1961 - Today
Takahiro Matsumoto (松本 孝弘, Matsumoto Takahiro, born March 27, 1961, in Toyonaka, Osaka) 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tak Matsumoto has received more than 162,368 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tak Matsumoto is the 1,941st most popular singer (down from 1,751st in 2019), the 1,546th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,393rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Singer.
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Among singers, Tak Matsumoto ranks 1,941 out of 3,528. Before him are Cássia Eller, Doda, Laura Alonso, Joyce DiDonato, Grégory Lemarchal, and Hera Björk. After him are Black Francis, Kōji Wada, Neil Finn, Ilse DeLange, Mitch Miller, and Madison Beer.
1962 - 2001
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 1,935
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 1,936
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 1,937
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 1,938
1983 - 2007
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,939
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,940
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,941
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 1,942
1974 - 2016
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 1,943
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 1,944
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 1,945
1911 - 2010
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 1,946
1999 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 1,947
Among people born in 1961, Tak Matsumoto ranks 448. Before him are Ludger Stühlmeyer, Moeketsi Majoro, Laura Boldrini, Jorge Barrios, Masaaki Mori, and Sugao Kambe. After him are Troels Rasmussen, Gyrðir Elíasson, Håkan Hardenberger, Hiro Yamamoto, Julian Bailey, and Kent Nielsen.
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 442
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 443
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 444
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 445
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 446
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 447
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 448
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 449
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 450
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 451
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 452
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 453
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 454
Among people born in Japan, Tak Matsumoto ranks 1,546 out of 6,048. Before him are Sayaka Ohara (1975), Masaaki Mori (1961), Sugao Kambe (1961), Toshiya Miura (1963), Yasunori Mitsuda (1972), and Jared Taylor (1951). After him are Masakiyo Maezono (1973), Saori Hayami (1991), Kōji Wada (1974), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Akihiro Nishimura (1958), and Ken Hirai (1972).
1975 - Present
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 1,540
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 1,541
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.61
Rank: 1,542
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,543
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,544
1951 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,545
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,546
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,547
1991 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 1,548
1974 - 2016
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 1,549
1972 - 2019
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 1,550
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 1,551
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 1,552
Among singers born in Japan, Tak Matsumoto ranks 24. Before him are Yutaka Ozaki (1965), Mika Nakashima (1983), Nikka Costa (1972), Sana (1996), Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), and Kyōko Koizumi (1966). After him are Kōji Wada (1974), Ken Hirai (1972), Koda Kumi (1982), Yui (1987), Momo Hirai (1996), and Koshi Inaba (1964).
1965 - 1992
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 18
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 19
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 20
1996 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 21
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 22
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 23
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 24
1974 - 2016
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 26
1982 - Present
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 27
1987 - Present
HPI: 40.13
Rank: 28
1996 - Present
HPI: 40.04
Rank: 29
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 30