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.
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.
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).
