1952年1月17日出生于东京，是一位作曲家、制作人、艺术家和环保活动家。1978年发行首张个人专辑《千刀》，他拥有极为多元的音乐履历，其中包括作为传奇电子乐队“黄色魔力乐队”成员创作的先锋电子乐曲，受全球不同音乐类型启发制作的流行乐专辑，多首古典乐曲和两部歌剧，以及为伯纳多·贝托鲁奇、佩德罗·阿莫多瓦、布莱恩·德·帕尔玛和亚利桑德罗·冈萨雷斯·伊纳里图等知名导演的电影作品所创作的近45首原创配乐。他的电影配乐荣获了包括一座奥斯卡和两座金球奖在内的多项殊荣。
他在艺术领域亦作出了杰出的贡献，他独立创作以及与其他艺术家合作完成的装置作品在世界范围内展出。
他与其长期合作者高谷史郎的最新歌剧作品《时间》在2021年荷兰艺术节首演，继而于世界巡演，藉此将两位艺术家最后一次合作的成果呈现给新老粉丝。
2023年1月17日，在其71岁生日之际，发行了他的第15张个人专辑《12》。该专辑收录了12首曲目，选自其在过去两年半的时间里所录制的音乐曲稿，它们如一本声音日记记录下他与癌症抗争的岁月。
2023年3月逝世，享年71岁。
Born in Tokyo on January 17, 1952, he is a composer, producer, artist and environmental activist. He released his first solo album "Thousand Knives" in 1978. He has a very diverse musical experience, including avant-garde electronic music composed as a member of the legendary electronic band "Yellow Magic Band", pop music albums inspired by different music types around the world, Several classical pieces and two operas, as well as for Bernardo Bertolucci, Pedro Almodóvar, Brian de Palma and Alejandro Gonzalez I Nearly 45 original soundtracks composed for films by famous directors such as Naritu. His film scores have won numerous awards, including an Oscar and two Golden Globes.
He has also made outstanding contributions in the field of art, and his installations created independently and in collaboration with other artists have been exhibited around the world.
His latest opera, Time, with longtime collaborator Shiro Takatani, will premiere at the Holland Festival 2021 and will be on a world tour, presenting the results of the two artists' last collaboration to fans old and new.
On January 17, 2023, on the occasion of his 71st birthday, his 15th solo album "12" was released. The album contains 12 tracks, selected from the musical script he recorded over the past two and a half years, they are like a sonic diary recording his battle with cancer.
Died in March 2023 at the age of 71.
个展 Solo Exhibitions：
2021 观音·听时，木木美术馆，北京/中国
