Takuro (musician)

Infobox Musical artist


Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Instrument = Guitar
piano
keyboards
Name = Takuro Kubo
久保 琢郎
Born = Birth date and age|1971|5|26|mf=y
Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan
Alias = TAKURO
Genre = Japanese rock/pop
Associated_acts = GLAY
Label = Toshiba-EMI
Capitol Records
Notable_instruments =
Years_active = 1988 - present (GLAY)

Takuro (久保　琢郎, "Kubo Takuro"; born May 26, 1971 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō) is one of the guitarists and leader of the popular Japanese rock band GLAY. He is the main composer and lyricist of GLAY's songs.As a composer and a musician, Takuro has worked with different artists. He's also released solo works.

Takuro and his older sister were raised by a single mother, as she never re-married after his father's death, when Takuro was three years old. He considers his mother an early influence in his musical career, as he was strongly impressed by her singing. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/4919/mnsons.html|title=Takuro's 1996 Mother Rock Magazine Inteview|accessdate=2008-09-19 ] [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/4919/history2.html|title=NHK TV Documentary "GLAY Kiseki to Eikou no Mukouni"=2008-10-05 ]

Later on, during his adolescence, he would be influenced by John Lennon, and would develop a great interest in writing lyrics. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/4919/takuro03.html|title=Takuro's 1998 Groovy Magazine Inteview|accessdate=2008-10-05 ] His lyrics are often based on his feelings about different situations in his life, as well as events in the world. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Arena/4919/mnsons.html|title=Takuro's 1996 Mother Rock Magazine Inteview|accessdate=2008-09-19 ]

In 2003 Takuro released "Kyoukai", an auto-biographical book, in which he writes about his personal life and his musical work. Among its topics are his childhood in Hakodate and a woman who he loved for ten years and who turned him down when he proposed marriage to her.

Takuro is married to Japanese model Seri Iwahori as of May 2004. They have one son, born in October 2005 and a daughter, born in October 2007. They own a house in Los Angeles, California.

List of Solo Works

olo Albums

Album: Instrumental Collection
*artist: TAKURO
*release date: September 19th, 1998
* Tracks:
** HOWEVER
** SOUL LOVE
** Yes, Summerdays
** Ikiteku Tsuyosa
** Miyako Wasure
** a Boy~Zutto Wasurenai~
** Kuchibiru
** Manatsuno Tobira
** Zutto Futari de...
** Glorious
** Yuuwaku
** BELOVED

Album: FLOW of SOUL vol 1. Takuro meets Vanessa Mae
*artists: Takuro and Vanessa Mae
*release date : april 24th, 2002
* tracks:
** Way of Difference
** Francis Elena　featuring Vanessa Mae　
** Zutto Futtari de・・
** Glorious
** a Boy ～zutto wasurenai～
** Kanojo no "Modern・・・"
** HOWEVER
** I'm in Love
** Yuuwaku
** Biribiri crashman
** Sen no naifu ga mune wo sasu
** Pure Soul

ongwriting for other artists

Single: Summer Shakes
*artist:Miju
*songs: "Summer Shakes" and "I believe you"

Single: Mitsumeteitai
*Artist:ROMI
*songs: "Mitsumeteitai" and "Moon~ watashi he"

Single: COUPLES
*artist: Miju
*songs: "Couples" and "Love Is Always Trouble"

Single: LOVE CLOVER
*artist: Miho Nakayama
*song: LOVE CLOVER

Single: kokoro ni amega
*artist: Hideki Ohtoku
*song:: kokoro ni amega

Single: Fairyland
*artist: Yuki Koyanagi
*song: Fairyland (under the pseudonym "L. Soul")

Single: リズムとルール
*artist: Ryoko Shinohara
*song:リズムとルール (composed the music under the pseudonym "L. Soul")

Album: Distance
*artist: Hikaru Utada
*songs: "Drama" and "Time Limit" (composed the music with Utada Hikaru under the name "Kubo Takuro". "Time Limit" was also released as a single)

Single: Sweet Season
*artist: SONO
*song: Sweet Season|(composed the music under the pseudonym "L.Soul")

Album: Hana
*artist: Tak Matsumoto
*song: Engaged (music by Takuro and Tak Matsumoto)

Single: Re-lax
*artist: Stealth
*song: 灼熱 (music)

Album: Style
*artist: Namie Amuro
*song: LOVEBITE

Album: Singer for Singer
*artist: MISIA
*song: Fuyu no etorage (theme song for the movie Umineko, with backing vocals by TERU)

Album: Romantic Energy
*artist: Joshijunigakubo (Twelve Girls Band)
*song: Ruten

Album: Sing and Roses
*artist: Misato Watanabe
*song: Kiss from a rose (music)

Single: Hitoiro
*artist: Nana starring Mika Nakashima
*songs: "Hitoiro" and "Eyes for the Moon" ("Hitoiro" is theme song for the movie Nana 2 and "Eyes for the Moon" is in the movie's sound track).

Album: In the Mood
*artist: Kyosuke Himuro
*song: Say Something (lyrics)

Go ahead!!!
*artist: Mitsuhiro Oikawa
*song Go Ahead!!! (music)

pecial features

Single: Bridge over troubled water
*artist: Junko
*song: Together (guitar)

Album: Poetic Evolution
*artist: Yukinojo Mori
*song: Ango (with HISASHI and TERU)

"'single: ZERO LANDMINE
*artist: N.M.L.(NO MORE LANDMINE)
*música: ZERO LANDMINE (guitar)

Album: Kuzu Album
*artist: Kuzu
*song: ai nante (with TERU)

Album: In the Mood
*artist: Kyosuke Himuro
* song: Say Something (with GLAY)

Books

*Along the Line: photobook made in Africa.
*Kyoukai (2003): autobiography.
*Hokkaido e (July 2008) :a 2007 series of articles written by Takuro and originally published by Asahi Newspaper.

External links

* [http://www.glay.co.jp/ HAPPY SWING SPACE SITE] - Official website ja icon
* [http://glay.oboroduki.com/glay2.htm]