Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto

personal-info

known-for

Sound

gender

Male

birthday

1952-01-17

place-of-birth

Tokyo, Japan

also-known-as

Ryûichi Sakamoto
Ryūichi Sakamoto
류이치 사카모토
Yellow Magic Orchestra
YMO

biography

Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一, Sakamoto Ryūichi, January 17, 1952 - March 28, 2023) was a Japanese composer, record producer, and actor who had pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto influenced and pioneered a number of electronic music genres.