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Katsuo Ohno

Katsuo Ohno is credited on 530 releases across 157 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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530

Pressings credited

157

Albums

7

Decades active

1

In collections

Biography

Katsuo Ohno (Japanese: 大野克夫, Hepburn: Katsuo Ōno; born September 12, 1939 in Kyoto) 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.

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Credited work

530 releases · 157 albums · active 1965–2025

  • Performance · 610
  • Other credits · 329
  • Production · 14

Studios: Mouri Studio · Sound City Studio · Victor Studio · Nippon Columbia Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Pyg (2)
  • Kenji Sawada
  • Kenichi Hagiwara
  • Yoshie Kashiwabara
  • Garo (2)
  • H.P. Riot
  • Yuya Uchida

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