Tomoyasu Hotei

HOTEI

  • Name: HOTEI
  • Native name: 布袋寅泰
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 1, 1962
  • Age: 63
Hotei Tomoyasu, known as HOTEI, is an acclaimed Japanese guitarist, songwriter, composer, performer and record producer, who currently resides in London. HOTEI has sold more than 40 million records in a 35 year career to date, and is best known internationally for the song “Battle Without Honor or Humanity”, which was made famous by its inclusion in Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” movie.

HOTEI began his career in 1981, as co-founder, guitarist and principal songwriter of legendary Japanese rock band BOØWY, who enjoyed phenomenal success as one of Japan’s most popular and revered bands.

HOTEI established himself as a solo artist in the late 80s, after the break up of BOØWY. His debut solo album “GUITARHYTHM” (1989) was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London and its huge success was followed by a string of multi-million selling albums, each one musically different to the last.

HOTEI has contributed to many films, including the Terry Gilliam classic “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1996); he created a new arrangement of the theme song for “Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol” (2011) and performed the song at the premier. HOTEI has also contributed to many successful Japanese films with notable directors, including the Junji Sakamoto films “K.T.” and “Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai”, and Hiroyuki Nakano’s influential “Samurai Fiction” and “Red Shadow”. He also wrote and performed the theme song for detective movie “Lupin The Third”, one of Japan’s biggest films of 2015; Recently HOTEI wrote new theme songs for several programmes on NHK and Fuji TV (2017). He remains in demand as a composer for film and TV. Edit Biography
Composer
Year Title Type Rating
2014 Lupin III
Movie
7.5
2002 KT
Movie
4.0
2000 Another Battle
Movie
6.0
1998 Samurai Fiction
Movie
7.7
Music Editor
Year Title Type Rating
2008 The Last Princess
Movie
6.8
2005 Desire
Movie
7.1
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2008 Room of King
Japanese Drama, 2008, 9 eps
[Himself] (Ep. 2) (Guest Role)
9
[Himself] (Ep. 2)
Guest Role
6.7
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2004 Akai Tsuki
Japanese Movie, 2004,
Colonel Osugi Kanji (Support Role)
Colonel Osugi Kanji
Support Role
6.6
2001 Red Shadow
Japanese Movie, 2001,
Kazamatsuri Rannosuke (Guest Role)
Kazamatsuri Rannosuke
Guest Role
6.3
2000 Another Battle
Japanese Movie, 2000,
Tochino Masatatsu (Main Role)
Main Role
6.0
1998 Samurai Fiction
Japanese Movie, 1998,
Rannosuke Kazamatsuri (Main Role)
Main Role
7.7
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
2020 CDTV Live! Live!
Japanese TV Show, 2020, 125 eps
(Guest)
125
Guest
8.0
2015 EIGHT-JAM
Japanese TV Show, 2015, 430 eps
(Ep. 60, 186, 302) (Guest)
430
(Ep. 60, 186, 302)
Guest
0.0
2015 Nichiyobi no Hatsumimi Gaku
Japanese TV Show, 2015, 0 eps
(Guest)
0
Guest
0.0
2015 Buzz Rhythm
Japanese TV Show, 2015, 515 eps
(Ep. 240) (Guest)
515
(Ep. 240)
Guest
7.9
2010 Arashi ni Shiyagare
Japanese TV Show, 2010, 460 eps
(Ep. 45, 276) (Guest)
460
(Ep. 45, 276)
Guest
8.4
2009 A-Studio+
Japanese TV Show, 2009, 820 eps
(Ep. 119) (Guest)
820
(Ep. 119)
Guest
10.0
2008 Another Sky
Japanese TV Show, 2008, 541 eps
(Ep. 402) (Guest)
541
(Ep. 402)
Guest
9.0
2008 Shabekuri 007
Japanese TV Show, 2008, 610 eps
(Ep. 556) (Guest)
610
(Ep. 556)
Guest
8.2
1996 LOVE LOVE Aishiteru
Japanese TV Show, 1996, 214 eps
(Ep. 86) (Guest)
214
(Ep. 86)
Guest
8.3
1994 Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
Japanese TV Show, 1994, 745 eps
(Guest)
745
Guest
8.4
1986 MUSIC STATION
Japanese TV Show, 1986, 1328 eps
[Performer] (Guest)
1328
[Performer]
Guest
8.0
1964 Music Fair
Japanese TV Show, 1964, 3000 eps
(Guest)
3000
Guest
7.0
1951 Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese TV Show, 1951, 75 eps
(Ep. 72) (Guest)
75
(Ep. 72)
Guest
7.5
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  • First Name: Tomoyasu
  • Family Name: Hotei
  • Native name: 布袋寅泰
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: February 1, 1962
  • Age: 63

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