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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Yukihide Takekawa
Person · male · Japan · Urawa · born 1952
Japanese singer-songwriter (1952-)
Also known as 武川行秀
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1950s
Biography
English biography145 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1377094892
Biography
Yukihide Takekawa (タケカワ ユキヒデ（武川 行秀, Takekawa Yukihide; born October 22, 1952) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and composer from Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture. He is best known for being the vocalist to the band Godiego as well as his solo career and his work as an author. Some of his compositions have been featured in video game, anime, films, and television drama soundtracks. These include the Galaxy Express 999 film, Saiyūki, Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, Soul Blazer, and Choushinsei Flashman.
One of his most popular songs was "Gandhara", which was translated into foreign languages many times and changed more than once during the translation.
The Japanese version of Return to Oz has "Keep On Dreamin'", performed by Godiego's Yukihide Takekawa, which was later re-recorded for one of his albums.
His daughter Ai is also a musician and has been featured on the soundtrack of InuYasha Kanketsu-Hen.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Yukihide Takekawa head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3573157genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3573157seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukihide_Takekawabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukihide_Takekawa
Why this artist is in the database
- List of singer-songwriters
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Cuilaoxie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3573157 · MusicBrainz: 0c1f57ed-9a2f-480c-a054-585b3abcf388
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