Haruomi Hosono in Los Angeles

Haruomi Hosono is a Japanese musician, songwriter and producer, born in Tokyo in 1947. He was a member of Happy End and Tin Pan Alley and co-founded Yellow Magic Orchestra with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi. His solo catalogue ranges across folk rock, electronic pop, ambient music and exotica, and includes Hosono House, Paraiso, Philharmony and the song “Sports Men.” The 1979 Trans Atlantic Tour took him through Europe and the United States as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, followed by the group’s 1980 World Tour. In 2019 he returned to the United States for his first solo concerts there, performing at New York’s Gramercy Theatre and Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater.