# Takuya (singer)

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Takuya
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| native_name      = 浅沼 拓也
| native_name_lang = ja
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| alias            =
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|09}}
| birth_place      = [Kyoto](/source/Kyoto), Japan
| death_date       =
| instrument       = [Guitar](/source/Guitar), [vocals](/source/Singing)
| genre            = [Rock](/source/Rock_music)
| occupation       = Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer
| years_active     = 1988–present
| label            = [Universal Music Japan](/source/Universal_Music_Group)
| associated_acts  = [Judy and Mary](/source/Judy_and_Mary), Robots
| website          = {{URL|www.takuya-web.com}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Takuya Asanuma'''|浅沼 拓也|Asanuma Takuya|born 9 September 1971}}, 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 [Judy and Mary](/source/Judy_and_Mary).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/takuya/bio.html|title=TAKUYA biography|accessdate=2012-05-18 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330081136/http://www.universal-music.co.jp/takuya/bio.html|archivedate=2012-03-30}}</ref> 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](/source/geisha) from [Gion](/source/Gion), but they divorced in 2006.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} His most recent release was a duet with [Aya Kamiki](/source/Aya_Kamiki) titled "[W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)](/source/W-B-X_(W-Boiled_Extreme))", the theme for ''[Kamen Rider W](/source/Kamen_Rider_W)''.

==Discography==
===Singles===
;As Robots
#{{nihongo|"Koibito"|コイビト|Friend|September 1, 1997}}
#"Robot" (October 29, 1997)
#{{nihongo|"Palette"|パレット|Paretto|February 25, 1998}}
#"she-through" (May 13, 1998)
#"Alchemist" (September 9, 1999)
#{{nihongo|"Irotoridori no Sekai"|イロトリドリ ノ セカイ||September 9, 1999}}
#"Jumping Jack" (November 3, 1999)
#"Cloud Collector" (January 1, 2000)
*Digital singles as Robots
*#"Greatest delight" (June 18, 2006)
*#{{nihongo|"Kill Me Lil Bee"|キルミーリルビー|Kiru Mī Riru Bī|May 28, 2007}}
*#"Zero" (December 24, 2008)
*#{{nihongo|"Butterfly"|バタフライ|Batafurai|January 28, 2009}}

;As Takuya
#"I love you" (September 11, 2002)
#"Hotaru" (October 23, 2002)
#"Ai x Go! Yu x Go!" (January 18, 2012)

;Collaboration
#"[WBX (W-Boiled Extreme)](/source/WBX_(W-Boiled_Extreme))" (November 11, 2009)  (with [Aya Kamiki](/source/Aya_Kamiki))
#"Over Again" (February 10, 2021) (with [Aya Kamiki](/source/Aya_Kamiki))

===Albums===
;As Robots
#''Guitar de Pop'' (November 6, 1997)
#''Cloud Collector'' (November 3, 1999)
#''Dying Music'' (September 5, 2007)
#{{nihongo|''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
#''The Wide Wild World'' (November 27, 2002)
#''54 it'' (read as "go for it") (September 1, 2004)

==Music production==
*Saruganseki's "Hatsukoi" (Lyrics & composition as Takuya, arrangement as Robots)
*[Lucifer](/source/Lucifer_(Japanese_band))'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](/source/Yasushi_Akimoto) & Composition)
*[SMAP](/source/SMAP)'s "Susume!"
*[Hitomi Takahashi](/source/Hitomi_Takahashi_(singer))'s "[Komorebi](/source/Komorebi)" (Composition & Arrangement), "[Candy Line](/source/Candy_Line)" (Composition & Arrangement), "[Jet Boy Jet Girl](/source/Jet_Boy_Jet_Girl_(Hitomi_Takahashi_song))" (Composition & Arrangement), & "[Tsuyoku Nare](/source/Tsuyoku_Nare)" (Composition & Arrangement)

==See also==
* An Music School

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.takuya-web.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.robots-web.com/ Robots official website] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/takuya/ Universal Music profile] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://ototoy.jp/feature/index.php/20090323/ Interview on ototoy] {{in lang|ja}}

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Category:1971 births
Category:21st-century Japanese composers
Category:21st-century Japanese guitarists
Category:Japanese composers
Category:Japanese record producers
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese male guitarists
Category:Singers from Kyoto
Category:Universal Music Japan artists
Category:21st-century Japanese male composers

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