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Rio Okano (岡野 里音 Okano Rio, born March 5, 1991 in Kobe, Japan), also known as Rionos (stylized as rionos), is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and music producer. She has provided the music for various animes, games, and other singers. The name "Rionos" is derived from the nickname "Rio no suke" that her friend named. She spoke in an interview the reason why she named was that expressing the feeling like a little Greece-ish and mysterious.

Biography
Rionos was born into a musical family. Her mother was a classical marimba player and her father was a jazz drummer. She grew up learning piano and violin from childhood. When she was a high school student, she gave up trying to become a player and often spent time at home because of physical condition. In those days, she was inspired by a lot of movies, animes and games music, and she began to thinking about becoming a composer who could work at home.

She entered the university correspondence education, Osaka University of Arts in 2009. From that time, her condition got better, so she started to go to computer music school Dee in Osaka in the fall of 2009. In 2011, she transferred no distance education, Osaka University of Arts from three years.

She had a good reputation when she sang songs herself in the computer music school, so she sent her own songs to several record companies. Her songs caught Keitaro Kamo's eye, director of EMI Music Japan at that time. Then he pushed her back, she released the first mini album "read me." in 2012. (initially only download sales. It was released on CD in 2013. ）

For a while after that, she was working mainly on providing songs to Yufu Terashima produced by Keitaro Kamo. In 2016, Lantis's producer Junnosuke Sato listened Yufu Terashima's songs, and he got in touch with Rionos who composed these songs. After she met him, she sent a demo of the theme song of Children of the Whales anime. She made her major debut from Lantis in 2017 in the anime's ending theme "Hashitairo". In the Märchen Mädchen anime of the following year, she also composed background music in addition to ending theme. She is expanding her playing field.

Personality
Rionos says that the song with the story like a movie is attractive. It is easier for her to compose from the lyrics than to compose from nothing.

She is a big fan of the singer Akino Arai, and at first she was composing in order to become like her. After the release of "read me.", deepening friendship with Akino Arai and the arranger Hisaaki Hogari, she knew the greatness of them and she thought that she could not be as Akino Arai. For a while, she was not able to make songs of herself. But, during those times, she met the story of Children of the Whales and it made her to make her own songs with given theme. Thus she has freed from hesitation.

She also likes the composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi, and Yoko Kanno. She has been a fan of the singer Aiko since she was a junior high school student.

The singer Ryo Irei is her friend, and he has been given the songs she composed several times. In addition, he participated in chorus of a song "Sora wo Tobitai to", a coupling song of the first single "Hashitairo".

She tends to get nervous when she meets other people. For example, she still get nervous when she meets Yufu Terashima. On the other hand, in the recording scene, she can be calmly directed like she doesn't be nervous.

In the interview when she released "read me.", she talked about her personality that "It's hard to describe it in one word because my blood type is AB, there are two or more sides." In the interview after the major debut, she said "I'm basically serious and have a attribute of darkness."

Singles

 * ハシタイロ / Hashitairo (Released in October 25, 2017) LACM-14662
 * 1) ハシタイロ / Hashitairo - Children of the Whales anime's ending theme
 * 2) 空を飛びたいと / Sora wo Tobitai to
 * 3) ハシタイロ / Hashitairo (Instrumental)
 * 4) 空を飛びたいと / Sora wo Tobitai to (Instrumental)

Independent albums

 * read me. (CD was released in May 15, 2013)
 * 1) epistora
 * 2) karakuri
 * 3) tear report
 * 4) Super Moon
 * 5) europa
 * 6) hasen

Anime soundtracks

 * TV Anime Märchen Mädchen Original soundtracks (Released in March 28, 2018) LACA-15716

Other anime themes

 * Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid anime's ending theme by Yūki Kuwahara, Maria Naganawa, Minami Takahashi, and Yūki Takada
 * イシュカン・コミュニケーション / Ishukan Communication (Arrangement in 2017)
 * Just Because! anime's opening theme by Nagi Yanagi
 * over and over (String arrangement in 2017)
 * Märchen Mädchen anime's ending theme by Reina Ueda
 * sleepland (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement in 2018)
 * Märchen Mädchen anime's image song by Reina Ueda
 * 誰もわたしを知らない世界へ / Dare mo Watashi wo Shiranai Sekai e (Lyrics/Compose/Arrangement in 2018)
 * Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie's theme by Rionos
 * ウィアートル / Viator (Compose/Arrangement/Vocal in 2018)
 * Asagao to Kase-san. OVA's background music (Music produce in 2018)

Game themes

 * D4：Dark Dreams Don’t Die game's background music (Music co-produce in 2014)
 * Fortune Tellers Academy mobile game's background music (Music produce in 2016)
 * Kumapara mobile game's theme by Rionos
 * ハチミツ味のしあわせ / Hachimitsu Aji no Shiawase (Lyrics/Vocal in 2016)
 * Shoumetsu Toshi mobile game's theme by Rionos
 * Sign (Vocal in 2016)