Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu (松たか子, Matsu Takako), born Takako Fujima (藤間隆子, Fujima Takako), on June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, is a Japanese actress and pop singer/songwriter.

Background

Takako Matsu was born into a traditional buyō house, which produced famous actors and actresses, including her father Matsumoto Kōshirō IX, kabuki actor and head of the buyō house; her uncle Nakamura Kichiemon II, Kabuki performer and actor; her elder brother Ichikawa Somegoro VII, Kabuki performer and actor; her sister, six years her elder Kio Matsumoto, stage director and actresses and her husband Kazuhisa Kawahara, actor. Her mother Noriko Fujima is a businesswoman. She married guitarist and record producer Yoshiyuki Sahashi in 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 her family. In one interview, she notes that she, along with her two brothers and sisters are relatively close to her mother.