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{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = m.c.A·T
| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = {{nihongo|Akio Togashi|富樫 明生|Togashi Akio}}
| alias               = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1961|5|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]]
| genre               = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| occupation          = {{hlist|[[Musician]]|[[Rapping|rapper]]|[[Singing|singer]]|[[record producer]]}}
| instrument          = 
| years_active        = 1989-present
| label               = [[Avex Trax]]
| associated_acts     = {{hlist|[[Rider Chips]]|[[Da Pump]]|[[Yuki Uchida]]|[[AAA (band)|AAA]]|[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]|[[Nami Tamaki]]|[[Namie Amuro]]|[[Toshinobu Kubota]]|[[Manabu Oshio]]}}
| website             = [https://web.archive.org/web/20061205020446/http://avexnet.or.jp/mcat/ m.c.A・T]
| Production          = 
}}

{{nihongo|'''Akio Togashi'''|富樫 明生|Togashi Akio|born May 15, 1961 in [[Hokkaidō]]}}, better known by his stage name {{nihongo|'''m.c.A·T'''|エムシーエーティー|Emu Shī Ē Tī|"'''M'''icrophone '''C'''ontroller '''A'''kio '''T'''ogashi"}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[musician]], [[Rapping|rapper]], [[Singing|singer]] and [[record producer]] with [[Avex Trax]]. He graduated from [[Hokkaido Sapporo Tsukisamu High School]] and the [[Hokkaido University of Education]]. His debut single as m.c.A·T, "[[Bomb A Head!]]," released in 1993 on Avex Trax,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=1999 |title=富樫明生 |trans-title=Akio Togashi |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/a/togashi-akio/120854 |work=CDJournal |language=Japanese |access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref> has since been re-released as "Bomb A Head! Returns!" in 2003 featuring [[Da Pump|DA PUMP]] and as "Bomb A Head! V" in 2004 as the opening theme of ''[[Tenjho Tenge]]''.

He has also produced several of DA PUMP's releases, and like DA PUMP's ISSA, is a fan of the [[Kamen Rider Series]]. He has performed various songs for the series, collaborating with [[Rider Chips|RIDER CHIPS]] on "The people with no name," the second ending theme for ''[[Kamen Rider 555]]'', and on the single {{nihongo|"Kamen Rider no Uta"|仮面ライダーのうた|Kamen Raidā no Uta}} and with [[Rin']] on "Flashback," the theme song for ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Fighting Demons]]'', as well as provided the voice for the Ghost Driver in [[Kamen Rider Ghost]]. He has also collaborated with Avex Trax artists such as [[AAA (band)|AAA]], [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], [[Nami Tamaki]], [[Namie Amuro]], [[Toshinobu Kubota]], and most recently [[Manabu Oshio]] on the single "Beastie Life" released late 2007. Several other artists he has worked with appear on the second disc for his latest album ''Music Conductor A·T''.

==Discography==
===as Akio Togashi===
;Singles
* ''Primitive Power'' (1989)
* ''Let's A･B･C'' (1989)
;Album
*''Harlem Wonder Parade (1989)

===as m.c.A·T===
;Singles and EPs
* ''Bomb A Head!'' (1993)
* ''Gold Chocolate. / I Miss U.'' (Promo, 1994)
* ''m.c.A·T  Is 2 Funky. / Funky Gutsman!''(Promo, 1994) 
* ''Coffee Scotch Mermaid'' (1994)
* ''風に叫ぶ~Energy Guy のテーマ~''(Promo, 1994)
* ''灼熱のMy Baby / Coffee Scotch Mermaid''(Promo, 1994)
* ''風に叫ぶ ~Energy Guyのテーマ~'' (1994)
* ''Breakdown -Let's Go! Rookie Boy-'' (1995)
* ''Super Happy'' (1995)
* ''Oh! My Precious!'' (1995)
* ''Thunder Party'' (1996)
* ''Very Special Journey'' (1997)
* ''Bomb A Head! Returns!'' (2003)
* ''Bomb A Head! V'' (2004)
* ''Uh~lalala'' (2007)
* ''Beastie Life'' (2007)
;Albums
*''m.c.A·T'' (1994)
*''Ah-yea-h'' (1995)
*''Fight 4 da Future'' (1995)
*''Crossover'' (1996)
*''Returns!'' (2004)
*''m.c.+A·T'' (2007)
*''Music Conductor A·T'' (2008)
*''Crystal Rainbow'' (2023)
;Compilations and Remixes
*''The Remix'' (1994)
*''Da Remix II 12" Disc One'' (Single, 1995)
*''Da Remix II'' (1996)
*''Kissin' Me, Kissin' You (Da E-Smoove Remixes)'' (1996)
*''One and Only'' (1997)
*''m.c.A·T Best Singles+'' (2007)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080810003540/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/mcat/index.html m.c.A·T] at [[Avex Trax]]
*[http://ameblo.jp/mc-at/ m.c.A·T Official Blog]
*[http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/search.asp?artcd=27553&artist=%82%8D%81D%82%83%81D%82%60%81E%82s&ordt=sle&bs=all&bs2=1 m.c.A·T] at [[Oricon]] Rankings
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/679262-mcAT m.c.A·T] at [[Discogs]]
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