Musical artist

Takahiro Yamada (山田 貴洋, Yamada Takahiro, August 19, 1977) is the b* player and backing vocalist of the *anese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Yamada met fellow band members Masafumi Gotoh and Kensuke Kita while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University. The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after.

While Gotoh acts the main songwriter of the band, Yamada has composed music for certain songs, such as After Dark, Re:Re:, Siren and Sore dewa, Mata A*a. He retains a degree in literature and his favourite bands are The Beatles, Oasis, The Smashing Pumpkins and Pet Shop Boys. The band once had the opportunity to meet the Gallagher brothers while opening for a tour Oasis once held in *an. The brothers turned out to be quite nicer than they expected. Noel Gallagher in particular reportedly told AKG to, "Keep rocking."

Yamada also contribute for other musician projects. In 2014, he arranged song for Rina Katahira, "HIGH FIVE" and performed together with his bandmate Kita. In 2021, he composed and arranged Nacherry's debut single "Fortune Teller" and performed together with his bandmate Ijichi.

Contents

• 1 Discography
  • 1.1 Asian Kung-Fu Generation
  • 1.2 Other
• 2 References

Discography

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Main article: Asian Kung-Fu Generation discography

Other

• Rina Katahira – "Baby" (2013) arranger
• Rina Katahira – Amazing Sky (2014) arranger on "HIGH FIVE", " CROSS ROAD", and "Hajimari ni"
• Gotch - "Vegetable" (2021) b*
• Nacherry – Cherry Sunday (2021) b*, composer and arranger on "Fortune Teller" and "Happy Nacherry Birthday"
• Nacherry – Now Loading (2022) arranger on "Brave?"

References