Ryuichi Sakamoto
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 17, 1952 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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
| 2025 | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Playing the Orchestra 2014Self | |
| 2025 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: DiariesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Ryuichi Sakamoto's Last Days | |
| 2024 | Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His EraSelf | |
| 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | SUGA: Road to D-DAYSelf | |
| 2023 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: OpusSelf | |
| 2022 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022Himself | |
| 2021 | Brilliant Trees Sessions | |
| 2021 | NHK MUSIC SPECIAL | |
| 2020 | Ryuichi Sakamoto Playing the Piano for the Isolated | |
| 2020 | OKINA: Dance of Life | |
| 2020 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Improvisation for Sonic Cure | |
| 2019 | No SmokingSelf | |
| 2018 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: async at the Park Avenue ArmorySelf | |
| 2017 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: CodaSelf | |
| 2016 | Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto: The Glass HouseSelf | |
| 2016 | Thirteen Talks | |
| 2015 | 700 Days with Ryuichi SakamotoSelf | |
| 2012 | Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHKSelf | |
| 2010 | Burning IceSelf | |
| 2009 | Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued LyricistSelf | |
| 2009 | POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestrahimself | |
| 2008 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern: utp_ | |
| 2007 | 100年インタビューゲスト | |
| 2006 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen LiveSelf | |
| 2003 | Femme Fatale: Dream Within a DreamSelf | |
| 2003 | VisualYMO:the Best | |
| 2000 | Ryuichi Sakamoto Trio World Tour 1996 - Complete Version | |
| 1999 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99Director (segment "Rain") | |
| 1999 | Complete HurrahSelf | |
| 1999 | New Rose HotelHosaka Executive | |
| 1998 | Jounetsu Tairiku | |
| 1993 | YMO – Live At Budokan 1980self | |
| 1993 | TV-YMOSelf | |
| 1993 | Today's Close-Up | |
| 1992 | YMO – Hi-Tech Video CrimeSelf | |
| 1992 | Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra | |
| 1991 | Marisa Monte: MaisSelf | |
| 1989 | NHK SpecialSelf | |
| 1988 | SAKAMOTO PLAYS SAKAMOTO | |
| 1987 | The Last EmperorAmakasu | |
| 1987 | NEO GEO ～1987.7.19 NHKホール～ | |
| 1987 | Brand New DaySelf | |
| 1986 | Bye Bye KiplingSelf | |
| 1986 | Adelic Penguins | |
| 1986 | TV WARSelf | |
| 1985 | A Human Tube | |
| 1985 | Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi SakamotoSelf | |
| 1985 | All Star VideoSelf | |
| 1985 | Steel CathedralsSelf - Piano/strings | |
| 1984 | Preparations For A Journey | |
| 1984 | A Y.M.O. Film: PropagandaSelf | |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceYonoi | |
| 1983 | YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon BudokanSelf - Keyboards | |
| 1983 | The Oshima GangSelf | |
| 1983 | YMO: Winter Live '81Self | |
| 1981 | Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981Self | |
| - | Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevisSelf (archive footage) | |
| - | Technodon in Tokyo Dome |
| 2020 | IncompleteDirector | |
| 1985 | All Star VideoDirector |
| 2006 | Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto: Insen LiveMusical |
| 2026 | ZiIn Memory Of |