Takuya (singer) explained

Takuya
Native Name:	浅沼 拓也
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	9 September 1971
Birth Place:	Kyoto, Japan
Instrument:	Guitar, vocals
Genre:	Rock
Occupation:	Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer
Years Active:	1988-present
Label:	Universal Music Japan
Associated Acts:	Judy and Mary, Robots

, better known mononymously as Takuya (stylized in all caps as TAKUYA), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was formerly the second guitarist of the Judy and Mary.^[1] He currently works as a solo artist under the name Takuya and also had a solo project called Robots which was dissolved in 2009. He was previously married to a former geisha from Gion, but they divorced in 2006. His most recent release was a duet with Aya Kamiki titled "W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)", the theme for Kamen Rider W.

Discography

Singles

As Robots

1. 1. "Robot" (October 29, 1997)
   2. "she-through" (May 13, 1998)
2. "Alchemist" (September 9, 1999)
   1. "Jumping Jack" (November 3, 1999)
3. "Cloud Collector" (January 1, 2000)

• Digital singles as Robots
  1. "Greatest delight" (June 18, 2006)
     • 1. "Zero" (December 24, 2008)

As Takuya

1. "I love you" (September 11, 2002)
2. "Hotaru" (October 23, 2002)
3. "Ai x Go! Yu x Go!" (January 18, 2012)

Collaboration

1. "WBX (W-Boiled Extreme)" (November 11, 2009) (with Aya Kamiki)
2. "Over Again" (February 10, 2021) (with Aya Kamiki)

Albums

As Robots

1. Guitar de Pop (November 6, 1997)
2. Cloud Collector (November 3, 1999)
3. Dying Music (September 5, 2007)

As Takuya

1. The Wide Wild World (November 27, 2002)
2. 54 it (read as "go for it") (September 1, 2004)

Music production

• Saruganseki's "Hatsukoi" (Lyrics & composition as Takuya, arrangement as Robots)
• Lucifer's "Seitenshi Blue" (Composition), "Silent Melody" (Composition), "Tokyo Illusion" (Composition), "Carnation Crime" (Composition), "Rinne no Hitomi" (Composition), "Tsubasa" (Composition), & "Hyper Sonic Soul" (Composition)
• Juemilia's "Reset" (Lyrics with Yasushi Akimoto & Composition)
• SMAP's "Susume!"
• Hitomi Takahashi's "Komorebi" (Composition & Arrangement), "Candy Line" (Composition & Arrangement), "Jet Boy Jet Girl" (Composition & Arrangement), & "Tsuyoku Nare" (Composition & Arrangement)

See also

• An Music School

External links

• • Robots official website
• Universal Music profile
• Interview on ototoy

Notes and References

1. Web site: TAKUYA biography. 2012-05-18 . Japanese . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330081136/http://www.universal-music.co.jp/takuya/bio.html. 2012-03-30.