, sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a

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musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in

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music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop for decades as well as pop music outside of Japan. He also inspired genres such as

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and

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, and as the leader of the

Yellow Magic Orchestra Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, ...

, contributed to the development and pioneering of numerous electronic genres. The grandson of ''

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'' survivor Masabumi Hosono, Haruomi began his career with the

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band Apryl Fool, before achieving recognition both nationally and internationally, as a founding member of the bands Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Hosono has also released many solo albums covering a variety of styles, including film soundtracks and a variety of electronic ambient albums. As well as recording his own music, Hosono has done considerable production work for other artists such as Miharu Koshi, Sheena and the Roketts, Sandii & the Sunsetz,

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and

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. In 2003, Hosono was ranked by

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at number 44 on their list of the top 100 Japanese pop acts of all time.

Biography

Hosono is the grandson of Masabumi Hosono, the only Japanese passenger and survivor of the sinking of RMS ''Titanic''. Hosono first came to attention in Japan as the bass player of the

band Apryl Fool, alongside drummer Takashi Matsumoto, who released the album ''The Apryl Fool'' in 1969. Hosono and Matsumoto then formed the influential

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group Happy End with Eiichi Ohtaki and Shigeru Suzuki. One of the songs he composed for Happy End, " Kaze wo Atsumete" (1971), later appeared in the American film '' Lost in Translation'' and on its soundtrack in 2003. After ''Happy End'' disbanded around 1974, Hosono worked with Suzuki and a loose association of artists making "

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"-style music under the names Caramel Mama and Tin Pan Alley. His involvement in

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also dates back to the early 1970s, when he performed the

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for Inoue Yousui's folk

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album ''Ice World'' (1973) and Osamu Kitajima's progressive/psychedelic rock album ''

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'' (1974), both of which were

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records utilizing synthesizers, electric guitars, and in the latter,

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s and rhythm machines. In 1977, Hosono invited

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and

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to work on his

-flavoured album '' Paraiso'', which included electronic music produced using the

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and

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synthesizer. The band was named "Harry Hosono and the Yellow Magic Band" and, having been recorded in late 1977, ''Paraiso'' was released in early 1978. The three worked together again for the 1978 electronic album ''Pacific'', which included an early version of the song "Cosmic Surfin'". In 1978, he released an innovative electronic soundtrack for a

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film, ''Cochin Moon'', together with artist

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and future YMO band members Ryuichi Sakamoto and

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. Inspired by a trip to

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and "the exotic, luxurious, and seemingly wonder-filled scenarios played out in Indian cinemas", it was an experimental "electro-exotica" album fusing exotic

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(reminiscent of

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and

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) with electronic music, including an early "

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" song entitled "Hum Ghar Sajan" (from a

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phrase). The same year, he contributed to Sakamoto's song "1000 Knives" for his solo album, '' Thousand Knives'', which experimented with fusing electronic music with traditional

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in early 1978. He was one of the first producers to recognize the appeal of video game sounds and music. YMO's self-titled debut in 1978 contained substantial video game sounds and after YMO disbanded an early project was an album simply titled ''Video Game Music'' containing mixed and edited

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music and sounds. ''Video Game Music'' was released in 1984 as an early example of a

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record and the first video game music album. That same year, he also produced the theme song for

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's popular

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film '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', "Kaze no Tani no Naushika", with vocals by actress-singer Narumi Yasuda. In the late 80s and early 90s, the influence of

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on his music deepened, and he worked with international singers and musicians such as

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. He has produced a number of short-term band projects as a band member. His first post-YMO band was Friends of Earth. As with most of his projects he combines musical styles he's interested in. F.O.E. seemed to be a combination of funk and techno, and included a collaboration with

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and

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for a remake of the song " Sex Machine". Another notable band project was 1995's Love, Peace & Trance. Members were

Mimori Yusa , (born February 20, 1964, in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture), is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She made her nationwide debut at the age of 6 on the TV program Chibikko Nodojiman, which she recited the Takibi nursery rhyme. Shortly after graduating ...

("Love"), Miyako Koda ("Peace"), Haruomi Hosono ("&") and Mishio Ogawa ("Trance"). In the 1990s he started the Daisyworld label to release a wide range of experimental artists from Japan and the rest of the world. Hosono collaborated on many of the releases, such as World Standard, a trip into Americana; HAT, a supergroup (the acronym stands for Hosono,

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, Tetsu Inoue), and "Quiet Logic", by Mixmaster Morris and Jonah Sharp.

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also paid tribute with a series of remixes including the notorious "Hope You Choke on Your Whalemeat" remix of "Nanga Def". In 2002 Haruomi formed the duo

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with his YMO bandmate

. They have released two albums, one of which, ''Loophole'', has received a UK release. When the third former YMO member,

deepened his involvement it was decided to bill those collaborations as . In the spring of 2007, his fellow YMO members and other artist paid tribute to Haruomi with a 2-disc album titled ''Tribute to Haruomi''. That same year, the animated film '' Appleseed Ex Machina'' was released featuring a soundtrack performed and supervised by Hosono. In September 2010 he performed at the De La Fantasia festival and played songs from his upcoming album. In February 2011 it was announced that his new album, entitled ''HoSoNoVa'', was to be released on April 20. He also performed a special concert to celebrate its release. In May 2018, Light in the Attic Records announced a CD and vinyl reissue of five of Hosono's albums—''Hosono House'', ''Cochin Moon'', ''Paraiso'', ''Philharmony'' and ''omni Sight Seeing''—for release in August and September 2018. The former four albums had never been released outside of Japan previously. Coinciding was the announcement that Hosono would play his first UK concerts as a solo artist in June; the shows were scheduled as part of Sakamoto's MODE festival happening throughout England in June and July. The June 23 concert at the

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in London featured an appearance by his YMO bandmates, with whom he performed his ''Solid State Survivor'' composition "Absolute Ego Dance". 2019 marked Hosono's 50th anniversary in the music industry. On March 6, he released ''Hochono House'', a mostly electronic remake of his solo debut '' Hosono House'' that reversed the track listing. That spring, he performed his first solo shows in the U.S. This run included two sold-out shows at the

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in New York City and a concert at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles. The second New York show saw an appearance by current NYC resident

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, who collaborated with Hosono in Tin Pan Alley, as a live support member of YMO, and as a solo artist; she sang Hosono's "Ai Ai Gasa", which she covered on her 1977 album ''Iroha Ni Konpeitou''. In LA, Canadian indie rock musician

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—whose vocal admiration of Hosono has spread to a portion of his own fanbase—appeared during the show to perform "Honey Moon" as a duet with Hosono; Light in the Attic had recently released a cover of the song on a 7" single record, backed with the original version. In the autumn of 2019, an exhibition on Hosono's career—"Hosono Sightseeing"—was on display in Tokyo Sky View at the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower; along with other memorabilia, this featured many of the instruments associated with Hosono, such as the

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, and

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. A documentary film, ''No Smoking'', was also released, including footage from the U.S. and UK shows; appearances include Sakamoto, Takahashi, Demarco, longtime friend

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, and protégé

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Bands and collaborations

* Apryl Fool * Happy End * Tin Pan Alley *

* Friends of Earth (F.O.E) (with Eiki Nonaka) * HIS (with Kiyoshirō Imawano and Fuyumi Sakamoto) * Testpattern (with

, Fumio Ichimura, and Masao Hiruma) * Love, Peace & Trance (

, Miyako Koda and Mishio Ogawa) * Swing Slow (with Miharu Koshi) * HAT (with

and Tetsu Inoue) * Harry & Mac (with Makoto Kubota) * Tin Pan (with Tatsuo Hayashi and Shigeru Suzuki) *

(with

) * HASYMO (previously Human Audio Sponge) (Sketch Show and

, with Keigo Oyamada, Hiroshi Takano,

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, Tomohiko Gondō and Ren Takada as live support)

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Tribute albums

Remix albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Box Sets

Other albums

*''Making of Non-Standard Music''/''Making of Monad Music'' (EP) (1984, Non Standard) *''N.D.E. ("Near Death Experience")'' (1995) *'' Interpieces Organization'' (1996, by Haruomi Hosono &

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) * (1999, with Makoto Kubota as "Harry & Mac")

Singles

Contributions

* CBS/Sony Sound Image Series: **

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(with Shigeru Suzuki and

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) (tracks 1, 4 and 8 composed and performed by Hosono) (1978) **The Aegean Sea (with Masataka Matsutoya and Takahiko Ishikawa) (tracks 3 and 4 composed and performed by Hosono) (1979) **Vol. 1 – Island Music (with Suzuki, Yamashita, Matsutoya, Ishikawa and

) (tracks 1, 7, 9 and 10 composed and performed by Hosono) (1983) **Vol. 2 – Off Shore (Suzuki, Yamashita, Matsutoya, Sakamoto, Masaki Matsubara and Kazumasa Akiyama) (tracks 1 and 2 composed and performed by Hosono) (1983) *''3D Museum'' (1993) *''Melon Brains'' (1994) *''Goku'' (1995) * Love, Peace & Trance (1995) *''Lattice'' (2000)

Songwriting credits

* ''Video Game Music'' (1984, songs from

games arranged and produced by Hosono) * (1984,

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, only produced theme song sung by Narumi Yasuda) *'' Coincidental Music'' (1985, compilation of assorted background music/soundtrack commissions) * (1996, background music for and included with the Taro Manabe picture book of the same name) * '' Ex Machina Original Soundtrack/Original Soundtrack Complete Edition'' (2007, soundtrack supervention, composition of some tracks)

Videography

Live video albums

Box sets

Composition work

* : ::High School Lullaby ( ハイスクールララバイ) (1981) :: (1982) *

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: ::仏蘭西映画 ::夢・恋・人 (1983) ::妖星傅 ::春 Mon Amour * Yoshie Kashiwabara: (1982) * Starbow: (1982) * Kumiko Yamashita: ::赤道小町ドキッ (1982) ::Teenage Eagles (1983) * Kawakamisan to Nagashimasan: きたかチョーさんまってたドン (1983) *

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: (1983) *

: :: (1983) :: (1983) :: (1984) * Shin'ichi Mori: :: (1983) :: *

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: (1983) * Apogee & Perigee ( Jun Togawa, Yuji Miyake and other artists): :: (1984, Alfa) :: (1984, Alfa) * Jun Togawa: 玉姫様 (1984) * Narumi Yasuda: (

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for the film) (1984) * "

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News Today" opening theme (1988, NHK TV) *

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: :: (1997,

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) :: – Writing, Performance, Production (1998, zetima) * Chappie: (1999) * Kuniko Yamada: * Masatō Ibu:

Filmography

;Music * ''Evening Primrose'' (1974) * ''Summer Secret'' (1982) * '' Night on the Galactic Railroad'' (1985) * ''Paradise View'' (1985) * '' A Promise'' (1986) * ''Jazz Daimyō'' (1986) * ''Murasaki SHikubu-Genji Monogatari'' (1987) * ''Hoshi wo Tsugumono'' (1990) * ''Southern Winds'' (1993) * ''On the Way'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' Appleseed Ex Machina'' (2007, Music supervising director) * '' Shoplifters'' (2018) ;Acting * '' Izakaya Chōji'' (1983) * ''A Y.M.O. Film Propaganda'' (1984) * ''Paradise view'' (1985) * ''Shigatsu no Sakana'' (1985) * ''Binetsu Shōnen'' (1987) * '' Norwegian Wood'' (2010): Record Shop Manager * ''

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'' (2018): Scrap (Japanese dub) * '' They Say Nothing Stays the Same'' (2019) * ''Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses'' (2021, TV miniseries): Barber * '' Spirit World'' (2025) ;Documentary appearance * '' Tokyo Melody'' (1985) * ''No Smoking'' (2019)

Related books

References

External links

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Haruomi Hosono discography, news, and general information at Music CityOfficial Sketch Show website (Avex)

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