Editing Ryuichi Sakamoto (section)

==Personal life==
In 1972, Sakamoto married Natsuko Sakamoto, with whom he had a daughter.<ref name=":3" /> The couple divorced in 1982, when Sakamoto married Japanese pianist and singer [[Akiko Yano]], following several musical collaborations with her including touring work with the [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]. Together, they had a daughter, the singer [[Miu Sakamoto]]. Sakamoto's second marriage ended in August 2006, 14 years after a mutual decision to live separately.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.e-entertainment.info/singer/sakamoto_ryuuichi/post_9.html|work=e-entertainment.info|title=坂本龍一、矢野顕子が仮面夫婦の関係に終止符|date=November 29, 2006|access-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721195818/http://news.e-entertainment.info/singer/sakamoto_ryuuichi/post_9.html|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://news.e-entertainment.info/singer/sakamoto_ryuuichi/post_9.html Translation]</ref> He then married his manager, Norika Sora,<ref name=Sweeting /> with whom he had one child, [[Neo Sora]], an artist and filmmaker.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/02/ryuichi-sakamoto-japanese-pop-pioneer-and-oscar-winning-composer-dies-aged-71|title = Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pop pioneer and Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 71|newspaper = [[The Guardian]]|date = April 23, 2023|access-date = April 2, 2023|last = Beaumont-Thomas|first = Ben}}</ref> Sakamoto lived primarily in [[New York City]] from 1990 until 2020, when he returned to Tokyo.<ref name=Stames />

===Health and death===
Beginning in June 2014, Sakamoto took a year-long break after he was diagnosed with [[oropharyngeal cancer]]. In 2015, he returned, saying, "Right now I'm good. I feel better. Much, much better. I feel energy inside, but you never know. The cancer might come back in three years, five years, maybe 10 years. Also the radiation makes your immune system really low. It means I'm very susceptible to another cancer in my body."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher R.|title=Ryuichi Sakamoto Details 'Gigantic' Score to ''Birdman'' Director's ''The Revenant''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=December 17, 2015|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ryuichi-sakamoto-details-gigantic-score-to-birdman-directors-the-revenant-20151217|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=December 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235504/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ryuichi-sakamoto-details-gigantic-score-to-birdman-directors-the-revenant-20151217?page=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On January 21, 2021, Sakamoto shared a letter on his website announcing that though his throat cancer had gone into remission, he had been diagnosed with [[rectal cancer]], and was undergoing treatment after a successful surgery. He wrote, "From now on, I will be living alongside cancer. But, I am hoping to make music for a little while longer."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sitesakamoto.com/home |title=Home |website=siteSakamoto |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121154347/https://www.sitesakamoto.com/home/ |archive-date=2021-01-21}}</ref>

Sakamoto died from cancer on March 28, 2023, at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2023/music/news/ryuichi-sakamoto-dead-last-emperor-1235570971/|title = Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar Winner for 'Last Emperor' Score, Dies at 71|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = April 2, 2023|access-date = April 2, 2023|last1 = Amorosi|first1 = A. D.|last2 = Saperstein|first2 = Pat}}</ref> His death was announced on April 2, after his funeral had taken place.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 2, 2023 |title=Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese electronic music maestro dies |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65155073 |access-date=April 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2, 2023 |title=What's New |website=siteSakamoto |url=https://www.sitesakamoto.com/whatsnew/ |access-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402124811/http://www.sitesakamoto.com/whatsnew/}}</ref>