Sound Design

Contribution of the track “Interlude” from “Music”

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

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2013

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2024/06

Live & Event

Yorubon

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

2024/06

Live & Event

Van Gogh and Arles

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

2024/02

Live & Event

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

Live & Event

JOMON DIVA Live

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

2024/

Sound Design

In Search of Light

White Stone Gallery Ginza New Building — Clément Denis “In Search of Light” (Environmental Music), Tokyo, Ginza

2024/

Sound Design

ORATIO

“ORATIO ~ Prayer of the West, Prayer of the East” (Theater Music), Nerima Cultural Center, Tokyo

2023/12

Media & Book

Asahi Shimbun “GLOBE” No. 292

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

2023/12

Media & Book

“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

2023/10

Live & Event

CAMP Off-Tone 2023

An outdoor event focusing on ambient music, environmental music, and sound art, “CAMP Off-Tone,” has been held once again.

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.

2025/

USEN BGV Service

Environmental video content provided for the USEN BGV service

2024/

In Search of Light

White Stone Gallery Ginza New Building — Clément Denis “In Search of Light” (Environmental Music), Tokyo, Ginza

2024/

ORATIO

“ORATIO ~ Prayer of the West, Prayer of the East” (Theater Music), Nerima Cultural Center, Tokyo

2023/

Film “Magone” — Yasuhiko Tsuchida, “Crossroads of Fate”

Research and film music composition for Yasuhiko Tsuchida’s film “Crossroads of Fate” (Magone).

2023/

Yokohama City “Sound Logo”

Production and implementation of the Yokohama City sound logo.

2022

Flower ~ Blossoms of Resonating Cultures

Min-On performance “Flower ~ Blossoms of Resonating Cultures” — Opening Music (Video Music), Nakano Sunplaza Hall, Tokyo

2021/

Live Mahjong!

Online mahjong game “Live Mahjong!” (Game Music)

2020/11

Bugei “ONIKIRI — Blade of Demon-Banishing”

Takashi Kokubo in charge of music for the stage production Bugei “ONIKIRI — Blade of Demon-Banishing”.

2020

JRA Ticket Vending Machines

Produced the audio signage tones for JRA’s automated ticket vending machines.

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