TAKERU (タケル, born July 8th, 1985) is a Japanese pop musician, stage actor, and voice actor. His first foray in the entertainment world was in November of 2005 when he entered JUNON's 18th "JUNON SUBERBOY CONTEST". He won the judge's special prize award in the Rock Boy category. After the contest he was signed to one of the judges', Tsunku, production company TNX and indies label Good Factory Record. Since early 2008 TAKERU's main focus has been with his group TAKERU SOLDIERS with former visual-kei band Bergerac guitarist Kazuki (かずき). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.