7,000 Meters of Natural Elevation” Film Score / Music Production
“Poem Concert” (Otogi-no-Sato)
A gentle ode to the joy of being embraced by Mother Earth. A tender collaboration by Sakae Ozaki and Takashi Kokubo, featuring “Hanabuta” and the well-received vocals of ERIYA.
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.
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.
Environmental video content provided for the USEN BGV service
White Stone Gallery Ginza New Building — Clément Denis “In Search of Light” (Environmental Music), Tokyo, Ginza
“ORATIO ~ Prayer of the West, Prayer of the East” (Theater Music), Nerima Cultural Center, Tokyo
Research and film music composition for Yasuhiko Tsuchida’s film “Crossroads of Fate” (Magone).
Production and implementation of the Yokohama City sound logo.
Min-On performance “Flower ~ Blossoms of Resonating Cultures” — Opening Music (Video Music), Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Tokyo
Online mahjong game “Live Mahjong!” (Game Music)
Takashi Kokubo in charge of music for the stage production Bugei “ONIKIRI — Blade of Demon-Banishing”.
Produced the audio signage tones for JRA’s automated ticket vending machines.
The 1st ION Forest Retreat was held on November 11–12, 2025.
An additional live performance celebrating the release of GAIAPHILIA, the collaborative album by Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo
“Gaiaphilia” — Japan-Exclusive CD Release Party
“Tree of Life” — Takashi Kokubo & Naoki Tate Live at Manchin Saketen
2nd GAS Bon Odori Festival
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”
Attending a Mysterious 3D Sound Live Performance by Takashi Kokubo at the “Sakura-za” Live House in Kōfu
Interviewed by TBS “Marutto! Saturday” regarding the sound of Japan’s Earthquake Early Warning system (online coverage).
Sunday Feature-Tranquility Inc -The Great New Ambient Wave-BBC Sound
How old,ambient Japanese music become a smash hit on YouTube.Exploring the comment-section emotion of music as a mysterious algorithm.
Takashi Kokubo takes on the challenge: “Can a sound designer create a wake-up alarm that guarantees you’ll wake up?”
Environmental Conference 2009 Autumn Issue, “Communication That Resonates with the Five Senses,” in round-table discussion format (Supplement to Senden Kaigi, September 2009).
Appearance on TBS’s “Warm Living! Secrets! The Magic of Home” as a “sound miraculist.”
NHK BS Special “Takashi Kokubo: Early Spring Sound Sketches of Azumino” (NHK BS2) – Composed music using environmental sounds collected in Azumino in early spring.
Appeared on “Ohayō Nippon – Metropolitan News” (NHK).
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