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Matsumoto Takashi
Matsumoto Takashi (松本隆) is a Japanese lyricist and former drummer of the Japanese rock band Happy End.
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- Birthday: July 16, 1949
- Birthplace: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Information
Matsumoto Takashi was born in the Minato Ward in Tokyo, Japan on July 16, 1949. Matsumoto started to cite lyrics and poetry when he was young when he offered words of encouragement to his parents after his younger sister died at childbirth. When he was a teenager, he often listened the The Beatles and was musically influenced by them. At the same time, he started the rock band Happy End as the drummer with Hosono Haruomi, Ohtaki Eiichi, and Suzuki Shigeru. Because Matsumoto was seen constantly carrying books, Hosono appointed him to write the song lyrics for the band. Since all the members took on a pseudonym, Matsumoto's was "Edo Mondan" (江戸門弾鉄).
Later on, he started to write to lyrics for other artists. His first assignment was writing lyrics for the song "Endan" for the folk group Itsu no Akai Fuusen in 1972. When Happy End broke up at the same time, Matsumoto also started to produce albums starting with Agata Morio's album Les Miserables in 1974. But, it wasn't until the release of the Agnes Chan song "Pocket Ippai no Himitsu" and the Ohta Hiromi song "Yuu no Handkerchief" that Matsumoto became a well-known lyricist.
In the 1980s, Matsumoto's popularity grew bigger as he wrote the lyrics to well-known songs like Imokin Trio's "High School Lullaby". He won his first award at the 23rd Nihon Record Taisho for writing the lyrics for the song "Ruby no Yubiwa" by Terao Akira in 1981. He also wrote lyrics for various idols, including Matsuda Seiko, C-C-B, Yakushimaru Hiroko, and others, that became instant hits and topped the Oricon charts. A decade later, he became well-known for writing various lyrics for the Johnny's group KinKi Kids, including the smash-hit single "Glass no Shounen" which sold over a million copies and is currently is the biggest selling single that contains Matsumoto's lyrics.
Discography
Books
- [1972] Kaze no Kuwawaru Test
- [1985] Binetsu Shounen
- [1987] Maidasu no Yubi
- [1987] Mikazuki Hime
- [1992] Konpeki Kaigan
- [1993] Tengoku e no Kaidan
- [1996] Budou hime
- [2001] Seisouken Shinshi
- [2005] KAZEMACHI CAFE
Credits
- Again
- Hadashi no Bouken
- Heart Tsuushin
- Kokoro ni Tsubasa ni Kudasai
- Pocket Ippai no Himitsu
- Yasashisa Shirazu
- Romantic ga Tomaranai
- School Girl
- Lucky Chance wo Mou Ichido
- Kuusou Kiss
- Genki na Broken Heart
- Naimononedari no I Want You
- 2 Much, I Love U.
- Genshoku Shitai ne
- Dakishimetai
- Love Letter
- Shinjite Ireba
- Love Is Magic
- Asa
- Ashits Atari wa Kitto Haru
- Ashita Tenki ni Naare
- Ayakaichi no Doubutsuen
- Chigiregumo
- Dakishimetai
- Hai Kara Hakuchi
- Hana Ichi Monme
- Happy End
- Haru Ranman
- Haru yo Koi
- Hisame Tsuki no Sketch
- Inaka Michi
- Jyuunigatsu no Ame no Hi
- Kakurenbo
- Kaze wo Atsumete
- Kurayami Saka Musasabi Henka
- Natsu Nan Desu
- Sayonara Toori 3 Banchi
- Shin Shin Shin
- Sora Iro no Kureyon
- Soto wa Ii Tenki
- Teki Thanatos wo Soukise yo!
- Zoku Happy -Iie- Ndo
- Boku no Senaka ni wa Hane ga Aru
- Cinderella Christmas
- Glass no Shounen
- Happy Happy Greeting
- Kiss Kara Hajimaru Mystery
- Kono Mama Te wo Tsunaide
- Hakka Candy
- Jetcoaster Romance
- Swan Song
- Aishuu Komachi
- DUNK
- Free
- Kibun wa Heartbreak
- Kiss
- Jun'ai
- Majo
- Meikyuu no Under Roller
- Mizu no Rouge
- Sunao ja Nakutte Gomen
- Technicolor no Locket
- Wink Killer
- Blue Jeans Memory
- Desperado -Narazu Mono-
- Eien ni Himitsusa
- Furarete BANZAI
- High Teen Boogie
- Horetaze Kanpai
- Made In Japan
- Midnight Station
- Royal Straight Flush
- Sneaker Buru~su
- Tameiki Roka Kabi Billy
- Yokohama Check
- Chi to Hitotsu no Yoru
- Chou Cho
- Ginmaku no Ame
- Hirugao
- Kami Kakushi
- Kokoro no Shimon
- Mamagoto
- Mikan Mizu
- Okaeri Nasai
- Saigo no Houyou
- Seppun
- Yasashii Shoufu
- Aisaretai no
- Akai Kutsu no Ballerina
- Akai Sweet Pea
- All Of You
- Ame no Coney Island
- Ame no Highway
- Ame no Resort
- Aoi Photograph
- AQUARIUS
- Ayashii Nuance
- Bara to Pistol
- Blue
- Blue Christmas
- BITTER SWEET LOLLIPOPS
- Bon Voyage
- Bruges no Kane
- Budou Hime
- Bye-bye Playboy
- Canary
- Caribbean Wind
- Chance wa Nido Nai yo
- Chelsea Hotel no Coffee House
- Christmas Tree
- Daite...
- Dancing Cafe
- December Morning
- Denwa de Date
- Emerald Kaigan
- Fushigi na Shounen
- Fuyu no Yousei
- Giniro no Motorcycle
- Glass Kutsu no Majo
- Glass no Irie
- Glass no Prism
- Hana Hitoiro ~Nogiku no Sasayaki~
- HAPPY SUNDAY
- Heart no Earring
- Heart wo ROCK
- Himawari no Oka
- Himitsu no Hanazono
- Hinagiku no Chiheisen
- Hoshi no Fantasy
- Hoshizora no Drive
- Hotaru no Sougen
- Ichigo Hatake de Tsukamaete
- Issen Ichibyou Monogatari
- Jikan no Kuni no Alice
- Jikan Ryokou
- Jingle Bells mo Kikoenai
- Kamome no Mau Misaki
- Kanashimi no Boat
- Kaze Tachinu
- Kimono Beat
- Koishitara...
- Kokoro no Catch Ball
- Komugi Iro no Mermaid
- Konya wa Sofisticate
- Kootta Iki
- Lemonade no Natsu
- LET'S BOYHUNT
- LOVE
- Love Song
- Madras Check no Koibito
- Mafuyu no Koibitotachi
- Manhattan de Breakfast
- Marionette no Namida
- Marrakech
- MAUI
- Meditation
- Miami Gozen Goji
- Mirai no Hanayome
- Misty
- Mitsurin Shoujo
- Mockingbird
- Nagisa no Balcony
- Natsufuku no Eve
- No.1
- Nobara no Etude
- P・R・E・S・E・N・T
- Pacific
- Party's Queen
- Peach Sherbet
- Pearl-White Eve
- Peper Driver
- Pineapple Island
- Pink no Hyou
- Pink no Mozart
- Pink no Scooter
- Please Don't Go
- Plumeria no Hana
- Private School
- Renga no Komichi
- Ringoshu no Hibi
- Rock'N'Roll Good-Bye
- Rock'n Rouge
- Roller Skate wo Haita Neko
- Romance
- Rose Wine Yori Amaku
- Ruriiro no Chikyuu
- Sakura no Sono
- Seifuku
- Seychelles no Yuuhi
- Shadow Boxer
- Shanghai Club
- Shigatsu no Love Letter
- Shigatsu wa Kaze no Tabibito
- Shiroi Kai no Brooch
- Shiroi Parasol
- Shiroi Yoru
- Silvery Moonlight
- Soyokaze no Faint
- Speed Boat
- Star
- Strawberry Time
- Sunset Beach
- Sweet Memories
- Tasogare wa Orange Lime
- Tengoku no Kiss
- Tongari Yane no Hanaya-san
- Tsuki no Shizuku
- Uraniwa no Garage de Dakishimete
- Velvet Flower
- Wagamama na Kataomoi
- Wing
- WITH YOU
- You Can't Find Me
- Yousei-tachi no Tea Party
- Yuki no Fantasy
- Zoku Akai Sweet Pea
- ...Koi Kamo Shirenai
- 80 Jikan Fuusen Ryokou
- Akogare no Radio Girl
- Aozora
- Asayake ni Dance
- Bouken Ou
- Bungee Jump
- Come Back
- Cool
- Dangan Ressha
- Dear Mr. Sharlock
- Déjà vu
- Digital Twist
- Diner
- Douyoubi You
- Flamingo Kid
- Futari no Slow Dance
- Girl
- Gozen Nanaji no Higeki
- Horizont
- Haruka na Distance
- Haru wo Utta Onna
- Hatoba
- Hirusagari no Table
- Hishochi no Dekigoto
- Hotel
- John to Mary
- Kaiten Tobira
- Karei Naru Gatsby
- Kasei no Tsuki
- Katte ni Shiyagare
- Kouya e
- Kuchibue wo Fuku Onna
- Kuuchuu Teien
- Kyuuketsuki no Rabushiin
- Last Show
- lion Under The Moonlight
- Manhattan Gigolo
- Matenrou no Heroine
- Matsu Onna
- Marie, Come Back
- Mean Streets
- Mizu no Naka no Knife
- Mizu no You ni Kaze no You ni
- Namida no Stela
- Nemurenu Yoru no Sayokyoku
- Natsufuku wo Kita Onna-tachi
- Oirakyan Gudazo
- Ougon Jidai
- Oz no Jitensha Nori
- Paradiso
- Peace
- Pistol
- Portrait Woman
- Riyuu Naki Hankou
- Route 88
- Sanctuary
- Scarecrow
- Scotch and Rain
- Seiya
- Shinku no Mato
- Simple Song
- Sleeping lady
- Slow Boogie ni Shitekure (I Want You)
- Sobakasu no Aru Shoujo
- Standard Number
- Sugar Land Express
- Suteki na Pamela
- Tamashii no Date
- Tenmondai
- Tenshi no Hi
- Totsuzen Honoo no Gotoku
- Tsuki ni Mukatte
- Uchuu Yuuei
- Ukabu Hikou Shima
- Vision In The Rain
- Yogiri no Highway
- Yoru no Tsubasa
- AMERICAN LINE
- Futsuu no Love Song
- Harbor Light
- Ken wa Kakenai
- Marina del Rey
- Mayonaka no Swing
- Tenderness
- Yasashisa Kamishipai
- Garasu no Prism
- Kamitsure
- Kirei à la Mode
- Kokoro no Antenna
- Moe yo Gizamimi Pichu!
- Seikan Hikou
- Sekidou Komachi Doki
- Yakusoku
- Dakishimetai
- Disco Lady
- McGee e no Tegami
- Natsukashi no George Town
- Pillow Talk
- Samui Kuni Kara Kita Onna
- Shinu Hodo Aitai
- SHOW BOAT
- Tokyo Lullaby
- "C"
- "Hate!!!"
- Atsui Yoru
- BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL
- Close Up
- Heart no Switch wo Oshite
- Hitomi no Kageri
- Honoo no Mai
- Houkago
- Inca no Hihou
- Jealously
- JINGI Aishite Moraimasu
- Kiri no Cape Cod
- Nakanai wa
- Namaiki
- Ougon Kaigan
- Peninsula Morning
- Sweden no Shiro
- Toki no Nagare no You ni
- Tsuiteru ne Notteru ne
- WAKU WAKU Sasete
- Akai no High Heel
- Amadare
- Doll
- Furimukeba Yesterday
- Koibito-tachi no 100 no Itsuwari
- Koi no Half Moon
- Kugatsu no Ame
- Renai Yuugi
- Saigo no Ichiyou
- Saraba Siberia Tetsudou
- Shiawase Miman
- Shiroi Kisetsu
- Shitsuren Majutsushi
- Tanpopo
- Yuugake
- Yuu no Handkerchief
- ♥Jikake no Orange
- 1969 Nen no Drag Race
- Ame no Wednesday
- Bachelor Girl
- Canaria Shotou Nite
- Fjord no Shoujo
- FUNX4
- Giniro no Jet
- Glass no Bin no Naka no Fune
- Kimi wa Tennenshoku
- Ki no Ha no Sketch
- Koi no Kisha Poppo
- Koi no Knuckle Ball
- Koisuru Karen
- Lakeside Story
- Mahou no Hitomi
- Midaregami
- Natsu no Paper Bag
- Olive no Gogo
- Pepperment Blue
- Saraba Siberia Tetsudou
- Shiroi Kou
- Sora Tobu Kujira
- Speech Balloon
- Velvet Motel
- Waga Kokoro no Pinball
- Water Color
- Yubikiri
- Hitorigoto
- Jogakusei
- Kazaranai Seishun
- Kuchizuke
- Seishun no Sakamichi
- Tegami no Present
- Wakai Kisetsu
- Akai Pocket
- Fushigi na Orgel
- Lemon wo Kajirinagara
- Kaze wo Atsumete
- Koori no Ningyo
- Midori no Sanbomichi
- Mitsu no Tsuki
- Mou Ichido Furimuite
- Platonic Tsuranuite
- Privacy
- Race no Cardigan
- Sobakasu no Aru Shoujo
- Tomodachi ni Naritai
- Umi wo Miteru Shoujo
- Wagamama na Soramoyou
- 8 Fun Onbu no Shi (8 NOTE-SONG)
- 100 Cent no Tamashii
- 100 Watt no Koibito
- BAD DREAM
- Binetsu Shounen
- BRANDY WINE
- Cold Blood
- Cordoba no Yoru
- Devil Game
- Galaxy Girl
- Ginga Rhapsody
- Hashire Rabbitt
- Hatsugatsu no Nioi
- Havana Cigarette
- Hyacinth
- Image Change
- Jinriki Hikoki no Yoru
- Juliet
- LADY PINK PANTHER
- Lahaina Girl
- Maboroshi
- Mademoiselle
- MOON BABY
- Rainy Station
- Satin Doll
- Spanish Fly (Biyaku)
- Strip Tease
- Summer Wine
- Sweet Inspiration
- Suna no Shoujo
- TOKYO Harbor Lion
- TSUPPARING BLUES
- Tuesday Queen
- VIVA CALIFORNIA
- Yuuyake Hatoba
- Anata wo Motto Shiritakute
- Main Theme
- Sasayaki no Step
- Sukoshi Dake Yasashiku
- Tantei Monogatari
- Ten ni Hoshi, Chi ni Hana
- Woman "W no Higeki" Yori
- Angelina (Yazawa Eikichi)
- Anytime Woman
- Dry Martini
- Gin no Necklace
- Hotel Mamunia
- Nagai Kurukami
- Nagareboshi
- Rashin
- Subway Tokyuu
- Tameiki
- Yasashii Coyote
- Yasumono no Tokei
