# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tak-matsumoto
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:00:31.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tak-matsumoto"
name: "Tak Matsumoto"
slug: "tak-matsumoto"
description: "Takahiro Matsumoto  is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist and main composer of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan by certifications. He also has a successful solo career where, in addition to winning several Japan Gold Disc Awards, he won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Take Your Pick (2010), which he made in collaboration with Larry Carlton. Matsumoto is only the fifth guitarist in the world to have his own Gibson signature model guitar."
tagline: "Japanese guitarist and music producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B'Z_at_Best_Buy_Theater_NYC_-_9-30-12_-_22.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: "1961-03-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.53342266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559561/"
    handle:    "nm0559561"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/085eXdPFuMTWEuivrLnXAr"
    handle:    "085eXdPFuMTWEuivrLnXAr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.houseofstrings.jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/858824"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاكاهيرو ماتسوموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro_Matsumoto"
    title: "Takahiro Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E5%AD%9D%E5%BC%98"
    title: "松本孝弘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%B8%A0%EB%AA%A8%ED%86%A0_%ED%83%80%EC%B9%B4%ED%9E%88%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "마츠모토 타카히로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro_Matsumoto"
    title: "Takahiro Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matumoto_Takahiro"
    title: "Matumoto Takahiro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E5%AD%9D%E5%BC%98"
    title: "松本孝弘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/61ef6490-3c02-4940-9cae-375358954ec2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345739"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2208662"
    title: "Tak Matsumoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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