Kitarō

Also known as Kitaro, Kitarou, Masanori Takahashi, Takahashi Masanori

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).

Person · Open Library

Born: 1870
Died: 1945
Works: 85

Top works

形而上学序論
西田幾多郎の手紙
續思索と體驗
初期草稿
小篇

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Film & TV

Acting

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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Japan
Active from: 1953

Discography

Member of

Far East Family Banduntil 1976
Mickey Hart, Philip Glass and Kitaro

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 689
Total plays: 13,603

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Basho
· 2012 · cited 9x
Ontology of Production
· 2012 · cited 9x
Logic and Life
· 2012 · cited 8x
Affective Feeling
· 1979 · cited 7x
An Inquiry into the Good. Part I, Chapter 1 / Translation from Japanese, Introductory Article and Commentaries by S. Kapranov
· 2022 · cited 5x

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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

Official website: www.domomusicgroup.com/kitaro
Image: Kitaro 5.jpg

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date of birth: 1953-02-04
name in native language: 喜多郎
birth name: 高橋正則
start of work period: 1975-00-00
social media followers: 475000
Commons category: Musician Kitaro
name in kana: きたろう

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~15 min read

Article

17 sections

Contents

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

==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.