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Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏 Takahashi Yukihiro, born June 6, 1952) is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Yukihiro Takahashi first came to prominence as the drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band, and became known to western audiences after this band (led by Kazuhiko Katoh, formerly of The Folk Crusaders) toured and recorded in the United Kingdom. After the Sadistic Mika Band disbanded, some of the members (including Takahashi) formed another band called The Sadistics, who released several albums. Finally Takahashi recorded his first solo album, saravah, in 1977. In 1978, Takahashi joined Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono to form the Yellow Magic Orchestra.

After the Yellow Magic Orchestra disbanded in the mid 80s, Takahashi went solo and released a large number of solo albums, primarily intended for the Japanese market. Takahashi has collaborated extensively with other musicians, including Bill Nelson, Iva Davies of Icehouse, Keiichi Suzuki of the MOONRIDERS (often as a duo dubbed “The Beatniks”, although Suzuki essentially functioned as a member of Takahashi’s backing band during the Moonriders’ brief hiatus) and in particular Steve Jansen. Takahashi has released a single Stay Close and an EP Pulse as a duo with Jansen.
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  • shane140

    v Technically yeah, though quite a lot of Japanese artists do that but on here their names are in Japanese just because. I don't mind really.

    March 2012

  • SmilelimS

    Wouldn't Yukihiro Takahashi be the correct tagging since a;; the album covers are labeled like that?

    March 2012

  • shane140

    I've seen them going on ebay for quite cheap prices. It's unfortunate with Japanese stuff because lots of things I want are too dear.

    December 2011

  • T0mPeters

    Just going to say japanese cds retail for a lot more than US/UK cds so it may be harder than you think unless you can find someone selling stuff for cheap. Or unless you can order it from someone in japan. US/UK sellers overprice stuff for obvious reasons but yeah just a heads up

    December 2011

  • KuriousBanana

    I really want to own some of Yukihiro Takahashi's albums on CD but they are really expensive in the UK (£33 plus). Does anyone know where I can get his CD back catalogue at reasonable prices?

    December 2011

  • OscarDTravis

    delightful

    October 2011

  • tnslp2bntso

    His music is so good when it's raining. Especially Drip Dry eyes.

    September 2011

  • SelmCl

    да!

    July 2011
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