Korg President Seiki Kato released the following statement:
Since he founded Korg Inc. in 1963, Mr. Katoh has led our company with great talent, vision and leadership. He was loved and respected by all the employees and Korg family members, and he made a huge contribution to the lives of countless musicians around the world.Korg USA President Joseph Castronovo released this statement:
Chairman Katoh was a true visionary and a personal friend, and he will be missed by everyone at Korg and indeed, the entire music industry. Over the past twenty years, I have witnessed firsthand the ways in which Korg has flourished under his and his family’s guidance and leadership. His passion and professional goals were one and the same: to provide innovative tools for musicians to help them grow their craft. And those goals remained the same throughout his life and career. He will be deeply missed.A funeral service will be held March 24 in Japan.
Katoh’s legacy includes a long list of amazing instruments, including:
- DA20 DoncaMatic rhythm machine
- Minikorg 700 monophonic synth
- Mini Pops MP120 rhythm machine
- MS20 semi-modular monophonic synth
- SQ10 analog sequencer.
- Mono/Poly monophonic synth.
- PolySix programmable polyphonic synth
- Poly 800 and Poly 800 MkII hybrid analogue/digital polyphonic synths
- DW8000 hybrid analogue/digital polyphonic synth
- M1 61-note music workstation
- Wavestation 61-note polysynth
- Wavedrum drum synth
- Prophecy monophonic synthesizer
- Trinity ProX 88-note keyboard workstation
- Z1 polyphonic physical modeling synthesizer.
- Electribe line of sequencing samplers, synths & drum machines
- Kaoss Pad
- Triton keyboard workstation
- MS2000 analogue modeling synthesizer
- KARMA music workstation
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