A main members were Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards).

A band was originally conceived as a of these-off studio plan by Hosono, a more ii members existence recruited session musicians - a idea was to create an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) by having modern electronics. Nonetheless the number one album (by having its cutting-edge production) was super popular, & a studio plan grew into a fully mature traveling b& and career for its tercet members.

Making abundant apply of recently synthesizers, samplers, digital & computer recording technology when it became available, their popularity and influence extended beyond Japan. Typically a b& were extremely look upon electronic pioneers, & prove my point to become remixed and sampled by modern creative person.

A band experienced stopped working together by 1984, a deuce-ace members giving to their solo careers. It freed the 1-off reuinion album, Technodon, around 1993.

A early 2000s saw Hosono & Takehashi reunited in a project called Sketch Show.

Original albums
Yellow Magic Orchestra 1978 (This original version was released inside Japan) Yellow Magic Orchestra (US release), 1979 (This version was remixed for release in the USA & likewise featured newly handle art) Solid State Survivor, 1979 ×∞ Multiplies (mini-album) 1980 (a compilation album with the same title & artwork but different track listing was released in the USA) BGM, 1981 Technodelic, 1981 Naughty Boys, 1983 Naughty Boys Instrumental, 1983 Service, 1983 Technodon, 1993

Live albums
Transatrantic Tour 1979, 1979 Public Pressure, 1980 Winter Survive 1981, 1981 Technodon Survive, 1983 After Service, 1984 Sham Holic, 1991

Best of albums
Sealed, 1984 UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Sorcerous Orchestra, 2003