Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu

Known for
Acting
Born
June 10, 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Takako Matsu is a Japanese actress and pop singer born on June 10, 1977. She gained widespread popularity in the late 1990s through hit TV dramas starring alongside Takuya Kimura, including the massive success Long Vacation (1996) and Love Generation (1997). These roles established her as a leading actress in television. She has received Best Actress awards multiple time in her career.

Known For

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Filmography

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NODA・MAP「兎、波を走る」 poster

NODA・MAP「兎、波を走る」

Movie

2026
Nagi Notes poster

Nagi Notes

Movie · as Yoriko Endo

2026
Blossom poster

Blossom

TV · 25 eps

2026
6SixTONES poster

6SixTONES

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
1st Kiss poster

1st Kiss

Movie · as Kanna Suzuri

2025
Slow Train poster

Slow Train

Movie · as Yoko Shibuya

2025
On Summer Sand poster

On Summer Sand

Movie · as Keiko Koura

2025
大パルコ人⑤オカタイロックオペラ「雨の傍聴席、おんなは裸足…」 poster

大パルコ人⑤オカタイロックオペラ「雨の傍聴席、おんなは裸足…」

Movie

2025
NODA・MAP『Q』:A Night at the Kabuki

NODA・MAP『Q』:A Night at the Kabuki

TV · 1 ep

2025
Their Marriage poster

Their Marriage

TV · as Nella Suzuki · 9 eps

2025
Golden SixTONES poster

Golden SixTONES

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
The Zen Diary poster

The Zen Diary

Movie · as Machiko

2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai poster

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai

Movie · as Suga

2021
Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum poster

Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum

Movie

2021
My Dear Exes poster

My Dear Exes

TV · as Towako Omameda · 10 eps

2021
Matsuo Suzuki to 30-pun no Joyuu poster

Matsuo Suzuki to 30-pun no Joyuu

TV

2020
Suddenly Reading! poster

Suddenly Reading!

Movie

2020
Last Letter poster

Last Letter

Movie · as Yuri Kishibeno

2020
Switch poster

Switch

Movie · as Tsutaya Madoka

2020
劇場の灯を消すな!Bunkamuraシアターコクーン編 poster

劇場の灯を消すな!Bunkamuraシアターコクーン編

TV · 1 ep

2020
Ikinari Honyomi! Sudden Book Reading poster

Ikinari Honyomi! Sudden Book Reading

TV · 1 ep

2019
Masquerade Hotel poster

Masquerade Hotel

Movie · as Yoko Katagiri / Maki Nagakura

2019
No Side Game poster

No Side Game

TV · as Maki Kimijima · 10 eps

2018
It Comes poster

It Comes

Movie · as Kotoko Higa

2018
Hard-Core poster

Hard-Core

Movie · as Bar woman

2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan poster

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

Movie · as Yoshiko Kashimasawa

2017
Fireworks poster

Fireworks

Movie · as Nazuna's Mother (voice)

2017
Quartet poster

Quartet

TV · as Maki Maki · 10 eps

2016
ふつうが一番 -作家・藤沢周平 父の一言- poster

ふつうが一番 -作家・藤沢周平 父の一言-

TV · as 후지사와 카즈코 · 1 ep

2015
A Farewell to Jinu poster

A Farewell to Jinu

Movie · as Akiko Amano

2015
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Maiko Amamiya

2014
The Little House poster

The Little House

Movie · as Tokiko Hirai

2014
Back of Father poster

Back of Father

TV · as Higuchi Touko · 1 ep

2012
Dreams for Sale poster

Dreams for Sale

Movie · as Satoko Ichizawa

2012
Man of Destiny poster

Man of Destiny

TV · as Yuriko Yuminari · 10 eps

2011
Someday poster

Someday

Movie · as Mie Oi

2011
Shin Nihon Fudoki poster

Shin Nihon Fudoki

TV · as 語り:声の旅人 · 455 eps

2010
Confessions poster

Confessions

Movie · as Yuko Moriguchi

2009
Villon's Wife poster

Villon's Wife

Movie · as Sachi

2009
Clouds Over the Hill poster

Clouds Over the Hill

TV · as 秋山多美 · 13 eps

2008
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces poster

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

Movie · as Yoko Hashiba

2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad poster

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Movie · as Mizue

2007
Hero poster

Hero

Movie · as Maiko Amamiya

2006
Brave Story poster

Brave Story

Movie · as Wataru Mitsuya (voice)

2006
Suite Dreams poster

Suite Dreams

Movie · as Hana Takemoto

2006
HERO SP poster

HERO SP

Movie · as Maiko Amamiya

2006
At the Soul of an Actor poster

At the Soul of an Actor

TV · as 乌山瞳美 · 11 eps

2005
Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika poster

Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika

Movie · as Shinobu Yajima

2004
The Hidden Blade poster

The Hidden Blade

Movie · as Kie

2004
竜馬がゆく poster

竜馬がゆく

TV · 4 eps

2003
9 Souls poster

9 Souls

Movie · as Yuki

2003
Always the two of us poster

Always the two of us

TV · as Tanimachi Mizuho · 11 eps

2001
Chûshingura 1/47 poster

Chûshingura 1/47

Movie · as Aguri (later Yozeiin)

2001
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ- poster

明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-

Movie

2001
Hero poster

Hero

TV · as Maiko Amamiya / 雨宫舞子 · 11 eps

2000
Omiai kekkon poster

Omiai kekkon

TV · as Nakatani Setsuko · 11 eps

1999
Open tonight!

Open tonight!

TV · 10 eps

1999
The Oar poster

The Oar

TV · 3 eps

1998
April Story poster

April Story

Movie · as Uzuki Nireno

1998
Love Generation Hong Kong poster

Love Generation Hong Kong

Movie · as Uesugi/Riko

1998
Black Carp poster

Black Carp

Movie

1998
Jinbē poster

Jinbē

TV · 11 eps

1997
Tokyo Fair Weather poster

Tokyo Fair Weather

Movie

1997
Because I Am Me poster

Because I Am Me

Movie

1997
Love Song of the Old Capital poster

Love Song of the Old Capital

Movie

1997
Love Generation poster

Love Generation

TV · as Riko Uesugi · 11 eps

1996
Long Vacation poster

Long Vacation

TV · as Ryoko Okusawa · 11 eps

1996
Konna Watashi ni Dare ga Shita

Konna Watashi ni Dare ga Shita

TV · 10 eps

1996
SMAP×SMAP poster

SMAP×SMAP

TV · as Bistro guest · 1 ep

1995
Kura poster

Kura

TV · 6 eps

1994
Hana no Ran poster

Hana no Ran

TV · 37 eps

1993
Under One Roof poster

Under One Roof

TV · 24 eps