Wataru Takeishi
Wataru Takeishi is a prolific Japanese music video director. Takeishi has created videos for Japanese superstars such as Ayumi Hamasaki and Every Little Thing.
Most Expensive Music Videos
Three videos that Takeishi directed appear on the list of most expensive music videos. He directed three out of five for Ayumi Hamasaki, excluding Green and Virgin Road.The videos are:
- My Name's Women - Ayumi Hamasaki - Cost: $1,200,000
- Fairyland - Ayumi Hamasaki - Cost: $2,000,000
- Jewel - Ayumi Hamasaki - Cost: $1,000,000
Directorial Trademarks
Takeishi also employs camera focus often in the aforementioned "Osaka Koi no Uta" many of the shots are in partial focus. However Every Little Thing's "" provides a more indicative example, shots are often sliding in and out of focus or remaining unfocused. :ja:野猿|Yaen's "" goes as far as to encompass everything thus far being home to rapid flashing lights, partial focus, and a blur that slides in and out.
Too are the rapid fire transitions that appeared in "Shapes of Love" they appear in "" by BoA, an already fast paced video is punctuated by quick successions of different shots sometimes inexplicably detached from the beat. In a similar vein "" again by Every Little Thing Takeishi instead speeds up segments of the same shot to get a similar effect to the rapid transition, in some shots these are over-laid with rapid images.
Music Videos
Sorted by year, then within year sorted alphabetically.| Artist | Title | Youtube Link | Year | Notes |
| Every Little Thing | "Feel my Heart" | 1996 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Future World" | 1996 | ||
| The Alfee | "Love" | 1996 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Dear my Friend" | 1997 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Shapes of Love" | 1997 | ||
| SPEED | "White Love" | 1997 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Poker Face" | 1998 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "You" | 1998 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Trust" | 1998 | ||
| Chisato Moritaka | "Tokyo Rush" | - | 1998 | |
| Every Little Thing | "Time Goes By" | 1998 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Nesscessary" | 1998 | ||
| L'Arc~en~Ciel | "Dive to Blue" | - | 1998 | |
| L'Arc~en~Ciel | "Honey" | - | 1998 | |
| L'Arc~en~Ciel | "Snowdrop" | - | 1998 | |
| L'Arc~en~Ciel | "Winter Fall" | - | 1998 | |
| SPEED | "My Graduation" | 1998 | ||
| :ja:野猿|Yaen | "Get Down" | 1998 | ||
| :ja:野猿|Yaen | "Sakebi" | 1998 | ||
| :ja:野猿|Yaen | "Snow Blind" | - | 1998 | |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Appears" | 1999 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Boys & Girls" | 1999 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Love " | 1999 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "To Be" | 1999 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Whatever" | 1999 | ||
| Dreams Come True | "Asa ga Mata Kuru" Tomorrow Still Comes | - | 1999 | |
| Dreams Come True | "Nante Koi Shita n' Darō" I Think I was in Some Kind of Love | - | 1999 | |
| Every Little Thing | "Over and Over" | 1999 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Someday, Someplace" | 1999 | ||
| L'Arc~en~Ciel | "Driver's High" | - | 1999 | |
| Mariya Takeuchi | "Tenshi no Tameiki" | - | 1999 | |
| Noriyuki Makihara | "Hungry Spider" | - | 1999 | |
| SPEED | "Long Way Home" | - | 1999 | |
| Utada Hikaru | "Addicted to You" | 1999 | ||
| Yaen | "Be Cool!" | 1999 | ||
| Yaen | "Selfish" | - | 1999 | |
| Yaen | "Yozora wo Machinagara" | - | 1999 | |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Fly High" | 2000 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Kanariya" | 2000 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "M" | 2000 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Surreal" | 2000 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Vogue"/"Far Away"/"Seasons" | 2000 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Ai no Kakera" Love's Fragment | 2000 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Pray" | 2000 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Rescue Me" | 2000 | ||
| Every Little Thing | "Sure" | 2000 | ||
| L'Arc~en~Ciel | "Finale" | - | 2000 | |
| Utada Hikaru | "For You" | 2000 | ||
| Utada Hikaru | "Time Limit" | 2000 | ||
| Utada Hikaru | "Wait and See " | 2000 | ||
| Yaen | "Chicken Guys" | - | 2000 | |
| Yaen | "First Impression" | 2000 | ||
| Yaen | "Taiyo no Kaseki" | - | 2000 | |
| Aya Matsuura | "Dokki Doki! Love Mail" | 2001 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "Tropical Koishiteru" Tropical Loving | 2001 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "Love Namidairo" Love: The Color of Tears | 2001 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "100Kai no Kiss" 100th Kiss | 2001 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Dearest" | 2001 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Endless Sorrow" | 2001 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Evolution" | 2001 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Never Ever" | - | 2001 | |
| Mariya Takeuchi | "Mayonaka no Nightingale" | 2001 | ||
| Mariya Takeuchi | "Nostalgia" | - | 2001 | |
| Morning Musume | "Mr. Moonlight~Ai no Big Band~" Mr. Moonlight~Love's Big Band~ | 2001 | ||
| Morning Musume | "Souda! We're Alive" That's Right! We're Alive | 2001 | ||
| Morning Musume | "The Peace!" | 2001 | ||
| Yaen | "Star" | - | 2001 | |
| Aya Matsuura | "Momoiro Katomoi" Peach-Colored Unrequited Love | 2002 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "Yeah! Meccha Holiday" Yeah! Super Holiday | 2002 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Daybreak" | 2002 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Free & Easy" | 2002 | ||
| BoA | "Every Heart-Minna no Kimochi" Every Heart-Everyone's Feelings | 2002 | ||
| BoA | "Jewel Song" | 2002 | ||
| BoA | "Kiseki" Miracle | 2002 | ||
| BoA | "Listen to my Heart" | 2002 | ||
| BoA | "No. 1" | 2002 | ||
| BoA | "Valenti" | 2002 | ||
| Morning Musume | "Do It! Now" | 2002 | ||
| Sonim | "Curry Rice no Onna" | 2002 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "Goodbye Natsuo" Goodbye Summer Boy | 2003 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "The Last Night" | 2003 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Rainbow" | 2003 | ||
| BoA | "Double" | 2003 | ||
| BoA | "Shine We Are!" | 2003 | ||
| Morning Musume | "As for One Day" | 2003 | ||
| Morning Musume | "Shabondama" Soap Bubbles | 2003 | ||
| Porno Graffitti | "Uzu" | - | 2003 | |
| SPEED | "Walking in the Rain" | - | 2003 | |
| Tommy February6 | "Love is Forever" | - | 2003 | |
| Aya Matsuura | "Kiseki no Kaori Dance" Miraculous Fragrance Dance | 2004 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "Waterasebashi" Watarase Bridge | 2004 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Humming 7/4" | 2004 | ||
| L'Arc~en~Ciel | "Ready Steady Go" | - | 2004 | |
| Morning Musume | "Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari"The Story of Noisy Girls | 2004 | ||
| Morning Musume | "Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago" Tears That Won't Stop After School | 2004 | ||
| Aya Matsuura | "Zutto Suki de li Desu ka" May I Love You Fovever? | 2005 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Fairyland" | 2005 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "My Name's Woman" | 2005 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Heaven" | 2005 | ||
| BoA | "Dakishimeru" Hug | 2005 | ||
| Morning Musume | "Osaka Koi no Uta" Osaka Love Song | 2005 | ||
| Morning Musume | "The Manpower!!!" | 2005 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Jewel" | 2006 | ||
| Mariya Takeuchi | "Henshin" | - | 2006 | |
| Mariya Takeuchi | "Synchronicity" | - | 2006 | |
| Morning Musume | "Ambitious! Yashinteki de li jan" Ambitious! Ambition is Good | 2006 | ||
| Nirgilis | "Sakura" | - | 2006 | |
| AKB48 | "Bingo!" | - | 2007 | |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Decision" | 2007 | ||
| Capsule | "Jumper" | 2008 | ||
| Mariya Takeuchi | "Shiawase no Monosashi" | - | 2008 | |
| Utada Hikaru | "Prisoner of Love" | 2008 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Sunset " | 2009 | ||
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Sunrise " | 2009 | ||
| Nana Mizuki | "Etsuraku Camellia" Pleasure Camelia | - | 2009 | |
| Nana Mizuki | "Silent Bible" | - | 2010 | |
| Tatsuro Yamashita | "Kibō toiu Na no Hikari " In the Name of the Light of Hope | - | 2010 | |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | "Sweet Scar" | 2012 | ||
| Nana Mizuki | "Metro Baroque" | - | 2012 | |
| T.M. Revolution | "Vestige" | 2012 | ||
| AKB48 | "Kiss made Countdown" Countdown to a Kiss | - | 2013 | |
| AKB48 | "Soko de Inu no Unchi Funjau ka ne?" You're Gonna Step in Dog Poop Then, Aren't You? | - | 2013 | |
| :ja:A応P|AOP | "Mirai e Tsunage" Connect to the Future | - | 2013 | |
| :ja:A応P|AOP | "Never say Never" | 2013 | ||
| :ja:抜き打ちテスト #国立め茶の水女子大学付属第48高等学校期末テスト（第13回）|BKA48 | "Haste to Waste" Haste and Waste | - | 2013 | |
| Every Little Thing | "On and On" | 2013 | ||
| :ja:ひまり|Himari | "Sakura" | 2013 | ||
| :ja:NO NAME |NO NAME | "Kono Namida wo Kimi ni Sasagu" I Offer These Tears to You | 2013 | ||
| AKB48 | "Seikaku ga Warui Onna no ko" Girl with a Bad Personality | 2014 | ||
| AKB48 | "Kimi wa Kimagure" You Follow Your Whims | 2014 | ||
| AOP | "Cosmic Magic Stars" | - | 2014 | |
| Himari | "Sakamichi~Graduation~" | 2014 | ||
| HKT48 | "Hikaeme I Love You!" Carefully I Love You! | 2014 | ||
| HKT48 | "Kidoku Through" Already Read Through | 2014 | ||
| Mariya Takeuchi | "Shizukana Densetsu " | 2014 | ||
| :ja:マリンちゃん|Miss Mary | "Tobidase Summer" | 2014 | ||
| Namie Amuro | "Can You Celebrate?" | 2014 | ||
| AKB48 | "Madonna no Sentaku" Madonna's Selection | 2015 | ||
| AOP | "Hanamaru Pippi wa Yoiko Dake" The Hanamaru Whistle is Only for Good Kids | - | 2015 | |
| AOP | "Stay Gold" | 2015 | ||
| AOP | "183 no Nihon Torebian Rock n' Roll" | 2015 | ||
| AOP | "Ano ne, Kimi Dake ni" Well, Just for You | 2016 | ||
| AOP | "Cotona Mode" | 2016 | ||
| AOP | "Hatsukoi Hello Chuuihou" First Love Hello Warning | - | 2016 | |
| AOP | "Kibou Traveler" Hope Traveler | 2016 | ||
| AOP | "Zenryoku Batankyu" Full-Force Batankyu | - | 2016 | |
| Utada Hikaru | "Hanataba o Kimi ni" A Boquet for You | 2016 |