Mariya Takeuchi

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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as the "Queen of City Pop", Takeuchi is one of the best-selling music artists in Japan with over 16 million records sold.[1] Internationally, her 1985 song "Plastic Love" became a sleeper hit and the catalyst of the 21st century revival of city pop.[2]

Takeuchi was born in Taisha, Hikawa district, now the city of Izumo, Shimane, and attended Keio University. She signed with RCA in 1978, releasing five albums under the label which appeared on the Oricon Charts, including her chart-topping third effort Template:Ill (1980). She terminated her contract with RCA in 1981 and announced a temporary hiatus. In 1982, she married singer and songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita. She signed with Moon Records in 1984, and internationally released her sixth studio album Variety that same year to commercial success. She has since released seven more studio albums and one live album. All of her works have continued to appear on the Oricon Charts, and since 2001, each one of her albums have topped it.

Takeuchi has stayed with the Moon record label, working with the different branches since signing in 1984; since 1998, she has also been signed with Warner Music Japan. Her single Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., when re-recorded in 2020, made her the oldest Japanese singer to have a single top the Oricon Charts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Early life

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Takeuchi's yearbook photo, 1973

Takeuchi was born in Taisha in the Hikawa district of Shimane Prefecture in Japan. She grew up in the family Shinise Ryokan (Japanese long-established inn) business by the name of Takenoya, that her paternal great-grandfather Script error: No such module "Nihongo". founded in 1877.[2] Her family always played records from all over the world. She had already learned to play piano and guitar by third grade, but the Beatles left an impression that inspired her to travel.[2]

In 1972, for her third year of high school, she studied in Rock Falls, Illinois, United States, as an international exchange student through the AFS Intercultural Programs. Her nickname was Mako, as one of the AFS yearbooks has a caption that reads Mariya "Mako" Takeuchi.[3][2][4] She entered the Japanese Keio University in 1974, majoring in English literature and won a nationwide English recitation contest by The Japan Times in the spring of that year.[2] She married fellow musician Tatsuro Yamashita in April 1982.[3] They have one daughter.[5]

Career

Debut and early success

Takeuchi joined the music club of her university and there she was invited to participate in Script error: No such module "Nihongo".'s recordings and in March 1978 so-called the omnibus album Script error: No such module "Nihongo". recordings.[3] In August that year she signed up with the RCA recording label, and in November her debut single Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and her debut album Template:Ill were released.[3][6] The 1979 singles Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and Template:Ill were hits, and with that she won the 1979 Japan Record Awards, Tokyo Music Festival, Japan Music Awards, Shinjuku Music Festival, and Ginza Music Festival best new artist awards as a singer.[3][6] The 1980 single Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was also another hit.[7][8][6] Takeuchi has had one song Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (1981) that appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta.

Hiatus and songwriting for others

From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, she recorded five albums and several singles. Those recordings featured dozens of prominent Japanese and North American songwriters, instrumentalists and producers, including Kazuhiko Katō, Tetsuji Hayashi, Shigeru Suzuki, Masamichi Sugi, Takashi Matsumoto, Al Capps, Peter Allen, David Lasley, Alan O'Day, David Foster, Jim Keltner, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, and a fellow RCA artist and her future partner and husband, Tatsuro Yamashita.[9] One of her songs from the 1980 album Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., "Heart to Heart" (music by Roger Nichols), was given English lyrics and a new title, "Now". It was recorded by the Carpenters, released in 1983, and was the last recording by Karen Carpenter before her death. At the end of 1981, after the release of her fifth album Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., she announced she was going to take a break for a while and paused holding concerts and new releases, and got married six months later.[3] While taking a break she continued composing for numerous different idols and singers such as Naoko Kawai, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yukiko Okada, Akina Nakamori, Miho Nakayama, Hiromi Iwasaki, Masahiko Kondo, among many others.[3][10]

Return and chart success

Several of these songs scored top-ten on the Oricon, such as Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and Template:Ill performed by Naoko Kawai, Script error: No such module "Nihongo". performed by Yukiko Okada, and Script error: No such module "Nihongo". performed by Miho Nakayama. Takeuchi has often re-recorded those songs for her own album. Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., a song originally written for the album by Akina Nakamori, became known by the composer's recorded version, and had been covered by many artists. "Genki wo Dashite", a song first recorded by Hiroko Yakushimaru, is recognized as one of Takeuchi's notable compositions. The song was later covered by Hitomi Shimatani in 2003, and became a moderate hit.

Since her return to the Japanese music industry in 1984, she has recorded seven successful studio albums that mainly consist of her self-written songs, and all of them had reached No. 1 on the Japanese Oricon chart.[11] As a singer-songwriter, she has produced eight top-ten hit singles on the Oricon chart, including Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and her only No. 1 hit Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..[12] In addition to her work as a performer, she has continued writing songs and lyrics for other singers, including Ryōko Hirosue, Takako Matsu, Riho Makise, Seiko Matsuda, Masayuki Suzuki and Tackey & Tsubasa.[10]

Several of these songs scored top-ten on the Oricon, such as Script error: No such module "Nihongo". performed by Ryōko Hirosue, "Miracle Love" performed by Riho Makise, Script error: No such module "Nihongo". performed by Takako Matsu, and Script error: No such module "Nihongo". performed by Mana Ashida.

Legacy and resurgence

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Takeuchi in 2019

Up to September 2014, Takeuchi had released 12 studio albums, 42 singles, several compilations and a live album which was recorded in 2000. Her total sales have been estimated at more than 16 million units by 2009. Her 1994 compilation, Impressions, sold more than 3 million copies in Japan alone, and became her best-selling album.[11] In addition to her musical career, she has also managed her family's Ryokan Takenoya since May 2018 "until the next generation can take over".[2]

Outside of Japan, she is best known for the city pop song "Plastic Love" from her number-one album Variety (1984). At the time of the song's release, Takeuchi had not considered attempting to release her music in the Western world, stating in a 2018 interview, "Considering that [the song] was mostly performed in Japanese, we figured it would be impossible to go abroad."[2] The song went viral after it was uploaded to YouTube during the mid-late 2010s.[13][14] Popularized overseas via the vaporwave and future funk scenes, the song has received more than 67 million views on YouTube as of June 2021.[2] It has received critical acclaim, with Noisey calling it "the best pop song in the world"[15] and Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn calling it "a wonder woman slab of Japanese funk".[16] K-pop singer Yubin's "City Love" is also based on this song.[17] The Blessed Madonna closed a Resident Advisor November 2017 mix with a rendition of this song as well. Chai released a cover of the song in 2020.[18] "Plastic Love" has also inspired numerous fan art and videos.[2] On 17 May 2019, Warner Music Japan released on YouTube a short version of a music video for the song, 35 years after its initial release.[19] A longer, five minute version was subsequently released on 11 November 2021.

Recent work

In 2021, Takeuchi formed a new duo called Peach & Apricot with Anri, a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. "Peach" refers to Takeuchi's popular hit Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., while "Apricot" comes from Anri's debut album title Apricot Jam. On 3 November 2021, they released their first song together, "Watching Over You".[20] The lyrics were written by Takeuchi, while the music was composed and arranged by Tetsuji Hayashi. The song marks the first collaboration between Hayashi and Takeuchi in 40 years since "Ichigo no Yuuwaku", and Hayashi's first with Anri in 38 years since "You Are Not Alone".[21]

Personal life

Her husband is Tatsuro Yamashita, a singer-songwriter and record producer, whom she married in 1982. They have one daughter.[22] Takeuchi has a niece.[23]

Template:Ill, a Japanese record producer, who had mentioned Johnny Kitagawa's sexual harassment allegations in various media, had his management contract terminated in the middle of the period by Template:Ill, to which he had belonged. He stated that Takeuchi and her husband Tatsuro Yamashita, who also belong to the company, agreed with the company's policy.[24][25][26]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Label Chart positions (JP)[27] Certifications SalesScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
1978 Beginning RCA 17 113,000
1979 University Street 7 236,000
1980 Love Songs 1 358,000
Miss M 14 73,000
1981 Portrait 14 103,000
1984 Variety Moon Records (Warner Music Japan) 1 483,000
1987 Template:Ill 1 1,072,000
1992 Quiet Life 1 1,155,000
2000 Souvenir: Mariya Takeuchi Live (live album) 3
  • RIAJ: Platinum (old threshold)[30]
 335,000
2001 Bon Appetit! 1
  • RIAJ: 3× Platinum (old threshold)[31]
 1,224,000
2004 Longtime Favorites (cover album) 1 348,000
2007 Denim 1
  • RIAJ: 2× Platinum[33]
 466,000
2014 Trad 1 262,000
2024 Precious Days 1 129,349[35]

Compilations

Year Title Label Certifications SalesScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
1982 Viva Mariya!! RCA 32,000
1990 Morning Glory Moon Records 21,000
1994 Impressions
  • RIAJ: 3× Million[36]
 3,052,000
2008 Expressions 947,000
Sincerely... The Mariya Takeuchi Songbook Complete Edition
(English covers of her songs by various artists) 		Universal Music
2013 Mariya's Songbook
(Songs written for various singers) 		Moon Records
2019 Turntable[38]
(Other best songs that did not collected in Expressions, and Mariya's rarities, Premium covers) 		128,456
Yukiko Okada, Mariya's Songbook [40]
(Songs written for Yukiko Okada) 		Pony Canyon

Singles

Year Title Chart positions (JP)[27] Album
1978 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 84 BEGINNING
1979 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 30 UNIVERSITY STREET
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 39 LOVE SONGS
1980 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 3
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 42 Miss M
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". did not chart
1981 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 80 PORTRAIT
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". did not chart
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 70 PORTRAIT (#1)
Turntable (#2)
1984 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 20 VARIETY
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 78
1985 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 5
1986 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 20 REQUEST
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 46
1987 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 43
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 55 REQUEST (#1)
Quiet Life (#2)
1988 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 70 REQUEST
1989 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 2 Quiet Life
1990 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 3
1992 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 11
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 18
1993 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 42
1994 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 19 Impressions
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 5
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo".(Re-issue) 48 VARIETY (#1)
Quiet Life (#2)
1995 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 3 Bon Appetit!
1996 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 13
1998 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 1
1999 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 6
2001 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 7
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 40
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2006 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / "Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 8 Denim
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 30
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2007 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (duet with Yuko Hara) / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 23 Expressions (#1)
Denim (#2)
2008 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 6 Expressions
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 12 TRAD
2010 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 18
2012 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 10
2013 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 15
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2014 "Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (download limited)
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2016 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (duet with Tatsuro Yamashita) (download limited) Expressions
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2018 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". / Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 6
2019 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 3
2020 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 1

Songwriting credits for other singers

Year Singer Title Chart positions (JP) Album
(Mariya's self-cover)
1980 Ann Lewis Script error: No such module "Nihongo". PORTRAIT
1982 Naoko Kawai Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 5 REQUEST
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 8
Chiemi Hori Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 26
Hiromi Iwasaki Script error: No such module "Nihongo".*Music only 14
Keiko Masuda Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
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1983 Masahiro Kuwana Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
1984 Hiroko Yakushimaru Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 1
*Album chart 		REQUEST
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Turntable
Yukiko Okada Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 20 Turntable
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 7
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 14
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1985 Hiroko Yakushimaru Script error: No such module "Nihongo".*Lyrics only 2
*Album chart
Yukiko Okada Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 7
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Quiet Life
1986 Akina Nakamori Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 1
*Album chart 		REQUEST
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Turntable
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". VARIETY
30th Anniversary Edition
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Mariya's Songbook
(First Limited Edition)
Demo source
Miho Nakayama Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 5 REQUEST
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Mariya's Songbook
(First Limited Edition)
Demo source
Eri Morishita Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Turntable
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Masahiko Kondō Script error: No such module "Nihongo".*Lyrics only
1987 Hiroko Yakushimaru Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 3
*Album chart
Satomi Fukunaga Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 14 Mariya's Songbook
(First Limited Edition)
Demo source
1988 Hiroko Yakushimaru Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 8
*Album chart 		Denim
Masayuki Suzuki Script error: No such module "Nihongo".*Lyrics only 12
*Album chart
Script error: No such module "Nihongo".*Lyrics only
1991 Riho Makise Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 4 Turntable
1997 Ryōko Hirosue Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 2 Turntable
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Bon Appetit!
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 3
*Album chart
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2004 Tackey & Tsubasa Script error: No such module "Nihongo".*Lyrics only 2
*Album chart
2006 Takako Matsu Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 10 Denim
2007 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 10
*Album chart 		TRAD
2008 Mitsuki Takahata Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 30 TRAD
2009 ManaKana Script error: No such module "Nihongo".*Lyrics only 18 TRAD
2011 Seiko Matsuda Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 14 TRAD
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Turntable
Mana Ashida Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 8
*Album chart
Aya Matsuura Script error: No such module "Nihongo".
2017 Saori Hayami Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 21

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