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Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Birthday
January 17, 1952
Died
March 28, 2023
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- Ryûichi Sakamoto
- Ryūichi Sakamoto
- 류이치 사카모토
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- YMO
Ryuichi Sakamoto
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
2025
8.0
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
2025
0.0
Self
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
2024
10.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
7.9
Self
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
2023
7.4
Self
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
2023
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
10.0
Himself
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
2022
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Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
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NHK MUSIC SPECIAL
2021
Credits
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014
as Self
2025
8.0
Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era
as Self
2024
0.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days
2024
10.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus
as Self
2023
7.9
SUGA: Road to D-DAY
as Self
2023
7.4
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.9
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
as Himself
2022
10.0
Brilliant Trees Sessions
2021
0.0
NHK MUSIC SPECIAL
2021
0.0
OKINA: Dance of Life
2020
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Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated
2020
6.0
No Smoking
as Self
2019
7.3
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue Armory
as Self
2018
7.2
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
as Self
2017
7.3
Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass House
as Self
2016
7.0
Thirteen Talks
2016
8.8
700 Days with Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Self
2015
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Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK
as Self
2012
0.0
🎬
Burning Ice
as Self
2010
6.5
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
as himself
2009
0.0
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
as Self
2009
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_
2008
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🎬
100年インタビュー
as ゲスト
2007
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Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen Live
as Self
2006
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Femme Fatale: Dream Within a Dream
as Self
2003
8.7
VisualYMO:the Best
2003
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Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version
2000
0.0
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Director (segment "Rain")
1999
7.5
Complete Hurrah
as Self
1999
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New Rose Hotel
as Hosaka Executive
1999
5.2
Jounetsu Tairiku
1998
7.0
TV-YMO
as Self
1993
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YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
as self
1993
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Today's Close-Up
1993
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Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992
0.0
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
as Self
1992
0.0
Marisa Monte: Mais
as Self
1991
10.0
NHK Special
as Self
1989
8.0
SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO
1988
0.0
🎬
NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～
1987
0.0
The Last Emperor
as Amakasu
1987
7.6
🎬
Brand New Day
as Self
1987
6.0
Adelic Penguins
1986
0.0
TV WAR
as Self
1986
0.0
🎬
Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
1986
0.0
🎬
Steel Cathedrals
as Self - Piano/strings
1985
0.0
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Self
1985
7.2
All Star Video
as Self
1985
6.5
A Human Tube
1985
0.0
🎬
Preparations For A Journey
1984
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A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
as Self
1984
8.5
The Oshima Gang
as Self
1983
0.0
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
as Self - Keyboards
1983
6.0
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
as Yonoi
1983
7.3
YMO: Winter Live '81
as Self
1983
0.0
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
as Self
1981
0.0
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as Self (archive footage)
N/A
0.0
Technodon in Tokyo Dome
N/A
0.0