# Rionos > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rionos > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rionos.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rionos > Source revision: 1352262696 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Japanese singer}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rio Okano | native_name = 岡野 里音 | alias = Rionos | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|5}} | origin = [Kobe](/source/Kobe), [Japan](/source/Japan) | genre = {{hlist|[J-pop](/source/J-pop)|[anison](/source/anison)}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|[songwriter](/source/songwriter)|[lyricist](/source/lyricist)|[music producer](/source/Record_producer)}} | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|[piano](/source/piano)}} | years_active = 2011–present | label = [Lantis](/source/Lantis_(company)) | website = {{URL|rionos.net}} }} '''Rio Okano''' (岡野 里音 ''Okano Rio'', born on March 5, 1991, in [Kobe](/source/Kobe), [Japan](/source/Japan)), also known as '''Rionos''', is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and music producer. She has provided the music for [anime](/source/anime), [video game](/source/video_game)s 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](/source/marimba) player and her father was a [jazz](/source/jazz) [drummer](/source/drummer). She grew up learning [piano](/source/piano) and [violin](/source/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](/source/composer) who could work at home.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lisani.jp/0000100168/|title=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|work=リスアニ！WEB - アニメ・アニメ音楽のポータルサイト|access-date=2021-08-22|language=ja}} She entered [Osaka University of Arts](/source/Osaka_University_of_Arts) in 2009 as a correspondence student. Her condition improved, so she attended [computer music](/source/computer_music) school ''Dee'' in [Osaka](/source/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](/source/EMI_Music_Japan). She released her first mini album ''read me'' (initially only for download sales.{{Cite news|url=https://ototoy.jp/feature/index.php/20121016|title=特集: rionos|work=OTOTOY|access-date=2018-03-05|language=ja}} It was released on CD in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://okmusic.jp/news/21735|title=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|website=OKMusic|date=13 May 2013 |language=ja|access-date=2018-03-05}}） After that, she provided songs for Yufu Terashima produced by Keitaro Kamo. In 2016, [Lantis](/source/Lantis_(company))'s producer Junnosuke Sato listened to her songs for Yufu and contacted her.{{Cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/munekataakimasa/20171111-00076612|title=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|last=Munekata|first=Akimasa|work=Yahoo! JAPAN News|access-date=2018-03-05|language=ja|archive-date=2018-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090412/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/munekataakimasa/20171111-00076612|url-status=dead}} She offered a demo of the theme song of ''[Children of the Whales](/source/Children_of_the_Whales)'' anime. She made her major debut from Lantis in 2017 in the anime's ending theme "Hashitairo".{{Cite news|url=http://www.stereosound.co.jp/review/article/2017/10/25/61729.html|title=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|work=Stereo Sound ONLINE|access-date=2018-03-05|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715093745/http://www.stereosound.co.jp/review/article/2017/10/25/61729.html|archive-date=2020-07-15}} In the ''[Märchen Mädchen](/source/M%C3%A4rchen_M%C3%A4dchen)'' anime of the following year, she composed background music in addition to ending theme.{{Cite web|url=http://maerchen-anime.com/news/index00510000.html|title=rionosが手がけるサントラ発売決定！|website=Anime "Märchen Mädchen" Official website|language=ja|access-date=2018-03-05}} 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](/source/Greek_language)-ish and mysterious feeling. She is a big fan of [Akino Arai](/source/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](/source/Ryuichi_Sakamoto), [Joe Hisaishi](/source/Joe_Hisaishi), and [Yoko Kanno](/source/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".{{Cite news|url=https://www.lisani.jp/0000100170/|title=rionos「ハシタイロ」レビュー|work=リスアニ！WEB - アニメ・アニメ音楽のポータルサイト|access-date=2021-08-22|language=ja}} == Discography == === Personal discography === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Title !Album details !Notes |- |read me. | * Released: May 15, 2013 * Label: Independent | |- |ハシタイロ / ''Hashitairo'' | * Released: October 25, 2017 * Label: [Lantis](/source/Lantis_(company)) (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](/source/Ulysses%3A_Jeanne_d'Arc_and_the_Alchemist_Knight) ending theme songs. |} === Anime soundtracks === {| class="wikitable" !Title !Album details !Notes |- |[D4：Dark Dreams Don’t Die](/source/D4%3A_Dark_Dreams_Don't_Die) original soundtrack | * Released: 2014 | |- |Fortune Tellers Academy | * Released: 2016 | |- |[Märchen Mädchen](/source/M%C3%A4rchen_M%C3%A4dchen) Original Soundtrack | * Released: March 28, 2018 * Label: Lantis (LACA-15716) | |- |[Kase-san and Morning Glories](/source/Kase-san) Original Soundtrack | * Released: June 6, 2018 * Label: [Pony Canyon](/source/Pony_Canyon) (PCCG-01671) | |- |[Fragtime](/source/Fragtime) Original Soundtrack | * Released: November 20, 2019 * Label: Pony Canyon (PCCG-01839) | |- |Machimusu Earth Defense Live Original Soundtrack | * Released: 2019 | |} === Anime theme arrangement === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Title !Singer !Source !Role !Year |- |Ishukan Communication |[Yūki Kuwahara](/source/Y%C5%ABki_Kuwahara), [Maria Naganawa](/source/Maria_Naganawa), [Minami Takahashi](/source/Minami_Takahashi_(voice_actress)), and [Yūki Takada](/source/Y%C5%ABki_Takada) |[Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid](/source/Miss_Kobayashi's_Dragon_Maid) |Arrangement |2017 |- |over and over |[Nagi Yanagi](/source/Nagi_Yanagi) |[Just Because!](/source/Just_Because!) |String arrangement |2017 |- |sleepland |[Reina Ueda](/source/Reina_Ueda) |Märchen Mädchen |Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement |2018 |- |Dare mo Watashi wo Shiranai Sekai e |[Reina Ueda](/source/Reina_Ueda) |Märchen Mädchen |Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement |2018 |- |Viātor |Rionos |[Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms](/source/Maquia%3A_When_the_Promised_Flower_Blooms) |Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement |2018 |- |Futari no Hane |[YURiKA](/source/Yurika_(musician)) |[Hanebado!](/source/Hanebado!) |String arrangement |2018 |} === Game themes === {| class="wikitable" !Title !Singer !Source !Additional roles !Year |- |Hachimitsu Aji no Shiawase |Rionos |Kumapara |Lyrics |2016 |- |Sign |Rionos |[Afterlost](/source/Afterlost) | |2016 |- |Pray |[Haruka Chisuga](/source/Haruka_Chisuga) |[Angels of Death](/source/Angels_of_Death_(video_game)) |Chorus and piano |2018 |- |Reach for the Sunlight  |Rionos |Afterlost | |2018 |- |Pocket o Fukuramasete |Rionos |[Summer Pockets](/source/Summer_Pockets) | |2018 |- |Harunire no Oka de Utsukushii Yakusoku o |Rionos |Alice Closet |Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement |2019 |- |City Girl |Rionos |Machimusu Earth Defense Live |Composition and Arrangement |2019 |- | |Rionos |[Indivisible](/source/Indivisible_(video_game)) | |2019 |- |Lost Flowers |Rionos |Onmyoji: The Card Game |Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement |2020 |- |SYMPHONIA | |[Takt Op.](/source/Takt_Op) [Unmei wa Akaki Senritsu no Machi o](/source/Takt_Op) |Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement |2021 |- |After You Sleep |Rionos |[Heaven Burns Red](/source/Heaven_Burns_Red) | |2022 |- |Owari no Inori |Rionos |[Stella of The End](/source/Stella_of_The_End) |Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement |2022 |} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{Official website|http://rionos.net/}} {{Authority control}} Category:Anime musicians Category:Anime composers Category:Japanese women singer-songwriters Category:Lantis (company) artists Category:1991 births Category:21st-century Japanese singers Category:Living people Category:21st-century Japanese women singers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rionos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rionos) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rionos?action=history)). 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