Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori; born February 4, 1953), professionally known as Kitarō (喜多郎), is a Japanese musician, composer, record producer and arranger noted for his electronic‑instrumental music. He is widely regarded as one of the most prominent figures in new‑age music. Kitarō won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Thinking of You (1999) and has received a record 16 nominations in the same category. He also won a Golden Globe Award for his original score to Heaven & Earth (1993). Masanori Takahashi was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, and graduated from Toyohashi Commercial High School. His childhood nickname “Kitarō”, meaning “man of love and joy,” later became his professional name. A practicing Buddhist, he grew up in a family of Shinto‑Buddhist farmers. After finishing school, his parents initially opposed his desire for a musical career and arranged a job for him at a local company. Kitarō simply did not show up, eventually convincing them that he needed to pursue the work he loved. During high school, Kitarō played electric guitar in a band performing American rhythm and blues, including songs by Otis Redding, as well as covers of The Beatles. After graduating, he learned drums and bass before moving to Tokyo to immerse himself in the music scene. There he discovered the synthesizer, which became central to his artistic identity. His first synthesizer was analog, and he later recalled that he “just loved the analog sound it made compared to today’s digital sound.”
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