is a Japanese

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

musician. Ohno is known for his musical scoring of Japanese

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

television series, particularly ''

Lupin III , also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène ...

'', and most famously the 1977 series ''

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'' and the feature film ''

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''.

Early life

Born in the founding family of Atami City's Hotel Ohnoya, Ohno began playing piano in elementary school. He formed the group Junior Light Music with

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ist and future

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announcer Isamu Akashi, a classmate at

Keio Senior High School is a private boys' high school in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is affiliated with Keio University. Overview The Keio High Schools No. 1 (第一高等学校) and No. 2 (第二高等学校) merged into Keio SHS in 1948. its student body was ...

. It was at this time that he taught himself jazz. While enrolled in the Faculty of Law at

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

he was a member of the prestigious

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"Keio University Light Music Society". Later in college, on the recommendation of Fujica rainbow two, he joined a quintet with Takeshi Shibuya.

Career

Ohno made his recording debut in 1966 backing

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and

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on their record ''Hideo Shiraki Meets Yuzo Kayama''. He took a leave of absence from the piano in the early 1970s and devoted himself to composing, working on TV dramas and movie accompaniments. In 1976, Ohno composed the score for the film ''

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''.

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, who starred in the film, was a classmate of Ohno's at Keio High School and Keio University. The promotional literature for the theatrical release contains an article about Ishizaka's visit to Ohno's recording studio.

Discography

* ''Sound Adventure Act.1'' (1975) * ''

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– Mangekyou (Producer/Composer)'' (1975) * ''

'' (1976) * ''Space Kid'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''Silent Dialogue'' (1979, with Masa Matsuda) * '' The Golden Dog: Original Sound Track'' (1979) * ''Captain Future'' Original Soundtrack ��ャプテン・フューチャー – Original Sound Track(1979) * ''Cosmos'' (1981) * ''Lifetide'' (1982) * ''Space Cobra'' (1983, with Kentaro Haneda) * ''Lupin The 3rd: Perfect Collection'' (1984) * ''Lupin III Theme Collection'' (1991) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」'' (1999) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 the 2nd'' (2000) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 the 3rd. Funky & Pop'' (2001) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 Another Jazz'' (2002) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 Bossa & Fusion'' (2002) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 Christmas'' (2003) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 Plays the "Standards'' (2003) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 Plays the "Standards" & Others'' (2004) * ''Lupin Trois'' (2004, with Kahimi Karie) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 Cool for Joy'' (2005) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 the 10th, New Flight'' (2006) * ''Lupin the Third 「JAZZ」 What's Going On'' (2007, with the Lupintic Five)

Filmography

* ''

'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1977) * ''

'' (1977-1978) * '' One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book'' (1978) - Television film * ''

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'' (1978) * '' The Golden Dog'' (1979) * '' Undersea Super Train: Marine Express'' (1979) - Television film * ''

'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1980) - Television film * ''

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'' (1982) - Television film * '' A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose'' (1983) - Television film * '' Lupin III Part III'' (1984-1985) * ''

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'' (1984) * ''

Legend of the Gold of Babylon is a 1985 Japanese animated film co-directed by Seijun Suzuki and Shigetsugu Yoshida. It is the third feature film based on Monkey Punch's popular ''Lupin III'' manga. It was released on subtitled VHS and LaserDisc in North America by AnimEigo in ...

'' (1985) * '' Bye Bye, Lady Liberty'' (1989) - Television film * '' The Hemingway Papers'' (1990) - Television film * '' Napoleon's Dictionary'' (1991) - Television film * '' From Russia with Love'' (1992) - Television film * '' Voyage to Danger'' (1993) - Television film * '' Dragon of Doom'' (1994) - Television film * ''

Farewell to Nostradamus , sometimes also referred to as ''To Hell With Nostradamus,'' is a 1995 Japanese animated film. It is the fourth theatrical feature film in the ''Lupin III'' franchise, and the first time Lupin's voice is provided by Kanichi Kurita, following the d ...

'' (1995) * '' The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure'' (1995) - Television film * ''

Lupin III: Dead or Alive is a 1996 Japanese animated film directed by Monkey Punch. In addition to being the fifth feature film based on Monkey Punch's ''Lupin III'' manga series, ''Dead or Alive'' was also the first ''Lupin'' production to make use of computer-generated ...

'' (1996) - Main theme only * '' The Secret of Twilight Gemini'' (1996) - Television film * '' Island of Assassins'' (1997) - Television film * '' Crisis in Tokyo'' (1998) - Television film * '' The Columbus Files'' (1999) - Television film * '' Missed by a Dollar'' (2000) - Television film * ''

Alcatraz Connection This is a list of television specials of the Japanese media franchise ''Lupin III'', based on the manga series by Monkey Punch that debuted in 1967. In a tradition that began in 1989 with ''Bye Bye, Lady Liberty'', every year since until 2013 fe ...

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'' (2016) - Television film * '' Lupin III Part V'' (2018) * '' Goodbye Partner'' (2019) - Television film * '' Prison of the Past'' (2019) - Television film * '' Lupin III Part VI'' (2021)

References

External links

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Yuji Ohno Official YouTube Channel

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