national champion on his way to six USGF, four NCAA, and 22 AAU national titles. In 65, he became the only competitor to ever sweep a national men’s competition. An extremely versatile gymnast, …

Sakamoto, who encountered the piano at Miyagi Prefecture Agricultural High School after the school’s devastation by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake tsunami, saw it as a “piano tuned by nature” …

n dance music. Throughout the 1980s, Sakamoto began collaborating with a number of international artists, most notably composing singles such as Bamboo Houses/Bamboo Music with David Sylvian …

Sakamoto is well known f r his involvement a documentary honor of Sakamoto's film about contributions the aftermath in No Nukes activism.

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May 19, 2022 · Sakamoto is committed to upholding UM’s mission on diversity, equity, and inclusion. As part of a team of faculty and students, he received a CoE DEI Faculty Grant to create the …

His hitherto unknown relationship with other YMO members, his unreleased music―with incredible access to his diaries and private footage provided by Sakamoto’s bereaved family, the program...