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. He currently works as a solo artist under the name Takuya and also had a solo project called Robots which was dissolved in 2009. He was previously married to a former

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, but they divorced in 2006. His most recent release was a duet with

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", the theme for ''

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Discography

Singles

;As Robots # #"Robot" (October 29, 1997) # #"she-through" (May 13, 1998) #"Alchemist" (September 9, 1999) # #"Jumping Jack" (November 3, 1999) #"Cloud Collector" (January 1, 2000) *Digital singles as Robots *#"Greatest delight" (June 18, 2006) *# *#"Zero" (December 24, 2008) *# ;As Takuya #"I love you" (September 11, 2002) #"Hotaru" (October 23, 2002) #"Ai x Go! Yu x Go!" (January 18, 2012) ;Collaboration #"

WBX (W-Boiled Extreme) "W-B-X (W-Boiled Extreme)" (stylized as "W-B-X ～W-Boiled Extreme～") is the eleventh single by Japanese singer-songwriter Aya Kamiki and the first as a collaboration with TAKUYA, former guitarist of the Judy and Mary, as . The song is Kamiki's ...

" (November 11, 2009) (with

) #"Over Again" (February 10, 2021) (with

)

Albums

;As Robots #''Guitar de Pop'' (November 6, 1997) #''Cloud Collector'' (November 3, 1999) #''Dying Music'' (September 5, 2007) # ;As Takuya #''The Wide Wild World'' (November 27, 2002) #''54 it'' (read as "go for it") (September 1, 2004)

Music production

*Saruganseki's "Hatsukoi" (Lyrics & composition as Takuya, arrangement as Robots) *

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's "Seitenshi Blue" (Composition), "Silent Melody" (Composition), "Tokyo Illusion" (Composition), "Carnation Crime" (Composition), "Rinne no Hitomi" (Composition), "Tsubasa" (Composition), & "Hyper Sonic Soul" (Composition) *Juemilia's "Reset" (Lyrics with

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& Composition) *

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's "Susume!" * Hitomi Takahashi's " Komorebi" (Composition & Arrangement), "

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" (Composition & Arrangement), " Jet Boy Jet Girl" (Composition & Arrangement), & " Tsuyoku Nare" (Composition & Arrangement)

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