Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋 寅泰, Hotei Tomoyasu, born February 1, 1962 in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture) is a Japanese musician, guitarist and actor.
Born to a Korean father and a Japanese/Russian mother, Hotei first began playing the guitar in junior high school. In high school, his band Blue Film finished runners up in a school contest to Death Penalty, a band led by Kyosuke Himuro. Hotei was expelled shortly before graduation. The reason was that, when war...
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Date of birth:
- Feb 1, 1962 (age 47 years)
Place Musical Career Began:
Instruments Played:
Also known as:
- 布袋寅泰,
- Tomoyasu Hote,
- Tomoyasu Hotei and Ray Cooper ,
- ほてい ともやす,
- Tomayasu Hotai,
- ほていともやす,
- 布袋 寅泰,
- Hotei,
- Tomashu Hotei,
- tomasu hotai,
- Hotei, Tomoyasu
