Ryōta Komatsu

{{short description|Japanese bandoneón player (born 1973)}}

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小松亮太

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|30}}

|birth_place ={{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

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| instrument = Bandoneón

| genre = Tango

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| label = Sony Music Japan

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{{nihongo|Ryōta Komatsu|小松亮太|Komatsu Ryōta}} (born October 30, 1973) is a Japanese bandoneón player.{{cite journal |last1=Muschk |first1=Konrad |title=Feature I {{!}} Tango in Tokyo |journal=OAG Notizen |date=December 1998 |pages=17–19 |url=https://oag.jp/img/images/publications/oag_notizen/1998_12_Feature.pdf |language=German |issn=1343-408X}} He has cooperated with Japanese violinist Taro Hakase in his own album La Trampera (2001), and with Bajofondo{{cite book |title=The Cambridge companion to tango |date=2024 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore |isbn=9781108974936 |pages=31–49 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974936.003 |access-date=22 November 2024 |chapter=The Bandoneón: The Magical Sound and Soul of Tango |doi=10.1017/9781108974936.003 |quote=Bandoneón players today come not only from Argentina but also from Europe, North America, and Asia. For example, ... Japanese bandoneonist Ryōta Komatsu (b. 1973) has collaborated with the Argentine contemporary tango group Bajofondo; |last1=Aydinoğlu |first1=Ortaç }} in their album Mar Dulce.