Masayuki Takayanagi

 was a Japanese jazz / free improvisation / noise musician. He was active in the Japanese jazz scene from the late 1950s. In the 1960s he formed New Directions (later New Direction Unit), which recorded several albums throughout the 1970s. He also recorded several albums with saxophonist Kaoru Abe, including "Kaitai Teki Kohkan", "Gradually Projection" and "Mass Projection".