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Kitarō

1953 - Today

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Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori; born February 4, 1953), professionally known as Kitarō (喜多郎), is a Japanese musician, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Thinking of You (1999), with a record 16 nominations in the same category. He received a Golden Globe Award for the original score to Heaven & Earth (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kitarō is the 215th most popular musician (down from 201st in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Japan (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Musician.

Kitarō is most famous for his tales of yōkai, which are creatures from Japanese folklore.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kitarō ranks 215 out of 3,175. Before him are Lisa Gerrard, Willie Nelson, Steve Harris, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Peterson, and Claudio Arrau. After him are Izzy Stradlin, David A. Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Caetano Veloso, Gidon Kremer, and Alicia Keys.

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Among people born in 1953, Kitarō ranks 49. Before him are Paul Allen, Malcolm Young, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, and James Horner. After him are Ségolène Royal, Alfred Molina, Gaetano Scirea, Michael J. Sandel, Felix Magath, and John Zorn.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kitarō ranks 201 out of 6,245. Before him are Hirokazu Ninomiya (1917), Takeshi Inoue (1928), Kunitaka Sueoka (1917), Junji Kawano (1945), Takeo Wakabayashi (1907), and Susumu Tonegawa (1939). After him are Shozo Tsugitani (1940), Emperor Richū (336), Shiro Azumi (null), Emperor Kaika (-208), Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), and Hideki Shirakawa (1936).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Kitarō ranks 2. Before him are Joe Hisaishi (1950). After him are Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Isao Tomita (1932), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Hide (1964), Haruomi Hosono (1947), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), and Mitski (1990).

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