Takeshi Matsubara (松原健之, born 1 October 1979, Fukuroi, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese enka singer, represented by Up-Front Works and signed to Teichiku Entertainment. He made his professional début in 2002 with the self-released single "Tabi no owari ni" (「旅の終わりに」、At journey's end) as Takeshi Komatsubara (
小松原たけし), and changed his artist name to Takeshi Matsubara for his major label début, "Kanazawa bôkyôka" (「金沢望郷歌」、Kanazawa homesick blues) in 2005, which peaked at #29 on the Oricion Singles top 200, and spent 79 weeks on the chart. Matsubara'…
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