Tag: Yellow magic orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra Vocalist and Drummer Yukihiro Takahashi Passes Away

There is sad news coming out of Japan as we learn that musician Yukihiro Takahashi has passed away. He died on January 11, at the age of 70, from aspiration pneumonia because of a brain tumor. Among other things, he was the lead vocalist and …Read more »

Honneamise Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Diagnosed With Cancer

July 14, 2014

Jason Moses

Bad news for any fans of the Japanese music scene: according to a statement released by record company Avex yesterday, Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder and prominent composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with throat cancer. YMO is one of the most influential bands of the …Read more »