Taku Iwasaki

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A composer and musician generally known for his jazz-like scores.

When he was 3 years old he was given a piano, he was also taken to Yamaha Music School, where he first came into contact with music. He quit music school as an elementary school student and, until his high school years, studied under Iwashita Tetsuya, who taught him how to use multiple recordings and synthesizers. He became a composer in his later high school years, through the various efforts made by himself and his teacher.

In 1985, he won a prize at the Kanagawa Arts Festival choral composition competition, while in the late 1980s, after entering Tokyo University of the Arts, he studied contemporary music under Satou Shin and Aoshima Hiroshi. While still being a student, he received the New Artist Award from the Japan Contemporary Music Association. He later started working as an arranger after graduating from college.

In 1999, he participated in the music unit "Smart Drug" with Koizumi Hiroshi, who was responsible for doing the composition and playing the guitar, and Okamoto Sayori who would later rename to Hiyoko, who was responsible for doing the lyrics and vocals. He participated under the alias "Taque," where he was responsible for the arrangement and playing the keyboard. They released three CDs from 1999 to 2002.