History Music / RyuichiSakamoto

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt the World War II Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay extremely troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie as a prisoner of war in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks for both films and plenty of others works such as the 1992 film version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', ''Film/TheRevenant'' or ''Recap/BlackMirrorSmithereens''.

* ArchivePanic: Has an absolutely enormous discography. From his solo work and soundtracks to his work with YMO and collaborations with other artists, he's never stopped working since the 70s.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Sakamoto's early work is generally quite experimental and unmelodic, yet his second release, "Summer Nerves" is a pure party record with funk, disco and reggae influences.

* BreakupBreakout: Outside Japan at least, he is much better known than YMO are, due to his extensive soundtrack work and collaborations with Western artists.

* NoExportForYou: Being a Japanese artist, a lot of his releases were exclusive to Japan, unless he decided to release them elsewhere. Even when he did release albums overseas, tracks were often replaced by others, thus making the original tracklistings exclusive to Japan.
* RemadeForTheExport: Done several times:
** "B-2 Unit" had "Participation Mystique" replaced by "War Head" in the UK.
** "Left Handed Dream" had the four tracks from the Arrangement EP replacing four from the original album (although three of these were simply Japanese versions of the Robin Scott tracks - the ones that weren't being "Living In The Dark" and "The Arrangement" respectively).
** "Ongaku Zukan" was given the English name "Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia" and was substantially altered - it featured only 5 tracks in common with the original (which had 9), plus one from its bonus single (which itself had two other tracks that weren't used). Two Japanese singles recorded months after the album, "Field Work" and "Steppin' Into Asia" were added. The former, featuring Thomas Dolby and sung in English, was the only single from the album and was moderately successful.
** "Beauty" had "Sayonara [Japanese Version]" and "Adagio" replaced by "Sayonara [English Version]" and a single "You Do Me".
** "Heartbeat" had "High Tide [Japanese Version]" replaced by "High Tide [Japanese Version]". In addition, "Tainai Kaiki" was replaced with "Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)" and "Cloud #9", both of which featured David Sylvian and Ingrid Chavez.
** "Sweet Revenge" had remixing and translations done to several tracks, and the tracks "Anna" and "Psychedelic Afternoon" were kept exclusive to the Japanese version.

* ''Gohatto'' (1999)

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on {{electronic|music}} and [[WorldMusic ethnic]] music, which would define a good chunk of his musical career. He has pursued a diverse range of styles both solo and, famously, as a member of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on {{electronic|music}} and [[WorldMusic ethnic]] music, which would define a good chunk of his musical career. He has pursued a diverse range of styles both solo and famously as a member of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt the World War II Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay extremely troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie as a prisoner of war in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others works such as the 1992 film version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', ''Film/TheRevenant'' or ''Recap/BlackMirrorSmithereens''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt the World War II Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay extremely troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie as a prisoner of war in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others works such as the 1992 film version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', ''Film/TheRevenant'' and ''Recap/BlackMirrorSmithereens''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt the World War II Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay extremely troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie as a prisoner of war in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others works such as the 1992 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', ''Film/TheRevenant'' and ''Recap/BlackMirrorSmithereens''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt the World War II Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay extremely troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others works such as the 1992 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', ''Film/TheRevenant'' and ''Recap/BlackMirrorSmithereens''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay extremely troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others works such as the 1992 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', ''Film/TheRevenant'' and ''Recap/BlackMirrorSmithereens''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay extremely troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others such as the 1992 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and ''Film/TheRevenant''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others such as the 1992 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and ''Film/TheRevenant''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt Captain Yonoi, who ends up [[FoeYay troubled]] by Music/DavidBowie in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'' and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others such as the 1992 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and ''Film/TheRevenant''.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt Captain Yonoi in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'' and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He also composed the soundtracks of both films, and plenty of others such as the 1992 version of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' and ''Film/TheRevenant''.

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on {{electronic|music}} and ethnic music, which would define a good chunk of his musical career. He has pursued a diverse range of styles both solo and famously as a member of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

Acting-wise, his best known roles are without much doubt Captain Yonoi in ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'' and Masahiko Amakasu in ''Film/TheLastEmperor''. He composed the soundtracks of both films.

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on {{electronic|music}} and ethnic music, which would define most of his musical career. He has pursued a diverse range of styles both solo and famously as a member of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on electronic and ethnic music, which would define most of his musical career. He has pursued a diverse range of styles both solo and famously as a member of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on electronic and ethnic music, which would define most of his musical career. He has pursued a diverse range of styles both solo and as a member of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on electronic and ethnic music, which would define most of his musical career. He has pursued a diverse range of styles both solo and as a member of Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952 in Tokyo) is a prolific Japanese composer, singer, songwriter and record producer, and an anti-nuclear activist. [[RenaissanceMan He's also had some acting roles, and wrote some anime and video games]].

He graduated from Tokyo National University's Fine Arts & Music program with a M.A. in music composition with special emphasis on electronic and ethnic music.

Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952 in Tokyo) is a prolific Japanese composer, singer, songwriter, record producer and anti-nuclear activist. [[RenaissanceMan He's also had some acting roles, and wrote some anime and video games]].

Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952 in Tokyo) is a prolific Japanese composer, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is also an anti-nuclear activist, and has had some acting roles.