Japanese guitarist, composer, producer
, is a Japanese guitarist, composer and arranger under Being Inc. agency and member of the fusion band DIMENSION. He is a former member of the pop group B.B.Queens and Bluew.
Biography.
The beginnings of his career are dated from year 1983, where he signed under a music agency and was primarily active as a musician and back band member. In 1987, when Takashi was member of the band Bluew (1987-1989) as a guitarist. At the same time he became a consistent member of the live tours for the singer Mari Hamada. In 1990, he published his first solo work "Speaks" under BMG Victor and became the member of the group B.B. Queens, whom they won 32nd Japan Record Award and appeared in the national new-year program Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
After dissolution of the group in 1992, in the same year he became the member of the fusion band Dimension with the saxophonist Kazuki Katsuta and keyboardist Akira Onozuka. He is an active member as of 2023.
In 2003, Takashi released his first collaborative album Tsuki with the Japanese guitarist Koichi Yabori from the band Fragile. In 2005, he was part of the guitarist session along with Michiya Haruhata from Tube, and Yoshinobu Ohga from the OOM and released together compilation album "Theatre Of Strings" produced and composed by japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto from the rock band B'z.
In 2011, Takashi took the part of the B.B.Queens reunite and was involved with the recording for compilation and new original album. However unlike another members, he did not took part in the part of Live Tour "Being Legend" in 2012.
Since 2012, the agency under which he is signed in, has launched once-in-year event "Being Legend: Guitar summit", in which he performs on live venues with juniors such as Akihide from Breakerz, Hiroshi Shibazaki from Wands, Shinji Tagawa from Deen, Takashi Gomi from T-BOLAN and Michiya Haruhata from Tube.
In 2014, he became a part of the Mario Kart band in which he performed for the series of Super Mario Games: Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario Odyssey.
Discography.
As of 2023, he has released 3 studio albums and 3 collaborative albums.
List of providing contributions for artists.
Note: this list contains only credits for lyrics, composition and arrangement.
List of providing recordings for the artist.
Note: this list contains only credits for performer as guitarist
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