| Takako Matsu discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 20 |
| Singles | 21 |
| Other appearances | 3 |
The discography of Japanese actress and singer-songwriter Takako Matsu includes ten studio, three compilation, two live, seven video albums, twenty-one singles, and twenty music videos. Born into a family of actors, Matsu made her debut as a stage performer before her roles in TV dramas (beginning with the 1994 NHK taiga drama series Hana no Ran ) and films (beginning with 1997's Tokyo Biyori). [1] [2] That year she released her first single, "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara", which peaked at number 8 on the Oricon Singles Chart [1] and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 400,000 copies. Matsu's debut album, Sora no Kagami (also released that year), peaked at number 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Selling over 300,000 copies, it earned a platinum certification from the RIAJ and Matsu was named Best New Artist of the Year at the 12th Japan Gold Disc Awards. [3]
In 1998 she starred in the Shunji Iwai short film April Story as Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl who leaves home to attend the University of Tokyo. [4] For the film's soundtrack, Matsu performed five piano songs. [5] Her second studio album, Ai no Tobira , was released on Arista Japan the same year; it peaked at number 3 on the Oricon chart, and was certified gold by the RIAJ. Moving to Universal Japan in 1999, [6] Matsu released "Yume no Shizuku"; it peaked at number 8 on the Oricon chart, her fourth top-ten hit on the Oricon Singles Chart. Her album Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... was also certified gold. About a year later, Matsu's fourth studio album (A Piece of Life) and first compilation album (Five Years: Singles) were released. Both peaked in the top five on the Oricon Albums Chart, and the latter was certified gold. A live album of her A Piece of Life concert tour, released in 2002, peaked at number 32 on the Oricon Albums Chart; the tour DVD reached number 8 on the Oricon DVD chart. Matsu's next two studio albums peaked at number 12 on the Oricon chart.
In 2004 "Toki no Fune", co-written by Matsu and Akeboshi and produced by the latter, [7] was released as the first single from her seventh studio album (Bokura ga Ita). The song, the theme for the TBS drama series Tōbōsha Runaway , [8] peaked at number 5 on the Oricon singles chart and the album peaked at number 14 on the albums chart. In 2006 Matsu released "Minna Hitori", another top-10 hit. Her parent studio album, Cherish You, peaked at the same position on the Oricon Albums Chart. After the disappointing performance of her ninth studio album (Time for Music) and its accompanying singles, Matsu's musical career saw a resurgence with "Let It Go" (which she performed for the Japanese version of the Disney animated film, Frozen ); [9] [10] the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and was certified million by the RIAJ. [11]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions (JP) [12] | Sales (JPN) [13] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sora no Kagami |
| 4 | 301,000 | |
| Ai no Tobira |
| 3 | 245,000 |
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| Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... |
| 7 | 194,000 |
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| A Piece of Life |
| 4 | 120,000 | |
| Home Grown |
| 12 | 43,000 | |
| Harvest Songs |
| 12 | 38,000 | |
| Bokura ga Ita (僕らがいた, "We Were There") |
| 14 | 29,000 | |
| Cherish You |
| 10 | 35,000 | |
| Time for Music |
| 43 | 6,000 | |
| Ashita wa Doko kara |
| — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions (JP) [12] | Sales [13] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Years: Singles |
| 3 | 281,000 |
|
| Matsu Takako Single Collection 1999–2005 |
| 59 | 6,000 | |
| Footsteps: 10th Anniversary Complete Best |
| 22 | 15,000 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions (JP) [12] | Sales [13] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takako Matsu Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life" |
| 32 | 14,000 | |
| Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2003 "Second Wave" |
| 52 | 6,000 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions (JP) [12] | Sales [13] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyper Bug Mix | — |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN) [13] | Certification | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon chart [19] | JPN Hot 100 [20] | |||||
| "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara" | 1997 | 8 | 65 [A] | 432,000 | Sora no Kagami | |
| "I Stand Alone" | 7 | — | 183,000 |
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| "Wind Song" | 30 | — | 38,000 |
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| " Mafuyu no Memories " (真冬のメモリーズ, "Midwinter Memories") | 22 | — | 77,000 | Ai no Tobira | ||
| "Sakura Fuwari" | 1998 | 9 | — | 96,000 | ||
| " Gomen ne ." (ごめんね。, "Sorry") | 26 | — | 44,000 | |||
| "Stay with Me" | 20 | — | 96,000 | |||
| " Yume no Shizuku " (夢のしずく, "Droplets of Dreams") | 1999 | 8 | — | 97,000 | Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... | |
| " Tsuki no Dance " (月のダンス, "Moon Dance") | 25 | — | 17,000 | |||
| "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka" | 2000 | 19 | — | 88,000 | ||
| " Yasashii Kaze " (優しい風, "Gentle Breeze") | 25 | — | 21,000 | A Piece of Life | ||
| " Koishii Hito " (コイシイヒト, "Beloved Person") | 2001 | 16 | — | 63,000 | ||
| " Hana no Yō ni " (花のように, "Like a Flower") | 23 | — | 24,000 | Home Grown | ||
| "Clover" | 2002 | 28 | — | 11,000 | ||
| " Ashita ni Kuchizuke o " (明日にくちづけを, "A Kiss to Tomorrow") | 23 | — | 14,000 | |||
| " Honto no Kimochi " (ほんとの気持ち, "True Feelings") | 2003 | 16 | — | 27,000 | Harvest Songs | |
| " Toki no Fune " (時の舟, "Ship of Time") | 2004 | 5 | — | 61,000 | Bokura ga Ita | |
| " Mirai ni Naru " (未来になる, "Becomes the Future") | 2005 | 24 | — | 9,000 | ||
| " Akari no Tomoru Hō e " (明かりの灯る方へ, "Towards the Burning Torch") | 2006 | 24 | — | 14,000 | ||
| " Minna Hitori " (みんなひとり, "Everyone's Alone") | 10 | — | 41,000 | Cherish You | ||
| "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara 97–07" [B] | 2007 | — | — | |||
| " Kimi to Nara " (君となら, "If I'm with You") | 2009 | 38 | 44 | Time for Music | ||
| "Egao o Misete" (笑顔をみせて, "Show Me a Smile") [23] | 2015 | — | — | — | ||
| "Ashita wa Doko kara" (明日はどこから) | 2017 | 35 | 23 | 2,000 | — | |
| "—" denotes items which did not chart. | ||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon chart [24] | JPN Hot 100 [20] | ||||
| "Futari no Murasaki Tokyo" (二人のムラサキ東京, "Our Purple Tokyo") (as Tokyo Jenne, with Kinmokusei) | 2004 | 65 | — | Best Condition: Kinmokusei Single Collection | |
| "Waratte Misete Kure" (笑ってみせてくれ, "Give Laughing a Try") (with the Band for "Sanka") | 2008 | 35 | 82 | Non-album single | |
| " Let It Go (Ari no Mama de)" (ありのままで, "As I Am") | 2014 | — | 2 |
| Frozen: Original Soundtrack (Japanese version) |
| "Umarete Hajimete" (生まれて初めて, "For the First Time in Forever") (with Sayaka Kanda) | — | 19 |
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| "Shiawase na Ketsumatsu" (幸せな結末, "Happy Ending")(with Masayuki Suzuki) | — | 70 | Discover Japan II | ||
| "—" denoted items which failed to chart. | |||||
| Song | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"/"Beauty and the Beast Medley" | 1998 | We Love Mickey: Happy 70th Anniversary [26] |
| "Caroline, No" (Yoshiyuki Sahashi with B-Girls A.K.A-Ms.T) | 2004 | Beach Boys Tribute: Best Of [27] |
| "And I Love Car" | 2013 | Okuda Tamio Covers 2 [28] |
| Title | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Film Sora no Kagami |
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| Film Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni |
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| Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life" on Film |
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| Tour Documentary Film "Diary": Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life" |
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| Matsu Takako Concert Tour 2003 "Second Wave" on Film |
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| Matsu Takako Concert Tour 2007 "I Cherish You" on Film |
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| Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2010 "Time for Music" |
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| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Sora no Kagami" | 1997 | Shunji Iwai [38] [39] |
| "I Stand Alone" | ||
| "Mafuyu no Memories" | Shunji Iwai [40] | |
| "Sakura Fuwari" | 1998 | |
| "Gomen ne." | Jun Hara [41] | |
| "Stay with Me" | Shunji Iwai [42] | |
| "Yume no Shizuku" | 1999 | Hiroyuki Itaya [43] |
| "Tsuki no Dance" | ||
| "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka" | 2000 | |
| "Koishii Hito" | 2001 | Hideaki Anno [44] |
| "Hana no Yō ni" | Hiroyuki Itaya [43] | |
| "Ashita ni Kuchizuke o" | 2002 | |
| "Honto no Kimochi" | 2003 | |
| "Home Grown" | ||
| "Toki no Fune" | 2004 | |
| "Mirai ni Naru" | 2005 | Tetsuma Maki [45] |
| "Akari no Tomoru Hō e" | 2006 | Tsuyoshi Inoue [46] |
| "Minna Hitori" | Tetsuya Nakashima [47] | |
| "Kimi to Nara" | 2009 | Yuki Ueda [48] |
| "Let It Go" | 2014 | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee [49] |

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