Satoshi Takebe

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Satoshi Takebe (武部 聡志, Takebe Satoshi, born February 12, 1957) is a Japanese musician keyboard player, arranger, and producer from Tokyo.^{[citation needed]}

He is the composer, keyboardist, arranger and musical producer for artists such as Yo Hitoto, Miki Imai, Tomomi Kahara, JUJU, Yuzu and Ken Hirai, among others. He has also been a music director and supervisor for several TV programs.^[1]

In 2006 he was a part of a special unit called Kokua, together with other Japanese musicians, to record the theme song for a NHK documentary program. In 2016 the members reunited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of the single Progress, and recorded a new album, Progress, the 1st official album of the group

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• Kokua Sony Music Official site (Japanese)
• Kokua Speedstar Records Official site (Japanese)
• The Professionals Official site (English)
• Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi Official site (Japanese)