Tak Matsumoto

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tak Matsumoto
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 1961(1961-03-27)
Age	63
Birthplace	Toyonaka
Country	Japan
Birth City	Osaka Prefecture
Horoscope	Pisces

Tak Matsumoto Biography

Tak Matsumoto is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on March 27, 1961 in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Japanese musician who is known for his work as the guitar player and songwriter of the band B’z. He has also been a successful solo artist.

In 2004, he became a member of Whitesnake drummer He joined Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy to form The Tak Matsumoto Group in 2004. to create The Tak Matsumoto Group in 2004.

Matsumoto’s attended jazz school, but when he started working as a session musician, and supporting tours like TM Network, his musicianship was cemented. His exposure to a myriad of styles helped him to meld his own unique blend, incorporating elements of his jazz training, blues (his incorporation of the style known as “Kansai Blues” is well known), classical, heavy metal, rock, and ska. Matsumoto’s continued his session work throughout the early and mid- 1980s with acts such as Mari Hamada until deciding to jump on the emerging solo instrumental trend catching on in Japan at that time. He recorded solo album “Thousand Wave” and worked with future globe headliner Tetsuya Komuro as a touring guitarist for Komuro’s band TM Network. “99”, a simple instrumental incorporating some blistering fretwork, is considered one of his finest works.

After his solo album, Matsumoto decided to try his hand at starting his own band. With his session work behind him, and a burgeoning production career, he started to search for a singer. After being presented with a tape from an unknown session singer known as Koshi Inaba, Matsumoto was blown away. Their first recorded session was a rendition of “Let It Be” and “Oh! Darling” by The Beatles, and even though the amp blew out, Matsumoto knew he had his new singer. Matsumoto and Koshi formed the duo B’z and debuted in September 1988. B’z has continued to be one of the most successful bands in the history of Japanese music, helped by the pairing of two very different musical directions. Matsumoto always drew his tastes from blues, classical, and jazz, while Koshi preferred rock music. Tak has ongoing friendships with musicians such as Barry Sparks, Marty Friedman, Billy Sheehan, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Martin, Jack Blades, Joe Perry, Pat Torpey, Steven Tyler, and Steve Vai, with whom Tak and Koshi recorded the song “Asian Sky” from the 1999 album, The Ultra Zone. Billy Sheehan recorded tracks for 1999’s Brotherhood album, as well as touring (along with Shane Gaalaas) as support musicians for 2002’s Green Live-Gym Tour. In 2002, Matsumoto contributed music to two songs (“Don’t Stop Music!” and “Koiuta”) in Misia’s fourth album, Kiss in the Sky. She invited him to be a part of the album after discovering his solo work.

He is the brother of comic Hitoshi Matsumoto..

Tak Matsumoto Net Worth

Tak Matsumoto is one of the richest Guitarist from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tak Matsumoto 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an session musician for other artists throughout the 70’s and 1980’s.

He was first in a poll conducted in 2011 on which musician best represents Japan.

Takahiro “Tak” Matsumoto (松本 孝弘 , Matsumoto Takahiro, born on March 27, 1961 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Grammy Award-winning Japanese guitarist, producer, arranger, composer, singer and songwriter. In addition to being the guitarist and lead composer for the rock duo B’z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan, he has also had a successful solo career. He is only the fifth guitarist in the world to have his own Gibson signature model guitar. The instrumental album Take Your Pick (2010) made in collaboration with Larry Carlton won an award for the Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards.

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Tak Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Tak Matsumoto celebrates birthday on March 27 of every year.