Takako Matsu (松たか子, Matsu Takako), born Takako Fujima (藤間 隆子, Fujima Takako), is a Japanese actress and pop singer/songwriter born on June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. The style of her music is often laid-back and relaxing.
She was born into a traditional buyō house, and her buyō name is Kōka Matsumoto (松本幸華, Matsumoto Kōka). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, kabuki actor and head of the buyō house; her uncle is Nakamura Kichiemon II; her older br...
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Takako Matsu (松たか子, Matsu Takako), born Takako Fujima (藤間 隆子, Fujima Takako), is a Japanese actress and pop singer/songwriter born on June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. The style of her music is often laid-back and relaxing.
She was born into a traditional buyō house, and her buyō name is Kōka Matsumoto (松本幸華, Matsumoto Kōka). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, kabuki actor and head of the buyō house; her uncle is Nakamura Kichiemon II; her older brother is Ichikawa Zengoro VII; her sister, six years her elder is Kiyo Matsumoto. Her mother's name is Noriko Matsumoto. She selected her last name as "Matsu" to honor her parents. In one interview, she notes that she and her two brothers are relatively close to her mother. Her highest education is Asia University, from which she did not graduate.
Takako debuted in theater when she was sixteen years old, in Ninjo Hanashi Bun Nana Motoyu (Emotions Inscribed in Seven Hair-tying Paper Cords) at Tokyo Kabuki-za in 1993. Her first lead role in...
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