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, sometimes credited as Harry Hosono , is a Japanese musician , singer , songwriter and ___MASK81___ producer . He is best known internationally as a member of the rock band Happy End and the electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra with Yukihiro Takahashi and Ryuichi Sakamoto . In 2003 , HMV ___MASK44___ ranked the band at No . 94 on their list of the " Top 100 Japanese Pops Artists ". In September 2007 , " Rolling Stone ___MASK44___ " rated their 1974 album " Kurofune " at No . 9 on its list of the " 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time ". Yukihiro Takahashi (   " Takahashi Yukihiro ", born June 6 , 1952 ) is a Japanese musician , singer , ___MASK81___ producer and actor , who is best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra , and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band . He concurrently pursued a solo career , releasing the experimental electronic fusion ___MASK43___ " Thousand Knives " ( 1978 ), and later released the pioneering ___MASK43___ " B - 2 Unit " ( 1980 ), from which " Riot in Lagos " influenced the development of electro and hip hop music . He went on to produce more solo records , collaborate with many international artists , and pursue a wide variety of projects , in different genres ranging from electronic to classical and world music . He composed music for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony , and his composition " Energy Flow " ( 1999 ) was the first instrumental number - one single in ___MASK44___ ' s Oricon charts history . Service was the sixth and , at the time , final ___MASK86___ by Yellow Magic Orchestra . The band dissolved the following year after a world tour , but would later reform in 1993 for a one - off reunion ___MASK43___ , Technodon . Each member would continue their already established solo careers , while Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi also formed the band Sketch Show ( with Ryuichi Sakamoto assisting ) , which later turned into YMO . Like ×  Multiplies , it contains a mixture of YMO songs and comedy sketches performed by Super Eccentric Theater , or S . E . T . The first Dutch / German edition of the ___MASK43___ omitted the sketches , effectively cutting the ___MASK43___ ' s length in half . In 1999 , the ___MASK43___ was remastered under Hosono ' s supervision with new liner notes provided by lyricist Peter Barakan . Service features `` You ' ve Got to Help Yourself '' , which was previously featured in instrumental form on the previous ___MASK43___ , Naughty Boys Instrumental . The 2nd `` S . E . T . '' track featured a sample of Casiopea ' s song `` Time Limit '' . ``  '' more accurately transliterates to `` Telegraph from the heart '' . , established in 1999 , is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in ___MASK44___ . It started as , which was founded by Sk Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts . Oricon Inc . was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter  s Oricon record charts in April 2002 . , ( originally a publisher known as Alfa Music Ltd . and later succeeded by ___MASK81___ company Alfa Music Inc .), was established in 1969 by composer and ___MASK81___ producer Kunihiko Murai . It was formed into an independent ___MASK81___ ___MASK30___ known as ___MASK61___ in 1977 . A short - lived American subsidiary operated from 1980 to 1982 . Hideki Matsutake ( born August 12 , 1951 in Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture , ___MASK44___ ) is a Japanese composer , arranger , and computer programmer . He is known for his pioneering work in electronic music and particularly music programming , as the assistant of Isao Tomita during the early 1970s and as the " fourth member " of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra during the late 1970s to early 1980s . An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics , or singing , although it might include some inarticulate vocals , such as shouted backup vocals in a ___MASK7___ setting . The music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments . An instrumental can exist in music notation , after it is written by a composer ; in the mind of the composer ( especially in cases where the composer herself will perform the piece , as in the case of a blues solo guitarist or a folk music fiddle player ); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble , which could range in size from a duo or trio to a large ___MASK7___ , concert band or orchestra . Technodon is the seventh and final ___MASK86___ to date by Yellow Magic Orchestra and released in 1993 , a decade after the band ' s original breakup . Because the name Yellow Magic Orchestra was owned by former ___MASK81___ ___MASK30___ ___MASK61___ , the band were forced to release the album under the name YMO . For the tour that followed , they were billed as Not YMO . Future releases by the band would be made under the names Human Audio Sponge and HASYMO . Yellow Magic Orchestra ( abbreviated as YMO ) is a Japanese electronic music band consisting of principal members Haruomi Hosono ( bass , keyboards , vocals ), Yukihiro Takahashi ( drums , lead vocals ) and Ryuichi Sakamoto ( keyboards , vocals ). For their early studio albums and live performances , the band was often accompanied by music programmer Hideki Matsutake .