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). That year she released her first single, "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara", which peaked at number 8 on the Oricon Singles Chart 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.

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. For the film's soundtrack, Matsu performed five piano songs. 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, 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, 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, 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); the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and was certified million by the RIAJ.

Studio albums + Title Album details Peak chart positions (JP) Sales(JPN) Certifications Sora no KagamiReleased: June 28, 1997 Label: Arista Japan Format(s): CD 4 301,000JPN: Platinum Ai no TobiraReleased: September 23, 1998 Label: Arista Japan Format(s): CD 3 245,000JPN: Gold Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni...Released: March 23, 2000 Label: Polydor Format(s): CD 7 194,000JPN: Gold A Piece of LifeReleased: June 13, 2001 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD 4 120,000 Home GrownReleased: February 19, 2003 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD 12 43,000 Harvest SongsReleased: October 8, 2003 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD 12 38,000 Released: April 26, 2006 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD 14 29,000 Cherish YouReleased: April 25, 2007 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD 10 35,000 Time for MusicReleased: November 25, 2009 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD 43 6,000 Ashita wa Doko karaReleased: December 6, 2017 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD —

Compilation albums

+ Title Album details Peak chart positions (JP) Sales Certifications Five Years: SinglesReleased: December 5, 2001 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD 3 281,000 JPN: Gold Matsu Takako Single Collection 1999–2005Released: June 28, 2006 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD 59 6,000 Footsteps: 10th Anniversary Complete BestReleased: June 25, 2008 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD 22 15,000

Live albums + Title Album details Peak chart positions (JP) Sales Certifications Takako Matsu Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life"Released: February 21, 2002 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD 32 14,000 Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2003 "Second Wave"Released: March 24, 2004 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD 52 6,000

LP records + Title Album details Peak chart positions (JP) Sales Certifications Hyper Bug MixReleased: August 21, 1997 Label: BMG Victor Format(s): LP —

Singles As lead artist + Title Year Peak chart positions Sales(JPN) Certification Album Oricon chart JPN Hot 100Billboard Japan Hot 100 peak positions: "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara" 1997 8 65 432,000 JPN: Platinum Sora no Kagami "I Stand Alone" 7 — 183,000JPN: Gold "Wind Song" 30 — 38,000JPN: Gold 22 — 77,000 Ai no Tobira "Sakura Fuwari" 1998 9 — 96,000 26 — 44,000 "Stay with Me" 20 — 96,000 1999 8 — 97,000 Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... 25 — 17,000 "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka" 2000 19 — 88,000 25 — 21,000 A Piece of Life 2001 16 — 63,000 23 — 24,000 Home Grown "Clover" 2002 28 — 11,000 23 — 14,000 2003 16 — 27,000 Harvest Songs 2004 5 — 61,000 Bokura ga Ita 2005 24 — 9,000 2006 24 — 14,000 10 — 41,000 Cherish You "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara 97–07" 2007 — — 2009 38 44 Time for Music 2015 — — 2017 35 23 2,000 "—" denotes items which did not chart.

Collaborations and promotional singles + Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album Oricon chartOricon chart peak positions: JPN Hot 100 (as Tokyo Jenne, with Kinmokusei) 2004 65 — Best Condition: Kinmokusei Single Collection (with the Band for "Sanka") 2008 35 82 Non-album single 2014 — 2JPN (download): Million Frozen: Original Soundtrack (Japanese version) (with Sayaka Kanda) — 19JPN (download): Gold (with Masayuki Suzuki) — 70 Discover Japan II "—" denoted items which failed to chart.

Other album appearances Song Year Album "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"/"Beauty and the Beast Medley" 1998 We Love Mickey: Happy 70th Anniversary "Caroline, No" (Yoshiyuki Sahashi with B-Girls A.K.A-Ms.T) 2004 Beach Boys Tribute: Best Of "And I Love Car" 2013 Okuda Tamio Covers 2

Videography Video releases Title Album details Notes Film Sora no KagamiReleased: October 12, 1997 Label: BMG JapanReleased first as a VHS in 1997 and later as a DVD in 2003. Contains videos of "I Stand Alone" and five other tracks from Sora no Kagami. The DVD peaked at number 297 on the Oricon DVD chart. Film Itsuka, Sakura no Ame niReleased: April 5, 2000 Label: PolydorContains music videos of "Yume no Shizuku", "Tsuki no Dance", and "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka". Peaked at number 8 on the Oricon DVD chart. Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life" on FilmReleased: February 21, 2002 Label: PolydorReleased in VHS and DVD formats. Contains footage of Matsu's first concert tour of the same title. Peaked at number 8 on Oricon DVD chart. Tour Documentary Film "Diary": Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life"Released: February 21, 2002 Label: PolydorContains behind-the-scenes footage of the concert "A Piece of Life". Also contains journal entries by Matsu, chronicling her life while on tour. Peaked at number 47 on the Oricon DVD chart. Matsu Takako Concert Tour 2003 "Second Wave" on FilmReleased: March 24, 2004 Label: Universal JapanContains footage of Matsu's second concert tour, "Second Wave". Peaked at number 40 on the Oricon DVD chart. Matsu Takako Concert Tour 2007 "I Cherish You" on FilmReleased: November 21, 2007 Label: BMG JapanContains footage of Matsu's third concert tour, "I Cherish You". Peaked at number 42 on the Oricon DVD chart. Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2010 "Time for Music"Released: February 6, 2010 Label: Ariola JapanContains footage of Matsu's fourth concert tour, "Time for Music". Peaked at number 73 on the Oricon chart.

Music videos Title Year Director "Sora no Kagami" 1997 Shunji Iwai "I Stand Alone" "Mafuyu no Memories" Shunji Iwai "Sakura Fuwari" 1998 "Gomen ne." Jun Hara "Stay with Me" Shunji Iwai "Yume no Shizuku" 1999 Hiroyuki Itaya "Tsuki no Dance" "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka" 2000 "Koishii Hito" 2001 Hideaki Anno "Hana no Yō ni" Hiroyuki Itaya "Ashita ni Kuchizuke o" 2002 "Honto no Kimochi" 2003 "Home Grown" "Toki no Fune" 2004 "Mirai ni Naru" 2005 Tetsuma Maki "Akari no Tomoru Hō e"2006 Tsuyoshi Inoue "Minna Hitori" Tetsuya Nakashima "Kimi to Nara" 2009 Yuki Ueda "Let It Go" 2014 Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

References Notes A Charted in 2012. B The track was released digitally only.

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