Trivia / Yoko Kanno

• Production Posse: Kanno has a stable of singers that she recruits on a regular basis, including Steve Conte, Mai Yamane, Scott Matthew, herself (Gabriela Robin,) and voice actress/singer Maaya Sakamoto. Sakamoto's own albums were written exclusively by Kanno for most of a decade as well.
  • Musicians within her circle include composer, cellist and former husband Hajime Mizoguchi; percussionist and beatboxer Masaharu Sato; percussionist Yasuo Sano; bass player Hitoshi Watanabe; guitarist Masayoshi Furukawa, and guitarist Tsuneo Imahori (famous for the soundtrack to Trigun.) Many of these musicians are part of the band the Seatbelts. Tim Jensen has also engineered a few of her soundtracks, while Shiro Sasaki has produced several of them.