For nearly 50 years, Masayoshi Takanaka was virtually unknown outside Japan. Now, thanks to a wave of young fans discovering his music online, the 1970s guitar hero is selling out major venues around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Masayoshi Takanaka performs at the Masonic in San Francisco on April 9, 2026. (Greg Chow) At the Masonic last Thursday night, an ...

The 71-year-old Japanese guitar hero Masayoshi Takanaka has had a long career that's stretched across prog, jazz fusion, and the hybrid genre known as city pop. He's collaborated with Santana and Roxy ...

Masayoshi Takanaka was planning to retire. Then millions of young fans who weren’t alive during his heyday discovered his music through algorithms — and everything changed. Takanaka, born in Tokyo in ...

On Sept. 30, guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka, formerly of pioneering rock outfit Sadistic Mika Band, stepped onto the stage at Shibuya Kokaido (Shibuya Public Hall) for a special show. Four days later, ...

A 72-year-old Japanese guitarist who hasn't performed in the UK in roughly 50 years just expanded his London comeback from one night to two at Brixton Academy. Most of his world tour dates are already ...

Couldn’t get hold of Masayoshi Takanaka tickets for his sell-out shows in San Francisco, London, Los Angeles or Sydney? Fret not: Takanaka is back on tour with his signature surfboard-shaped guitar ...

Masayoshi Takanaka is a Japanese musician, producer and composer. Takanaka rose to fame and achieved commercial success during the 1970s and 1980s. He is known for his virtuosic guitar playing and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For nearly 50 years, Masayoshi Takanaka was virtually unknown outside Japan. Now, thanks to a wave of young fans discovering his ...

This video created with the assistance of AI. At the Masonic last Thursday night, an eight-piece band filed onto the stage while the crowd of mostly twenty-somethings joined together in a ...