Personal life
Kitaro is a star, but he is very simple. "Nature inspires me. I am only a messenger," he said. "For me, some songs like the clouds, some are like water." Since 1983 his appreciation of nature makes Kitaro every year thanks to Mother Earth in a "concert" on Mount Fuji special or near his home in Colorado. By the time the full moon in August, he hit the Taiko drums from dusk to dawn. Often his hands all bloody, but he kept hitting.
From 1983 until 1990 he lived with his first wife, Yuki Taoka. Yuki was the daughter of Kazuo Taoka, godfather of Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest Yakuza syndicate. Kitaro and Yuki have a son-times, Ryūnosuke, who lives in Japan. They separated because Kitaro worked mostly in the United States, while Yuki lived and worked in Japan. In the mid-1990s Kitaro married Keiko Matsubara, a musician who played on several albums. With her and her son, Kitaro live in Ward, on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado (USA) on a parcel of land which covers about 730 000 m²) and compose songs in his home studio "Mochi House" with an area of 230 m² (large enough to accommodate a orchestra to 70 players).
Solo career
Kitaro is a star, but he is very simple. "Nature inspires me. I am only a messenger," he said. "For me, some songs like the clouds, some are like water." Since 1983 his appreciation of nature makes Kitaro every year thanks to Mother Earth in a "concert" on Mount Fuji special or near his home in Colorado. By the time the full moon in August, he hit the Taiko drums from dusk to dawn. Often his hands all bloody, but he kept hitting.
From 1983 until 1990 he lived with his first wife, Yuki Taoka. Yuki was the daughter of Kazuo Taoka, godfather of Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest Yakuza syndicate. Kitaro and Yuki have a son-times, Ryūnosuke, who lives in Japan. They separated because Kitaro worked mostly in the United States, while Yuki lived and worked in Japan. In the mid-1990s Kitaro married Keiko Matsubara, a musician who played on several albums. With her and her son, Kitaro live in Ward, on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado (USA) on a parcel of land which covers about 730 000 m²) and compose songs in his home studio "Mochi House" with an area of 230 m² (large enough to accommodate a orchestra to 70 players).
Solo careerBack to Japan, Kitaro started his solo career in 1977. His first two albums Ten Kai and From the Full Moon Story became a favorite among fans of the New Age movement that had just been born. But NHK film music for the series "Silk Road" was the famous, which makes international attention.
He signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Geffen Records in 1986. In 1987 he collaborated with various musicians, eg with Micky Hart (Grateful Dead) and Jon Anderson (Yes) and record sales soar to 10 million copies worldwide. In addition, he was nominated twice for Grammy and music iringannya (for the film "Heaven & Earth") won the prize in 1994 as the best original musical works. Success of the largest music prize in 2001 Grammy for his album Thinking of You.
Youth
While in high school she loves music and Rhythm & Blues Soul. He learned to play electric guitar and performing with his band, "Albatross" at parties and clubs. At that time he was heavily influenced by Otis Redding, an American R & B musician. "Rhythm and blues have a certain depth, emotion, how should I say? The audience felt the same emotions from my msuik. Music I'm not the rhythm and blues, but it feels like a soul."
In the early 1970s he had changed course and playing keyboards. He joined the "Far East Family Band" and toured with the band's world tour. In Europe, he met the German synthesizer musician and co-founder of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze. Schulze produced two albums for the band, and gives some clues to Kitaru about how to use a synthesizer.
In 1976 he left the band and traveling in Asia (China, Laos, Thailand, India).
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