Yukihiro Takahashi
Born: 1952-06-06 in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2023-01-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yukihiro Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋 幸宏) Was a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who was best known internationally as the drummer, lead vocalist, & 2nd keyboardist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band. Takahashi's main movie roles were primarily with Japan's visionary film director Nobuhiko Obayashi, notably April Fish and Labyrinth of Cinema.
Filmography
2024
2023
- Yukihiro Takahashi - Trail of Creation as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Labyrinth of Cinema as Grandpa / Fanta
2019
- No Smoking as Self
2017
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA as Self
2012
- Yellow Magic Orchestra - YMONHK as Self
2010
- Norwegian Wood as Gatekeeper
2009
- 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption as Billy
- Ink Music: In the Land of the Hundred-Tongued Lyricist as Self
- POSTYMO / Yellow Magic Orchestra as himself
2003
1999
- Complete Hurrah as Self
1997
- Shizuka na ayashii gogo ni ... (Original Music Composer)
1993
- I Can Hear the Duck Singing ... (Music)
- YMO – Live At Budokan 1980 as self
- TV-YMO as Self
1992
1991
- The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral ... (Music)
1990
- The Adventures of Gaku ... (Music)
1988
- The Discarnates as Script Reading
1986
- April Fish as Shohei Nemoto
- Yukihiro Takahashi – Japan Tour '86 as Self
1985
- Tokyo Melody: A Film About Ryuichi Sakamoto as Self (archive footage)
1984
- The Island Closest to Heaven as Jiro Katsuragi
- A Y.M.O. Film: Propaganda as Self
1983
- It's All Right, My Friend as Prison Guard
- YMO JAPAN TOUR at Nippon Budokan as Self - Drums
- Boys Will Be Boys
- YMO: Winter Live '81 as Self