Keitarou Takanami

While attend Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku, Takanami joined the band Pizzicato Five with Nomiya Maki and Konishi Yasuharu. Then in 1993, he released his first album, entitled SO SO, under the label Nippon Columbia. A year later, Pizzicato Five disbanded and Takanami began to compose songs for other artists until 2007.

In 2007, he formed the duo arcorhyme with Nishimura Ikuyo. However, a couple month later, Takanami was hospitalized when he was diagnosed with acute myelocytic leukemia. In May 2009, he was discharged from the hospital but arcorhyme broke up. A year later, he established the label playtime rock.

(Source: generasia)