Tomoyasu Hotei
Biography
Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋 寅泰, Hotei Tomoyasu; born February 1, 1962), also known simply as Hotei ( HOH-tay), is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actor. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Hotei claims record sales of over 40 million copies and has collaborated with artists from around the world. Hotei first rose to prominence in the 1980s as the guitarist for Boøwy, one of Japan's most popular rock bands, before starting a solo career. In 2003, he was ranked number 70 on HMV's list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. He ranked second in a 2011 poll on who the Japanese people thought was the best guitarist to represent Japan. An iconic artist in his native Japan, he moved to London in 2005 and continues to perform and release music globally. Hotei's song "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" has been featured in numerous films, commercials, video games, and events, including Quentin Tarantino's feature film Kill Bill.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
548 releases · 137 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 1,921
- Other credits · 963
- Production · 170
- Engineering · 15
Studios: Sedic Studio · Hansa Tonstudios · Epicurus Studio · Kitty Izu Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Boøwy
- Kumiko Yamashita
- Various
- Miki Imai
- Complex (14)
- Hotei
- Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari
- Koji Kikkawa