Person · Open Library
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Campo de los Patos
- Recherche de la base et du sommet
- Poemes et Prose Choisis
- Commune Presence
- Feuillets D Hypnos
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1955-06-16
Discography
- Char1976
- Psyche II1988
- Thrill1988
- Moon Child1989
- Char II Have a Wine1994
- Char Played With And Without Live2000
- Live2000
- Mr. 70's You Set Me Free2003
- No Generation Gap2004
- Stereocaster2006
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 58,876
- Total plays
- 684,025
Tags
rockguitar virtuosojapaneseguitarblack metal
1. Char, who celebrates the 35th anniversary of his recording debut in 2011, is considered one of Japan’s most influential guitarists and an elder statesman of the Japanese music scene. He is noted for playing a Stratocaster, and he has done much to popularize the Fender Mustang® guitar in Japan. Born Hisato Takenaka in 1955, he took up guitar at age 8 after hearing the Ventures and assembled his first band, Fox, at age 11. Regarded as something of a prodigy, he was heavily influenced by the Ven
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Genre
- rock music
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- www.zicca.net
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- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- date of birth
- 1955-06-16
- name in native language
- 竹中 尚人
- pseudonym
- Char
- influenced by
- Eric Clapton
Sources (6)
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