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Kitarō
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Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori; born February 4, 1953), professionally known as , 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).
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Kitarō, born Masanori Takahashi in 1953 in Toyohashi, Japan, is a Japanese musician, composer, and record producer. He began his work period in 1975 and speaks Japanese. His musical style encompasses new age music, ambient music, and electronica, and he plays the electronic keyboard and synthesizer.
He has received the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and has been nominated for additional Grammy Awards. A separate individual named Kitaro, born in 1948, is a Japanese actor and talent who should not be confused with the musician.
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Film & TV
Kitaro (きたろう) is a Japanese actor and talent. Should not be confused with the musician Kitaro (喜多郎).
Known for
- Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! — Tobizaru2026
- Reiwa ni Kannou Shousetsu Tsukuttemasu — Haruno Hideo2026
- House of Sayuri — Shozo Kamiki2024
- Eating Rice and Announcing Flowers — Masao2024
- Sanctuary2023
- A Man — Ito2022
- Everything Will Be Owlright! — Kitaro2022
- My Cuteness Is About to Expire!?2022
- Ningen Kowai2022
- Tsuka no Ma no Ichika — Tetsuji Shibukawa2022
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1953
Discography
- Ten Kai1978
- From The Full Moon Story1979
- Oasis1979
- In Person1980
- Silk Road Suite1980
- Silk Road Suite1980
- Silk Road, Volume 11980
- Silk Road, Volume 21980
- Ki1981
- Silk Road, Volume 1 & 21981
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 689
- Total plays
- 13,603
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kitar%C5%8D">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Key facts
- Musical artist.image
- Kitaro tehran 2014 concert (1).JPG
- Musical artist.caption
- Kitarō playing in Tehran, October 2014
- Musical artist.name
- Kitaro
- Musical artist.native_name_lang
- ja
- Musical artist.image_size
- 250px
- Musical artist.background
- non_vocal_instrumentalist
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Masanori Takahashi
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
- Musical artist.instrument
- Keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, Japanese flutes, drums, percussion
- Musical artist.genre
- Electronica, world, folk, classical, new-age
- Musical artist.occupation
- Musician, composer, record producer, arranger
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1975–present
- Musical artist.associated_acts
- Far East Family Band
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Masanori
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Toyohashi
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Genre
- electronica
- Instrument
- synthesizer
- Official website
- www.domomusicgroup.com/kitaro
- Image
- Kitaro 5.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1953-02-04
- name in native language
- 喜多郎
- birth name
- 高橋 正則
- nominated for
- Grammy Awards
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- location of formation
- Japan
- social media followers
- 475000
- Commons category
- Musician Kitaro
- name in kana
- きたろう
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Early life: 1954–76
- Solo career: 1977–1993
- Silk Road
- 1984–1993
- 1994–present
- Domo Records
- Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai series
- Impressions of the West Lake
- Recent projects
- Touring and other activities
- Personal life
- Discography
- Tours
- Awards
- See also
- References
- External links
Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori; born February 4, 1953), professionally known as , 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).
==Early life: 1954–76== Masanori Takahashi was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, and is a graduate of Toyohashi Commercial High School. Kitarō, which is his boyhood name meaning "man of love and joy", a practicing Buddhist himself, was born in a family of Shinto-Buddhist farmers. After graduating his parents were first opposed to the idea of their son having a musical career. In an effort to maneuver him towards their vision, they made arrangements for him to take a job at a local company. In response, he silently did not show up for the job, eventually convincing them that he should work on something he loved.
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