Person · Male

櫻井哲夫

From: Tokyo, Japan
Since: 1957–present
Releases: 14

jazz
jazz fusion

About

Tetsuo Sakurai (櫻井(桜井) 哲夫, Sakurai Tetsuo; born 13 November 1957) is a Japanese bassist. To date, he has released a total of 37 albums as a member of Casiopea and Jimsaku and as a solo artist, and has also made 3 bass instructional videos.

From Tetsuo Sakurai on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Casiopea 1976–1989 bass guitar
SHAMBARA 1989–1989 electric bass guitar
Jimsaku 1990–1998
かつしかトリオ 2021–now bass
TetsuJino now eponymous

Discography

Albums 12

Live 2

Links

Listen

Official

tetsuosakurai.com

Social

Buy

Apple Music

Reference

Also known as

Tetsuo Sakurai

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: d044add8-4fd2-4c8a-8c13-0aef18fdfe01
ISNI: 0000000372759588

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.