Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu studied at Asia University and Horikoshi High School. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is music composing, acting and music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are pop music. Residence is recorded at Tokyo. Distinctions recorded are Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year and Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō.

• Name — Takako Matsu • Native Name — 松 たか子 • Birth Name — Takako Fujima • Born — 10 June 1977 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — * Actress • singer • songwriter • Years Active — 1993–present • Agent — * BMG Japan (1997–1998/2006–present) Universal Music Japan (1998–2005) BMG Japan (2006–2009) • Ariola Japan/Sony (2009–) • Children — 1 • Mother — Noriko Fujima • Father — Matsumoto Hakuō II • Relatives — Matsumoto Hakuō I (grandfather) Nakamura Kichiemon I (grandfather) Nakamura Kichiemon II (uncle) Matsumoto Kōshirō X (older brother) Kio Matsumoto (sister) Sonoko Fujima (sister-in-law) Ichikawa Somegorō VIII (nephew) Mio Matsuda (niece) Ichikawa Danjūrō XIII (cousin)

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. Her married name is Takako Sahashi. She has the name of Natori of the Matsumoto school of Nippon Buyō (Japanese dancing); 4="Kōka Matsumoto the First". She chose the surname "Matsu" to honor the family. In an interview, she said she and her siblings are close to their mother.

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

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1994 — Hana no Ran — Tsubaki — Taiga drama • 1996 — Furuhata Ninzaburō — Saki Mōri — Episode 21 • Long Vacation — Ryoko Okusawa • Hideyoshi — Cha-cha — Taiga drama • 1997 — Under the Same Roof — Miki Mochizuki — Season 2 • Love Generation — Riko Uesugi — Lead role • Ryoma Goes — Sanako Chiba — Television film • 1998 — Jinbē — Miku Takanashi • 2000 — Match Making — Setsuko Nakatani — Lead role • 2001 — Hero — Maiko Amamiya • Chūshingura 1/47 — Aguri (Yōzen-in) — Television film • 2003 — The Always the Two of Us — Mizuho Tanimachi — Lead role • 2005 — Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 — Shinobu Yajima — Lead role; television film • 2009–11 — Clouds Over the Hill — Tami Akiyama • 2012 — Man of Destiny — Yuriko Yuminari • 2014 — Father's Back — Hitomiko Higuchi — Episode 1 • 2017 — Quartet — Maki Maki — Lead role • 2019 — No Side Manager — Maki Kimishima • 2021 — My Dear Exes — Towako Omameda — Lead role • 2025 — Their Marriage — Nella Suzuki • 2026–27 — Blossom — Yuko Fujikawa — Asadora

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2013 — Frozen — Elsa • 2015 — Frozen Fever — Elsa • 2017 — Olaf's Frozen Adventure — Elsa • 2018 — Ralph Breaks the Internet — Elsa • 2019 — Frozen II — Elsa

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1996 — The 47th Kōhaku Uta Gassen — Red team host • 1997 — The 48th Kōhaku Uta Gassen — Contestant • 1999 — The 50th Kōhaku Uta Gassen — Contestant • 2017 — The 68th Kōhaku Uta Gassen — Contestant

• Year — Title — Voice role — Notes — Ref. References • 2019 — Kingdom Hearts III — Elsa

• Real-life story: Bunshichi paper cord for tying the hair (Kabuki-za, 1993) - Ohisa • a Stylish Ghost (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Botan • Hydrangea (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Omitsu • the White Thread in the Waterfall (Shinbashi Enbujō, 1994) - Kikyō • Jyunsaihan (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 (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 ~Carnival on the ship~ (Theater Cocoon, 2000) - (lead role) • Natsu Hoteru (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 (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 • 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 • Family reason of my two husbands and me (Original title: Home and Beauty) (Theater Cocoon, 2010) - Victoria • Twelfth Night (Theater Cocoon, 2011) - Sebastian/ Viola • In the world without the sound (New National Theatre, 2012–2013) - Sei • Motto Naiteyo Flapper (Theater Cocoon, 2014) - Trunk Jill • Kagami no kanata wa tanaka no naka de (New National Theatre, 2015, 2017–2018) - Keiko • Noda Map: Gekirin (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, 2016) - Ningyo(Mermaid) • Metropolis (Theater Cocoon, 2016) - Maria/ Parody • Sekai wa hitori(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

• 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)

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

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

• 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)

Takako Matsu was recorded at birth as 藤間隆子. The authorities additionally record the headings Takako Fujima and Matsu Takako. Her recorded language was Japanese. She married Yoshiyuki Sahashi.