Takako Matsu

Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Template:Nihongo (born Template:Nihongo on June 10, 1977) is a Japanese actress and pop singer.

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.Template:Citation needed She married guitarist and record producer Yoshiyuki Sahashi on December 28, 2007. Her married name is Template:Nihongo. She has the name of Natori of the Matsumoto school of Nippon Buyō (Japanese dancing); Template:Nihongo. She chose the surname "Matsu" to honor the family. In an interview, she said she and her siblings are close to their mother.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Matsu starred in her stage debut Ninjō-banashi: Bunshichi Mottoi at Kabuki-za. Her first television role was in the NHK Drama Hana no Ran and starred in the NHK drama Kura. Because Shirayuri Gakuen, her high school, prohibited working in the industry, she moved 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, because the drama was a major hit. She hosted the 47th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen and debuted with the single "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara". She returned to the show as a singer on the last day of the year. In an interview with NHK, Matsu recalled the incident with her musical debut. She sang karaoke which was heard by the director who suggested she gave a song. Although she declined it and was not confident enough with the song, she accepted because she saw it as "[a] chance that not everyone got".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the same year, she starred in the drama Love Generation in a leading role. She starred in Hero. She published a photo essay book, Matsu no Hitorigoto, through Asahi Shimbun Publishers. She released "Toki no Fune" in September 2004, which was composed by Akeboshi. It is similar to the song, "A nine days' wonder", which was released after the "Toki no Fune" single. The single contained 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In July 2006, she and Takuya Kimura starred in a special one-night edition of Hero. In October 2006, Matsu and Makoto Fujita starred in a weekly drama Yakusha Damashii.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Matsu left the third concert tour in May 2007 to commemorate her tenth year as a singer. In her album Cherish You, the song "Ashita Haru ga Kitara" was redone to combine her voice on her youth.

On November 27, 2014, Matsu revealed on her official website that she was pregnant with her first child. Her daughter was born on March 30, 2015, and weighed 3466 grams.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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" at the 92nd Academy Awards. Every international performer sang one line of the song in a different languages, including Maria Lucia Rosenberg, Willemijn Verkaik, Carmen Sarahí, Lisa Stokke, Katarzyna Łaska, Anna Buturlina, Gisela and Wichayanee Pearklin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Matsu worked with the producers. Her third album, Sakura no Ame, Itsuka was released at Universal Music.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1997	Tokyo Fair Weather	Mizutani		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998	April Story	Uzuki Nireno	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003	9 Souls	Yuki		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004	The Hidden Blade	Kie		<ref name=ja28/>
2006	Suite Dreams	Hana Takemoto		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Brave Story	Wataru (voice)	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	Mizue		<ref name=ja31/>
	Hero	Maiko Amamiya		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	K-20: Legend of the Mask	Yoko Hashiba		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009	Villon's Wife	Sachi	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	Confessions	Yuko Moriguchi	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011	Someday	Mie Orii		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Dreams for Sale	Satoko Ichizawa	Lead role	<ref name=ja36/>
2014	The Little House	Tokiko Hirai	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Hero	Maiko Amamiya		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	Fireworks	Nazuna's mother (voice)		<ref name="btva"/>
2018	Hard-Core	Bar woman		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan	Yoshiko		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	It Comes	Kotoko Higa		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	Masquerade Hotel	Maki Nagakura		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020	Last Letter	Yuri Kishibeno	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai	Osuga		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	The Zen Diary	Machiko		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025	First Kiss	Kanna Suzuri	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	On Summer Sand	Keiko		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1994	Hana no Ran	Tsubaki	Taiga drama	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996	Furuhata Ninzaburō	Saki Mōri	Episode 21	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Long Vacation	Ryoko Okusawa		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Hideyoshi	Cha-cha	Taiga drama	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997	Under the Same Roof	Miki Mochizuki	Season 2	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Love Generation	Riko Uesugi	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Ryoma Goes	Sanako Chiba	Television film	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998	Jinbē	Miku Takanashi		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000	Match Making	Setsuko Nakatani	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001	Hero	Maiko Amamiya		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	Chūshingura 1/47	Aguri (Yōzen-in)	Television film	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003	The Always the Two of Us	Mizuho Tanimachi	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005	Hiroshima, August 6, 1945	Shinobu Yajima	Lead role; television film	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009–11	Clouds Over the Hill	Tami Akiyama		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Man of Destiny	Yuriko Yuminari		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014	Father's Back	Hitomiko Higuchi	Episode 1	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	Quartet	Maki Maki	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	No Side Manager	Maki Kimishima		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2021	My Dear Exes	Towako Omameda	Lead role	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025	Their Marriage	Nella Suzuki		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Japanese dub

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
2013	Frozen	Elsa		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Frozen Fever	Elsa		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	Olaf's Frozen Adventure	Elsa		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Elsa		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	Frozen II	Elsa		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1996	The 47th Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Red team host		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997	The 48th Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Contestant		<ref name=kohaku/>
1999	The 50th Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Contestant		<ref name=kohaku/>
2017	The 68th Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Contestant		<ref name=kohaku>Template:Cite web</ref>

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Template:Abbr
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Elsa		<ref name="btva">Template:Cite news</ref>

Theater

• Template:Nihongo (Kabuki-za, 1993) - Ohisa
• Template:Nihongo (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Botan
• Template:Nihongo (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Omitsu
• Template:Nihongo (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Kikyō
• Template:Nihongo (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
• Template:Nihongo (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 Template:Nihongo (Theater Cocoon, 2000) - (lead role)
• Template:Nihongo (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
• Template:Nihongo (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
• Template:Nihongo (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
• Template:Nihongo (Original title: Home and Beauty) (Theater Cocoon, 2010) - Victoria
• Twelfth Night (Theater Cocoon, 2011) - Sebastian/ Viola
• Template:Nihongo (New National Theatre, 2012–2013) - Sei
• Template:Nihongo (Theater Cocoon, 2014) - Trunk Jill
• Template:Nihongo (New National Theatre, 2015, 2017–2018) - Keiko
• Noda Map: Template:Nihongo (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, 2016) - Ningyo(Mermaid)
• Metropolis (Theater Cocoon, 2016) - Maria/ Parody
• Template:Nihongo(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)
• Inubito-Inujin-(イヌビト犬人)(New National Theatre, 2020) - Guide / Mazda Takeko / Petit
• Pa Lapa Pan Pan (COCOON PRODUCTION 2021+大人計画『パ・ラパパンパン』2021) - novelist for teens

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Template:Abbr
1997	21st Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	22nd Hochi Film Awards	Best New Artist	Tokyo Fair Weather	Template:Won	<ref name=hochi>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004	29th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	The Hidden Blade	Template:Won	<ref name=hochi/>
2005	28th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress		Template:Nom	<ref name=ja28>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008	31st Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	Template:Nom	<ref name=ja31>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009	34th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	Villon's Wife	Template:Won	<ref name=hochi/>
	22nd Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress		Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	33rd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress		Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	83rd Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011	34th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress	Confessions	Template:Nom	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013	34th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actress	Dreams for Sale	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress		Template:Nom	<ref name=ja36>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	7th Confidence Award Drama Prizes	Best Actress	Quartet	Template:Won	<ref name="7th">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025	38th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress	First Kiss	Template:Pending	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Discography

Studio albums

• Sora no Kagami (1997)
• Ai no Tobira (1998)
• Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... (2000)
• A Piece of Life (2001)
• Home Grown (2003)
• Harvest Songs (2003)
• Bokura ga Ita (2006)
• Cherish You (2007)
• Time for Music (2009)
• Ashita wa Doko kara (2017)

Compilation albums

• Five Years: Singles (2001)
• Takako Matsu Single Collection 1999–2005 (2006)
• Footsteps: 10th Anniversary Complete Best (2008)Template:Col-2

Live albums

• Takako Matsu Concert Tour Vol. 1 "A Piece of Life" (2002)
• Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2003 "Second Wave" (2004)

Music Video/Concert DVD

• film Sora no Kagami (1997)
• Film Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... (2000)
• MATSU TAKAKO concert tour vol.1 "a piece of life" on film (2002)
• 「tour documentary film "diary"」〜 concert tour vol.1 "apiece of life"〜 (2002)
• matsu takako concert tour 2003 "second wave" on film (2004)
• MATSU TAKAKO concert tour 2007 "I Cherish You" on film (2007)
• Takako Matsu Concert Tour 2010 "Time for Music" (2010)

Bibliography

Title	Original publication date	Publisher	Category
Template:Nihongo	November 14, 2003 (October 7, 2009)	Asahi Shimbun Publications	Independent book (paperback)
Template:Nihongo (with Kōshirō Matsumoto)	October 10, 2008 (January 10, 2011)	Bungeishunjū	Independent book (paperback)

References

• "As I Discovered a New Myself in this Album, I Wish If New Listeners Find me" Template:Webarchive (Japanese), MSN, April 26, 2006, retrieved July 14, 2006
• "In-depth on an Unprecedented Collaboration with Sukima Switch" Template:Webarchive (Japanese), "Oricon", March 22, 2006, retrieved July 14, 2006
• "Natural and Certain Feeling" Template:Webarchive (Japanese), "Oricon", April 6, 2005, retrieved July 14, 2006

External links

• Template:Official website Template:In lang
• Sony Music artist profile Template:In lang
• Template:IMDb name