# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takashi-matsumoto-q3514198
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:03:43.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takashi-matsumoto-q3514198"
name: "Takashi Matsumoto"
slug: "takashi-matsumoto-q3514198"
description: "Takashi Matsumoto  is a Japanese lyricist and former musician. After several years playing the drums in the rock bands Apryl Fool and Happy End during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Matsumoto decided to focus on writing lyrics for others in 1974. As of 2015, he had written over 2,100 songs, 130 of which entered the top 10 on the Oricon chart. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 49.8 million copies, making him the third best-selling lyricist in Japan. In 2017, he was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government for his work in music."
tagline: "Japanese lyricist and drummer"
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: "1949-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.880076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/takashi_mtmt"
    handle:    "takashi_mtmt"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/takashi_mtmt/"
    handle:    "takashi_mtmt"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1191929/"
    handle:    "nm1191929"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kazemachi.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "تاكاشي ماتسوموتو (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاكاشى ماتسوموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "تاکاشی ماتسوموتو (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Matsumoto_(lyricist)"
    title: "Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Matsumoto"
    title: "Takashi Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E9%9A%86"
    title: "松本隆"
    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%EC%8B%9C_(%EC%9E%91%EC%82%AC%EA%B0%80)"
    title: "마츠모토 타카시 (작사가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Мацумото, Такаси (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06a8c77c-9151-4be8-9968-7cce63dc634a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3514198"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2241458"
    title: "Takashi Matsumoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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