Takeshi Kobayashi

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Takeshi Kobayashi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|06|07}}

| death_date =

| instrument = {{hlist|Keyboards|synthesizer| piano|bass}}

| origin = Shinjō, Yamagata, Japan

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|rock| soft rock|film score}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Composer|lyricist|music producer|arranger}}

| years_active = 1977–present

| associated_acts = Bradberry Orchestra, Yen Town Band, Bank Band, LANDS, Mr. Children, My Little Lover, Remioromen, Southern All Stars

}}

{{nihongo|Takeshi Kobayashi|小林武史|Kobayashi Takeshi|born June 7, 1959}}, is a Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer, arranger, and record producer.

History

Kobayashi started his professional career in the late 1970s. After working in the backing bands for singers such as Yosui Inoue, Misato Watanabe, and Anri, he came into prominence as a musical collaborator for the Southern All Stars frontman Keisuke Kuwata's eponymous 1988 solo album.

Although his own leader albums failed to receive public attention, Kobayashi garnered commercial success in collaboration as producer or songwriter with other artists. As an arranger of his own composition "Anata ni Aete Yokatta" co-written and performed by Kyōko Koizumi in 1991, Kobayashi won the 33rd Japan Record Awards for Best Arrangement category.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615040106/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1991.htm|url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1991.htm|script-title=ja:第33回日本レコード大賞 |trans-title= The 33rd Record Awards Winners|work=jacompa.jp|publisher=Japanese Composers Association|language=ja|archive-date=2008-06-15 |access-date=2012-03-03}} In 1992, he undertook the production work with the Japanese pop-rock band Mr. Children on their debut album entitled Everything. The producer and the band have gone on to record together to date, achieving mainstream success with cumulative sales of over 58 million copies albums and singles as of March 2013.{{Cite episode | url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/music/| title=ミュージックステーション2時間スペシャルアーティスト総売上ランキング| series = Music Station | credits = Yamamoto, Takao (producer) | network = All-Nippon News Network | station= TV Asahi | airdate = 2013-03-29|language = ja}} In 1995, Kobayashi formed another multi-million selling pop group My Little Lover fronted by his then-girlfriend and first spouse Akko, and remained as a full-time member of the band until the couple's marriage broke up in the mid 2000s.{{cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2017951/full/ |script-title=ja:マイラバ恒例ライブに小林武史参加決定 |trans-title=Takeshi Kobayashi will rejoin My Little Lover's live| language=ja| work=oricon.co.jp| publisher=Original Confidence|date=2010-10-20| access-date=2014-01-01}}

Kobayashi has written several film scores, including Swallowtail (1996) and All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001). Not only composing music, he also directed the film Bandage (2010).{{cite news| url=http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/nikkan/NIK200810290015.html|script-title=ja:赤西初出演映画で主演、バンドボーカル役|trans-title=Jin Akanishi Starring the Film for the First time| language= ja| newspaper=Asahi Shimbun| date=2008-10-29| access-date=2014-02-02}}

In addition to his career as a musician, Kobayashi has also worked as a social activist and a philanthropist. Along with Grammy-winning producer Ryuichi Sakamoto and Mr.Children's chief singer-songwriter Kazutoshi Sakurai, he established a non-profit organization called AP Bank in 2003.{{cite news| url= http://www.47news.jp/localnews/miyagi/2013/02/post_20130224074834.html| script-title=ja:ボランティア継続派遣支援システム構築へＡＰバンク| publisher =Kahoku Shinpō|work=47 News, Press Net Japan Co., Ltd.|date=2013-02-24| access-date = 2014-02-08| language = ja}} Kobayashi and Sakurai have formed the charity supergroup Bank Band since 2004, and have released three albums and two singles to date.

Discography

=Solo albums=

Duality (1988)
Testa Rossa (1989)
Works I (2008)

=Collaborations=

Boku no machi ni asobi ni kite yo (digital single) (October 16, 2019) (Shikao Suga's single, song co-writer){{Cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/350195|script-title=ja:スガシカオ×小林武史の東京メトロCMソング、配信リリース決定|date=October 4, 2019|website=natalie.mu|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004085500/https://natalie.mu/music/news/350195|archive-date=October 4, 2019|access-date=October 4, 2019}}

Scores

=Film=

Inamura Jane (1990)
Swallowtail (1996)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Shinkokyu no Hitsuyo (2004)
Metro ni Notte (2006)
Kofuku na Shokutaku (2006)
Midnight Eagle (2007)
Halfway (2009)
Bandage (2010)
For Love's Sake (2012)
If Cats Disappeared From the World (2016)
Last Letter (2020){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/89607/|title= ラストレター|access-date= August 15, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
Kyrie (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99319/|title= キリエのうた|access-date= August 15, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
April Come She Will (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99395/|title= 四月になれば彼女は|access-date= September 30, 2023|work= eiga.com}}