Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu (松 たか子, Matsu Takako) (born June 10, 1977) also known as Takako Fujima (藤間 隆子, Fujima Takako) is a Japanese actress and pop singer.

Takako Matsu
松 たか子
Born
Takako Fujima

(1977-06-10) June 10, 1977
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active1993–present
AgentBMG Japan (1997–1998/2006–present)
Universal Music Japan (1998–2005)
BMG Japan (2006-2009)
Ariola Japan/Sony (2009-)
Spouse(s)
Yoshiyuki Sahashi
(
m. 2007)
Children1
Musical career
GenresJ-pop
Associated actsSayaka Kanda, Pierre Taki, Shunsuke Takeuchi
Websitematsutakako.jp

Personal life

Matsu was born to a family of buyō and kabuki actors, including her father Matsumoto Hakuō II, her mother and businesswoman Noriko Fujima, her uncle, Nakamura Kichiemon II, her elder brother Matsumoto Kōshirō X, her sister Kio Matsumoto, and stage director Kazuhisa Kawahara. She married guitarist and record producer Yoshiyuki Sahashi on December 28, 2007, and her married name is now Takako Sahashi (佐橋隆子, Sahashi Takako). She also has the name of Natori (the accredited master) of the Matsumoto school of Nippon Buyō (Japanese dancing); Shodai Matsumoto Kōka (初代 松本 幸華, "Kōka Matsumoto the First"). She chose the surname "Matsu" to honor the family. In a interview, she and her two brothers and sisters are close to their mother.[1]

Career

Matsu made her stage debut role in Ninjō-banashi: Bunshichi Mottoi at Kabuki-za. Her first lead role in television was in the NHK Drama Hana no Ran (Child's part) in 1994, and starred in the NHK Drama Kura. Because Shirayuri Gakuen, her high school, prohibited working in the industry, she was transferred to Horikoshi High School. Matsu starred in the drama Long Vacation after matriculating to college. She had a supporting role, but establishEd in full-scale her position as an actress because the drama was a major hit. She hosted the 47th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. In 1997, she debuted with the single "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara". She appeared on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen again as a singer on the last day of the year. In an interview with NHK in 2007, Matsu recalled the incident that triggered her musical debut. At the wrap-up ceremony of the drama, Matsu sang karaoke which was heard by its director who suggested that she give singing a try. Although she refused at first, as she was not confident enough in her singing, Matsu eventually accepted because she saw it as "[a] chance that not everyone got".[2] In the same year, she starred in the drama Love Generationin a leading role. In 2001, she starred in Hero. In 2003, she published a photo essay book, Matsu no Hitorigoto, through Asahi Shimbun Publishers. In 2004, she was Kim in Miss Saigon. In September 2004, she released "Toki no Fune", which was composed by the Japanese singer Akeboshi. It is similar to his song, "A nine days' wonder", which was released after the "Toki no Fune" single. The single also contains a cover of Akeboshi's "White Reply" previously recorded on her sixth album, Harvest Songs. Matsu won the Best Actress of the Year of the 29th Hochi Film Award and the 28th Japan Academy Prize at the same time for The Hidden Blade.[3] In July 2006, she and Takuya Kimura starred in a special one-night edition of Hero. In October 2006, Matsu was in a weekly drama for the first time in over three years titled Yakusha Damashii for Fuji TV alongside Makoto Fujita.[4] In May 2007, Matsu left the third concert tour to commemorate her tenth year as a singer. In releasing her album Cherish You, the song "Ashita Haru ga Kitara" was redone to combine her voice as a 20-year-old with her current one. On November 27, 2014, Matsu revealed on her official website that she was pregnant with her first child. On March 30, 2015, she gave birth to her daughter. She revealed on her website that the baby was 3466 grams.[5] On February 9, 2020, Matsu was called to join Idina Menzel, Aurora and eight more of Elsa's international dubbers to perform the song “Into the Unknown” during the 92nd Academy Awards. Every international performer sang one line of the song in a different language: Maria Lucia Heiberg Rosenberg in Danish, Willemijn Verkaik in German, Matsu in Japanese, Carmen Sarahí in Latin American Spanish, Lisa Stokke in Norwegian, Kasia Łaska in Polish, Anna Buturlina in Russian, Gisela in European Spanish and Gam Wichayanee in Thai.[6]

Musical style

Matsu worked with the producers. Her third album, Sakura no Ame, Itsuka was released at Universal Music.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Tokyo Biyori (東京日和, Tokyo Weather) Mizutani lead role
1998 April Story Uzuki Nireno lead role
2003 9 Souls Yuki
2004 The Hidden Blade Kie
2006 The Uchoten Hotel Hana Takemoto
Brave Story Wataru (voice) lead role
2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad' Mizue
Hero Maiko Amamiya lead role
2008 K-20: Legend of the Mask Yoko Hashiba lead role
2009 Villon's Wife Sachi lead role
2010 Confessions Yuko Moriguchi lead role
2011 Someday Mie Orii
Life: Inochi o Tsunagu Monogatari (ライフ -いのちをつなぐ物語-, The tale connecting a life) narration documentary film
Imawano Kiyoshiro Naniwa Sullivan Show: Kando Saikō!!! (忌野清志郎 ナニワ・サリバン・ショー ～感度サイコー!!!～) concert film
2012 Dreams for Sale Satoko Ichizawa Lead role
2014 The Little House Tokiko Hirai Lead role
2015 A Farewell to Jinu Akiko Amano
Hero Maiko Amamiya
2017 Fireworks Nazuna's mother Voice
2018 Shottan, The Miracle Yoshiko
It Comes Kotoko Higa
Hard Core
2019 Masquerade Hotel
2020 Last Letter Yuri Kishibeno Lead role
Touge: The Last Samurai Osuga

TV dramas
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Hana no Ran Tsubaki, Later, she was called Hino Tomiko NHK, Taiga drama
1995 Kura Retsu Tanouchi NHK, lead role, broadcast prior to the film version.
1996 Long Vacation Ryoko Okusawa Fuji TV
1996 Hideyoshi Cha cha, the second wife of Hideyoshi NHK, Taiga drama
1996 Furuhata Ninzaburō (2nd season) Saki Mōri Fuji TV
1996 Konna Watashi ni Dare ga Shita (こんな私に誰がした, Who did This to Someone like Me) Natsuko Iwasaki Fuji TV
1997 Ryōma ga Yuku (竜馬がゆく, Ryoma goes) Sanako Chiba TBS
1997 Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni (僕が僕であるために, For I to be Myself) Hiroko Muranaka Fuji TV, broadcast on January 3
1997 Koto no Koiuta (古都の恋歌, Love Song of the Old Capital) Momoyo Naito TBS, broadcast on March 17
1997 Under One Roof (Season 2) Miki Mochizuki Fuji TV
1997 Shuntō (春燈, Spring Light) Ayako Tomita NHK, lead role
1997 Love Generation Riko Uesugi Fuji TV, second lead role
1998 Karasu-goi (烏鯉, Crow carp) Kaoruko Yamashita TBS
1998 Jinbē Miku Takanashi Fuji TV, second lead role
1999 Kai (櫂, Oar) Kiwa Tomita NHK, lead role
1999 Konya wa Eigyōchū (今夜は営業中, Open Tonight) Kanako Takamatsu NTV
2000 Omiai Kekkon Setsuko Nakatani Fuji TV, lead role
2001 Hero Maiko Amamiya, second lead role Fuji TV
2001 Akarui Hō e, Akarui Hō e (明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ, Towards the Brighter Side, Towards the Brighter Side) Teru Kaneko (as Misuzu Kaneko) TBS, lead role
2001 Chūshingura 1/47 Aguri (Yōzen-in) Fuji TV
2002 Tokyo Story Noriko Hirayama Fuji TV, second lead role, remake of the movie "Tokyo story", 27 Hour TV Special Drama
2003 Itsumo Futari de (いつもふたりで, Always the Two of Us) Mizuho Tanimachi Fuji TV, lead role
2004 Ryōma ga Yuku (竜馬がゆく, Ryoma goes) Okei Ōura TV Tokyo
2005 Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika Shinobu Yajima TBS, lead role
2006 Hero (Special edition) Maiko Amamiya Fuji TV, second lead role, broadcast on July 3
2006 Yakusha Damashi! (役者魂!, Actor Spirit) Hitomi Karasuyama Fuji TV, lead role, broadcast on October 17
2009-2011 Saka no Ue no Kumo Tami Sakuma (Tami Akiyama) NHK
2012 Unmei no Hito (運命の人, the man of destiny) Yuriko Yuminari TBS, second lead role
2014 Oyagi no Setaka (おやじの背中, father's back) episode 1 Hitomiko Higuchi TBS, second lead role, broadcast on July 13
2016 Futsu ga Ichiban (ふつうが一番 —作家・藤沢周平 父の一言—) Kazuko Kosuge TBS, second lead role, broadcast on July 4
2017 Quartet Maki Maki TBS, lead role, broadcast on January 17
2017 Côte d'Azur Nﾟ10 (コートダジュールNo.10) Shimako Shibata Wowow・Hulu
2019 No Side Manager Maki Kimishima TBS

Japanese dub
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Frozen[7] Elsa
2015 Frozen Fever Elsa
2017 Olaf's Frozen Adventure Elsa
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet[8] Elsa
2019 Frozen II Elsa

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 The 47th Kōhaku Uta Gassen Red team host NHK
1997 The 48th Kōhaku Uta Gassen Contestant NHK
1999 The 50th Kōhaku Uta Gassen Contestant NHK
2017 The 68th Kōhaku Uta Gassen Contestant NHK

Video games
Year Title Voice role
2019 Kingdom Hearts III[9] Elsa

Theater
  • Ninjō-banashi: Bunshichi Mottoi (人情噺文七元結, Real-life story: Bunshichi paper cord for tying the hair) (Kabuki-za, 1993) - Ohisa
  • Koiki na Yūrei (小粋な幽霊, a Stylish Ghost) (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Botan
  • Ajisai (あぢさゐ, Hydrangea) (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Omitsu
  • Taki no Shiraito (滝の白糸, the White Thread in the Waterfall) (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Kikyō
  • Jyunsaihan (じゅんさいはん) (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Oume
  • Man of La Mancha
    • (Aoyama Theater 1995) (Meitetsu Hall/ Aoyama Theatre, 1997) (Theater Hiten/ Aoyama Theatre, 1999) - Antonia
    • (Hakata-za/ Imperial Garden Theater, 2002), (Meitetsu Hall/ Imperial Garden Theater, 2005), (Imperial Garden Theater, 2008), (Theater Brava!, 2009) - Aldonza
  • Hamlet (Ginza Cezon Theater 1995, 1998, etc.) - Ophelia
  • Tengai no Hana (天涯の花) (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1999) - Tamako Taira
  • The Good Person of Szechwan (New National Theater, 1999/ Akasaka ACT Theater 2001) - Shen Te/ Shui Ta
  • Okepi (Aoyama Theatre, 2000) - Shinonome
  • Voyage ~Senjō no Syanikusai~ (〜船上の謝肉祭〜, ~Carnival on the ship~) (Theater Cocoon, 2000) - (lead role)
  • Natsu Hoteru (夏ホテル, Summer Hotel) (Parco Theater 2001) - Kaoru
  • Wuthering Heights (Shinbashi Enbujō, 2002) - Catherine Earnshaw
  • Mozart! (Nissei Theater; 2002) - Constanze Mozart
  • Noda Map: Oil (Theater Cocoon, 2003/ Kintetsu Theater 2003) - Fuji
  • Ohatsu (おはつ) (Shinbashi Enbujō, 2004) - Ohatsu
  • Roningai (Aoyama Theatre, 2004) - Oshin
  • Miss Saigon (Imperial Garden Theater, 2004) - Kim
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Setagaya Public Theater, 2005) - Gursha
  • Noda Map: Fake Crime and Punishment (Theater Cocoon 2005-6, Theater Brava!, 2005-6) - Hanabusa Sanjo
  • Metal Macbeth (Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre/ Aoyama Theatre/ Osaka Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, 2006) - Mrs. RandomStar
  • Hibari (ひばり, Skylark) (Theater Cocoon, 2007) - Joan of Arc
  • Romance (Setagaya Public Theater, 2007) - Maria Chekhova
  • Sisters (Parco Theater, 2008) - Kaoru Ozaki
  • Noda Map: Piper (Theater Cocoon, 2009) - Deimos
  • Jane Eyre (Nissei Theater, 2009, 2012) - Jane Eyre
  • Futari no Otto to Watashi no Jijou (2人の夫とわたしの事情, Family reason of my two husbands and me) (Original title: Home and Beauty) (Theater Cocoon, 2010) - Victoria
  • Twelfth Night (Theater Cocoon, 2011) - Sebastian/ Viola
  • Oto no Inai Sekai de (音のいない世界で, In the world without the sound) (New National Theatre, 2012-2013) - Sei
  • Motto Naiteyo Flapper (もっと泣いてよフラッパー, Cry More, Flapper) (Theater Cocoon, 2014) - Trunk Jill
  • Kagami no kanata wa tanaka no naka de (かがみのかなたはたなかのなかで) (New National Theatre, 2015, 2017-2018) - Keiko
  • Noda Map: Gekirin (逆鱗, Wrath) (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, 2016) - Ningyo(Mermaid)
  • Metropolis (Theater Cocoon, 2016) - Maria/ Parody
  • Sekai wa hitori (世界は一人)(Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, 2019) - Miko Tanaka/ Kazue Mori
  • Noda Map: Q: A Night At The Kabuki (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, 2019) - Sore kara no Julie(Juliet)

Awards and prizes
Year Title Award Result
1997 - 34th Golden Arrow Award for Newcomer Award & Broadcast Newcomer Award Won
1997 Tokyo Biyori 22nd Hochi Film Award for Best New Artist Won
1997 - 1997 Elan d'or Awards for Newcomer of the Year & grand prix Won
1997 - New heroine '97 in Japan - No.1 Won
1998 - 12th Japan Gold Disc Award for Best New Artist of the Year Won
1999 April Story 8th Japan Film Critics Circle Award for Actress Award Won
1999 - 36th Golden Arrow Award for Play Award Won
2000 - 21st Matsuo Entertainment Awards for Newcomer Award Won
2000 Tengai no Hana & The Good Person of Szechwan 50th new face award of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Fine Arts in theater acting division Won
2002 Akarui Hō e, Akarui Hō e 10th Hashida Prize Won
2004 Noda Map: Oil 38th Kinokuniya Theater Award for Individual Award Won
2004 The Hidden Blade 29th Hochi Film Award for Best Actress Won
2005 The Hidden Blade 28th Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
2005 - 43rd Golden Arrow Award for Play Award Won
2006 Noda Map: Fake Crime and Punishment & The Caucasian Chalk Circle 13th Yomiuri Theater Awards for Best Actress Nominated
2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 28th Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated
2008 Hibari & Romance 7th Asahi Performing arts Prize Won
2008 Hibari & Romance 15th Yomiuri Theater Awards for Best Actress Won
2009 Villon's Wife 32nd Yamaji Fumiko Film Awards for Best Actress Won
2009 Villon's Wife & K-20: Legend of the Mask 34th Hochi Film Award for Best Actress Won
2009 Villon's Wife 22nd Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actress Won
2010 Villon's Wife 83rd Kinema Junpo Best Ten for Best Actress Won
2010 Villon's Wife 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Won
2010 Jane Eyre 35th Kikuta Kazuo Theater Prize for Theater grand-prix Nominated
2011 Confessions 34th Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
2011 Confessions 2nd Japan Theater staff Film Festival Award for Actress in a Leading Role Award Won
2013 Dreams for Sale 34th Yokohama Film Festival for Best Actress Won
2013 Dreams for Sale 22nd Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Actress Won
2013 Dreams for Sale 36th Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
2013 Dreams for Sale 27th Takasaki Film Festival Award for Best Actress Won
2017 Quartet 7th Confidence Award for Best Actress Won
2017 Quartet 92nd The Television Drama Academy Awards for Best Actress Won
2018 The Adult Code（Theme Song from Quartet） The Japan Gold Disc Award for Best 5 songs by download Award Won
2018 Quartet Confidence Award Drama Prize 2017 for Best Actress Won
2018 Quartet 26th Hashida Prize Won
2018 - 9th Iwatani Tokiko Award Won

Discography
Main article: Takako Matsu discography

Bibliography
Title Original publication date Publisher Category
Matsu no Hitorigoto (松のひとりごと, "Matsu's Soliloquy") November 14, 2003
(October 7, 2009)		 Asahi Shimbun Publications Independent book
(paperback)
Chichi to Musume no Ōfukushokan (父と娘の往復書簡, "Correspondence between father and daughter") (with Kōshirō Matsumoto) October 10, 2008
(January 10, 2011)		 Bungeishunjū Independent book
(paperback)

References
  1. "Tokyo Tower Matsu Takako Interview (MSN Entertainment)". Archived from the original on June 10, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
  2. "ＮＨＫ プレミアム１０ 松たか子～彼女が歌う理由～" [NHK Premium 10 Matsu Takako: The reason she sings]. (in Japanese). November 9, 2007. NHK Japan. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  3. 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  4. Matsu Takako and Makoto Fujita in Comedy Drama Asahi Shimbun October 12, 2006
  5. 松たか子の妊娠報告で父・幸四郎が“不仲の夫”と和解 (in Japanese). Livedoor News. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  6. McPhee, Ryan (February 10, 2020). "Watch Idina Menzel and 9 Fellow Elsas Sing Frozen 2's 'Into the Unknown' at the Oscars". Playbill. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  7. Keegan, Rebecca (January 24, 2014). "Finding a diva in 41 languages". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  8. "シュガー・ラッシュ：オンライン". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  9. "Takako Matsu - 4 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved August 11, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
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