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Takumi Moving Coil Cartridge Series

The Takumi range of moving-coil cartridges is designed and hand-assembled with one clear purpose: to extract music from the groove with precision, stability, and natural tonality.

Each model follows the same core architecture — a rigid generator with square OCC coil formers, finely polished diamond stylus, and mechanically stable cantilever — yet each expresses a distinct character through its materials and geometry.

From the musical ease of the Aka to the refined clarity of the Myo, every cartridge maintains the same philosophy: quiet tracking, linear phase behaviour, and a direct, uncoloured connection to the recorded performance.

Takumi Aka MC

Technical concept:
The Aka is the entry point of the Takumi range. It uses an aluminum cantilever and bonded conical stylus, offering excellent stability and long-term reliability. Its low-impedance 5 Ω generator delivers smooth tonal balance and wide compatibility with MC stages.

Behaviour & character:
The Aka offers a classic, musical presentation. Its conical stylus sits deep and securely in the groove, maintaining excellent contact even on less-than-perfect pressings. Bass is firm and uncoloured, midrange tones are smooth and natural, and treble retains a gentle warmth. Tracking is stable and forgiving, making the Aka ideal for extended listening and broad system compatibility.

Takumi Kuro MC

Technical concept:
The Kuro introduces a boron cantilever and nude elliptical stylus, improving tracing accuracy and transient definition while maintaining a balanced tonal core. Its low-impedance design ensures fast response and low noise.

Behaviour & character:
With its lighter, stiffer cantilever and sharper stylus, the Kuro extracts more low-level detail and stereo depth. Transient edges become cleaner, and complex harmonic textures are easier to follow. It retains the musical ease of the Aka but adds greater focus, speed, and image stability, especially at high frequencies.

Takumi Shiro MC

Technical concept:
The Shiro refines the concept further with a 6N OCC coil structure and a nude fine-elliptical stylus on a boron cantilever. This combination delivers increased resolution and tonal purity.

Behaviour & character:
The Shiro retrieves fine inner detail and air while keeping the Takumi sense of calm and order. Its fine-elliptical diamond reads delicate modulations with minimal groove wear. Voices gain texture and space; cymbals and strings are reproduced with natural extension, free from harshness. The overall impression is open, transparent, and effortlessly balanced.

Takumi Kin MC

Technical concept:
The Kin employs a ruby cantilever for superior rigidity and low resonance, paired with the same fine-elliptical stylus geometry as the Shiro. It represents a step toward the most refined mechanical precision.

Behaviour & character:
The ruby cantilever gives the Kin its distinct sense of calm precision. Low-level dynamics are clearly rendered, with black backgrounds and well-defined spatial cues. The soundstage opens wider, bass lines gain grip, and high frequencies display a clean, silken texture. The Kin is both analytical and musical — revealing yet never clinical.