is a

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and

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from

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. He attended

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, graduating with English. His work has been noticed by

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, and a 3-minute promotional video for the company was made about how Takagi creates his videos on a

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system, and Apple Pro software, including

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and

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. He also uses

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and

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in his videos. He collaborated with

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on the track "Exit / Delete" from ''Coieda'' (2004). He wrote the score for

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's films ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2015) and '' Mirai'' (2018). He also wrote the music for the

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documentary '' The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness'' (2013). Takagi has lived in Hyogo, Japan since 2013.

Discography

* ''pia'' (2001) * ''opus pia'' (2002) * ''eating'' (2002) * ''JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE'' (2002) * ''eating 2'' (2003) * ''rehome'' (2003) * ''sail'' (2003) * ''world is so beautiful'' (2003) * ''COIEDA'' (2004) * ''JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE'' (2006) * ''world is so beautiful'' (2006) * ''AIR'S NOTE'' (2006) * ''BLOOMY GIRLS'' (2006) * ''Private/Public'' (2007) * ''Tai Rei Tei Rio'' (2009) * ''Ymene'' (2010) * ''Niyodo'' (2011) * ''Tama Tama'' (2011) * ''Mikrokozmosz'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * ''Kagayaki'' (2014) * ''

'' (2015) * '' Mirai'' (2018) * ''Marginalia'' (2018) * ''Marginalia II'' (2019) * ''Marginalia III'' (2021) * ''Marginalia IV'' (2021) * ''

Okaeri Mone is a Japanese television drama series and the 104th Asadora series, following Ochoyan. It premiered on May 17, 2021 and concluded on October 29, 2021. Plot Born in September 1995, Momone Nagaura lived with her parents, grandfather, and si ...

'' (2021)

References

External links

Official website
1979 births Anime composers Japanese electronic musicians Japanese film score composers Japanese keyboardists Japanese male film score composers Living people Musicians from Kyoto Prefecture People from Kyoto {{Japan-film-director-stub