Akiko Yano
Sound · Original Music Composer · Songs · Theme Song Performance
Born Feb 13, 1955 · Tokyo, Japan
Active 1983–present · Awards: Oribe prize
Akiko Yano (矢野 顕子, Yano Akiko, born Akiko Suzuki (鈴木 顕子, Suzuki Akiko); February 13, 1955) is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer born in Tokyo and raised in Aomori and later began her singing career in the mid-1970s.
Filmography
Ponyo (2008) — Ponyo's Sister (voice)My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) — Teacher Fujihara (voice) · Original Music ComposerLove Life (2022) — Songs · Theme Song PerformanceBread of Happiness (2012) — Theme Song PerformanceRebirth of Mothra (1996) — Songs · Original Music ComposerMon Mon the Water Spider (2006) — Mon Mon / Miss Pond Skater / Water flea (voice)Ryuichi Sakamoto – Media Bahn Live (1986) — WriterELLEGARDEN: Lost & Found (2022)Director Disqualified (2011) — Music Supervisor · Original Music ComposerBlanket Cats (2017) — Theme Song PerformanceSue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship (2013) — MusicianPortrait of the Wind (2005) — Original Music ComposerHouse Hunting (2006) — (Voice)Where the Toys Come From (1983) — MusicTake the X Train (1987) — Theme Song PerformanceSuper Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna (1992)YANOYA (2011) — Original Music Composer