Takuya (singer)

Takuya
Native name	浅沼 拓也
Born	September 9, 1971 Kyoto, Japan
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1990-present
Labels	Universal Music Japan
Associated acts	Judy and Mary Robots
Website	www.takuya-web.com

Takuya Asanuma (浅沼 拓也 Asanuma Takuya, born 9 September 1971), known better by his stage name TAKUYA, is a Japanese guitarist and record producer. He was formerly the second guitarist of 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. "Koibito" (コイビト Friend, September 1, 1997)
2. "Robot" (October 29, 1997)
3. "Palette" (パレット Paretto, February 25, 1998)
4. "she-through" (May 13, 1998)
5. "Alchemist" (September 9, 1999)
6. "Irotoridori no Sekai" (イロトリドリ ノ セカイ, September 9, 1999)
7. "Jumping Jack" (November 3, 1999)
8. "Cloud Collector" (January 1, 2000)

• Digital singles as Robots
  1. "Greatest delight" (June 18, 2006)
  2. "Kill Me Lil Bee" (キルミーリルビー Kiru Mī Riru Bī, May 28, 2007)
  3. "Zero" (December 24, 2008)
  4. "Butterfly" (バタフライ Batafurai, January 28, 2009)

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) as "Aya Kamiki w Takuya"

Albums

As Robots

1. Guitar de Pop (November 6, 1997)
2. Cloud Collector (November 3, 1999)
3. Dying Music (September 5, 2007)
4. Kogare Sandy mo Sam mo (転がれサンディもサムも Kogare Sandi mo Samu mo, February 18, 2009)

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)
• Λucifer'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

References

1. "TAKUYA biography". Retrieved 2012-05-18 (Japanese). Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Robots official website (Japanese)
• Universal Music profile (Japanese)
• Interview on ototoy (Japanese)