Takács Zoltán (born December 17, 1979) is a Hungarian musician and record producer, best known internationally as the keyboardist of the Hungarian alternative rock band Heaven Street Seven and the producer of Ivan & The Parazol's Mama Don't You Recognize Ivan & The Parazol.
He attended the Márton Bálint elementary and secondary school in Törökbálint.
He was nicknamed Japán (Japanese in Hungarian) by his fellows because of his unique choice of language studying.
[3] Takács started his record producer career by recording, mixing and mastering Heaven Street Seven's Szállj Ki és Gyalogolj in 2004 in Budapest at the Aquarium studios.
[4][5] In 2014 Erika Anikó Brouwer, Takács's partner, gave birth to their first child, Ábel Takács-Brouwer.