Mariya Takeuchi

Nascimento : 1955-03-20, Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

História

Mariya Takeuchi (竹内 まりや, Takeuchi Mariya, born 20 March 1955) is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Taisha, Shimane, now the city of Izumo. In a Japanese pop music career spanning decades, she has sold over 16 million records in Japan. Her early work during the late 1970s to 1980s is largely associated with the Japanese city pop genre, along with that of her husband and collaborator Tatsuro Yamashita.

Filmes

Secret
Theme Song Performance
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.
The Exam
Songs
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
Goodbye Mama
Theme Song Performance
A successful office lady, who has made herself sexually available to a doctor, has her routine disrupted when her former boyfriend's son appears in her life. She is not connected to the boy, but his father has been in an accident.
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
Main Title Theme Composer
A young couple separates under pressure from vicious Triad gangsters – she becomes a mobster's unwilling moll, and he travels abroad to work as an assassin. But their love stays strong, and when the two are reunited, their rekindled emotions lead them into extreme danger.
Hawaiian Dream
Theme Song Performance
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, who have flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking marijuana under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well.
Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group
Main Title Theme Composer
Three weeks have gone by since the alien spaceship crash landed on the Graviton City spire, and since then the aliens have been hard at work converting their ship to a pleasure district, hoping to make friends with the humans!… Not. Perpetually late and continually over-eating A-ko, spacy and cheerful C-ko, and brilliant and bold B-ko are about to enter summer break from school, and it just so happens the alien ship is open for business. When a free meal turns into a sob story about how the aliens just want to go home, will it be A-ko or B-ko who can get the ship into orbit again?
Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger
Theme Song Performance
Agino Jiro foge do despótico mundo do 26º século roubando uma máquina do tempo. Chegando ao século 20, ele é forçado a sequestrar um carro para usar como uma fonte de energia, e acidentalmente leva um grupo de estudantes do ensino médio, juntamente com seu professor. Eles viajam por diversos períodos de tempo até chegar em 1582, onde se tornam convidados de Oda Nobunaga, onde devem fazer uma difícil escolha.
Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger
Main Title Theme Composer
Agino Jiro foge do despótico mundo do 26º século roubando uma máquina do tempo. Chegando ao século 20, ele é forçado a sequestrar um carro para usar como uma fonte de energia, e acidentalmente leva um grupo de estudantes do ensino médio, juntamente com seu professor. Eles viajam por diversos períodos de tempo até chegar em 1582, onde se tornam convidados de Oda Nobunaga, onde devem fazer uma difícil escolha.
Mariya Takeuchi 40th Anniversary: Music & Life
Self
A feature length documentary covering the musical career of Japanese pop star Mariya Takeuchi.