Yukihiro Takahashi, a famous musician, percussionist, singer and fashion designer passed away on January 11, 2023, at the age of 70. The co-founder of the Golden Magic Orchestra was diagnosed with an illness. brain tumor in 2020 and had multiple visits to the hospital during his recovery from surgery.
Takahashi has been resting at his home in Karzuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, according to Takahashi’s manager, since November 2022. However, he contracted pneumonia in early January, causing his health to deteriorate, according to the daily. Sponichi of Japan. Takahashi died of aspiration pneumonia caused by a neurological disorder.
People are remembering Yukihiro Takahashi, who passed away at the age of 70.
Yukihiro Takahashi was born in 1952 in Tokyo. He started his career as a musician while in high school. He was motivated by his older brother, Nobuyuki, and started playing drums with college musicians while in middle school. Takahashi started his professional career as a studio musician at the age of 16, and in the 1970s, after playing for the Mika Sadistic Band, he became famous in Japan. Yukihiro Takahashi’s 1977 solo album, Saravah!, was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto after the trio disbanded.
Haruomi Hosono became engaged to Yukihiro Takahashi and Sakamoto in 1978 to record his album, Paraiso, which was paid for by Hosono and the Yellow Magic Band. That same year, three musicians formed the Royal Orchestra. Given Takahashi’s popularity and track record, Twitter was flooded with condolences as soon as news of his death was announced.
RIP Yukihiro Takahashi. pic.twitter.com/lwEBlikAnE
– Synth history (@synth_history) January 14, 2023
RIP Yukihiro Takahashi. He was sad last night.
YMO is indeed light years ahead. Can you believe this is 1979?!? 🤯 pic.twitter.com/M43s2xetnO
— Louis La Roche (@iamlouislaroche) January 15, 2023
Takahashi has contributed to 23 solo albums.
Yellow Magic Orchestra became famous with their album Yellow Magic Orchestra, which is a famous example of the synthpop genre, which combines computer technology, synthesizers, and the sounds of video games. The fact that the album charted on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard R&B Albums shows just how popular it is.
Yukihiro Takahashi told Dublab in 2020:
“I never expected that music from the 1970s in Japan and city pop, with which I have no relationship, would become popular in the United States. I also find it special that my music, as well as the music of [others like] Akiko Yano and Haruomi Hosono, all classified as city pop.”
He continued, noting:
“In the 1970s, Japanese artists were inspired by the fusion of pop and Western music. Japanese artists are often quite technical, and even when they try to emulate Western music, the voices always have a clear Japanese undertone. People in the West who are listening to such recordings will probably find them appealing.”
Yukihiro Takahashi has made 7 albums with Yellow Music Orchestra and 23 solo albums. Life Anew, his most recent album, was released in 2013. Takahashi’s previous projects include The Beatniks with Keiichi Suzuki, Sketch Show with Hosono, and Pupa with Tomoyo Harada and Hiroshi Takano, among others. other.
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