NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Ryuichi Sakamoto on 16 May 2023. Ryuichi Sakamoto has been played on NTS over 900 times, featured on 717 episodes and was first played on 20 January 2014.

Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本龍一, Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. He attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he earned a B.A. in music composition and an M.A. with special emphasis on both electronic and ethnic music. Sakamoto recorded his first solo album in 1978, which included the songs Thousand Knives and The End…