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Takanami Keitaro
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Takanami Keitaro (高浪慶太郎) is a Japanese musician, guitarist, music producer, and former member of Pizzicato Five and arcorhyme.
Profile
- Other Names: arcorhyme
- Birthday: May 6, 1960
- Birthplace: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
Information
While attend Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku, Takanami joined the band Pizzicato Five with Nomiya Maki and Konishi Yasuharu. Then in 1993, he released his first album, entitled SO SO, under the label Nippon Columbia. A year later, Pizzicato Five disbanded and Takanami began to compose songs for other artists until 2007.
In 2007, he formed the duo arcorhyme with Nishimura Ikuyo. However, a couple month later, Takanami was hospitalized when he was diagnosed with acute myelocytic leukemia. In May 2009, he was discharged from the hospital but arcorhyme broke up. A year later, he established the label playtime rock.
Discography
Albums
- [1993.10.01] SO SO
- [1994.07.21] Everybody's Out Of Town
- [1995.07.01] life-size rock
- [2008.01.23] Amai Hibi -la douce vie- (甘い日々—la douce vie—) (arcorhyme)
- [2010.06.10] Ryuume no Hana Uta (Akaban) (龍馬のハナ唄(赤盤)) (Takanami to Nangasaki Fuaibu)
Best Album
- [1996.07.20] well, better, best 1993/1995
Single
- [1995.06.21] Kimi to Boku to Mainichi to (君と僕と毎日と)
Credits
- tiptoe (Music & Arrangement)
- Ariso de na Saso ni Giri Giri no Blues (Music & Arrangement)
- FM AOR ~Respect Remix For JUNICHI INAGAKI~ (Music & Arrangement)
- Nobody can, but you (Music & Arrangement)
- Arigato (Music & Arrangement)
- RTB (Music & Arrangement)
- Powered Suits wo Datsu ga Sanaide (Music & Arrangement)
- Sound of Love (Arrangement)
- Lunchtime Goodbye (Music & Arrangement)
- Ranchiu (Music & Arrangement)
- Sayonara Jinrui (Music & Arrangement)
- Happy-go-lucky (Music & Arrangement)