Masayoshi Takanaka (born March 27, 1953, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese guitarist,
composer, and producer whose work significantly influenced the city pop genre of
the late 1970s and 1980s. Takanaka began his music career at the age of 17,
playing guitar for the band The Evil, making his professional debut as a
guitarist and bassist for the prog rock band Flied Egg in 1971, joining the
Sadistic Mika Band in 1972. Following the band’s disbandment in 1975, he formed
the Sadistics with remaining members Yukihiro Takahashi, Tsugutoshi Goto, and
Yutaka Imai. The group released several al...