Chiharu Takei is a marimbist from Tokyo. She graduated from Toho Gakuen University and studied marimba at postgraduate level at the Zurich University of the Arts. Her teachers include Keiko Abe.
In 2017, she gave a solo recital in Tokyo and performed with the Keiko Abe Marimba Orchestra at the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival in South Korea. She also participated in the Keiko Abe Lausanne International Marimba Academy that year and performed in its final concert.
Her activities include commissioning chamber music for marimba and teaching the instrument. She is a Yamaha Artist (as of 23 September 2026).