
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.