# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tetsu-takano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:01:13.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tetsu-takano"
name: "Tetsu Takano"
slug: "tetsu-takano"
description: "Tetsu Takano  is a Japanese rock musician and singer-songwriter. He first became known as vocalist of the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer from 1992 to 1994. After leaving them, Tetsu formed and performed with Mega8Ball from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 2002 he was part of the supergroup Zigzo, who became quite popular despite being an independent band and reunited in 2012. In addition to Zigzo, Tetsu is currently active in the bands Nil, The JuneJulyAugust, The Black Comet Club Band, and Disco Volante, all of which are on his record label Afro Skull Records."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Tetsu_Takano_%28Malice_Mizer%29.jpg"
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: "1972-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.94
  momentum:             0.6030150753768843
  historical:           8.471465333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.afro-skull.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/407926"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "تيتسو تاكانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_Takano"
    title: "Tetsu Takano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_Takano"
    title: "Tetsu Takano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Tetsu (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E9%87%8E%E5%93%B2"
    title: "高野哲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_(Malice_Mizer)"
    title: "Tetsu (Malice Mizer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsu_(muzyk)"
    title: "Tetsu (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%86%D1%83"
    title: "Такано, Тэцу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4204e567-2e07-4f26-88ec-fc564a8f5747"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3505900"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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