Ryo Takahashi (musician)

Ryo Takahashi
高橋諒
Also known asVoid_Chords
Born (1985-11-01) November 1, 1985 (age 40)
Genres
Occupations
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active2008–present
LabelJapan Composers and Arrangers Association [ja]

Ryo Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋諒, Hepburn: Takahashi Ryō; born November 1, 1985) is a Japanese musician and composer. Growing up, Takahashi was a fan of American rock band the Ventures, which inspired him to take a musical career, and university inspired him to become a composer, which he was given his first lead role in with Please Tell Me! Galko-chan in 2016. Since 2016, he has done music composition for various series, such as ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. and SK8 the Infinity. Under the name Void_Chords, he has performed theme songs for Two Car, Princess Principal, and Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.

Biography

Ryo Takahashi was born on November 1, 1985. Growing up, Takahashi was a fan of American rock band the Ventures, which would inspire him to pursue a musical career. While in university, Takahashi studied musical composition, which would influence him to become a composer. In 2016, he made his debut as lead composer with the anime adaptation of Please Tell Me! Galko-chan.

In 2017, he composed the music for the anime adaptation of ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. and as Void_Chords the opening for Princess Principal. At the 2nd Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the former was nominated for Best Score and the latter for Best Opening.

Works

TV series

Films

Web series

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Credited as Void_Chords

References

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