Yuuji Takinoue

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Yuuki Takinoue, alternatively known by their alias Mine Kushita or previously known under stage name U-ZY is a Japanese composer, arranger and lyricist.

He was a member of the duo vocal project Machine Ikuta, together with fellow composer and arranger Chikara Kurata between 2008-2014. In 2014 Takinoue, known as U-ZY at the time left the project. After leaving he changed his name from U-ZY to Mine Kushita, which is an anagram of Machine Ikuta.

Despite leaving the group, Kurata would also go on to use Mine Kushita as an alias for some of their own work - though this is not credited as a group but individually.