“Despite almost no live activity, she has done what many singers and songwriters haven’t been able to do and maintain her popularity,” Kanazawa says. Music journalist Toshikazu Kanazawa commends Takeuchi for striking a work-life balance. The two of them are arguably the most famous couple in the domestic music industry today. In 1982, she married fellow musician Tatsuro Yamashita, now 65, who has arranged and produced her creations from the start. She has written and arranged songs for J-pop royalty - from Akina Nakamori to SMAP - and her “Sutekina Holiday” is an entrenched part of the country’s Christmas canon. Since debuting in the late ’70s, she has racked up sales of more than 16 million copies, with her best-of album, “Impressions,” accounting for around 3 million of that number alone. Takeuchi’s career has been anything but ordinary, however. … I can’t think of anything special in my daily life.” “I go to the supermarket, I buy groceries, I cook, sometimes I clean or watch a movie. “It’s usually so ordinary,” she says with a laugh when asked to describe her day-to-day activities. “Because of all this promotion, I’ve been busy,” Takeuchi says, sitting in a spacious room decorated with vintage furnishings in Warner Music Japan’s Tokyo offices. Pop revival: Mariya Takeuchi poses for a portrait at Warner Music Japan’s Tokyo offices in September.
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