Skripsi ini membahas peranan Sakamoto Ryūichi terhadap munculnya genre baru dan perkembangan musik populer Jepang. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan desain deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peran Ryuichi Sakamoto berpengaruh terhadap munculnya genre techno-pop di Jepang dan perkembangan musik jenis electronic dan semacamnya pada era selanjutnya. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari banyaknya artis-artis baru yang mengusung genre techno dan festival musik dengan genre serupa, serta tempat-tempat seperti klub yang menyediakan instrumen elektronik seperti synthesizer bagi para penggemar musik techno.

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The study focuses on the role of Sakamoto Ryūichi for the born of new music genre and the development of popular music in Japan. This study is categorized as qualitative study with a description method. Result of the study reveals that Sakamoto Ryūichi has played a main role on the new music genre of techno-pop in Japan and the development of the other electronic-music for the following era. It can be seen from many artists who chose this new techno genre and many festival music were conducted with similar genre. Then it is followed by many music clubs which provide electronic instrument such as synthesizer to accommodate the need of techno-music lovers.