Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo has released eighteen studio albums, fourteen compilation albums, one EP, two cover albums, six video albums, twelve live video albums, two box sets, and forty-three singles (including one as a featured artist and one novelty single). Her career began in 1985 when she debuted as one of the three vocalists of the girl group Seventeen Club. The short-lived group disbanded after two unsuccessful singles. In 1986, she joined the idol girl group Onyanko Club as member number 38, which led to Kudo forming the subgroup Ushirogami Hikaretai the following year. She released her first solo single, "Kindan no Telepathy", on the same day as the last broadcast of the variety show Yūyake Nyan Nyan, from which the Onyanko Club members originated.[1] It debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and became the first of eleven total number-one singles released in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Koi Hitoyo", "Arashi no Sugao", "Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku", "Senryū no Shizuku" and "Please".[2][3] Miyuki Nakajima penned the following singles released by Kudo during this era: "Fu-ji-tsu", "Mugon... Iroppoi", "Kōsa ni Fukarete", "Watashi ni Tsuite" and Dōkoku".[4] All five singles debuted at number one and,[5] with total sales exceeding a million,[5][6][7] "Dōkoku" became the best-selling single of Kudo's career.[8]
| Shizuka Kudo discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 18 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Singles | 43 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 39 |
| Cover albums | 2 |
| Live video albums | 12 |
| Box sets | 2 |
In 1994, Kudo parted ways with record producer Tsugutoshi Gotō,[9] who had been responsible for writing and producing her songs since her solo debut, and began producing and co-writing her own material.[10] That year, she released the album Expose, which produced the two top-ten singles "Blue Rose" and "Jaguar Line", and branched out into different musical genres and a more mature sound with the subsequent self-produced albums, Purple, Doing and Dress. She teamed up with Nakajima on the single, "Gekijō", the first of Kudo's songs to be written entirely by Nakajima, which became her best-selling single not produced by Gotō.[5] In 1998, she released I'm Not, entirely written and produced by Sharam Q guitarist Hatake, which yielded the Dragon Ball GT ending theme "Blue Velvet". The same year she released "Kirara", which ranked at number six on the Oricon Singles Chart, becoming her last single to peak in the top-ten.
In 2000, Kudo signed with Extasy Japan,[11] founded by Yoshiki, who produced her first single released under the label, "Shinku no Hana". Two years later, after the birth of her first child, she went on to release her only studio album for the label, Jewelry Box. Kudo rejoined Pony Canyon, her former label, in 2005, for which she released her first album in three years, Tsukikage. She released a slew of singles, compilation albums and a cover album in the following years. In 2017, in celebration of her 30th anniversary, Kudo released Rin, her first studio album in twelve years.[12] It debuted at number 21 on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming her highest-charting album in nineteen years.[13] As of August 2013, Kudo has sold 15 million records as a solo artist in Japan alone,[14] making her one of the best-selling Japanese music artists of all time.
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A][15] | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon [16] |
JPN Billboard [B][17] | ||||
| Mysterious |
|
3 | — | 233,000 | |
| Shizuka |
|
1 | — | 265,000 | |
| Joy |
|
1 | — | 416,000 | |
| Karelia |
|
2 | — | 293,000 | |
| Rosette |
|
1 | — | 265,000 | |
| Mind Universe |
|
1 | — | 247,000 | |
| Trinity |
|
3 | — | 200,000 | |
| Rise Me |
|
3 | — | 183,000 | |
| Expose |
|
5 | — | 124,000 | |
| Purple |
|
7 | — | 140,000 | |
| Doing |
|
16 | — | 52,000 | |
| Dress |
|
18 | — | 31,000 | |
| I'm Not |
|
19 | — | 29,000 | |
| Full of Love |
|
38 | — | 12,000 | |
| Jewelry Box |
|
60 | — | 4,000 | |
| Tsukikage |
|
86 | — | 3,000 | |
| Rin |
|
21 | 30 | 4,000 | |
| Meikyo Shisui |
|
17 | 15 | 3,000[25] | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Cover albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A][15] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon [16] |
JPN Billboard [B][26] | |||
| Shōwa no Kaidan Vol. 1 |
|
66 | — | 5,000 |
| My Precious: Shizuka Sings Songs of Miyuki |
|
20 | 24 | 13,000 |
| Deep Breath |
|
36 | — | 1,300[27] |
| Aoi Honō |
|
23 | 21 | 3,000[28] |
| 「感受」Shizuka Kudo 35th Anniversary self-cover album |
|
22 | 20 | 6,000[29] |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A][15] | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Oricon [16] |
JPN Billboard [B][30] | ||||
| Gradation |
|
2 | — | 616,000 | |
| Harvest |
|
2 | — | 419,000 | |
| Unlimited |
|
2 | — | 454,000 | |
| Intimate |
|
4 | — | 321,000 | |
| Best of Ballade: Empathy |
|
6 | — | 180,000 | |
| Super Best |
|
6 | — | 234,000 | |
| She: Best of Best |
|
8 | — | 142,000 | |
| Best of Ballade: Current |
|
9 | — | 65,000 | |
| Millennium Best |
|
25 | — | 36,000 | |
| Shizuka Kudo Best |
|
— | 23 | ||
| Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best |
|
32 | — | 19,000 | |
| 20th Anniversary B-side collection |
|
34 | — | 2,000 | |
| My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection |
|
22 | 18 | 13,000 | |
| My Heartful Best: Gorō Matsui Collection |
|
28 | 32 | 3,000 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Extended plays
edit| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A][15] |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [16] | |||
| Euro Shizuka Kudo |
|
72 | 3,000 |
Box sets
edit| Title | Box set details | Peak chart positions | Sales[A][15] |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPN [16] | |||
| My Favorite Songs: Original Best |
|
— | |
| Shizuka Kudo Original Album Collection |
|
226 | 400 |
Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[A] | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Singles Chart [15] |
Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales [C][37] | |||||
| "Kindan no Telepathy" | 1987 | 1 | — | 146,000 | Mysterious | |
| "Again" | 3 | — | 159,000 | |||
| "Daite Kuretara Ii no ni" | 1988 | 3 | — | 182,000 | Non-album single | |
| "Fu-ji-tsu" | 1 | — | 253,000 | Shizuka | ||
| "Mugon... Iroppoi" | 1 | — | 541,000 | Non-album single | ||
| "Koi Hitoyo" | 1989 | 1 | — | 607,000 | Joy | |
| "Arashi no Sugao" | 1 | — | 524,000 | Non-album singles | ||
| "Kōsa ni Fukarete" | 1 | — | 586,000 | |||
| "Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku" | 1990 | 1 | — | 489,000 | Rosette | |
| "Senryū no Shizuku" | 1 | — | 295,000 | Non-album singles | ||
| "Watashi ni Tsuite" | 1 | — | 265,000 | |||
| "Boya Boya Dekinai" | 1991 | 2 | — | 324,000 | Mind Universe | |
| "Please" | 1 | — | 191,000 | Non-album singles | ||
| "Metamorphose" | 2 | — | 440,000 | |||
| "Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai" | 1992 | 4 | — | 282,000 | Trinity | |
| "Urahara" | 5 | — | 214,000 | Non-album singles | ||
| "Koe o Kikasete" | 5 | — | 326,000 | |||
| "Dōkoku" | 1993 | 1 | — | 939,000 | Rise Me | |
| "Watashi wa Knife" | 6 | — | 187,000 | Non-album singles | ||
| "Anata Shika Inai Desho" | 5 | — | 205,000 | |||
| "Blue Rose" | 1994 | 8 | — | 305,000 | Expose | |
| "Jaguar Line" | 8 | — | 244,000 | |||
| "Ice Rain" | 8 | — | 414,000 | Purple | ||
| "Moon Water" | 1995 | 14 | — | 172,000 | ||
| "7" | 15 | — | 83,000 | Doing | ||
| "Chō" | 1996 | 15 | — | 73,000 | ||
| "Yū" | 26 | — | 73,000 | Non-album single | ||
| "Gekijō" | 10 | — | 424,000 | Dress | ||
| "Blue Velvet" | 1997 | 8 | — | 267,000 | I'm Not | |
| "Kama Sutra no Densetsu" | 29 | — | 37,000 | |||
| "Setsu Getsu Ka" | 1998 | 23 | — | 89,000 | Non-album singles | |
| "Kirara" | 6 | — | 384,000 | |||
| "Isshun" | 29 | — | 27,000 | |||
| "Blue Zone" | 1999 | 28 | — | 20,000 | Full of Love | |
| "Shinku no Hana" | 2000 | 33 | — | 22,000 | Jewelry Box | |
| "Maple" | 2002 | 35 | — | 12,000 | ||
| "Lotus (Umareshi Hana)" | 2005 | 40 | — | 8,000 | Tsukikage | |
| "Kokoro no Chikara" | 60 | — | 4,000 | |||
| "Clāvis (Kagi)" | 2006 | 67 | — | 4,000 | Non-album singles | |
| "Amayo no Tsuki ni" | 2007 | 44 | — | 8,000 | ||
| "Night Wing" | 2008 | 75 | 88 | 2,000 | ||
| "Yukigasa" | ||||||
| "Kimi ga Kureta Mono" | 2012 | 50 | 50 | 2,000 | ||
| "Yusha no Hata" | 2023 | 28 | 26 | 1,000 | Meikyo Shinkou | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[A] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Singles Chart [15] | |||
| "Akashiya Sanma-san ni Kiite Minai to ne" (Sanma Akashiya and George Tokoro featuring Shizuka Kudo) |
1999 | 30 | 30,000 |
Other appearances
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales[A] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Singles Chart [15] | ||||
| "A.S.A.P." (as Little Kiss) |
1997 | 3 | 498,000 |
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Physical CD sales figures provided by Oricon database are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.
- ^ a b c Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart includes both digital and physical sales, while the Top Albums Sales chart only tallies physical sales.
- ^ Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart includes both digital sales and physical CD singles sales, while the Top Singles Sales chart only counts physical sales.
- ^ Certification for physical CD single sales.
- ^ Certification for digital download sales.
References
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- ^ 有料音楽配信認定 [Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. January 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- Rin: "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- Meikyo Shisui: "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. April 1989. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. November 1989. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. April 1990. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. March 1991. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. March 1992. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. April 1993. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. September 1994. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2024年07月01日～2024年07月07日 [Oricon Weekly Album Ranking July 1, 2024 – July 7, 2024] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^
- My Precious: Shizuka Sings Songs of Miyuki: "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年06月24日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on June 24, 2019]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved June 19, 2019.
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- ^ Peak chart positions for albums on the Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales and Hot Albums charts:
- Shizuka Kudo Best: "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection: "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- My Heartful Best: Gorō Matsui Collection: "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales". Billboard. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. December 1989. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. December 1990. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 1992. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. November 1992. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. November 1993. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. January 1997. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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- ^ Peak chart positions for singles on the Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales chart:
- "Night Wing" and "Yukigasa": "Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- "Kimi ga Kureta Mono": "Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. October 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 1990. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. May 1990. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. October 1990. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 1991. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. May 1991. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. December 1991. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 1992. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 1992. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. September 1992. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. March 1993. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ 有料音楽配信認定 [Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. January 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 1993. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. October 1993. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. March 1994. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. August 1994. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. December 1994. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. May 1995. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. December 1996. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. June 1997. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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- ^ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 1999. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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External links
edit- Official website
- Shizuka Kudo at AllMusic
- Shizuka Kudo discography at Discogs
- (工藤静香) discography at MusicBrainz