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Ryuichi Sakamoto was born on January 17, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He was previously married to Akiko Yano. See full bio »

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Known For

The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor Composer
(1987)
The Revenant
The Revenant Composer
(2015)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Composer
(1983)
Black Rain
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(1989)
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 2020 Adult Baby (Short) (performer: "Salty", "Come Behind Me, So good!", "Meo", "Place of Birth", "Unsure in Waves")
 2020 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano for the Isolated (Video) (performer: "Andata", "improvisation - 20200402", "1900", "Minamata - Main Theme", "Gui", "Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle", "Bibo no Aozora", "Aqua", "Energy Flow", "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", "Perspective") / (writer: "Andata", "honj II", "improvisation - 20200402", "Minamata - Main Theme", "Gui", "Mizu no Naka no Bagatelle", "Bibo no Aozora", "Aqua", "Energy Flow", "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence", "Perspective")
 2019 Miss Bala (writer: "Exhibit Diaz")
 2018 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Andata (Electric Youth Remix) (Video short) (writer: "Andata (Electric Youth Remix)")
  Pose (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- Access (2018) ... (performer: "Loneliness") / (writer: "Loneliness")
 2018 Paraíso (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jardins Arquiteto Caldeira Cabral (2018) ... (writer: "Mpata", "The Last Emperor" (theme variations), "Stepfather")
 2018 Ryuichi Sakamoto: async Live at the Park Avenue Armory (Documentary) (performer: "andata", "disintegration" + "Life, Life", "solari", "ZURE", "walker", "ubi", "fullmoon", "tri", "honj", "ff", "garden", "Water State 2") / (writer: "andata", "disintegration" + "Life, Life", "solari", "ZURE", "walker", "ubi", "fullmoon", "tri", "honj", "ff", "garden", "Water State 2")
 2017 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (Documentary) (performer: "Tsunami Piano - 01/04/2012", "Oppenheimer's Aria", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "Tsunami Piano 2 - 01/04/2012", "Goldberg Variations: Variation 21", "Zure", "Chorale Prelude F Minor", "Sketch - Solari - 07/09/2016", "Walker", "Chasm", "Stakra", "Only Love Can Conquer Hate", "Behind the Mask", "Tama", "Sketch - 10/12/2016", "Glacier", "Manchuko Waltz", "Solari", "Improvisation - 06/05/2016", "Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude", "Full Moon", "Garden", "Improvisation - 10/09/2016") / (writer: "Tsunami Piano - 01/04/2012", "Oppenheimer's Aria", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "Tsunami Piano 2 - 01/04/2012", "Zure", "Sketch - Solari - 07/09/2016", "Walker", "Chasm", "Stakra", "Only Love Can Conquer Hate", "Tong Poo", "Behind the Mask", "Tama", "Sketch - 10/12/2016", "Glacier", "Sowing the Seed", "Manchuko Waltz", "The Last Emperor", "Solari", "Improvisation - 06/05/2016", "Full Moon", "Garden", "Improvisation - 10/09/2016")
 2017 Atelier (Short) (lyrics: "ATTACK/TRANSITION", "PARTICLE 1") / (music: "ATTACK/TRANSITION", "PARTICLE 1")
 2017 Call Me by Your Name (performer: "M.A.Y. in the Backyard", "Germination") / (writer: "M.A.Y. in the Backyard", "Germination")
 2016 Rage (performer: "M21 Forgiveness") / (writer: "M21 Forgiveness")
 2016 Subdue (Video short) (performer: "Final Battle") / (writer: "Final Battle")
 2016 Julieta (performer: "Playing the Piano 2009") / (writer: "Playing the Piano 2009")
 2016 How to Let Go of the World: and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (Documentary) (performer: "Aurora", "Logic Moon")
 2015 The Revenant (performer: "The Revenant Main Theme", "Carrying Glass", "First Dream", "Killing Hawk", "Discovering River", "Goodbye to Hawk", "Discovering Buffalo", "Hell Ensemble', "Glass and Buffalo Warrior Travel", "Arriving at Fort Kiowa", "Church Dream", "Powaqa Rescue", "Imagining Buffalo", "The Revenant Theme 2", "Second Dream", "Out of Horse", "Cat & Mouse", "The Revenant Main Theme Atmospheric", "Final Fight", "Harakiri Opening", "Taboos", "Glacier", "Duoon") / (writer: "The Revenant Main Theme", "Carrying Glass", "First Dream", "Killing Hawk", "Discovering River", "Goodbye to Hawk", "Discovering Buffalo", "Hell Ensemble', "Glass and Buffalo Warrior Travel", "Arriving at Fort Kiowa", "Church Dream", "Powaqa Rescue", "Imagining Buffalo", "The Revenant Theme 2", "Second Dream", "Out of Horse", "Cat & Mouse", "The Revenant Main Theme Atmospheric", "Final Fight", "Harakiri Opening", "Taboos", "Glacier", "Duoon")
 2015 Listen to Me Marlon (Documentary) (writer: "Jyaku")
 2013 The City of Love and Hope (performer: "A Thousand Knives") / (writer: "A Thousand Knives")
 2013 Ryûichi Sakamoto: Playing the Orchestra 2013 (TV Special) (performer: "Kizuna", "Still Life", "Solitude", "Bibo no Aozora", "Amore", "Castalia", "0322_C#_minor", "Trace", "After All", "Bolerish", "Ichimei", "Happy End", "Theme for Yae", "Yae no Sakura", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "Rain", "The Sheltering Sky", "Aqua")
  Nonfiction W (TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2013) (writer - 2 episodes, 2013)
- Naofumi Higuchi (2013) ... (performer: "Litany") / (writer: "Litany")
- Ryôsuke Kinoshita (2013) ... (performer: "Litany") / (writer: "Litany")
 2013 Yae no sakura (TV Series) (performer: "Theme song") / (writer: "Theme song")
 2011 Taeko Ohnuki & Ryuichi Sakamoto UTAU Tour 2010 (Video) (performer: "Tango", "Bobo no aozora", "3 Bears", "Aka tonbo", "Natsuiro no fuku", "energy flow", "high heels", "Railroad Man", "a life", "Shiki", "merry christmas mr.lawrence", "Shikisai toshi")
 2011 Yellow Magic Orchestra Live at NHK (TV Movie) (lyrics: "SEOUL MUSIC") / (writer: "BEHIND THE MASK", "SEOUL MUSIC", "TONG POO")
 2011 Y.M.O. NHK (TV Special) (performer: "Improvisation", "Firecracker", "Behind The Mask", "The City of Light", "Seoul Music", "Gradated Gray", "Taiso", "1000 Knives", "Cosmic Surfin ~ Absolute Ego Dance", "Rydeen", "Cue", "Tong Poo")
  Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (2011) ... (writer: "Kafka")
- Children of Haiti (2011) ... ("The Need to Follow")
 2011 Ryûichi Sakamoto: Live in Europe (TV Special) (performer: "hibari", "composition 0919", "bibo no aozora", "The Sheltering Sky", "Happyend")
 2011 Space News (TV Series) (performer: "Theme song") / (writer: "Theme song")
  Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Episode #10.6 (2010) ... (performer: "Forbidden Colours" - uncredited) / (writer: "Forbidden Colours" - uncredited)
 2010 Schola: Sakamoto Ryûichi ongaku no gakkô (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Drums and Basses (2010) ... (performer: "Thousand Knives")
 2010 Caterpillar (producer: "Dead Girl")
 2009 Post YMO (Video) (performer: "You've Got to Help yourself", "Sportsmen", "Fly Me to the River", "Mars", "Flakes", "Riot in Lagos", "Ongaku", "Rescue", "Turn Turn", "Tokyo Town Pages", "The Cit of Lights", "Supreme Secret", "Wonderful To Me", "Tibetan Dance", "War and Peace", "Rydeen 79/07", "Chronograph", "Cue") / (writer: "You've Got to Help yourself", "Sportsmen", "Fly Me to the River", "Mars", "Flakes", "Riot in Lagos", "Ongaku", "Rescue", "Turn Turn", "Tokyo Town Pages", "The Cit of Lights", "Supreme Secret", "Wonderful To Me", "Tibetan Dance", "War and Peace", "Rydeen 79/07", "Chronograph", "Cue")
 2009 Basura (Documentary) (performer: "hwit") / (writer: "hwit")
 2009 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japan Tour 2009 (TV Special) (performer: "glacier", "to stanford", "hibari", "composition 0919", "tamago", "asience", "silk - end roll", "high heels", "tango", "bibo no aozora", "the sheltering sky", "self portrait", "perspective", "happyend", "tibetan dance", "thousand knives", "+33", "aqua") / (writer: "glacier", "to stanford", "hibari", "composition 0919", "tamago", "asience", "silk - end roll", "high heels", "tango", "bibo no aozora", "the sheltering sky", "self portrait", "perspective", "happyend", "tibetan dance", "thousand knives", "+33", "aqua")
 2009 Songs (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (2009) ... (performer: "Tibetan Dance", "to stanford", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "Untitled")
 2009 Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (Documentary) (writer: "Kafka")
 2008 Tokyo! (performer: "Tokyo Town Pages") / (writer: "Tokyo Town Pages")
 2008 Pathology (writer: "Bibo No Aozora")
 2008 Skins (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Chris (2008) ... (performer: "Forbidden Colours" - uncredited)
 2008 Cherry Blossoms ("Asadoya Yunta", "Chinsagu No Hana")
 2007 Appleseed Ex Machina (performer: "Rescue")
 2007 Premium 10 (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Yellow Magic Orchestra (2007) ... (performer: "You've Got to Help Yourself", "riot in lagos", "rescue", "ongaku", "rydeen 79/07", "cue")
 2006 Dawn of Mana (Video Game) ("Opening Theme", "Ending Theme")
 2006/I Babel (performer: "(Only) Love Can Conquer Hate", "Bibo No Aozora", "World Citizen-I Won't Be Disappointed" (uncredited)) / (writer: "(Only) Love Can Conquer Hate", "Bibo No Aozora")
 2004 Peace One Day (Documentary) (performer: "Nuages") / (writer: "Nuages")
 2004 Tony Takitani (writer: "Solitude")
 2004 Appleseed (music: "coro") / (performer: "coro") / (producer: "coro")
 2001 To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out (Documentary) (writer: "Flower is not Flower", "Parolibre")
 2001 Hosono Haruomi: Yellow Magic Show (TV Special) (performer: "Rydeen")
 1987-2000 Top of the Pops (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 1 January 2000 (2000) ... (writer: "Heart Of Asia")
- Episode #24.6 (1987) ... (writer: "Behind the Mask")
 1998 New Rose Hotel (performer: "Sweet Revenge") / (writer: "Sweet Revenge")
 1997 Tokyo biyori ("Himawari")
 1996 Art City 1: Making It in Manhattan (Documentary) (performer: "Triste", "LuLu") / (writer: "Triste", "LuLu")
 1996 Joe's Apartment (writer: "De La F.U.N.K.Y. Towel")
 1994 Ryuichi Sakamoto Feat. Holly Johnson: Love & Hate (Video short) (performer: "Love & Hate") / (producer: "Love & Hate") / (writer: "Love & Hate")
 1994 Jimmy Hollywood (performer: "Spanish Theme", "The Far, Lonely Cry of Trains")
 1993 Marathon (Documentary) (performer: "MAR MEDITERRANEO") / (writer: "MAR MEDITERRANEO")
 1990 The Sheltering Sky (writer: "The Sheltering Sky Theme (Piano Version)")
 1990 The Handmaid's Tale (performer: "Overture/Snow/Prison Camp/On the Bus/Old Hundredth (Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow)", "Love in Nicks Room/Amazing Grace/My Daughter Is Alive/Car Bomb") / (writer: "Overture/Snow/Prison Camp/On the Bus/Old Hundredth (Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow)", "Love in Nicks Room/Amazing Grace/My Daughter Is Alive/Car Bomb")
 1990 The Cream of Eric Clapton (Video documentary) (writer: "Behind the Mask")
 1989 News 23 (TV Series) (performer: "The City of Lights", "Put Your Hands Up") / (writer: "The City of Lights", "Put Your Hands Up")
 1989 Black Rain (performer: "Laser Man") / (producer: "Laser Man") / (writer: "Laser Man")
 1989 Homebound (performer: "Shogunade", "Free Trading") / (writer: "Shogunade")
 1987 Ryuichi Sakamoto Feat. Iggy Pop: Risky (Video short) (performer: "Risky") / (producer: "Risky") / (writer: "Risky")
 1986 Japão - Uma Viagem no Tempo (TV Series documentary) (performer: "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence")
 1986 The Adventures of Milo and Otis ("Watasuge No Hara")
 1985 On the Beach (Video short) ("Summer Connection")
 1985 Thomas Dolby & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Field Work (Video short) (lyrics: "Field Work") / (music: "Field Work") / (producer: "Field Work")
 1985 Tokyo melody: un film sur Ryuichi Sakamoto (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Ma Mere L'Oie", "M.A.Y. IN THE BACKYARD", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "Sowing the Seed", "M31 TOKYO MELODY", "Tong Poo", "SELF PORTRAIT") / (writer: "Behind the Mask", "Ma Mere L'Oie", "M.A.Y. IN THE BACKYARD", "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "Sowing the Seed", "M31 TOKYO MELODY", "Tong Poo", "SELF PORTRAIT")
 1984 In A Forest of Feathers (Short) (producer: "In A Forest Of Feathers") / (writer: "In A Forest Of Feathers")
 1984 YMO Propaganda (lyrics: "Kai Koh") / (writer: "Tong Poo", "Behind the mask", "Kai Koh", "Technopolis", "M16")
 1983 David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Forbidden Colours (Video short) (music: "Forbidden Colours") / (performer: "Forbidden Colours") / (writer: "Forbidden Colours")
 1983 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (music: "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", "Batavia", "Germination", "A Hearty Breakfast", "Before The War", "The Seed And The Sower", "A Brief Encounter", "The Fight", "Father Christmas", "Dismissed", "Assembly", "Beyond Reason", "Sowing The Seed", "The Seed", "Last Regrets")
 1982 David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto: Bamboo Music (Video short) (music: "Bamboo Music") / (producer: "Bamboo Music") / (writer: "Bamboo Music")
 1982 Music Fair (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 15 April 1982 (1982) ... (performer: "Taiso", "Lover, Come Back to Me", "cue")
 1982 You (TV Series) (performer: "YOU: Opening", "YOU: Ending") / (writer: "YOU: Opening", "YOU: Ending")
 1980 Yoru no hitto sutajio (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 2 June 1980 (1980) ... (performer: "Technopolis", "Rydeen")
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Other Works:

Promo video for Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Risky'

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1 Biographical Movie | 1 Interview | 2 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 7 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Yellow Magic Orchestra | Ryûichi Sakamoto | YMO

Height:

5' 7¼" (1.71 m)
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Trivia:

Graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on electronic & ethnic music. See more »

Nickname:

Kyoju

Star Sign:

Capricorn
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