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Mariya Takeuchi
Recording Plastic Love, a song that helped introduce Japanese city pop to new international audiences.
Love Songs · Variety
- Born
- 20 March 1955
- Birthplace
- Taisha, Japan
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Mariya Takeuchi
Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter whose recordings combine pop melodies, soul and sophisticated studio arrangements.
Early life
Family inn
Grew up in the family’s Takenoya inn in Shimane.
Overseas schooling
Spent a high-school exchange year in Illinois before studying at Keio University.
Career
- 1978
Recording debut
Released Beginning on RCA.
- 1981
Career pause
Stepped back from performing while continuing to write songs.
- 1984
Return
Released Variety with her own compositions.
Selected work
Love Songs
An early chart-topping album.
Variety
Included Plastic Love before its later single release.
Request
Collected songs including Eki and Genki wo Dashite.
Beyond work
Musical partnership
Married singer and producer Tatsuro Yamashita in 1982.
Family business
Later helped manage Takenoya, the inn in which she grew up.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Further source ↗Identity and date cross-check ↗Photo: Kamasami Kong. CC0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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