# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masayoshi-takanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:05:06.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masayoshi-takanaka"
name: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
slug: "masayoshi-takanaka"
description: "Masayoshi Takanaka is a Japanese musician and record producer. Known for his virtuosic guitar playing and skilled musicianship, Takanaka rose to fame and achieved commercial success during the 1970s and 1980s. He composes and performs across various different music genres. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Takanaka has released more than 20 albums and continues to perform."
tagline: "Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger, producer (1953-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takanaka_at_The_Wiltern.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953-03-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.72
  momentum:             1.988286301057276
  historical:           12.33625066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/takanaka_official/"
    handle:    "takanaka_official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200172/"
    handle:    "nm1200172"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Ex4vjQ6mSh5woTlDWto6d"
    handle:    "2Ex4vjQ6mSh5woTlDWto6d"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.takanaka.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/128537"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "ماسايوشى تاكاناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Takanaka"
    title: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Takanaka"
    title: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "ماسایوشی تاکاناکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Takanaka"
    title: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Takanaka"
    title: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Takanaka"
    title: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E4%B8%AD%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9"
    title: "高中正義"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Takanaka"
    title: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/facf743e-1231-410d-bdf1-9ba11a6a4f3c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11668651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5426010"
    title: "Masayoshi Takanaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump