Inoue Takayuki Band has been played on NTS shows including Japan Blues, with Sunrise first played on 22 January 2016.

Takayuki Inoue (井上堯之, Kobe, Japan, March 15, 1941 - May 2, 2018) was a Japanese guitarist, singer, (soundtrack) composer and arranger.

He was a member of "Group Sounds" band The Spiders and of Pyg, and of the Takayuki Inoue Band, and also worked for a long time as a member of Kenji Sawada's backing band.