1983年大学卒業と同時にLAの音楽学校P.I.T.に留学。JOE PORCARO, PALPH HUMPHREYらに師事し、卒業時に同校講師に迎えられる。2000年までLAに在住し、CHAKA KHAN, BOBBY WOMACK,AL.McKAY&L.A.ALL STARS,NED DOHENY,SHIELA E.などのツアー参加をはじめ数々のアーティストと共演しながら13CATSとして活動。2000年に帰国してから数えきれないアーティストのレコーディング/ライブに参加しながらシアターブルック,blues.the-butcher-590213,OKI DUB AINU BAND,NOTHING BUT THE FUNK,Koji Nakamura,Marcos Suzano,臼井ミトン,大貫妙子,河村隆一,小沼ようすけ,大塚愛,MY LITTLE LOVER,加山雄三など様々なシーンで活躍するドラマー。

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TAKASHI NUMAZAWA,the drummer for Theatre Brook,OKI DUB AINU BAND,blues.the-butcher-590213,A Hundred Birds Orchestra,NOTHING BUT THE FUNK and etc. from Tokyo,is no doubt the busiest session musician in Japan.

Since he has spent 17 years actively in L.A. from 1983,has toured with CHAKA KHAN,BOBBY WOMACK,SHEILA E.,NED DOHENY,L.A.ALL STARS (with AL McKAY,VERDINE WHITE,JOHNNY GRAHAM,LARRY DUNN,ANDREW WOLFORK,THE EMOTIONS) to name a few,he's experienced the real deal as you can tell.

Then formed the trio group named "13CATS" with Cat Gray and Karl Perazzo,released 4 original albums and toured mamy times in Japan.

Aside from 13CATS,performing and recording with Hiram Bullock,Will Lee,Randy Brecker,Katreese Barns,James Gadson,Marcos Suzano,and other world class greats,he started to go back and forth between L.A. to Japan from late 90's and worked with numerous numbers of Japanese artists such as Shikao Suga,Tamio Okuda,Ai Otsuka,Ringo Shiina,Namie Amuro,and countless others.

After released his 1st leader album "THE WINGS OF TIME" on EMI(with Al McKay,Verdine White,Sheila E.,Brian McNight,Jane Child,Hiram Bullock,Will Lee,Marcos Suzano,Paulinho Moska,Lenine,Pedro Luiz and Parede and others),he joined THEATRE BROOK and decided to move back home in the beginning of 2000 and keeping himself the busiest session drummer ever since.

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