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‘Do what you really want to do while you’re still alive’: Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s ⊕⊕

found 2026 › Mar › 02 (Mon) @ 12:16 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

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Playing a surfboard-shaped axe, Takanaka was a stadium-level artist at home but little known in the west – until YouTube brought him a huge new audience

In November 2025, Masayoshi Takanaka announced …