Sound Design

Granpark Tower

Intelligent Building “Granpark Tower”
Introduction of a Real-Time Environmental Sound Playback System (working title)

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2023/08

Media & Book

MUSIC EcoSystems | BIZ

Spatial Audio Production in a Log House Surrounded by Forest

2023/07

Media & Book

「Lovely Day♡」Fm yokohama 84.7

Remote Live Appearance on “Lovely Day♡” (FM Yokohama 84.7) from Yamanashi Discussed the Yokohama sound logo.

2023/05

Music

MAGONE

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.

2023/04

Live & Event

Live at “Haretara Sora ni Mame Maite”

This series, Obscure Land Vol.4, invites artists one by one from the Grammy-nominated compilation Kankyo Ongaku.

2023/03

Media & Book

Yokohama’s Sound Logo Completed

“Yokohama’s sound logo completed — expressing the city’s brand image through sound” (Yokohama Keizai Shimbun)

2023/03

Media & Book

Don’t Sleep Through Life!

NHK Don’t Sleep Through Life! — “Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”

2023/02

Media & Book

Logic Radio #150 α-STATION / FM Kyoto

Appearance on Hideki Matsutake’s Program “Logic Radio #150” (α-STATION / FM Kyoto)

2023/02

Music

Music For A Cosmic Garden

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.

2023/01

Media & Book

DTM STATION

Attending a Mysterious 3D Sound Live Performance by Takashi Kokubo at the “Sakura-za” Live House in Kōfu

2025/03

Gaiaphilia

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.

2023/05

MAGONE

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.

2023/02

Music For A Cosmic Garden

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.

2021/07

Sound Scapes/Oto No Aru Fuukei-

Takashi Kokubo combines natural field recordings from 50 countries with cutting-edge visual technology. 5.1ch surround Blu-ray.

2021/

GAIA -BREATHING MIX- (3D-Somesthesia Sound)2021

Final installment of the Brain-Fitness series. GAIA infrasonic mix. Birds and water with synths drifting through space. Cyberphonic recording, headphones recommended.

2021/

VALIS　(3D-Somesthesia Sound)Remastered 2021

Brain-Fitness, 2nd Volume. Fractal soundfields that regulate the nervous system. Cyberphonic recording. Headphones recommended.

2021/

GIGA　(3D-Somesthesia Sound)Remastered 2021

Brain-Fitness Trilogy Vol.1. DNA-helix themed 3D sound to activate the brain. Headphones recommended. Includes “EVOLUTION IN URBANLIFE.”

2019

KANKYO ONGAKU

Light In The Attic’s Japan Special Edition Becomes Grammy Nominee: Takashi Kokubo and the Definitive Survey of Japanese Ambient

2017

Beautiful Night of the moon

“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.

2014

C’BON Co., Ltd.

Sound logo production for C’BON Co., Ltd.

2014

Atsumare! Hot Age

Theme music production for Radio NIKKEI’s program “Atsumare! Hot Age”.

2014

Love Ballade & Sora no Kanata e ~Endroll~

Video production for “Sora no Kanata e ~Endroll~”, included on EXILE ATSUSHI’s 3rd solo album “Love Ballade”.

2013

Contribution of the track “Interlude” from “Music”

Provided the composition “Interlude” (natural sound piece) for EXILE ATSUSHI’s 2nd solo album “Music”

2013

Sea of Shining Coral Life

Planetarium production “Sea of Shining Coral Life (25-minute version)” (Video Music)

2013

Sagamihara Park

Sound Environment Design for the “Greenhouse” at Sagamihara Park

2013

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History

Music Production for Visual Works at the “Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History”

2013

UNIQLO Ginza Store

Sound Environment Design for the “Steteco Bar” at UNIQLO Ginza Store

2013

“C’BON” Salons

Sound Environment Design and Music Production for “C’BON” Salons

2025/11

1st ION Forest Retreat

The 1st ION Forest Retreat was held on November 11–12, 2025.

2025/05

GAIAPHILIA — Additional Release Live Performance Announced

An additional live performance celebrating the release of GAIAPHILIA, the collaborative album by Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo

2025/04

"GaiaphiIia” release party

“Gaiaphilia” — Japan-Exclusive CD Release Party

2025/01

The Manchinsaketen Live

“Tree of Life” — Takashi Kokubo & Naoki Tate Live at Manchin Saketen

2024/08

2nd GAS Bon Odori Festival

2024/06

Yorubon

Performed at the live event “Yorubon” at Gallery “Gasbon Metabolism”

2024/06

Van Gogh and Arles

Performing Van Gogh in Arles, Southern France! Takashi Kokubo Concert “Van Gogh and Arles”

2024/02

Micro Ambient Music

In connection with the exhibition “Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute — Music / Art / Media,” a live festival centered on Micro Ambient Music will be presented.

2024/01

JOMON DIVA Live

Ultra-Ancient Future Music “JOMON DIVA — Rite of Creation”

2026/02

Designing with Sound

Release date: February 12, 2026 A sound environment designer reveals the secrets of sound for the first time.

2025/11

Don’t sleep through life! (Rebroadcast)

NHK "Don’t sleep through life! "(Rebroadcast)“Why does the earthquake early warning on mobile phones sound like that?”

2023/12

Asahi Shimbun “GLOBE” No. 292

Asahi Shimbun GLOBE No. 292 (newspaper insert) — Contemporary Society Seen Through Sound

2023/12

“Gyu-ee!” — The Master of Healing Sound Who Created Japan’s Mobile Earthquake Early Warning Tone

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

2023/08