Katsuo Ōno

is a Japanese musician and composer who has scored multiple films and anime. His most notable works are theme music of detective drama Taiyō ni Hoero! and anime series Detective Conan.

As keyboardist, Ohno was a member of the group sounds band The Spiders from 1961 to 1970, and the rock supergroup Pyg from 1971 to 1972, which led to him becoming a member of the Takayuki Inoue Band and a backing instrumentalist for Kenji Sawada from 1972 to 1979.

Filmography YearTitlePerformanceNotes 1972–1986 Taiyō ni Hoero! 1982 Yaju-deka Composer 1996–Present Detective Conan Composer & Musician Main Theme 1991–2021 Shūchakueki Series

Music Department YearTitlePerformanceNote 2013 Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea Musician 2014 Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper Composer Theme

Soundtrack YearTitlePerformance 1966 Seishun a Go-Go music: "Little Roby 1982 The Mysterious Cities of Gold (TV Series) music: "Itsuka Dokokade Anatani Atta", "Bouken Sha tashi" - as Katsuo Ono)

Self YearTitleWork 1968 The spiders no dai-shingeki Self