Shin Kōno

is a Japanese composer, arranger, and keyboardist from Tokyo.

Biography Born in Tokyo in 1964, Despite friends dropping out, Kono continued lessons, partly due to his sister’s persistence, until his third year of junior high. where he contributed to songwriting, arranging, producing, keyboard performance, and backing vocals.

In addition to his work for TV dramas, Kono composed and arranged all music for the Shiki Theatre Company’s production Robot in the Garden, which premiered in 2020.

"Wish Upon a Star ~Hoshi ga Kirakira to Kagayaku Hitomi ni~"

2000s Year Artist Title Album Work 2000 Tomomi Kandebyu "Otona ni Naru Koto" Konna ni Utsukushii Atashi no Kao o Mitsumenaide Arranger Miwako Okuda "Sayonara Egoist" Shizuku Arranger Kiiro 5 "The Yellow Sky Boom Boom Boom" The Yellow Sky Boom Boom Boom Arranger Sakura Kinomoto (Sakura Tange) "Hitotsu Dake" Cardcaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack Vol.4 Arranger T&C Bomber "Don't Stop Ren'aichuu" Don't Stop Ren'aichuu Arranger Coconuts Musume "Tokonatsu Musume" Tokonatsu Musume Arranger Miku "Rojou no Hana" Rojou no Hana Arranger "Pink no Uso" Arranger "Miku no Hoshi" Arranger Miwako Okuda "Tsu-ki" Tsu-ki Arranger "Zero" Arranger Melon Kinenbi "Kokuhaku Kinenbi" Kokuhaku Kinenbi Arranger Yukihiro Fukutomi "Brazilia" On a Trip Arranger "Drifting" Arranger Mio "The Pomegranate" The Pomegranate Composer, Arranger "Spread" Composer Kyoko Fukada "Hidarite" How? Arranger, Keyboard Hiro:n "Blood Type AB-Lover" Blood Type AB-Lover Strings, Brass "Summers" Strings, Keyboard Coconuts Musume "Watashi mo 'I Love You'" Watashi mo 'I Love You'''

"Sotsugyō Ryokō 〜Morning Musume. Tabidatsu Hito ni Okuru Uta〜"

2010s - 2020s Year Artist Title Album Work 2010 Mika Nakashima "Baby Baby Baby" Always Arranger "Spiral" Arranger ET-King "Sakurasaku" Sakurasaku Strings Toko Furuuchi "Love Songs" Purple Keyboards, Producer "Purple" Keyboards, Producer "Where You Are" Keyboards, Producer "Eiga o Miyou" Keyboards, Producer "Pages" Keyboards, Producer "Namida" Keyboards, Producer "Hiroi Sheet ni Hitorikiri" Keyboards, Producer "Collage" Keyboards, Producer "Boyfriend" Keyboards, Producer "Lesson" Keyboards, Producer "Taiyou" Keyboards, Producer ET-King "Aishii Hito e 2010" Single Collection! Keyboards Maaya Sakamoto "Everywhere" Everywhere Keyboards Tiara "Love Is… with KG" Love Is… with KG / Suki de Iisasete Strings Kosuke Nakajima "Aishiki Hito e" Ugamiuta ~Kizuna, Sono Te ni~ Arranger, Keyboards Crystal Kay "Happy" Flash Arranger, Keyboards Suneohair "Sarari" Reverse Bridge Strings Diggy-MO' "Arcadia" Diggyism II Strings unistyle "Ataerareru Mono" Unistyle Strings, Keyboards "Hundreds of Miles" Strings, Keyboards Tsubakiya Quartet "Ryuuseigun" Kodoku no Campanella o Narase Arranger, Keyboards Angela Aki "Ai to Bansoukou" Life Strings "Life" (Co-Composer) Strings Crystal Kay "Cannonball" 10-nen Saki mo Kimi ni Koishite OST Composer, Arranger, Keyboards ACO "Bara-iro no Sekai" Devil's Hands Arranger, Keyboards, Bass Sweet Licious "Yozora no Melody feat. C" Sweet Licious Arranger, Strings "Destiny" (Album Version) Arranger, Strings Rythem "A Flower" A Flower Co-Arranger, Keyboards Ayumi Sakai "Shiawase no Rule" Shiawase no Rule Arranger Rythem "Life Tree" Rhythm Co-Arranger, Keyboards "Homey" Co-Arranger, Keyboards "1 Piece" Co-Arranger, Keyboards "All-Ways" Co-Arranger, Keyboards "Allie" Arranger, Strings Crystal Kay "Time of Love" Spin the Music Composer, Arranger, Keyboards 2011 Maaya Sakamoto "Kimi no Sei" You Can't Catch Me Arranger, Keyboards "Topia" Arranger, Keyboards "Everywhere -Piano & Vocal-" Arranger, Keyboards Toko Furuuchi "Devotion" Transparent Arranger, Strings "All" Arranger, Strings "Kataomoi" Arranger, Strings Tsuyoshi "Love Song ~Hikariabite~" All About Love Strings Mika Nakashima "A Miracle for You" (2011) Dear Arranger, Keyboards Yui Makino "Harumachi Kaze" Holography Arranger, Keyboards "Nidome no Hatsukoi" Arranger, Keyboards Nikiie "Ajisai" *(Notes) Arranger, Keyboards "Little Summer" Arranger, Keyboards Totto "Glass Fuki" Try! Angle Arranger, Keyboards "Crayon" Arranger, Keyboards "Inaka Mikan" Arranger, Keyboards Takumi Saito "Sansan" Sansan Arranger, Keyboards "Te to Te" Arranger, Keyboards Kumi Atsuta "Tonari no Totoro" Ghibli no Mori no Natsu Bossa Arranger, Keyboards "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara" Arranger, Keyboards "Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä" Arranger, Keyboards "Kimi o Nosete" Arranger, Keyboards "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" Arranger, Keyboards "Itsumo Nando Demo" Arranger, Keyboards "Country Road" Arranger, Keyboards "Ai wa Hana, Kimi wa Sono Tane" Arranger, Keyboards "Kaze ni Naru" Arranger, Keyboards "Rouge no Dengon" Arranger, Keyboards Angela Aki "Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki" White Arranger, Keyboards "My Grandfather's Clock" Arranger, Keyboards Kosuke Nakajima "Koi" Kiseki no Kakera Arranger, Keyboards Maaya Sakamoto "Driving in the Silence" Driving in the Silence Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Sayonara Santa" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Melt the Snow in Me" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Homemade Christmas" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Kotoshi Ichiban" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Tatoeba Ringo ga Te ni Ochiru You ni" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Kyokuya" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Chikai" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Driving in the Silence -Reprise-" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer Hermin "Melody" (Japanese Ver.) Melody Arranger, Keyboards "Juunen no Saigetsu" (Japanese Ver.) Arranger, Keyboards "Melody" (Korean Ver.) Arranger, Keyboards "Juunen no Saigetsu" (Korean Ver.) Arranger, Keyboards 2012 Angela Aki "Material Girl" Songbook Arranger, Keyboards "True Colors" Arranger, Keyboards "Without You" Co-Arranger, Keyboards Shota Shimizu "The Day" Naturally Arranger, Keyboards Toko Furuuchi "Egao" Yume no Tsuzuki Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Yume no Tsuzuki" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Fuyu no Owari" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Koko Made Kuru Tame ni" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Jikan o Tomete" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Nagareboshi" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Zutto Sagashiteta" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Ano Heya ni Kaerou" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Nani mo Iwazu ni Sayonara o" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Compass" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Jikan o Tomete" (Monochrome Version) Arranger, Keyboards, Producer Maaya Sakamoto "Road Interlude" Live 2011 "In the Silence" Composer, Keyboards 2013 Solita "Girl" Girl OST Composer, Arranger, Keyboards Solita "I Love the Eighties" Composer, Arranger, Keyboards Steve Sidwell Big Band "Saturday Nite!" Arranger Takumi Saito "Zutto…" One More Try!! Arranger, Keyboards Angela Aki "Yoake Mae no Inori" Blue Arranger, Keyboards "One Family" (Uchuu no Nagisa Special Version) Arranger, Keyboards Kaori Sawada "Fairy Tale" Prism Co-Arranger Mika Nakashima "Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Nara" Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Nara Arranger, Keyboards Morning Musume "Love Innovation" Wakuteka Take a Chance Programmer Mika Nakashima "Ashita Sekai ga Owaru Nara" (World's End Ver.) Hatsukoi Keyboards "Epilogue" Real Keyboards Yanagi Nagi "Replica" Zoetrope Keyboards Toko Furuuchi "Reason" And Then… ~20th Anniversary Best~ Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Sayonara Restaurant feat. Ken Hirai" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Dare Yori Suki na no ni feat. Noriyuki Makihara" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Kokyo" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer Kasarinchu "Aru ga Mama ni" Suu-chan Mai-chan Sawako-san OST Arranger, Keyboards Namie Amuro "Beautiful" Big Boys Cry/Beautiful Keyboards Maaya Sakamoto "Tooku" Singer-Songwriter Arranger, Keyboards "Everywhere ~HAL Mix" Arranger, Keyboards "Kaminari" Arranger, Keyboards "Chikai ~Saw Edition" Arranger, Keyboards "Singer Songwriter" Arranger, Keyboards Rip Slyme "Long Vacation" Long Vacation Keyboards Cute "Attakai Ude de Tsutsunde" Kanashiki Amefuri / Adam to Eve no Dilemma Arranger Maaya Sakamoto "Medley 'Roots of SSW'" (Live) Hajimari no Umi Keyboards Nao Matsushita "Nakeru Hodo Aitai" Woman Arranger Rip Slyme "Sly" Sly Strings, Woodwinds Apriori "Golden Time" Golden Time Keyboards 2014 Shota Shimizu "You've Got a Friend" Encore Arranger "Singer Songwriter no Uta" Arranger sleepy.ac "Andromeda" Live @Gloria Chapel Strings "Earth" Strings "Machi" Strings "Darkness" Strings "Lost" Strings Masatoshi Nakamura "Kimi ga Ite Kureta Kara" Wasurenai Arranger, Keyboards "Hana wa Saku" Arranger, Keyboards Ayano Uema "Hajimete no Umi" Hajimete no Umi Arranger Koyama-gumi "Technopolis" Digital Release (Remastered Version on Koyama-gumi, 2018) Arranger Reiko Umenara "Beautiful Name" Digital Release Arranger, Keyboards, Producer "Watarasebashi" Arranger, Keyboards, Producer Kaname Kawabata "Flavor of Life" On the Way Home Arranger, Keyboards "Mikazuki" Arranger, Keyboards "Yasashii Kiss o Shite" Arranger, Keyboards Smile Again "Hoi" Non-commercial Release Arranger 2015 Mika Nakashima "Relaxin' with Mika #1" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) ~Healing Collection~ Relaxin Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #2" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #3" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #4" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #5" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #6" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #7" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #8" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #9" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments "Relaxin' with Mika #10" (Interlude and Poetry Reading) Composer, Arranger, All Instruments Ryoei "Koi o Shita" Koi o Shita / Suki ni Natte mo Ii Desu ka Arranger, Keyboards, Brass Rip Slyme "Peace" Peace / Kono Michi o Yukou / Naisho de Onegai Shimasu Brass Masatoshi Nakamura "Hajimete no Sora" Hajimete no Sora Arranger, Keyboards "Megumi" Arranger, Keyboards Maaya Sakamoto "Korekara" Follow Me Up Arranger, Keyboards "Kasukana Melody" Arranger, Keyboards Yasushi Nakanishi "Akibigasa" Akibigasa Arranger Mika Nakashima "Ai no Uta" Hanataba Arranger 2016 Hajime Mizoguchi "Lovin' You" Love Sounds Programmer "Shukujo no Omoi" Programmer "Kawaii Aisha" Programmer "Sentimental Wave" Programmer Toko Furuuchi "Ai no Tame ni feat. Tetsuya Okuda" Toko Furuuchi with 10 Legends Co-Arranger, Producer "Lonely Chaplin feat. Masayoshi Suzuki" Co-Arranger, Producer "Another Orion feat. Fumiya Fujii" Co-Arranger, Producer "Baby I Love You feat. TEE" Co-Arranger, Producer "Don't Cry Baby feat. Kazutoshi Saito" Co-Arranger, Producer "Soshite Boku wa Tofuni Kureru feat. Yoshiyuki Osawa" Co-Arranger, Producer "Hana no Toki, Ai no Toki feat. Kiyoshi Maekawa" Co-Arranger, Producer "Love Songs feat. Yoshikuni Dochin" Co-Arranger, Producer Maaya Sakamoto "Million Clouds" Million Clouds Arranger "Romashika" Arranger "Million Clouds" (Piano Ver.) Keyboards Mone Kamishiraishi "Woman (W no Higeki Yori)" Chouchou Arranger "Kawaranai Mono" (Studio Live) Arranger "Nandemonaiya" (Movie Ver.) Arranger, Keyboards Mika Nakashima "Alone" Songbook Amanojaku Arranger, Keyboards Minami Kizuki "Itsuka Hoshi ni Naru" Gekkabijin Arranger 2017 Unione "Passabola!" (UNIONE Ver.) Passabola! Arranger, Strings, Brass, Keyboards "Regret" Arranger, Strings, Brass, Keyboards Mika Nakashima "Indigo" Tough Arranger, Keyboards Chay "Anata ni Koi o Shite Mimashita" (Wedding Ver.) chayTEA Keyboards Mone Kamishiraishi "The Voice of Hope" And... Composer, Arranger, Keyboards Leo Ieiri "Zutto, Futari de" Zutto, Futari de Keyboards Kiyono Yasuno "Chiisana Hitotsubu" Namida. Arranger Mika Nakashima "Melody" Roots ~Piano & Voice~ Arranger, Keyboards "Inochi no Betsumei" Arranger, Keyboards "Maboroshi" Arranger, Keyboards "Say Yes" Arranger, Keyboards "Anata no Kiss o Kazoemashou ~You Were Mine~" Arranger, Keyboards "Hiro" Arranger, Keyboards "Sora mo Toberu Hazu" Arranger, Keyboards "Matsuri no Ato" Arranger, Keyboards La La Larks "Loop" Culture Vulture Strings "Tarinai" Brass Masatoshi Nakamura "Doko e Toki ga Nagaretemo" Doko e Toki ga Nagaretemo Keyboards "Mada Boku ni Dekiru Koto ga Aru Darou" Keyboards Momoka Ariyasu "Chiisana Yuuki" Kokoro no Oto Arranger 2018 EVO+ "Methuselah" Methuselah Arranger Maaya Sakamoto "Clear" Clear Keyboards Morning Musume 20th "Tane wa Tsubasa" (Wings of the Seed) Hatachi no Morning Musume Programmer m-flo "No Question" The Tripod E.P.2 Strings "Never" Strings Fumiya "Sunny" Sunny Co-Arranger, Keyboards Minori Suzuki "Crosswalk" Crosswalk / Rewind Strings Hiroko Yakushimaru "Anata no Kotoba" Etoile Arranger, Keyboards Miki Miyamoto "Shiawase no Tane" (Album Ver.) Miki Made Arranger, Keyboards "Weather Report" Arranger, Keyboards "Nagai Ame" Arranger, Keyboards Koyama-gumi "Monseir" Koyama-gumi Arranger, Keyboards "Gaienmae 1982" Arranger, Keyboards "Watch Out!" Arranger, Keyboards "Haru no Umi" Arranger, Keyboards "Saiun" Composer, Arranger, Keyboards Toko Furuuchi "Lost in the Wind" After the Rain Arranger, Keyboards "Just Because I Know" Arranger, Keyboards "Kiriko" Arranger, Keyboards Jun Shibata "Hikaru Kumo" Brynikle Arranger, Keyboards "Ningen Replica" Arranger, Keyboards Junna "Contrast" 17-sai ga Utsukushii Nante, Dare ga Itta Keyboards, Strings Mika Nakashima "Amazing Grace" Portrait ~Piano & Voice~ Arranger, Keyboards "Hanataba" Arranger, Keyboards "Yuki no Hana" Arranger, Keyboards "Life" Arranger, Keyboards "Portrait #1" Composer, Arranger, Keyboards "Helpless Rain" Arranger, Keyboards "Koe" Arranger, Keyboards "Portrait #2" Composer, Arranger, Keyboards "Resistance" Arranger, Keyboards "Gift" Arranger, Keyboards "Boku ga Shinou to Omotta no wa" Arranger, Keyboards Kiyono Yasuno "Nageki no Sora" Egao. Arranger Minori Suzuki "Kokoa ga, Aoi." Miru Mae ni Tobe! Keyboards 2019 Junna "Tomodachi to Yoberu Shiawase" Kono Yubi Tomare Keyboards Nao Matsushita "Guuzen to Tokubetsu" Synchro Arranger, Keyboards "Anata to Turattatta♪" (Piano Solo Version) Co-Arranger W "Harusaki Kobeni" Choiaku Devil Arranger 2021 Junko Ishihara "Tada Soba ni Ite Kurete" Tada Soba ni Ite Kurete Keyboards "Hitotsubu" Keyboards