Yukihiro Takahashi

Personal Info

Birthday

June 6, 1952

Day of Death

2023-01-11

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Yellow Magic Orchestra

YMO

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

Norwegian Wood

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

The Discarnates

Labyrinth of Cinema

The Island Closest to Heaven

It's All Right, My Friend

April Fish

Filmography

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
POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra
as himself
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
as Billy
Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist
as Self
1999
Complete Hurrah
as Self
1993
TV-YMO
as Self
YMO – Live At Budokan 1980
as self
1992
YMO – Hi-Tech Video Crime
as Self
1988
The Discarnates
as Script Reading
1986
Yukihiro Takahashi – Japan Tour '86
as Self
April Fish
as Shohei Nemoto
1985
Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto
as Self (archive footage)
1984
The Island Closest to Heaven
as Jiro Katsuragi
A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda
as Self
1983
YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan
as Self - Drums
YMO: Winter Live '81
as Self
It's All Right, My Friend
as Prison Guard
1981
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981
as Self