History Music / HaruomiHosono

* 1984 - ''Video Game Music'' (with the [[Creator/BandaiNamco Namco]] sound team)

* 1984 - ''Watering A Flower Plant''

* 1979 - ''Music/TheAeganSea'' (with Takahiko Ishikawa and Masataka Matsutohya)

* 1979 - ''The Aegan Sea'' (with Takahiko Ishikawa and Masataka Matsytohya)
* 1982 - ''Philharmony''

He was first part of the rock revolution which took place in 60s Japan, playing for various bands but mostly being known for his contributions to the band Happy End, the first Japanese-language act to achieve mainstream success in postwar Japan (prior stars in the country sang in English regardless of ethnicity). After that, he started his own solo career while still being a session bassist or write for various acts in the Japanese music scene (most notably the album ''Pacific'' he has recorded with Tatsuro Yamashita and Shigeru Suzuki which went on to become the major inspiration behind the Main/CityPop genre). He's behind the creation of Tin Pan Alley, an exotica band consisting of former Happy End members. It's after the release of his album ''Paraiso'' that he decided to form a band with collaborators Music/RyuichiSakamoto and Music/YukihiroTakahashi. This lead to the creation of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra which has then become Japan's most popular technopop band in the world. He was also the producer for all the band's albums.

* 1978 - ''Paraiso'' (with The Yellow Magic Band)
* 1978 - ''Pacific'' (with Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuro Yamashita)
* 1978 - ''Cochin Moon''

He was first part of the rock revolution which took place in 60s Japan, playing for various bands but mostly being known for his contributions to the band Happy End. After that, he started his own solo career while still being a session bassist or write for various acts in the japanese music scene (most notably the album ''Pacific'' he has recorded with Tatsuro Yamashita and Shigeru Suzuki which went on to become the major inspiration behind the Main/CityPop genre). He's behind the creation of Tin Pan Alley, an exotica band consisting of former Happy End members. It's after the release of his album ''Paraiso'' that he decided to form a band with collaborators Music/RyuichiSakamoto and Music/YukihiroTakahashi. This lead to the creation of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra which has then become Japan's most popular technopop band in the world. He was also the producer for all the band's albums.

After YMO's short yet prolific career came to a hiatus, Hosono focused back to his solo discography and became a producer for a wide variety of emerging artist in the J-Pop scene of the 80s (Miharu Koshi, Jun Togawa, Sheena & The Rockets...). He would go on to venture in different electronics sub-genres such as ambient, experimental or musique concrète before the brief return of YMO and the creation of Sketch Show, a duo formed with Yukihiro Takahashi. Since the 2000s, Hosono refurbished his old catalog by playing them in a blues-rock/swing style.

He is also known for his grandfather Masabumi Hosono who was one of the rare japanese passengers on the {{UsefulNotes/Titanic}}. He was ostracized after surviving the sinking and returning to Japan and was publicly known as a coward who should have died with the ship. This reputation had a redemption but only decades after his death.

* ArtisticStimulation: The exotica phase of Hosono's career and the creation of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra was probably inspired by a bad trip where Hosono extensively smoked a lace joint. He would have panic attacks afterwards and would heal himself by listening to the Exotica music of Martin Denny. This would inspire him for three of his albums which have roots in Denny's "jungle music". Later on, he wanted to arrange a disco rendition of Denny's "Firecracker". After a first attempt with [[Music/RyuichiSakamoto Sakamoto]] and Takahashi, they decided to ditch traditional instruments and go for a synthesized approach. The result is Yellow Magic Orchestra's first single, "Computer Game/Firecracker". All of this thanks to a joint.

He was first part of the rock revolution which took place in 60s Japan, playing for various bands but mostly being known for his contributions to the band Happy End. After that, he started his own solo career while still being a session bassist or write for various acts in the japanese music scene (most notably the album ''Pacific'' he has recorded with Tatsuro Yamashita and Shigeru Suzuki which went on to become the major inspiration behind the Main/CityPop genre). He's behind the creation of Tin Pan Alley, an exotica band consisting of former Happy End members. It's after the release of his album ''Paraiso'' that he decided to form a band with collaborators Music/RyuichiSakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi. This lead to the creation of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra which has then become Japan's most popular technopop band in the world. He was also the producer for all the band's albums.

* 1973 - Music/HosonoHouse
* 1975 - Music/TropicalDandy
* 1976 - Music/BonVoyageCo
* 1978 - Paraiso (with The Yellow Magic Band)
* 1978 - Pacific (with Shigeru Suzuki and Tatsuro Yamashita)
* 1978 - Cochin Moon
* 1979 - The Aegan Sea (with Takahiko Ishikawa and Masataka Matsytohya)
* 1982 - Philharmony
* 1984 - Watering A Flower Plant
* 1984 - Video Game Music
* 1984 - S-F-X (with Friends Of Earth)
* 1989 - The Endless Talking
* 1989 - Mercuric Dance
* 1989 - Paradise View
* 1985 - Coincidental Music
* 1989 - Omni Sight Seeing
* 1993 - Medicine Compilation From The Quiet Lodge
* 1995 - N. D. E
* 1995 - Good Sport
* 1995 - Naga (Music For Monsoon)
* 1996 - Interpieces Organization (with Bill Laswell)
* 1996 - Swing Slow (with Miharu Koshi)
* 1999 - Road To Louisiana (with Makoto Kubota under the name ''Harry & Mac'')
* 2007 - Flying Saucer 1947 (with The World Shyness)
* 2011 - [=HoSoNoVa=]
* 2013 - Heavenly Music
* 2017 - Vu Ja De
* 2019 - Hochono House
* 2021 - Music For Films 2020-2021

* ArtisticStimulation: The exotica phase of Hosono's career and the creation of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra was probably inspired by a bad trip where Hosono extensively smoked a lace joint. He would have panic attacks afterwards and would heal himself by listening to the Exotica music of Martin Denny. This would inspire him for three of his albums which have roots in Denny's "jungle music". Later on, he wanted to arrange a disco rendition of Denny's ''Firecracker''. After a first attempt with [[Music/RyuichiSakamoto Sakamoto]] and Takahashi, they decided to ditch traditional instruments and go for a synthesized approach. The result is Yellow Magic Orchestra's first single ''Firecracker". All of this thanks to a joint.

* LeadBassist: though no one in YMO has considered himself to be the leader of the band, Hosono sure had a major position as a producer for the band's albums while being on bass duties (and also keyboards).

* PissTakeRap: His only venture into rap music was on Yellow Magic Orchestra's ''Rap Phenomena'' where he spits bars about unified fields and collective rapping.

* RearrangeTheSong: Hosono rarely plays his songs live with a faithful arrangement, especially the ones from his technopop era. His recent concerts has him playing any song from his catalog with a country/soft rock treatment.
* RenaissanceMan: Musician ? Singer ? Arranger ? Producer ? Writer/Composer ? He's got them all checked.

* SameFaceDifferentName: Haruomi Hosono sometimes credited himself as Harry Hosono (especially on his Exotica records).

* {{Supergroup}}: Since all Yellow Magic Orchestra members had pre-established careers prior to the band's creation (Hosono being from Apryl Fools/Happy End and Yukihiro Takahashi being a former drummer for Sadistic Mika Band; Ryuichi Sakamoto had a solo discography and was a touring musician for Hosono), you can view the trio that way)
** One of his 90s musical side-projects was ''Love, Peace & Trance'' along with Miyako Koda (from the band Dip In The Pool),Mishio Ogawa and Mimori Yusa (who have respective solo careers).

* 1976 - Bon Voyage Co.

* 1975 - Tropical Dandy

* 1973 - Hosono House

* ArchivePanic: Over 30 albums in his solo discography, and that's just the tip of the iceberg: 9 albums with Music/YellowMagicOrchestra, 3 Happy End albums, 2 Sketch Show albums, 3 Tin Pan Alley albums, 4 Makoto Kubota & The Sunset Gang albums and the dozens and dozens of albums he produced. What about albums where he was a session instrumentalist ? There are over a hundred.

After YMO's short yet prolific career came to a hiatus, Hosono focused back to his solo discography and became a producer for a wide variety of emerging artist in the J-Pop scene of the 80s (Miharu Koshi, Jun Togawa, Sheena & The Rockets...). He would go on to venture in different electronics sub-genres such as ambient, experimental or musique concrète before the brief return of YMO and the creation of Sketch Show, a duo formed with Yukihiro Takahashi. Since the 2000s, Hosono refurbished his old catalog by playing them in a style similar to a Tin Pan Alley band.

* ProductionPosse: Even before making Yellow Magic Orchestra together, Hosono worked Sakamoto and Takahashi on his albums and their albums.
** Other frequent collaborators would be former bandmates from Apryl Fools or Happy End (Shigeru Suzuki, Eeichi Ohtaki, Chu Kosaka...)
** He also collaborated frequently with artists who had their own solo career (Akiko Yano, Miharu Koshi, Tatsuro Yamashita...)

* ArtisticStimulation: The exotica phase of Hosono's career and the creation of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra was probably inspired by a bad trip where Hosono extensively smoked a lace joint. He would have panic attacks afterwards and would heal himself by listening to the Exotica music of Martin Denny. This would inspire him for three of his albums which have roots in Denny's "jungle music". Later on, he wanted to arrange a disco rendition of Denny's ''Firecracker''. After a first attempt with [[Music/Ryuichi Sakamoto Sakamoto]] and Takahashi, they decided to ditch traditional instruments and go for a synthesized approach. The result is Yellow Magic Orchestra's first single ''Firecracker". All of this thanks to a joint.

** One of his 90s musical side-projects was ''Love, Peace & Trance'' along with Miyako Koda (from the band Dip In The Pool),Mishio Ogawa and Mimori Yusa.

He is also known for his grandfather Masabumi Hosono who was one of the rare japanese passengers on the {{UsefulNotes/Titanic}}. He was ostracized after surviving the sinking and returning to Japan and was publicly known as a coward who should have died with the ship.

* {{Supergroup}} One of his 90s musical side-projects was ''Love, Peace & Trance''.