Naoko Asari

Known for
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.

Known For

Filmography

2026
The Criminal poster

The Criminal

TV · Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer · 7 eps

2024
Confession poster

Confession

Movie · Sound Designer

2024
We Don't Know Love Yet poster

We Don't Know Love Yet

Movie · Music Editor

2023
You Made My Dawn poster

You Made My Dawn

Movie · Sound Designer

2022
Gon-Mama poster

Gon-Mama

Movie · Sound Designer, Sound Mixer

2021
We Couldn't Become Adults poster

We Couldn't Become Adults

Movie · Sound Designer

2021
The Cinderella Addiction poster

The Cinderella Addiction

Movie · Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2020
Not Quite Dead Yet poster

Not Quite Dead Yet

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
Chiwawa-chan poster

Chiwawa-chan

Movie · Sound Designer

2017
Tokyo Ghoul poster

Tokyo Ghoul

Movie · Sound Designer

2016
Midnight Diner 2 poster

Midnight Diner 2

Movie · Sound Supervisor

2016
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories poster

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

TV · Sound Supervisor · 10 eps

2016
Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!! poster

Sono “Okodawari”, Watashi ni mo Kure yo!!

TV · Sound Re-Recording Mixer · 11 eps

2014
Midnight Diner poster

Midnight Diner

Movie · Sound Designer

2014
Judge! poster

Judge!

Movie · Sound Designer

2014
Around 30 Chan poster

Around 30 Chan

TV · Sound Mixer · 12 eps

2013
A Boy Called H poster

A Boy Called H

Movie · Music Editor

2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya poster

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Movie · Sound Designer

2012
Robo-G poster

Robo-G

Movie · Music Editor

2010
Box! poster

Box!

Movie · Sound Editor

2009
Midnight Diner poster

Midnight Diner

TV · Sound Supervisor · 30 eps

2008
Samurai Gangsters poster

Samurai Gangsters

Movie · Music Editor

2008
After School poster

After School

Movie · Sound Editor

2005
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade poster

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Movie · Music Editor

2004
Heaven's Bookstore poster

Heaven's Bookstore

Movie · Music Editor

2004
The Hidden Blade poster

The Hidden Blade

Movie · Sound Editor

2003
Akame 48 Waterfalls poster

Akame 48 Waterfalls

Movie · Songs

2002
The Twilight Samurai poster

The Twilight Samurai

Movie · Music Editor

2000
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus poster

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Movie · Music Editor

1999
Godzilla 2000: Millennium poster

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

Movie · Music Editor

1995
Whisper of the Heart poster

Whisper of the Heart

Movie · Sound Director

1992
Porco Rosso poster

Porco Rosso

Movie · Recording Supervision

1991
Mikadroid poster

Mikadroid

Movie · Sound

1991
Only Yesterday poster

Only Yesterday

Movie · Sound Director

1990
Patlabor: The New Files poster

Patlabor: The New Files

TV · Sound Director · 16 eps

1989
Kiki's Delivery Service poster

Kiki's Delivery Service

Movie · Sound Director

1988
My Neighbor Totoro poster

My Neighbor Totoro

Movie · Other

1986
Fight! Kickers poster

Fight! Kickers

TV · Sound Director · 26 eps

1984
Ranpou poster

Ranpou

TV · Sound Director · 21 eps