Person

Yukihiro Takahashi

Acting · 1952–2023 · Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

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

Filmography

2024Tonovan Musician Kazuhiko Kato and His EraSelf
2023Yukihiro Takahashi - Trail of CreationSelf (archive footage)
2020Labyrinth of CinemaGrandpa / Fanta
2019No SmokingSelf
2017Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODASelf
2012Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHKSelf
2010Norwegian WoodGatekeeper
2009POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestrahimself
200920th Century Boys 3: RedemptionBilly
2009Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued LyricistSelf
2006MOONRIDERS THE MOVIE: PASSION MANIACS
2003VisualYMO:the Best
1999Complete HurrahSelf
1997Shizuka na ayashii gogo niOriginal Music Composer
1993TV-YMOSelf
1993YMO – Live At Budokan 1980self
1993I Can Hear the Duck SingingMusic
1993Technodon in Tokyo Dome
1992Hurrah: Yellow Magic Orchestra
1992YMO – Hi-Tech Video CrimeSelf
1991The Legend of the Sea, Sky and CoralMusic
1990The Adventures of GakuMusic
1988The DiscarnatesScript Reading
1986Yukihiro Takahashi – Japan Tour '86Self
1986April FishShohei Nemoto
1985Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi SakamotoSelf (archive footage)
1984The Island Closest to HeavenJiro Katsuragi
1984A Y.M.O. Film: PropagandaSelf
1983YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon BudokanSelf - Drums
1983Boys Will Be Boys
1983YMO: Winter Live '81Self
1983It's All Right, My FriendPrison Guard
1981Yellow Magic Orchestra - Winter Live 1981Self

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