[2] He started to learn the electric guitar in his final year of middle school, and in high school became the vocalist of a hardcore copy band for two years, performing such songs as Hide with Spread Beaver's "Pink Spider".
[3] During high school, he bought a cheap acoustic guitar, and began writing songs.
[2][3] His band broke up as the members went their separate ways, and Takahashi moved to Sapporo to attend a university.
[1] This led to Takahashi releasing his first independent single, the Tower Records exclusive "Kodomo no Uta" in May 2009, followed by his first wide-release album in July, the extended play Bokura no Heisei Rock 'n' Roll, which was produced by Yanai.
[5] A year later, Takahashi made his major label debut under Warner, with the single "Subarashiki Nichijō".