Rio Okano (岡野 里音 Okano Rio, born on March 5, 1991, in Kobe, Japan), also known as Rionos, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and music producer. She has provided the music for anime, video games and other singers. The name "Rionos" is derived from the nickname "Rio no Suke" that her friend called her.
Biography Okano 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.
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.
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. She released her first mini album read me (initially only for download sales. It was released on CD in 2013.）
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. 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". In the Märchen Mädchen anime of the following year, she composed background music in addition to ending theme.
In 2019, Rionos played the role of Reykjavík in the game, Machimusu Earth Defense Live.
Personality Okano claimed that her nickname was to express a little Greek-ish and mysterious feeling.
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. She also likes the composers Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi, and Yoko Kanno.
Singer Ryo Irei is a friend and has been given songs she composed several times. He participated on the chorus of a song "Sora wo Tobitai to", released with "Hashitairo".
Discography
Personal discography +TitleAlbum detailsNotesread me. Released: May 15, 2013 Label: Independentハシタイロ / Hashitairo Released: October 25, 2017 Label: Lantis (LACM-14662)百年のメラム / Hundred years' melammu Released: October 25, 2017 Label: Lantis (LACM-14817)Collection of Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight ending theme songs.
Anime soundtracks TitleAlbum detailsNotesD4：Dark Dreams Don’t Die original soundtrack Released: 2014Fortune Tellers Academy Released: 2016Märchen Mädchen Original Soundtrack Released: March 28, 2018 Label: Lantis (LACA-15716)Kase-san and Morning Glories Original Soundtrack Released: June 6, 2018 Label: Pony Canyon (PCCG-01671)Fragtime Original Soundtrack Released: November 20, 2019 Label: Pony Canyon (PCCG-01839)Machimusu Earth Defense Live Original Soundtrack Released: 2019
Anime theme arrangement +TitleSingerSourceRoleYearIshukan CommunicationYūki Kuwahara, Maria Naganawa, Minami Takahashi, and Yūki TakadaMiss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidArrangement2017over and overNagi YanagiJust Because!String arrangement2017sleepland Reina UedaMärchen MädchenLyrics, Composition, and Arrangement2018Dare mo Watashi wo Shiranai Sekai eReina UedaMärchen MädchenLyrics, Composition, and Arrangement2018ViātorRionosMaquia: When the Promised Flower BloomsLyrics, Composition, and Arrangement2018Futari no HaneYURiKAHanebado!String arrangement2018
Game themes TitleSingerSourceAdditional rolesYearHachimitsu Aji no ShiawaseRionosKumapara Lyrics2016Sign RionosAfterlost2016PrayHaruka ChisugaAngels of DeathChorus and piano2018Reach for the Sunlight RionosAfterlost2018Pocket o FukuramaseteRionosSummer Pockets2018Harunire no Oka de Utsukushii Yakusoku oRionosAlice ClosetLyrics, Composition, and Arrangement2019City GirlRionosMachimusu Earth Defense LiveComposition and Arrangement2019RionosIndivisible2019Lost FlowersRionosOnmyoji: The Card GameLyrics, Composition, and Arrangement2020SYMPHONIA Takt Op. Unmei wa Akaki Senritsu no Machi oLyrics, Composition, and Arrangement2021After You SleepRionosHeaven Burns Red2022Owari no InoriRionosStella of The EndLyrics, Composition, and Arrangement2022
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