Tomoyasu Hotei

Tomoyasu Hotei ( Japanese 布袋 寅 泰 Hotei Tomoyasu ; born February 1, 1962 in Takasaki , Gunma ) is a Japanese musician and actor , who made his debut in Europe mainly through his contribution to Battle Without Honor or Humanity in Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill and his first role in Film Samurai Fiction is known, for which he also wrote the score . Hotei is a superstar in his home country.

Tomoyasu Hotei at the Paaspop 2017 Festival in Schijndel , Netherlands .

Life

In Japan he is nicknamed the samurai of the guitar. In addition to his native Japanese, Hotei speaks fluent English and German. He has been married to the Japanese musician and actress Miki Imai since 1999 . Before that he was married to the Japanese musician Kumiko Yamashita from 1986 to 1999. At 1.90 m, it is very large by Japanese standards, which is also alluded to in Samurai Fiction.

Hotei became known with the Japanese punk band Boøwy . After Boøwy's breakup, he founded the band Complex in 1988, with whom he released two albums before being broken up in 1990. In 1988 Hotei released his solo debut Guitarhythm .

Discography

Singles

• Deja-vu (1990)
• Beat Emotion (1991)
• You (1991)
• Lonely Wild (1992)
• Saraba Seshun no Hikari (さ ら ば 青春 の 光, 1993)
• Surrender (サ レ ン ダ ー, 1994)
• Bara to Ame (薔薇 と 雨, 1994)
• Poison (1995)
• Thrill (ス リ ル, 1995)
• Last Scene (ラ ス ト シ ー ン, 1996)
• Inochi wa Moyashitsukusu tame no Mono (命 は 燃 や し つ く す た め の も の, 1996)
• Circus (1996)
• Change Yourself! (1997)
• Thank You & Good Bye (1998)
• Bambina (バ ン ビ ー ナ, 1999)
• Nobody Is Perfect (1999)
• Vampires (2000)
• Lover Junkie (2000)
• Born to be free (2001)
• Russian Roulette (2002)
• Destiny Rose (2002)
• Nocturne No.9 (2003)
• Another Battle (ア ナ ザ ー ・ バ ト ル, 2004)
• Identity (2005)
• Liberty Wing (2005)
• Battle Funktastic (2006) - with Rip Slyme
• Back Streets of Tokyo (2006) - with Brian Setzer
• Stereocaster (ス テ レ オ キ ャ ス タ ー, 2006) - with Char
• Grace (2007) - with Apocalyptica
• How The Cookie Crumbles (2015) - with Iggy Pop

Albums

• Guitarythm (1988)
• Guitarythm II (1991)
• Guitarythm III (1992)
• Guitarythm IV (1994)
• King & Queen (1996)
• Supersonic Generation (1998)
• fetish (2000)
• Scorpio Rising (2002)
• Doberman (2003)
• Electric Samurai (2004)
• Monster Drive (2005)
• Monster Drive Party !!! (2005)
• Soul Sessions (2006)
• Ambivalent (2007)
• Guitarhythm V (2009)
• Strangers (2015)

Film music

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Samurai fiction
• KT
• Shin jingi naki tatakai

Live albums

• Guitarhythm Active Tour '91 -'92 (1992)
• Guitarhythm Wild (1993)
• Space Cowboy Show (1997)
• Space Cowboy Show Encore (1997)
• Tonight I'm Yours (2000)
• Rock The Future Tour 2000-2001 (2001)
• Hotei Live in Budokan (2002)
• Monster Drive Party !!! (2005)
• MTV Unplugged (2007)

DVD / VHS

• Guitarhythm (1989)
• Guitarhythm active tour '91 -'92 (1992)
• Guitarhythm Wild (1993)
• Serious clips (1994)
• Guitarhythm serious climax (1995)
• Cyber ​​city never sleep (1996)
• H (1996)
• Space cowboy show (1997)
• Ssg live rock the future (1998)
• Greatest video 1994-1999 (1999)
• Tonight i'm yours (2000)
• Rock the future 2000-2001 (2001)
• Hotei jukebox (2001)
• Live in budokan (2003)
• Doberman dvd (2003)
• The live doberman (2004)
• Top runner (2005)
• Monster drive party !!! (2005)
• All time super clips (2006)
• All time super best tour (2006)
• Hotei presents "super soul sessions". Brian Setzer vs Hotei vs Char (2007)
• Mtv unplugged (2006)
• Hotei and The Wanderers funky punky tour 2007-2008 (2008)
• Guitarhythm V tour (2009)
• Hotei + Todaji Special live - Fly into your dream - (2009)

Samplers and others

• Guitarhythm Forever Vol. 1 (1995)
• Guitarhythm Forever Vol. 2 (1995)
• Singer on the hide tribute album Spirit (1998)
• Greatest Hits 1990–1999 (1999)
• B-side rendezvous
• Electric Samurai (2004)
• All Time Best Album (November 8, 2005)
• Guitar Concerto / Kamen & Hotei (Album) (1998)
• Soul session (2006)

Web links

• HOTEI Official Site
• My space
• Tomoyasu Hotei in the Internet Movie Database (English)