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Takehiro's new 2025 album is based on the theme of "A Day in the Life of a Cat."
It is a funny depiction of a scene that unfolds in one day of a cat that is kept as a pet in a certain house.
In addition to new songs, the songs composed in the past have been re-recorded with new arrangements, and all songs have been newly recorded for the first time in a long time.
It should be noted that composer Takehiro re-recorded the theme song of the drama ", ARIGATO" produced and released in 2015 on the occasion of 10 years later.
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1983, he is a composer, arranger, and player of piano and synthesizers. He formerly worked as a public junior high school teacher (specializing in Japanese language and serving as a choral club advisor and conductor) but resigned due to health issues. Subsequently, he founded WATATAKE Sound Co., Ltd., operating from 2013 to 2017, where he handled tasks such as sound source management, music production, and video creation. In late 2017, he signed a contract with TuneCore and began distributing his original music to both domestic and international audiences. He garnered attention with a collection of Japanese children's song covers released in 2018; since then, he has released arrangements of children's songs and traditional school songs, comical animal-themed tracks, and humorous original compositions. He also produces easy-listening albums, a genre he has enjoyed since childhood. Influenced by easy-listening masters such as Paul Mauriat, Franck Pourcel, and Caravelli, he creates music that appeals to a wide range of generations, though his recent work focuses primarily on the easy-listening style and evocative, atmospheric music.
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