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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tak Matsumoto
| image = Tak matsumoto.jpg
| caption = '''B'z''' lead guitarist and composer
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| landscape = yes
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Japan
| genre = Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Blues, Jazz, Dance, Adult Rock, Metal
| years_active = 1988–Present
| label = BMG Japan '''(1988-1995)''' Vermillion Records '''(1995-Present)''' House of Strings '''(2004-Present)'''
| website =
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'''Tak Matsumoto''' (''松本孝弘'') is a Japanese guitarist, composer, producer, and songwriter best known as one of the two members of [[B'z]]. He was born March 27, 1961 in Toyonaka, Osaka. With over two decades spent at the top of the Japanese music scene as its foremost guitarist, he is widely recognized and associated with guitar music in his home country and regularly tops polls in the Japanese music community as the country's greatest guitar ambassador. In addition to his many releases as B'z, he has also had a successful solo career in addition to working with musicians from all over the world.

==Discography==
===Singles===
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ts01.jpg|70px|link='88~Love Story/Love Ya]] [['88~Love Story/Love Ya]] (1991)
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|'88~Love Story
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|Love Ya
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ts02.jpg|70px|link=1090 ~Thousand Dreams~]] [[1090 ~Thousand Dreams~|#1090 ~Thousand Dreams~]] (1992)
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|[[1090 ~Thousand Dreams~ (Lyrics)|#1090 ~Thousand Dreams~]]
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|LIFE
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ts03.jpg|155px|link=THE CHANGING]] [[THE CHANGING]] (1999)
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|[[THE CHANGING (Lyrics)|THE CHANGING]]
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|ONE FOR THE ROAD
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|[[THE CHANGING (Lyrics)|THE CHANGING (ORIGINAL TV STYLE)]]
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|[[THE CHANGING (Lyrics)|THE CHANGING (VOCAL & GUITARLESS STYLE)]]
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:tds.jpg|135px|link=Live Life]] [[Live Life]] (2013)
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| [[Live Life (Lyrics)|Live Life -Instrumental-]]
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| [[Live Life (Lyrics)|Live Life -Vocal-]]
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|}

===Albums===
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta01.jpg|150px|link=Thousand Wave]] [[Thousand Wave]] (1988)
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|Thousand Wave
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|Touch Operation
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|SPAIN
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|"99"
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|So Long
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|Vampire Hunter "D"
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|Play It So Loud
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|Teaser
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|Take Five
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|No Way Out
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|- {{Unicode|}} valign="top"
!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta02.jpg|150px|link=Wanna Go Home]] [[Wanna Go Home]] (1992)
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|Wanna Go Home
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|[[99 (Lyrics)|99]]
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|Long Distance Call
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|Love Ya (Interlude)
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|Air Port
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|Life II
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|'88~Love Story
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|Love Ya
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|[[1090 ~Thousand Dreams~ (Lyrics)|#1090 ~Thousand Dreams~]]
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|Jammin' of The Guitar
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|Speed
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|Wanna Go Home (Reprise)
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta01r.jpg|150px|link=Thousand Wave#Thousand Wave Plus]] [[Thousand Wave#Thousand Wave Plus|Thousand Wave Plus]] (1996)
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|Thousand Wave
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|Touch Operation
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|SPAIN
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|"99"
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|So Long
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|Vampire Hunter "D"
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|Play It So Loud
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|Teaser
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|Take Five
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|No Way Out
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|'88~Love Story
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|Love Ya
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta03.jpg|165px|link=KNOCKIN' "T" AROUND]] [[KNOCKIN' "T" AROUND]] (1999)
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|[[THE CHANGING (Lyrics)#~Electric Lady Mix~|THE CHANGING ~Electric Lady Mix~]]
|-
|[[Nothin' But the Blues (Lyrics)|Nothin' But the Blues]]
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|[[HEAVEN (Lyrics)|HEAVEN]]
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|[[SAKURA (Lyrics)|SAKURA]]
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|GO FURTHER
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|[[two of us (Lyrics)|two of us]]
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|[[Kamisama he (Lyrics)|Kamisama he]]
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|[[Fuyu no Hi (Lyrics)|Fuyu no Hi]]
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|[[Ai~Ai~Ai~ (Lyrics)|Ai~Ai~Ai~]]
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|[[Zero Yori Zero Kara (Lyrics)|Zero Yori Zero Kara]]
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|Believin' You
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta04.jpg|165px|link=DRAGON FROM THE WEST]] [[DRAGON FROM THE WEST]] (2002)
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|SACRED FIELD
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|FIGHTING BULL
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|DRAGON FROM THE WEST
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|NOTTEKE
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|Riverside Blues
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|Trinity
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|}

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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta05.jpg|150px|link=Hana]] [[Hana]] (2002)
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|Koi Uta
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|#1090 Sen Mu Ichiya
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|Hana
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|Machi
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|Midousuji BLUE
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|Shu ~Asayake~
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|Little Wing
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|Romeo & Juliet
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|hallelujah
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|ENGAGED
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|You Know....
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|2011
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta07.jpg|150px|link=House Of Strings]] [[House Of Strings]] (2004)
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|WHITE CHRISTMAS
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|Itsuka no Merry Christmas
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|sasanqua~Fuyuu no Yuu
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|Koi Uta
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|#1090
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|Hana
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|Ai no Mama ni...
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|BLUE
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|BLACK JACK
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|SACRED FIELD~RED SUN~GO FURTHER
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|Theme from ULTRAMAN
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|Strings Of My Soul
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|LOVE PHANTOM
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|HOLY NIGHT
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta08.jpg|148px|link=Theatre Of Strings]] [[Theatre Of Strings]] (2005)
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|My Favorite Things
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|Over the Rainbow
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|New Cinema Paradise
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|Moon River
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|The Godfather (Waltz~Love Theme)
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|Enter the Dragon Theme
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|Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
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|Mission Impossible Theme
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|Top Gun Anthem
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|Scarborough Fair Canticle
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|Emmanuelle Theme
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|When You Wish Upon A Star
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|The Magnificent Four
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta09.jpg|150px|link=Strings Of My Soul]] [[Strings Of My Soul]] (2012)
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|#1090 Sen Mu Ichiya
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|The Moment
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|[[Live Life (Lyrics)|Live Life]]
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|TRINITY
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|BLUE
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|Hana
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|Koi Uta
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|sasanqua~Fuyu no Hi
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|THE WINGS
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|SUKIYAKI featuring LARRY CARLTON
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|MY FAVORITE THINGS
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|Romeo & Juliet
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|99
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:Tak Matsumoto New Horizon Cover.png|130px|link=New Horizon]] [[New Horizon]] (2014)
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|New Horizon
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|Take 5
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|[[Feel like a woman tonite (Lyrics)|Feel like a woman tonite]]
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|Rodeo Blues
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|Island of peace
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|That's Cool
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|Shattered Glass
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|[[Tsuki no Akari (Lyrics)|Tsuki no Akari]]
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|Reason to be...
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|BLACK JACK
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|[[Gakuseigai no Kissaten (Lyrics)|Gakuseigai no Kissaten]]
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|Rain
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===Collaborations===
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:trnrsc.jpg|132px|link=Rock'n Roll Standard Club]] [[Rock'n Roll Standard Club]] (1996) —ROCK STANDARDS ALBUM—
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| I GOT THE FIRE
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|FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING
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|CAUSE WE'VE ENDED AS LOVERS
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|INTO THE ARENA
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|ROCK AND ROLL, HOOCHIE KOO
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|MOVE OVER
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|LIFE FOR THE TAKING
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|SUNSET
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|WISHING WELL
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|COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
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|MISTREATED
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:tc01.jpg|150px|link=Ihoujin]] [[Ihoujin]] (2003) —1ST COLLABORATIVE SINGLE—
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|[[Ihoujin (Lyrics)|Ihoujin]] (featuring ZARD)
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|[[Ame no Machi wo (Lyrics)|Ame no Machi wo]] (featuring Akiko Matsuda)
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|[[Ihoujin (Lyrics)|Ihoujin (VOCAL LESS)]]
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|[[Ame no Machi wo (Lyrics)|Ame no Machi wo (VOCAL LESS)]]
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:tc02.jpg|150px|link=Imitation Gold]] [[Imitation Gold]] (2003) —2ND COLLABORATIVE SINGLE—
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|[[Imitation Gold (Lyrics)|Imitation Gold]] (featuring Mai Kuraki)
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|[[Watashi wa Kaze (Lyrics)|Watashi wa Kaze]] (featuring Yuri Nakamura)
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|[[Imitation Gold (Lyrics)|Imitation Gold (VOCAL LESS)]]
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|[[Watashi wa Kaze (Lyrics)|Watashi wa Kaze (VOCAL LESS)]]
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:ta06.jpg|150px|link=The Hit Parade]] [[The Hit Parade]] (2003) —COLLABORATIVE ALBUM—
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|[[Katte ni Shiyagare (Lyrics)|Katte ni Shiyagare]] (featuring Koshi Inaba)
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|[[Ihoujin (Lyrics)|Ihoujin]] (featuring ZARD)
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|[[Namida no Taiyou (Lyrics)|Namida no Taiyou]] (featuring Rina Aiuchi)
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|[[Sonoki ni Sasenaide (Lyrics)|Sonoki ni Sasenaide]] (featuring Yuuka Saegusa, Kitahara Aiko and Takaoka Ai)
|-
|[[Imitation Gold (Lyrics)|Imitation Gold]] (featuring Mai Kuraki)
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|[[Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka (Lyrics)|Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka]]
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|[[Ame no Machi wo (Lyrics)|Ame no Machi wo]] (featuring Akiko Matsuda)
|-
|[[Paper Doll (Lyrics)|Paper Doll]] (featuring Fayray)
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|[["Ichigo Hakusho" wo Mou Ichido (Lyrics)|"Ichigo Hakusho" wo Mou Ichido]] (featuring Akane Sugazaki)
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|[[Foggy Night (Lyrics)|Foggy Night]] (featuring Yumi Shizukusa)
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|[[Shoujo A (Lyrics)|Shoujo A]] (featuring Azumi Uehara)
|-
|[[Byun Byun (Lyrics)|Byun Byun]] (featuring Daria Kawashima)
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|[[Purple Town (Lyrics)|Purple Town]] (featuring Shiroi Takei)
|-
|[[Toki ni Ai wa (Lyrics)|Toki ni Ai wa]] (featuring Keiko Utoku)
|-
|SPINNING TOE-HOLD
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|[[Hitori ~I Stand Alone~ (Lyrics)|Hitori ~I Stand Alone~]] (featuring Jeffrey Qwest)
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|[[Watashi wa Kaze (Lyrics)|Watashi wa Kaze]] (featuring Yuri Nakamura)
|}
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:tmg01.jpg|115px|link=OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~]] [[OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~|OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~]] (2004) —[[TMG]] 1ST SINGLE—
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|[[OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~ (Lyrics)|OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~]]
|-
|[[TRAPPED (Lyrics)|TRAPPED]]
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|[[OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~ (Lyrics)|OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~ (KARAOKE)]]
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|[[TRAPPED (Lyrics)|TRAPPED (KARAOKE)]]
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:tmg02.jpg|150px|link=TMG I]] [[TMG I]] (2004) —[[TMG]] 1ST ALBUM—
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|[[OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~ (Lyrics)|OH JAPAN ~OUR TIME IS NOW~]]
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|[[Everything Passes Away (Lyrics)|Everything Passes Away]]
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|[[KINGS FOR A DAY (Lyrics)|KINGS FOR A DAY]]
|-
|[[I Know You by Heart (Lyrics)|I Know You by Heart]]
|-
|[[I wish you were here (Lyrics)|I wish you were here]]
|-
|[[THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (Lyrics)|THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH]]
|-
|[[Signs of Life (Lyrics)|Signs of Life]]
|-
|[[RED, WHITE AND BULLET BLUES (Lyrics)|RED, WHITE AND BULLET BLUES]]
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|[[TRAPPED (Lyrics)|TRAPPED]]
|-
|[[My Alibi (Lyrics)|My Alibi]]
|-
|[[WONDERLAND (Lyrics)|WONDERLAND]]
|-
|[[TRAIN, TRAIN (Lyrics)|TRAIN, TRAIN]]
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|[[Two of a Kind (Lyrics)|Two of a Kind]]
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|[[NEVER GOOD-BYE (Lyrics)|NEVER GOOD-BYE]]
|}
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!style="background:#eeeeee;" |[[File:takeyourpick.jpg|130px|link=TAKE YOUR PICK]] [[TAKE YOUR PICK]] (2010) —STUDIO ALBUM WITH '''LARRY CARLTON'''—
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|JAZZY BULLETS
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|Nite Crawler 2010
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|THE WAY WE WERE
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|Islands of Japan
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|Neon Blue
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|Tokyo Night
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|hotalu
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|East West Stroll
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|Easy Mystery
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|ao
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|Take Your Pick
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|A girl from China
|}
|}

===Live Tours===
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<big>[[Rock'n Roll Standard Club Band Tour|Rock'n Roll Standard Club Band Tour]]</big>
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Tak's first solo tour outside of B'z. The tour came in support of Tak's solo album, ''[[Rock'n Roll Standard Club]]'', on which he provided his own take on a number of rock classics by the likes of Whitesnake, Led Zeppelin, the Michael Schenker Group, Rick Derringer, and Deep Purple. The live tour consisted of songs not included on the album itself, with further classics such as "Mama Kin" by Aerosmith and "Back in Black" by AC/DC also being covered. B'z support members [[Takanobu Masuda]] and [[Kaichi Kurose]] joined Tak for the tour on keyboards and drums, respectively.
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'''[[Rock'n Roll Standard Club Band Tour|TV Documentary]]'''
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!style="valign:center; background:white"|[[File:dodgethebulletlivelogo.jpg|x130px|link=TMG LIVE TOUR "Dodge The Bullet"]]
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[[TMG LIVE TOUR "Dodge The Bullet"|TMG LIVE TOUR <big>"Dodge The Bullet"</big>]]
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The sole live tour by [[TMG]], Tak Matsumoto Group, an international rock supergroup consisting of Tak alongside members of fellow rock acts Mr. Big's Eric Martin and Night Ranger's Jack Blades. The tour saw the group touring for a month and a half in the summer of 2004 during Tak's break from B'z duties, with the setlist consisting mostly of songs from the group's only album, ''[[TMG I]]''. Notably, the encore also included covers of two classic numbers by Night Ranger and Mr. Big.
<hr>
Concurrent Events: [[SUMMER SONIC 04]]
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[[File:tmg03.jpg|x100px|border|link=Dodge The Bullet (Home Video)]] [[File:DVD.jpg|x15px|link=|border]] [[File:VHS.jpg|x15px|link=|border]]
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!style="valign:center; background:white"|[[File:collaboration2004.jpg|x130px|link=Tak Matsumoto & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Special Collaboration 2004: "Hana"]]
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[[Tak Matsumoto & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Special Collaboration 2004: "Hana"|Tak Matsumoto & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Special Collaboration 2004: <big>"Hana"</big>]]
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A special groundbreaking three-night engagement between Tak Matsumoto and the world-famous Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. The sold-out shows featured Tak playing guitar affront a full orchestra as they performed orchestral arrangements of Tak's compositions both of the solo and B'z varieties. The arrangements were later recorded and released on Tak's solo album of the same year, ''[[House Of Strings]]''.
<hr>
Concurrent Events: [[THURSDAY LIVE at hills Bread Factory "WEST COAST NIGHT vol.2"]], [[THURSDAY LIVE at hills Bread Factory "OOM NIGHT"]], [[12th Seigaku Alumni Festival: Tak Matsumoto Live Concert]]
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'''[[Tak Matsumoto & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Special Collaboration 2004: "Hana"|TV Documentary]]'''
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!style="valign:center; background:white"|[[File:takeyourpicklivelogo.jpg|x150px|link=Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2010 "TAKE YOUR PICK"]]
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[[Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2010 "TAKE YOUR PICK"|Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2010 <big>"TAKE YOUR PICK"</big>]]
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The tour for Tak's collaboration with American jazz legend Larry Carlton in support of their joint album ''[[TAKE YOUR PICK]]''. The tour held Japanese dates from June to September, followed by two dates in Taiwan and Hong Kong later in October. Many of the performances were held with two per day at select venues. All songs from the joint album were played during the setlist, followed by an encore consisting of Larry's well-regarded classic "Room 335" and Tak's most well-known solo effort "[[1090 ~Thousand Dreams~|#1090 ~Thousand Dreams~]]".
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[[File:takeyourpicklive.jpg|x100px|border|link=Koshi Inaba LIVE 2010 ~enII~ (Home Video)]] [[File:DVD.jpg|x15px|link=|border]]
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!style="valign:center; background:white"|[[File:taklive2014.jpg|x130px|link=Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2014 -New Horizon-]]
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[[Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2014 -New Horizon-|Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2014 <big>-New Horizon-</big>]]
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Tour in support of Tak's 2014 solo album ''[[New Horizon]]''. It is the first true solo tour by Tak in his career. The tour is set to span one month, from May to June, and again sees Tak playing double shows for many of the venues as he did in 2010. Support members include [[John Ferraro]] on drums, [[Travis Carlton]] on bass, [[Akira Onozuka]] on keyboards, and [[Yoshinobu Ohga]] on backup guitar.
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= Guitars =
Not just that his first guitar ever was a Gibson, he also had the privilege of becoming the first japanese signature artist for Gibson. After being introduced by Steve Vai, a longterm and good friend of Matsumoto, he got his first '''[[Signature Models|Signature Model]]''' in 1999. He sure made up for that honor by snatching the most signature models made by Gibson. Until now he has a total of eight. While most of the Gibson Signature models are only available in Japan, Epiphone took up the effort to produce the models for the US market. 

<gallery class="center">
File:canary_yellow.jpg|Tak Matsumoto Les Paul Canary Yellow
File:tak_burst.jpg|Tak Matsumoto Les Paul Tak Burst
File:TakDC.jpg|Tak Matsumoto Les Paul DC Tak Burst
File:tak_ebony.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto Doublecut Custom Ebony|Double Cut Ebony]]
File:tak_blue.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto DC Standard Flame Top Aqua Blue|Double Cut Standard Flame Top Aqua Blue]]
</gallery>

= Hardware =
Over the years Tak Matsumoto has collected and received many different Hardware-Setups for his Live-Concerts and recordings.
Commonly known are his '''[[Signature Models|Signature Guitars]]''' which he plays during Live-Gyms since 1999. In 2013 Dunlop has awarded him his own Dunlop-Cry-Baby as a Signature Model named '''[[Tak Cry Baby]]'''.

2013-10-09T18:09:07Z

Kogorou:

Tak Matsumoto Rig

2013-10-09T18:08:37Z

Kogorou:

http://www.reocities.com/ferocious_1999/bz/effect1.html 
 
Snag it and tag it soon 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 

The sound of '''[[Tak Matsumoto]]''' highly influenced by Jazz and Rock given life by his '''[[Signature Models|Signature Guitars]]''' and finally put over the top by his guitar rigs. 

= Gallery =
<gallery class="center">
File:cae rig.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto Rig 1|Setup 1]]
File:TMrack02.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto Rig 2|Setup 2]]
</gallery>

2013-10-08T14:27:17Z

Kogorou:

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tak Cry Baby
| image = tmcb overlook.png
| caption = Taks signature Wah-Pedal
| origin = Japan
}}

In 2013 Dunlop release the Tak Cry Baby their first signature Wah-Wah for a japanese Artist. It's release was set for September 2013.
With this '''[[Tak Matsumoto]]''' receives his first signature Wah-Padel and once again gets the honor to be the first japanese Artist for whom a signature hardware is released.

= Technical Specs =
Powered by either a 9V AC Power Adapter or a 9V Battery-Block this Wah-Pedal has two modes which can be switched by either a external pedal or the internal mini-switch. Mode 1 emphasizes the tremble sound while Mode 2 takes advantage of the wide range of the Cry-Baby for lead-guitar playing. The LED on the heel signals the mode in which the pedal currently is. On behalf of a special request from Tak Matsumoto the pedals angel is slightly shorter while set in Mode 2.

= Gallery =

<gallery>
File:tmcb right.png
File:tmcb left.png
File:tmcb overlook.png
File:tmcb front.png
File:tmcb back.png
</gallery>

= Soundcheck =

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0_TnM-fVzk

Tak Matsumoto Rig

2013-08-07T21:59:33Z

Kogorou:

User:Kogorou

2013-08-07T21:52:34Z

Kogorou: /* in progress */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kogorou
| image = kogorou.png
| caption = Wiki author
| image_size = 
| landscape = yes
| background = personal
| origin = Germany
| genre = Rock, Hard Rock, Blues, Jazz, Pop
| years_active = 2012–Present
| label =
| website =
| current_members =
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}}

= Work =
This is what Kogorou is working on, or planning to work on or consideres done :)

== My Templates ==
'''[[Template:GUITAR]]'''
 Still needs: correct infobox

== planned ==

'''[[Takanobu Masuda]]''' 
'''[[Tokunaga Akihito]]''' 
'''[[Shinichiro Ohta]]''' 

== in progress ==
This articles are currently not meant to be read by others because most of the informations are missing. 
 

Article about Taks Setup 
'''[[Tak_Matsumoto_Rig]]''' 
http://www.moridaira.jp/jim_dunlop/crybaby-jd


An article about Taks custom guitars. 
http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?p=725858#p725858
'''[[Signature Models]]'''

=== Guitars ===
==== Gibson ====
<gallery class="center">
File:canary_yellow.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto Les Paul Canary Yellow|Canary Yellow]]
File:tak_burst.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto Les Paul Tak Burst|Tak Burst]]
File:TakDC.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto Les Paul DC Tak Burst|Double Cut Tak Burst]]
</gallery>

==== Epiphone ====
<gallery class="center">
File:gold_top.jpg|[[Tak Matsumoto DC Standard Goldtop|Double Cut Gold Top]]
</gallery>

== nearly done ==
This articles can be read and are so far complete, I am just not happy because some informations are missing. 
 
'''[[Barry Sparks]]''' Some more information about collaboration with '''[[B'z]]''' 
'''[[B'z LIVE-GYM 2006 -MONSTER'S GARAGE- (Home Video)]]''' 
'''[[Koshi Inaba]]''': Article still needs some adjustments (more infos). [ THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO HIM ] 

== considered done ==
Everything here needs a checkup from another person. I filled the article with as much informations as I could find and tried to avoid typos (even thought I consider them an endagered species and therefore need to be protected from harm). 
 
'''[[Shane Gaalaas]]''' 
'''[[B'z LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE"]]''' 
'''[[Tak Matsumoto]]''' 
'''[[Tak_Cry_Baby]]'''

Tak Matsumoto Rig

2013-08-07T21:51:02Z

Kogorou:

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 
= Setup 1 =
1-DMC System Mix 
2-TC Electronic 2290 
2-TC Electronic M3000 
1-TC Electronic G Force 
1-Eventide DSP7000 
1-DBX 266XL 
1-Mesa High Gain Amp Switcher 
1-Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Shop Rack Wah (newer version) 
1-Custom Mark Snyder interface 
1-Furman AR Pro power regulator 
3-Mesa Boogie Roadkings 
2-Mesa Boogie Lonestars 

Costs around 50K

= Gallery =
<gallery class="center">
File:TMrack01.jpg|Setup 1
File:TMrack02.jpg|Setup 2
File:TMrack03.jpg|Setup 3
</gallery>

Tak Matsumoto Rig

2013-08-07T21:50:42Z

Kogorou:

= Setup 1 =
1-DMC System Mix 
2-TC Electronic 2290 
2-TC Electronic M3000 
1-TC Electronic G Force 
1-Eventide DSP7000 
1-DBX 266XL 
1-Mesa High Gain Amp Switcher 
1-Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Shop Rack Wah (newer version) 
1-Custom Mark Snyder interface 
1-Furman AR Pro power regulator 
3-Mesa Boogie Roadkings 
2-Mesa Boogie Lonestars 

Costs around 50K

= Gallery =
<gallery class="center">
File:TMrack01.jpg|Setup 1
File:TMrack02.jpg|Setup 2
File:TMrack03.jpg|Setup 3
</gallery>

Tak Matsumoto Rig

2013-08-07T21:49:51Z

Kogorou: Created page with "= Setup = 1-DMC System Mix 2-TC Electronic 2290 2-TC Electronic M3000 1-TC Electronic G Force 1-Eventide DSP7000 1-DBX 266XL 1-Mesa High Gain Amp Switcher 1-Dunlop Cry Baby Cu..."

= Setup =
1-DMC System Mix
2-TC Electronic 2290
2-TC Electronic M3000
1-TC Electronic G Force
1-Eventide DSP7000
1-DBX 266XL
1-Mesa High Gain Amp Switcher
1-Dunlop Cry Baby Custom Shop Rack Wah (newer version)
1-Custom Mark Snyder interface
1-Furman AR Pro power regulator
3-Mesa Boogie Roadkings
2-Mesa Boogie Lonestars

Costs around 50K

= Gallery =
<gallery class="center">
File:TMrack01.jpg
File:TMrack02.jpg
File:TMrack03.jpg
</gallery>

File:TMrack03.jpg

2013-08-07T21:49:47Z

Kogorou:

File:TMrack02.jpg

2013-08-07T21:49:32Z

Kogorou:

File:TMrack01.jpg

2013-08-07T21:48:30Z

Kogorou: