Rio Okano (
Rio Okano | |
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Also known as | Rionos |
Born | March 5, 1991 |
Origin | Kobe, Japan |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Lantis |
Website | rionos |
Biography
editRionos was born into a musical family. Her mother was a classical marimba player and her father was a jazz drummer. She grew up learning piano and violin. As a high school student, she gave up trying to become a classical player and often spent time at home because of her physical condition. She was inspired by movies, anime and game music, and she began to think about becoming a composer who could work at home.[1]
She entered Osaka University of Arts in 2009 as a correspondence student. Her condition improved, so she attended computer music school Dee in Osaka in the autumn of 2009. In 2011, she was no longer a correspondence student at Osaka University of Arts from third year.[1]
She earned a reputation singing songs at Dee, so she sent her songs to record companies. Her songs caught Keitaro Kamo's ear, while he was director of EMI Music Japan.[1] She released her first mini album read me (initially only for download sales.[2] It was released on CD in 2013.[3])
After that, she provided songs for Yufu Terashima produced by Keitaro Kamo. In 2016, Lantis's producer Junnosuke Sato listened to her songs for Yufu and contacted her.[4] She offered a demo of the theme song of Children of the Whales anime. She made her major debut from Lantis in 2017 in the anime's ending theme "Hashitairo".[5] In the Märchen Mädchen anime of the following year, she composed background music in addition to ending theme.[6]
Personality
editRionos likes the song with story like movie's background music.[2] She is good at composing from lyrics and stories.
She claimed that her nickname was to express a little Greek-ish and mysterious feeling.[2]
She is a big fan of Akino Arai, whom she used first as a model. After the release of read me., she became friends with Akino Arai and the arranger Hisaaki Hogari.[1]
She also likes the composers Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi, and Yoko Kanno.
Singer Ryo Irei is a friend[1] and has been given songs she composed several times. He participated on the chorus of a song "Sora wo Tobitai to", released with "Hashitairo".[7]
Discography
editSingles
edit- ハシタイロ / Hashitairo (Released on October 25, 2017) LACM-14662
- ハシタイロ / Hashitairo - Children of the Whales anime's ending theme
空 を飛 びたいと / Sora wo Tobitai to- ハシタイロ / Hashitairo (Instrumental)
空 を飛 びたいと / Sora wo Tobitai to (Instrumental)
百 年 のメラム / Hundred years' melammu (Released on November 21, 2018) LACM-14817
百 年 のメラム / Hundred years' melammu- Hundred years' melammu ~First song ki-en-gi~ - Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight anime's Episode 2 ending theme
- Hundred years' melammu ~Second song Enki~ - Episode 3 ending theme (Arrangement by yuxuki waga (fhána))
- Hundred years' melammu ~Third song Enlil~ - Episode 4 ending theme (Arrangement by Katsutoshi Kitagawa (ROUND TABLE))
- Hundred years' melammu ~Fourth song Inanna~ - Episode 5 ending theme (Arrangement by Hisaaki Hogari)
- Hundred years' melammu ~Fifth song Inanna (continued)~ - Episode 6 ending theme (Arrangement by Hajime Kikuchi (eufonius))
- Hundred years' melammu ~Sixth song é-temen collapse~ - Episode 7 ending theme (Arrangement by Hiroki Kikuta)
- Hundred years' melammu ~Seventh song Ziusudra~ - Episode 8 ending theme
- Hundred years' melammu ~Eighth song Paradise collapse~ - Episode 9 ending theme
- Hundred years' melammu (Instrumental)
Independent albums
edit- read me. (CD was released on May 15, 2013)
- epistora
- karakuri
- tear report
- Super Moon
- europa
- hasen
Anime soundtracks
edit- TV Anime Märchen Mädchen Original soundtracks "MärMäd Musik" (Released on March 28, 2018) LACA-15716
- OVA Kase-san and Morning Glories Original soundtracks (Released on June 6, 2018) PCCG-01671
- OVA Fragtime Original soundtracks (Released on November 20, 2019) PCCG-01839
Other anime themes
edit- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid anime's ending theme by Yūki Kuwahara, Maria Naganawa, Minami Takahashi, and Yūki Takada
- イシュカン・コミュニケーション / Ishukan Communication (Arrangement in 2017)
- Just Because! anime's opening theme by Nagi Yanagi
- over and over (String arrangement in 2017)
- Märchen Mädchen anime's ending theme by Reina Ueda
- sleepland (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement in 2018)
- Märchen Mädchen anime's image song by Reina Ueda
誰 もわたしを知 らない世界 へ / Dare mo Watashi wo Shiranai Sekai e (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement in 2018)
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie's theme
- ウィアートル / Viātor (Compose/Arrangement/Vocal in 2018)
- Hanebad! anime's opening theme by YURiKA
- ふたりの
羽根 / Futari no Hane (String arrangement in 2018)
- ふたりの
- Angels of Death anime's ending theme by Haruka Chisuga
- Pray (Chorus/Piano in 2018)
Game themes
edit- D4:Dark Dreams Don’t Die game's background music (Music co-produce in 2014)
- Fortune Tellers Academy mobile game's background music (Music produce in 2016)
- Kumapara mobile game's theme
- ハチミツ
味 のしあわせ / Hachimitsu Aji no Shiawase (Lyrics/Vocal in 2016)
- ハチミツ
- Shōmetsu Toshi mobile game's theme
- Sign (Vocal in 2016)
- Reach for the Sunlight (Vocal in 2018)
- Summer Pockets game's grand ending theme
- ポケットをふくらませて / Pocket o Fukuramasete (Vocal in 2018)
- Alice Closet game's theme
- ハルニレの
丘 で美 しい約束 を / Harunire no Oka de Utsukushii Yakusoku o (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement/Vocal in 2019)
- ハルニレの
- Machimusu Earth Defense Live mobile game
- Theme song "City Girl" (Compose/Arrangement in 2019)
- Background music produce
- Role of Reykjavík's voice
- Indivisible game's opening (Vocal in 2019)
- Onmyoji: The Card Game (阴阳师:
百 闻牌) promotional video's theme- Lost Flowers (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement/Vocal in 2020)
- Takt Op. Unmei wa Akaki Senritsu no Machi o game's theme
- SYMPHONIA (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement in 2021)
- Heaven Burns Red game's ending theme
- After You Sleep (Vocal in 2022)
- Stella of The End game's insert song
終 の祈 り / Owari no Inori (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement/Vocal in 2022)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "TVアニメ『クジラの
子 らは砂上 に歌 う』ED主題歌 「ハシタイロ」rionosインタビュー". リスアニ!WEB - アニメ・アニメ音楽 のポータルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-22. - ^ a b c "
特集 : rionos". OTOTOY (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-05. - ^ "
限定 販売 に品薄 状態 が続 いた、rionosのアルバムがついに全国 流通 開始 ". OKMusic (in Japanese). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 2018-03-05. - ^ Munekata, Akimasa. "
加茂 啓 太郎 ×寺嶋 由 芙×rionos鼎談 ~このチームでサブスクのバイラルチャートに入 る名曲 を作 りたい". Yahoo! JAPAN News (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-05. - ^ "10/25
同時 メジャーデビュー! アニソン・シンガーソングライターの新生 、RIRIKO(リリコ)&rionos(リオノス)Wインタビュー". Stereo Sound ONLINE (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2018-03-05. - ^ "rionosが
手 がけるサントラ発売 決定 !". Anime "Märchen Mädchen" Official website (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-05. - ^ "rionos「ハシタイロ」レビュー". リスアニ!WEB - アニメ・アニメ
音楽 のポータルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-22.