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Tomoyasu Hotei
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Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and actor. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Hotei claims record sales of over 40 million copies and has collaborated with acclaimed artists from around the world. Hotei first rose to prominence in the 1980s as the guitarist for Boøwy, one of Japan's most popular rock bands, before starting a solo career.
Known for
- The Smashing Machine — Tomoyasu Hotei2025
- COMPLEX 20240515-16 Japan Isshin — Guitarist / Vocals2024
- Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Opening Ceremony - Moving Forward: We Have Wings — Self2021
- Tomoyasu Hotei - Guitar X Symphony — musician, guitarist, composer, singer-songwriter, producer2012
- Complex 20110730 - Toyko Dome — Guitarist / Vocals2012
- HOTEI + Todai-ji Hotei Tomoyasu SPECIAL LIVE ~FLY INTO YOUR DREAM~ — Self2009
- Tomoyasu Hotei - MONSTER DRIVE PARTY!!! — Guitar / Vocal2005
- Red Moon — Colonel Osugi2004
- Tomoyasu Hotei - THE LIVE! DOBERMAN — Himself2004
- Boøwy - Last Gigs (Live At Tokyo Dome / 1988) — Guitarist / Backing Vocals2001
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- 172,634
- Total plays
- 2,272,953
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Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋 寅泰 , born February 1, 1962 in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture) is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. Hotei rose to prominence in the 1980s as the guitarist for BOØWY, one of Japan's most popular rock bands, before starting a solo career. In 2003, he was ranked number 70 on HMV Japan's list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. He ranked second in a 2011 poll on who the Japanese people thought was the best guitarist to represent Japan after Tak Matsumoto. <a href="ht
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Takasaki
- Spouse
- Miki Imai
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.beatcrazy.net
- Image
- Tomoyasu Hotei Paaspop 2017.jpg
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- social media followers
- 192000
- date of birth
- 1962-02-01
- name in native language
- 布袋寅泰
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- copyright representative
- JASRAC
- Commons category
- Tomoyasu Hotei
- name in kana
- ほてい ともやす
- official shop URL
- www.beatcrazy.net/ec
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