Naoko Asari
Known for
Music and sound
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Naoko Asari (浅梨 なおこ, Asari Naoko, born January 24) is a Japanese film sound engineer and animation sound director from Tokyo.
She joined Omnibus Promotion in 1981 as a sound assistant. She mainly worked on Studio Ghibli works, and after that, she worked on many live-action, film music and sound editing. After being away from the animation sound direction for a long time since the 1996 TV anime Kodocha, she was in charge of the recording direction of the 2013 movie The Tale of the Princess Kaguya for the first time in 17 years, her first Studio Ghibli work since the 1995 film Whisper of the Heart.
Best known work
Filmography
2026
2024
We Don't Know Love YetMusic Editor
2024
ConfessionSound Designer
2023
You Made My DawnSound Designer
2022
Gon-MamaSound Designer, Sound Mixer
2021
We Couldn't Become AdultsSound Designer
2021
The Cinderella AddictionSound Re-Recording Mixer
2020
Not Quite Dead YetSound Designer
2019
Chiwawa-chanSound Designer
2017
Tokyo GhoulSound Designer
2016
Midnight Diner 2Sound Supervisor
2016
2016
2014
2014
Midnight DinerSound Designer
2014
Judge!Sound Designer
2013
The Tale of The Princess KaguyaSound Designer
2013
A Boy Called HMusic Editor
2012
Robo-GMusic Editor
2010
Box!Sound Editor
2009
2008
Samurai GangstersMusic Editor
2008
After SchoolSound Editor
2005
Shinobi: Heart Under BladeMusic Editor
2004
The Hidden BladeSound Editor









