Ryo Takahashi (musician)

Ryo Takahashi (高橋諒) 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 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the former was nominated for best soundtrack and the latter for best opening theme.

TV series

 * Please Tell Me! Galko-chan (2016) (composer)
 * Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars (2016) (composer)
 * ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. (2017) (composer)
 * Princess Principal (2017) (opening theme performance)
 * Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth (2017) (composer)
 * Classroom of the Elite (2017) (composer)
 * Two Car (2017) (composer, ending theme performance)
 * Citrus (2018) (composer)
 * Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (2019–2022) (composer, opening theme performance)
 * Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit (2019) (composer)
 * Argonavis from BanG Dream! (2020) (composer)
 * Skate-Leading Stars (2021) (composer)
 * SK8 the Infinity (2021) (composer)
 * The Vampire Dies in No Time (2021–present) (composer)
 * Tribe Nine (2022) (ending theme performance)
 * Healer Girl (2022) (composer)
 * RWBY: Ice Queendom (2022) (opening theme performance)
 * Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation (2022) (composer with Ken Itō)
 * Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity Will Save the World (2023) (composer)
 * High Card (2023) (composer)
 * World Dai Star (2023) (composer with Kenichi Kuroda and Tatsuya Yano)
 * Wind Breaker (2024) (composer)

Films

 * Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021) (composer)

Web series

 * Dream Festival! (2016–2017) (composer with Ken Itō)