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Takao Kisugi (来生 たかお, Kisugi Takao), born November 16, 1950, in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. In 1974, he debuted as a songwriter and in 1976 made his solo debut as a singer. He often collaborates on songs with his sister, Etsuko Kisugi, who is a lyricist. In 1982, on the third Japan Composition Award, he received the "Best Composer" music award for the song Second Love. In his career, spanning over 45 years, he composed over 400 songs. Kisugi started work with Yosui Inoue's band in 1972. He debuted as a singer-songwriter with the single Asai Yume, released in 1976. His popularity and fame increased in 1979 after the release of a domestic hit, My Luxury Night, performed by Hatsumi Shibata. In the 1980s, he produced many hits of the kayōkyoku genre, including "Second Love", "Silhouette Romance", and "Goodbye Day". His best known song as a performer, Yume no Tochu (夢の途中), was covered by teen-age idol Hiroko Yakushimaru as Sailor Fuku to Kikanju (セーラー服と機関銃) for the movie of the same name, and became a huge success. He recorded the first ending song of Maison Ikkoku, "Ashita Hareru ka". In 1991, he wrote and recorded the song "What a Way (To Show I Love You)" with Gilbert O'Sullivan. Another song on which they collaborated, "Can't Think Straight", was featured on the Japanese edition of O'Sullivan's studio album Sound of the Loop. He said that his own songwriting had been deeply influenced by The Beatles and Gilbert O'Sullivan from western music and by Hiroshi Inoue from eastern music. Other influences include Francis Ray, Henry Mancini, and Burt Bacharach.[circular reference] Notes: "Can't Think Straight" was featured only on the Japanese edition of the album. For the worldwide issue, its guest vocal was replaced by Peggy Lee. Show more Show more Show more Show more "来生たかお". tower.jp. Tower. June 23, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2019. "来生たかおがデビュー40周年、オーケストラ／バンドと共に自身の楽曲を再録音したセルフ・カヴァー集『夢のあとさき』を語る". mikki tokyo. Retrieved December 27, 2023. "来生たかお | Profile | プロフィール". 来生たかお オフィシャルサイト. tenyears. Retrieved September 1, 2011. "Songs Archives 2007-2019: 第170回 来生たかお". NHK. Retrieved December 27, 2023. from the booklet of Box Set Times Go By released in 2001 "人間の切なさ映して、４０年 来生たかお、記念アルバムやツアー". Asahi. February 29, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2019. "来生たかお、『夢の途中』は「一番自信なかった曲」 漫画家・さくらももこ氏とコラボアルバムリリース". Zakzak. November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2019. Gilbert O'Sullivan discography on his fan site "来生たかお - Wikipedia". ja.wikipedia.org (in Japanese). Retrieved February 23, 2024. "来生たかおの作品". Oricon (in Japanese). December 30, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2023. Name of the recording label (エニー【日本音声保存】), please do not remove it Listed in credits as Folk guitar player under full name "Kisugi Takao" (来生孝夫) Takao Kisugi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia Takao Kisugi at IMDb Takao Kisugi's Official Website (Japanese)