Yuji Ohno

Years active1968–presentMusical careerGenresJazz fusion, jazz, electronic, experimental, new wave, ambientInstrument(s)Keyboard, pianoLabelsLupintic LabelWebsitewww.vap.co.jp/ohno/

Yuji Ohno (大野 雄二, Ōno Yūji, born May 30, 1941 in Atami, Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese jazz musician. Ohno is known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime television series, particularly Lupin III, and most famously the 1977 series Lupin III Part II and the feature film The Castle of Cagliostro.^[1]

Early life

Born in the founding family of Atami City's Hotel Ohnoya, Ohno began playing piano in elementary school.^[2] He formed the group Junior Light Music with clarinetist and future NHK announcer Isamu Akashi, a classmate at Keio Senior High School.^[2] It was at this time that he taught himself jazz.^[2] While enrolled in the Faculty of Law at Keio University he was a member of the prestigious big band "Keio University Light Music Society". Later in college, on the recommendation of Kōji Fujika [ja], he joined a quintet with Takeshi Shibuya.^[2]

Career

Ohno made his recording debut in 1966 backing Hideo Shiraki and Yūzō Kayama on their record Hideo Shiraki Meets Yuzo Kayama.^[2]

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 The Inugami Family. Kōji Ishizaka, 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.^[2]

Discography

• Sound Adventure Act.1 (1975)
• Yoshiko Sai – Mangekyou (Producer/Composer) (1975)
• The Inugami Family (1976)^[3]
• Space Kid (1978)
• Daitsuiseki (1978)
• Silent Dialogue (1979, with Masa Matsuda)
• The Golden Dog: Original Sound Track (1979)^[4]
• Captain Future Original Soundtrack [キャプテン・フューチャー – Original Sound Track] (1979)
• Cosmos (1981)
• Lifetide (1982)
• Space Cobra (1983, with Kentaro Haneda)^[3][5]
• 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

• The Inugami Family (1976)
• Proof of the Man (1977)
• Lupin III Part II (1977-1978)
• One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book (1978) - Television film
• The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
• The Golden Dog (1979)
• Undersea Super Train: Marine Express (1979) - Television film
• The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
• Fumoon (1980) - Television film
• Andromeda Stories (1982) - Television film
• A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose (1983) - Television film
• Lupin III Part III (1984-1985)
• Mighty Orbots (1984)
• Legend of the Gold of Babylon (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 (1995)
• The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995) - Television film
• Lupin III: Dead or Alive (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 (2001) - Television film
• Episode 0: The First Contact (2002) - Television film
• Operation Return the Treasure (2003) - Television filn
• Stolen Lupin ~The Copy Cat is a Midsummer's Butterfly~ (2004) - Television film
• An Angel's Tactics – Fragments of a Dream Are the Scent of Murder (2005) - Television film
• Seven Days Rhapsody (2006) - Television film
• Elusiveness of the Fog (2007) - Television film
• Sweet Lost Night ~Magic Lamp's Nightmare Premonition~ (2008) - Television film
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (2009) - Television film, with Katsuo Ōno
• The Last Job (2010) - Television film
• Blood Seal - Eternal Mermaid (2011) - Television film
• Record of Observations of the East - Another Page (2012) - Television film
• Princess of the Breeze - Hidden City in the Sky (2013) - Television film
• Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013) - Television film, with Katsuo Ōno
• Lupin III Part IV (2015-2016) - Japan only
• Italian Game (2016)^[6] - Television film
• Lupin III Part V (2018)
• Goodbye Partner (2019) - Television film
• Lupin III: The First (2019)
• Prison of the Past (2019) - Television film
• Lupin III Part VI (2021)

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Yuji Ohno Official YouTube Channel
• Yuji Ohno anime at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)
• Yuji Ohno at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yuji Ohno Trio at AllMusic
• Ordinary Europe LaserDisc