# Takako Matsu discography

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 Kagami | Released: June 28, 1997 Label: Arista Japan Format(s): CD | 4 | 301,000 | JPN: Platinum |
| Ai no Tobira | Released: September 23, 1998 Label: Arista Japan Format(s): CD | 3 | 245,000 | JPN: Gold |
| Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... | Released: March 23, 2000 Label: Polydor Format(s): CD | 7 | 194,000 | JPN: Gold |
| A Piece of Life | Released: June 13, 2001 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD | 4 | 120,000 | |
| Home Grown | Released: February 19, 2003 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD | 12 | 43,000 | |
| Harvest Songs | Released: October 8, 2003 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD | 12 | 38,000 | |
| Bokura ga Ita (僕らがいた, "We Were There") | Released: April 26, 2006 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD | 14 | 29,000 | |
| Cherish You | Released: April 25, 2007 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD | 10 | 35,000 | |
| Time for Music | Released: November 25, 2009 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD | 43 | 6,000 | |
| Ashita wa Doko kara | Released: December 6, 2017 Label: Ariola Japan Format(s): CD, CD+DVD | — | | |

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions (JP) | Sales | Certifications |
| Five Years: Singles | Released: December 5, 2001 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD | 3 | 281,000 | JPN: Gold |
| Matsu Takako Single Collection 1999–2005 | Released: June 28, 2006 Label: Universal Japan Format(s): CD | 59 | 6,000 | |
| Footsteps: 10th Anniversary Complete Best | Released: 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 Mix | Released: August 21, 1997 Label: BMG Victor Format(s): LP | — | | |

## Singles
### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales (JPN) | Certification | Album |
| Title | Year | Oricon chart | JPN Hot 100 | Sales (JPN) | Certification | Album |
| "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara" | 1997 | 8 | 65 | 432,000 | JPN: Platinum | Sora no Kagami |
| "I Stand Alone" | 1997 | 7 | — | 183,000 | JPN: Gold | Sora no Kagami |
| "Wind Song" | 1997 | 30 | — | 38,000 | JPN: Gold | Sora no Kagami |
| "Mafuyu no Memories" (真冬のメモリーズ, "Midwinter Memories") | 1997 | 22 | — | 77,000 | | Ai no Tobira |
| "Sakura Fuwari" | 1998 | 9 | — | 96,000 | | Ai no Tobira |
| "Gomen ne." (ごめんね。, "Sorry") | 1998 | 26 | — | 44,000 | | Ai no Tobira |
| "Stay with Me" | 1998 | 20 | — | 96,000 | | Ai no Tobira |
| "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") | 1999 | 25 | — | 17,000 | | Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... |
| "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka" | 2000 | 19 | — | 88,000 | | Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... |
| "Yasashii Kaze" (優しい風, "Gentle Breeze") | 2000 | 25 | — | 21,000 | | A Piece of Life |
| "Koishii Hito" (コイシイヒト, "Beloved Person") | 2001 | 16 | — | 63,000 | | A Piece of Life |
| "Hana no Yō ni" (花のように, "Like a Flower") | 2001 | 23 | — | 24,000 | | Home Grown |
| "Clover" | 2002 | 28 | — | 11,000 | | Home Grown |
| "Ashita ni Kuchizuke o" (明日にくちづけを, "A Kiss to Tomorrow") | 2002 | 23 | — | 14,000 | | Home Grown |
| "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 | | Bokura ga Ita |
| "Akari no Tomoru Hō e" (明かりの灯る方へ, "Towards the Burning Torch") | 2006 | 24 | — | 14,000 | | Bokura ga Ita |
| "Minna Hitori" (みんなひとり, "Everyone's Alone") | 2006 | 10 | — | 41,000 | | Cherish You |
| "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara 97–07" | 2007 | — | — | | | Cherish You |
| "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") | 2015 | — | — | | | — |
| "Ashita wa Doko kara" (明日はどこから) | 2017 | 35 | 23 | 2,000 | | — |
| "—" denotes items which did not chart. |||||||

### Collaborations and promotional singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | Oricon chart | JPN Hot 100 | Certifications | Album |
| "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 | JPN (download): Million | Frozen: Original Soundtrack (Japanese version) |
| "Umarete Hajimete" (生まれて初めて, "For the First Time in Forever") (with Sayaka Kanda) | 2014 | — | 19 | JPN (download): Gold | Frozen: Original Soundtrack (Japanese version) |
| "Shiawase na Ketsumatsu" (幸せな結末, "Happy Ending") (with Masayuki Suzuki) | 2014 | — | 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 Kagami | Released: October 12, 1997 Label: BMG Japan | Released 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 ni | Released: April 5, 2000 Label: Polydor | Contains 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 Film | Released: February 21, 2002 Label: Polydor | Released 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: Polydor | Contains 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 Film | Released: March 24, 2004 Label: Universal Japan | Contains 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 Film | Released: November 21, 2007 Label: BMG Japan | Contains 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 Japan | Contains 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" | 1997 | Shunji Iwai |
| "Mafuyu no Memories" | 1997 | Shunji Iwai |
| "Sakura Fuwari" | 1998 | Shunji Iwai |
| "Gomen ne." | 1998 | Jun Hara |
| "Stay with Me" | 1998 | Shunji Iwai |
| "Yume no Shizuku" | 1999 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Tsuki no Dance" | 1999 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Sakura no Ame, Itsuka" | 2000 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Koishii Hito" | 2001 | Hideaki Anno |
| "Hana no Yō ni" | 2001 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Ashita ni Kuchizuke o" | 2002 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Honto no Kimochi" | 2003 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Home Grown" | 2003 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Toki no Fune" | 2004 | Hiroyuki Itaya |
| "Mirai ni Naru" | 2005 | Tetsuma Maki |
| "Akari no Tomoru Hō e" | 2006 | Tsuyoshi Inoue |
| "Minna Hitori" | 2006 | Tetsuya Nakashima |
| "Kimi to Nara" | 2009 | Yuki Ueda |
| "Let It Go" | 2014 | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee |