{{Infobox musical artist | name = Takuya | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | native_name = 浅沼 拓也 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|09}} | birth_place = Kyoto, Japan | death_date = | instrument = Guitar, vocals | genre = Rock | occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer | years_active = 1988–present | label = Universal Music Japan | associated_acts = 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.<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 from Gion, but they divorced in 2006.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} 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 #{{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)" (November 11, 2009) (with Aya Kamiki) #"Over Again" (February 10, 2021) (with 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'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== {{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