Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 17, 1952
Day of Death
March 28, 2023
(died at 71.191780821918 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Ryuichi Sakamoto
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.