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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-06-06 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Yukihiro Takahashi

Biography:

Yukihiro Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋幸宏) Was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer, lead vocalist, & 2nd keyboardist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.

Takahashi's main movie roles were primarily with Japan's visionary film director Nobuhiko Obayashi, notably April Fish and Labyrinth of Cinema.

Known For

Acting

2024

Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His Era as Self

2023

Yukihiro Takahashi - Trail of Creation as Self (archive footage)

2020

Labyrinth of Cinema as Grandpa / Fanta

2019

No Smoking as Self

2017

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda as Self

2012

Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK as Self

2010

Norwegian Wood as Gatekeeper

2009

Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist as Self

2006

MOONRIDERS THE MOVIE: PASSION MANIACS

1999

Complete Hurrah as Self

1993

YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 as self

TV-YMO as Self

1992

YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime as Self

1988

The Discarnates as Script Reading

1986

April Fish as Shohei Nemoto

Yukihiro Takahashi – Japan Tour '86 as Self

1985

Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self (archive footage)

1984

A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda as Self

The Island Closest to Heaven as Jiro Katsuragi

1983

Boys Will Be Boys

It's All Right, My Friend as Prison Guard

YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan as Self - Drums

YMO: Winter Live '81 as Self

1981

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981 as Self

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Technodon in Tokyo Dome

Sound

1997

Shizuka na ayashii gogo ni as Original Music Composer

1993

I Can Hear the Duck Singing as Music

1991

The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral as Music

1990

The Adventures of Gaku as Music

1986

April Fish as Music

1983

YMO: Winter Live '81 as Music

YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan as Music

Production

1986

April Fish as Producer