Tomoyasu Hotei in London

Tomoyasu Hotei is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer, born in Takasaki in 1962. He played guitar in Boøwy and later formed Complex with Koji Kikkawa before establishing a solo career with the album Guitarhythm. His instrumental “Battle Without Honor or Humanity,” originally written for the film New Battles Without Honor and Humanity, reached a wider audience through Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 1. Boøwy ended their career with the two-night Last Gigs concerts at Tokyo Dome in 1988, where Hotei played guitar. After moving to London, he headlined the Roundhouse in 2012 as part of his expansion beyond Japan. At a 2014 concert, he joined the Rolling Stones for “Respectable.”