Takashi Matsumoto

Folk rock, Musical Artist

1949 –

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Who is Takashi Matsumoto?

Takashi Matsumoto is a Japanese lyricist and former musician. He was a member of the pioneering rock band Happy End, for which he played the drums and wrote lyrics. Before Happy End he was in the short-lived but influential psychedelic rock band Apryl Fool, going by the alias Reiji Matsumoto.

He was most prolific in late 70's and 80's, offering lyrics to many idol singers such as Agnes Chan, Seiko Matsuda, Kyōko Koizumi, Miho Nakayama, Masahiko Kondo and Hiroko Yakushimaru as well as musical artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra. Also, Akira Terao's hit song "Ruby no Yubiwa" which won the 23rd Japan Record Award Grand Prix was written by Matsumoto.

The songs "Garasu no Shounen", "Hakka Candy" and "Boku no Senaka ni wa Hane ga Aru" by KinKi Kids are some of his notable recent work.

Total sales of his works equal over 49,460,000 copies.

He is a Keio University graduate.

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Born
Jul 16, 1949
Tokyo
Also known as
  • Matsumoto, Takashi
  • 松本 隆
  • まつもと たかし
Profession
Employment
  • Natsume Co., Ltd

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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