Yukihiro Takahashi
Biography
Yukihiro Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋 幸宏, Hepburn: Takahashi Yukihiro; June 6, 1952 – January 11, 2023) was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer, fashion designer, and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer, lead vocalist, & co-composer of Yellow Magic Orchestra, as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band, and as the drummer & backing vocalist of the Sadistics. He was also a member of the groups: the Beatniks (with Keiichi Suzuki), Sketch Show (with Haruomi Hosono), & Metafive (with Towa Tei etc.).
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Ghost In The Machine
1981
Spirit Of Eden
1988
Stakes Is High
1996
Heligoland
2010
Pacific
1978
Pacific Breeze 3: Japanese City Pop, AOR And Boogie 1975-1987
2023
Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR And Boogie 1976-1986
2019
Preoccupations
2016
All Of Me
1979
Solid State Survivor = ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー
1979
Seychelles
1976
Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR And Boogie 1972-1986
2020
Naked City
1990
Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ
1978
BGM
1981
Mignonne = ミニヨン
1978
On Guitar
1978
環境音楽 = Kankyō Ongaku (Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980 - 1990)
2019
Service
1983
X∞Multiplies
1980
Thousand Knives Of = 千のナイフ
1978
Tomorrow's Just Another Day
1983
North Of A Miracle
1983
Philharmony = フィルハーモニー
1982
Credited work
2,159 releases · 463 albums · active 1972–2026
- Performance · 4,789
- Other credits · 2,993
- Production · 428
- Engineering · 74
- Mastering · 2
Studios: ALFA Studio A · Onkio Haus · Sound City Studio · Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- YMO
- Towa Tei
- The Beatniks
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Y.M.O.
- Hajime Tachibana