19 Facts About Mariya Takeuchi

Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and record producer.

An influential figure in the city pop genre, Takeuchi is one of the best-selling music artists in Japan with over 16 million records sold.

Mariya Takeuchi was born in Taisha, Hikawa district, now the city of Izumo, Shimane, and attended Keio University.

Mariya Takeuchi terminated her contract with RCA in 1981 and announced a temporary hiatus.

Mariya Takeuchi signed with Moon Records in 1984, and internationally released her sixth studio album Variety that same year to commercial success.

Mariya Takeuchi has since released seven more studio albums and one live album.

Mariya Takeuchi has stayed with the Moon record label, working with the different branches since signing in 1984; since 1998, she has been signed with Warner Music Japan.

Mariya Takeuchi was born in Taisha in the Hikawa district of Shimane Prefecture in Japan.

Mariya Takeuchi grew up in the family Shinise Ryokan business by the name of Takenoya, that her paternal great grandfather Shigezo Takeuchi founded in 1877.

Mariya Takeuchi had already learned to play piano and guitar by third grade, but the Beatles left an impression that inspired her to travel.

Mariya Takeuchi's nickname was Mako, as one of the AFS yearbooks has a caption that reads Mariya "Mako" Takeuchi.

Mariya Takeuchi 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.

Mariya Takeuchi married fellow musician Tatsuro Yamashita in April 1982.

Mariya Takeuchi joined the music club of her university and there she was invited to participate in Masamichi Sugi's recordings and in March 1978 so-called the omnibus album Loft Sessions recordings.

Mariya Takeuchi has had one song "Apple Papple Princess" that appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta.

Mariya Takeuchi has often re-recorded those songs for her own album.

Up to September 2014, Mariya Takeuchi had released 12 studio albums, 42 singles, several compilations and a live album which was recorded in 2000.

Mariya Takeuchi's husband is Tatsuro Yamashita, a singer-songwriter and record producer, whom she married in 1982.

Mariya Takeuchi stated that Takeuchi and her husband Tatsuro Yamashita, who belong to the company, agreed with the company's policy.