Ryuichi Sakamoto

is a Japanese musician, a composer, music producer, pianist, and keyboardist. His nickname is "Kyoju", which means "Professor" in Japanese.
Early life.
He is from Tokyo. He was born on 17 January 1952. He learned music at Tokyo University of the Arts and Tokyo University of Arts graduate school.
Career.
Music group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). YMO is an English acronym. YMO stands for "Yellow Magic Orchestra", which he formed with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi in the late 1970s. The group gained success and became famous at home and abroad. In addition, he released music solo parallel to his work as a member of YMO.
Other than his own music, Sakamoto has offered musical pieces to other artists and composed soundtracks. The soundtrack of "The Last Emperor" shown in 1987 was evaluated and won an Academy Award for Original Music Score by a Japanese artist for the first time.
On 10 July 2014, Sakamoto released a statement and said that he had been diagnosed with oropharyngeal cancer in late June. He announced that he was taking a break from his work while he went through treatment and recovery.
Activist.
In late years he has often spoken about the issue of environmental problems and peace in the media.