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Haruomi Hosono

1947 - Today

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Haruomi Hosono (Japanese: 細野 晴臣, Hepburn: Hosono Haruomi; born July 9, 1947), sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop for decades as well as pop music outside of Japan. He also inspired genres such as city pop and Shibuya-kei, and as the leader of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, contributed to the development and pioneering of numerous electronic genres. The grandson of Titanic survivor Masabumi Hosono, Haruomi began his career with the psychedelic rock band Apryl Fool, before achieving recognition both nationally and internationally, as a founding member of the bands Happy End and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Haruomi Hosono is the 863rd most popular musician (down from 785th in 2019), the 958th most popular biography from Japan (down from 910th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Haruomi Hosono ranks 863 out of 3,175. Before him are Herb Alpert, Nicolas de Grigny, Pink Anderson, Andi Deris, Pío Leyva, and The Big Bopper. After him are Mark Evans, Brad Delson, Marco Uccellini, Ric Ocasek, Osvaldo Pugliese, and Sylvester Levay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Haruomi Hosono ranks 329. Before him are Regina Duarte, Salvatore Sciarrino, Mick Fleetwood, Minnie Riperton, Hitoshi Igarashi, and Frédéric Mitterrand. After him are Michael McKean, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Riccardo Fogli, Takeshi Urata, Andrew Blake, and Deniz Gezmiş.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Haruomi Hosono ranks 958 out of 6,245. Before him are Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Nakayama Yoshiko (1836), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Oku Yasukata (1847), and Kuniharu Nakamoto (1959). After him are Yukio Kasaya (1943), Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889), Jien (1155), Keisuke Honda (1986), Akio Toyoda (1956), and Noriaki Kasai (1972).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Haruomi Hosono ranks 8. Before him are Kitarō (1953), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Isao Tomita (1932), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), and Hide (1964). After him are Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), Mitski (1990), Mana (1969), and Gackt (1973).

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