birthdate: '1957-10-31'
birthplace: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
discography:
- catalog: JBX-28009
  date: '1987-04-21'
  link: album/80538
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Arranger
  - Keyboard
  titles:
    en: Fantastic World (11) Wakatsuki Megumi no Takarabune World
    ja: ファンタスティック・ワールド⑪ わかつきめぐみの宝船ワールド
    ja-latn: Fantastic World (11) Wakatsuki Megumi no Takarabune World
  type: print
- catalog: VDR-1358
  date: '1987-04-21'
  link: album/80537
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: Fantastic World (11) Wakatsuki Megumi no Takarabune World
    ja: ファンタスティック・ワールド⑪ わかつきめぐみの宝船ワールド
    ja-latn: Fantastic World (11) Wakatsuki Megumi no Takarabune World
  type: print
- catalog: 07·5H-374
  date: '1987-09-02'
  link: album/24068
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Go Go Heaven / Yoshiyuki Ohsawa
    ja: ゴーゴーヘブン／大沢誉志幸
    ja-latn: Go Go Heaven / Yoshiyuki Ohsawa
  type: anime
- catalog: 32DH-775
  date: '1987-10-01'
  link: album/60392
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guitar
  titles:
    en: TO-Y Original Image Album
    ja: TO-Y オリジナル・イメージ・アルバム
    ja-latn: TO-Y Original Image Album
  type: anime
- catalog: 32·8H-147
  date: '1987-11-11'
  link: album/19280
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Sound Producer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: CITY HUNTER ORIGINAL ANIMATION SOUNDTRACK Vol.2
    ja: シティーハンター オリジナル・アニメーション・サウンドトラック Vol.２
    ja-latn: CITY HUNTER ORIGINAL ANIMATION SOUNDTRACK Vol.2
  type: anime
- catalog: JBX-28015
  date: '1987-11-21'
  link: album/68193
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Fantastic World (14) PEEHYORO IKKA / Kaori Imeki
    ja: ファンタスティック・ワールド⑭ ぴーひょろ一家／姫木薫理
    ja-latn: Fantastic World (14) PEEHYORO IKKA / Kaori Imeki
  type: print
- catalog: VDR-1439
  date: '1987-11-21'
  link: album/68195
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Fantastic World (14) PEEHYORO IKKA / Kaori Imeki
    ja: ファンタスティック・ワールド⑭ ぴーひょろ一家／姫木薫理
    ja-latn: Fantastic World (14) PEEHYORO IKKA / Kaori Imeki
  type: print
- catalog: 32DH-5188
  date: '1989-01-21'
  link: album/105448
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  - Synthesizer (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  - Chapman Stick (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  titles:
    en: Sweet Home
    ja: スウィートホーム
    ja-latn: Sweet Home
  type: live
- catalog: 35·8H-5067
  date: '1989-03-21'
  link: album/23065
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: City Hunter dramatic master
    ja: シティーハンター ドラマティックマスター
    ja-latn: City Hunter dramatic master
  type: anime
- catalog: 32DH-5311
  date: '1989-09-21'
  link: album/150915
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Chorus
  - Sampling Editor (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  - Sequencing (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  - Bass (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  - Arranger (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  - Producer (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  - 12-string Guitar (as Takao "Ohji" Abe安部"Ohji"隆雄)
  titles:
    en: D. R. O. P. / ZELDA
    ja: D. R. O. P. / ゼルダ
    ja-latn: D. R. O. P. / ZELDA
  type: works
- catalog: VICL-97
  date: '1990-11-20'
  link: album/136439
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Bessatsu Fantastic World ~Special Selection~
    ja: 別冊ファンタスティック・ワールド～スペシャル・セレクション～
    ja-latn: Bessatsu Fantastic World ~Special Selection~
  type: anime
- catalog: SRCL-1791
  date: '1991-04-25'
  link: album/152015
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - 12-string Guitar (as Takao "OHJI" Abe)
  titles:
    en: TWO HEARTS / PSY･S
    ja: トゥ・ハーツ / サイズ
    ja-latn: TWO HEARTS / PSY･S
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-339
  date: '1993-01-21'
  link: album/91608
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Computer Programmer
  - Music
  - Arranger
  - Keyboard
  titles:
    en: HERE IS GREEN WOOD ~ UNDER THE TREE OF MEMORIES / YUKIE NASU
    ja: ここはグリーン・ウッド～晴れ、ときどき"雨やどり" / 那州雪絵
    ja-latn: Koko wa Green Wood ~ Hare, Tokidoki "Ameyadori" / YUKIE NASU
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-5218
  date: '1993-11-13'
  link: album/128843
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Ketteiban Koko wa Green Wood Vocal Collection / Yukie Nasu
    ja: 決定盤 ここはグリーン・ウッド ヴォーカル・コレクション / 那州雪絵
    ja-latn: Ketteiban Koko wa Green Wood Vocal Collection / Yukie Nasu
  type: anime
- catalog: SRCL-2831
  date: '1994-03-09'
  link: album/44194
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: TOKYO BABYLON IMAGE SOUNDTRACK 2
    ja: 東京BABYLON イメージサウンドトラック 2
    ja-latn: TOKYO BABYLON IMAGE SOUNDTRACK 2
  type: anime
- catalog: VIDL-10527
  date: '1994-07-06'
  link: album/23461
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Toketeiku Yume no Hate ni / Yayoi Goto
    ja: 溶けていく夢の果てに / 後藤弥生
    ja-latn: Toketeiku Yume no Hate ni / Yayoi Goto
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-530
  date: '1994-08-24'
  link: album/23460
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Sequencing
  - Bass
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  - Acoustic Guitar
  titles:
    en: I·Я·I·A ZEIЯAM THE ANIMATION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
    ja: イ・リ・ア ゼイラム THE ANIMATION オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: IRIA ZEIRAM THE ANIMATION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
  type: anime
- catalog: JNA-1513-2
  date: '1996'
  link: album/130748
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Here is Greenwood Vocal Collection
    ja: Here is Greenwood Vocal Collection
    ja-latn: Here is Greenwood Vocal Collection
  type: anime
- catalog: KICA-408
  date: '1998-07-24'
  link: album/57747
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Bass
  titles:
    en: Rebis - C.T.i.A / O.S.T
    ja: Rebis - C.T.i.A / O.S.T
    ja-latn: Rebis - C.T.i.A / O.S.T
  type: anime
- catalog: VICL-60319
  date: '1998-12-02'
  link: album/68875
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Yuko Miyamura Best Collection -Meccha Best-
    ja: 宮村 優子 ベストコレクション めっちゃベスト
    ja-latn: Yuko Miyamura Best Collection -Meccha Best-
  type: anime
- catalog: MHCL-629~30
  date: '2005-12-21'
  link: album/23076
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: City Hunter Sound Collection Y -Insertion Tracks-
    ja: City Hunter Sound Collection Y -Insertion Tracks-
    ja-latn: City Hunter Sound Collection Y -Insertion Tracks-
  type: anime
- catalog: SVWC-1040~1
  date: '2005-12-21'
  link: album/23073
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: City Hunter Sound Collection X -Theme Songs-
    ja: City Hunter Sound Collection X -Theme Songs-
    ja-latn: City Hunter Sound Collection X -Theme Songs-
  type: anime
- catalog: MHCL-1744~5
  date: '2010-04-21'
  link: album/155902
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: TraXX | Yoshiyuki Ohsawa Single Collection
    ja: TraXX | Yoshiyuki Ohsawa Single Collection
    ja-latn: TraXX | Yoshiyuki Ohsawa Single Collection
  type: anime
- catalog: PCCG-01124
  date: '2011-01-19'
  link: album/23928
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guitar
  titles:
    en: 'Nurarihyon no Mago Character CD Series: Rikuo Nura / Kiyotsugu & Shima'
    ja: アニメ「ぬらりひょんの孫」キャラクターCDシリーズ 奴良リクオ/清継＆島
    ja-latn: 'Nurarihyon no Mago Character CD Series: Rikuo Nura / Kiyotsugu & Shima'
  type: anime
- catalog: SVWC-70394
  date: '2019-02-06'
  link: album/82623
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: 'City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku PRIVATE EYES VOCAL COLLECTION'
    ja: 劇場版シティーハンター <新宿プライベート・アイズ> -VOCAL COLLECTION-
    ja-latn: 'City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku PRIVATE EYES VOCAL COLLECTION'
  type: anime
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Oct 31, 1957
  Birthplace: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  Credited works:
  - 25 albums in database
  - 1 products in database
  Credits:
  - 21 arranger
  - 5 composer
  - 3 computer programmer
  - 3 bass
  - 2 sequencing
  - 2 keyboard
  - 2 guitar
  - 2 12-string guitar
  - 1 music
  - 1 producer
  - 1 chapman stick
  - 1 sampling editor
  - 1 chorus
  - 1 synthesizer
  - 1 sound producer
  - 1 performer
  - 1 acoustic guitar
  Former Units:
  - link: artist/19627
    names:
      en: BARBEE BOYS
      ja: BARBEE BOYS
  Variations:
  - names:
      en: Takao Yasube
link: artist/19628
meta:
  added_date: 2016-07-24T09:22
  edited_date: 2025-07-05T01:04
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T16:57
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 2269
name: Takao Abe
name_real: 安部 隆雄
name_trans: あべ たかお
notes: No notes available for this artist.
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/82/19628/19628-1469381291.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/82/19628/19628-1469381291.jpg
sex: male
type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/19628?perpage=99999
websites:
  Reference: []
