Media & Book

Takashi Kokubo: Early Spring Sound Sketches of Azumino

NHK BS Special “Takashi Kokubo: Early Spring Sound Sketches of Azumino” (NHK BS2) – Composed music using environmental sounds collected in Azumino in early spring.

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1999

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2026/02

Media & Book

Designing with Sound

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

2025/11

Live & Event

1st ION Forest Retreat

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

2025/11

Media & Book

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?”

2025/05

Live & Event

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

Live & Event

"GaiaphiIia” release party

“Gaiaphilia” — Japan-Exclusive CD Release Party

2025/03

Music

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.

2025/01

Live & Event

The Manchinsaketen Live

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

2025/

Sound Design

USEN BGV Service

Environmental video content provided for the USEN BGV service

2024/08

Live & Event

2nd GAS Bon Odori Festival

1996

Message from the Oasis — At the Edge of Noise

A meditative sonic experience by Takashi Kokubo that discovers beauty within noise and awakens an inner oasis in the listener.

1996

Message from the Oasis — Play of the Gods

A meditative sound work by Takashi Kokubo that offers an experience of harmony between life and the cosmos — a world of “listening as prayer.”

1996

Message from the Oasis — Play of the Gods

A meditative sound work by Takashi Kokubo that offers an experience of harmony between life and the cosmos — a world of “listening as prayer.”

1996

Message from the Oasis — After the Dream

A sonic poem tracing the threshold between dream and waking life. Kokubo’s quiet resonance gently illuminates memories and emotions that linger in the unconscious.

1996

Message from the Oasis — Mystery of the Aurora

A sonic poem depicting polar light and cosmic stillness. The luminous synth textures woven by Takashi Kokubo evoke the heartbeat of the Earth and the aura of mystery.

1996

Message from the Oasis — Gaudí’s Dream

A sonic embodiment of Gaudí’s creative spirit. Kokubo’s organic sound textures construct a dreamlike architectural space suspended between architecture and imagination.

1996

Message from the Oasis — The Day I Saw a Rainbow

A sonic poem of post-rain light and renewal. Kokubo’s transparent melodies arc across the heart like a quiet rainbow of hope.

1996

Message from the Oasis — Waves, Light, and Earth

A meditative sonic poem of ocean, light, and land. Kokubo’s sound evokes the heartbeat of the Earth and the cycle of life.

1996

Message from the Oasis — Forest of Ions

A work that renders the healing and purification of the forest through sound. Kokubo’s gentle sonic textures envelop the listener and guide the heart toward renewal.

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.

2023/10

CAMP Off-Tone 2023

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

2023/04

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.

2023/01

IAM (Immersive Ambient Music) .jp vol.1

IAM.jp (I Am Japan) Vol.1 — January 28, 2025

2022/11

OSAMU SATO SOLIEXHIBITION

Appeared at OSAMU SATO’s new album release party.

2022/10

the Calm “Immersive Audio LIVE in 7.2.4ch”

October 15, 2022 — the Calm “Immersive Audio LIVE in 7.2.4ch”

2022/09

Immersive Ambient Mini Concert

September 23, 2022 – Immersive Ambient Mini Concert

2021/12

Seion an evening of ambient music of japan part 1

Seion an evening of ambient music of japan part 1 -静なる和の音響き

2019

CAMP Off-Tone 2019

CAMP Off-Tone — Japan’s Only Ambient Music Festival (8th Edition)

2013

Poem Concert: Hiraku

“Poem Concert: Hiraku” (The House Shirokane)

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