Shizuka Kudo discography
| Shizuka Kudo discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 18 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 39 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 43 |
| Cover albums | 2 |
| Live video albums | 12 |
| Box sets | 2 |
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. 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". 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". All five singles debuted at number one and, with total sales exceeding a million, "Dōkoku" became the best-selling single of Kudo's career.
In 1994, Kudo parted ways with record producer Tsugutoshi Gotō, who had been responsible for writing and producing her songs since her solo debut, and began producing and co-writing her own material. 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. 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, 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. It debuted at number 21 on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming her highest-charting album in nineteen years. As of August 2013, Kudo has sold 15 million records as a solo artist in Japan alone, making her one of the best-selling Japanese music artists of all time.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |
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JPN Oricon |
JPN Billboard |
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| Mysterious |
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3 | — | 233,000 | |
| Shizuka |
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1 | — | 265,000 | |
| Joy |
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1 | — | 416,000 |
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| Karelia |
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2 | — | 293,000 |
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| Rosette |
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1 | — | 265,000 |
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| Mind Universe |
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1 | — | 247,000 |
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| Trinity |
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3 | — | 200,000 |
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| Rise Me |
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3 | — | 183,000 |
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| Expose |
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5 | — | 124,000 |
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| Purple |
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7 | — | 140,000 | |
| Doing |
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16 | — | 52,000 | |
| Dress |
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18 | — | 31,000 | |
| I'm Not |
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19 | — | 29,000 | |
| Full of Love |
|
38 | — | 12,000 | |
| Jewelry Box |
|
60 | — | 4,000 | |
| Tsukikage |
|
86 | — | 3,000 | |
| Rin |
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21 | 30 | 4,000 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Cover albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
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JPN Oricon |
JPN Billboard |
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| Shōwa no Kaidan Vol. 1 |
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66 | — | 5,000 |
| My Precious: Shizuka Sings Songs of Miyuki |
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20 | 24 | 13,000 |
| Deep Breath |
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36 | — | 1,300 |
| Aoi Honō |
|
23 | 21 | 3,000 |
| 「感受」Shizuka Kudo 35th Anniversary self-cover album |
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22 | 20 | 6,000 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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JPN Oricon |
JPN Billboard |
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| Gradation |
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2 | — | 616,000 | |
| Harvest |
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2 | — | 419,000 |
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| Unlimited |
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2 | — | 454,000 |
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| Intimate |
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4 | — | 321,000 |
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| Best of Ballade: Empathy |
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6 | — | 180,000 |
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| Super Best |
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6 | — | 234,000 |
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| She: Best of Best |
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8 | — | 142,000 |
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| Best of Ballade: Current |
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9 | — | 65,000 | |
| Millennium Best |
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25 | — | 36,000 | |
| Shizuka Kudo Best |
|
— | 23 | ||
| Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best |
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32 | — | 19,000 | |
| 20th Anniversary B-side collection |
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34 | — | 2,000 | |
| My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection |
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22 | 18 | 13,000 | |
| My Heartful Best: Gorō Matsui Collection |
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28 | 32 | 3,000 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
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JPN |
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| Euro Shizuka Kudo |
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72 | 3,000 |
Box sets
| Title | Box set details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
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JPN |
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| My Favorite Songs: Original Best |
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| Shizuka Kudo Original Album Collection |
|
226 | 400 |
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Oricon Singles Chart |
Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales |
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| "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 |
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Non-album singles | |
| "Kōsa ni Fukarete" | 1 | — | 586,000 |
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| "Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku" | 1990 | 1 | — | 489,000 |
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Rosette |
| "Senryū no Shizuku" | 1 | — | 295,000 |
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Non-album singles | |
| "Watashi ni Tsuite" | 1 | — | 265,000 |
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| "Boya Boya Dekinai" | 1991 | 2 | — | 324,000 |
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Mind Universe |
| "Please" | 1 | — | 191,000 |
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Non-album singles | |
| "Metamorphose" | 2 | — | 440,000 |
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| "Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai" | 1992 | 4 | — | 282,000 |
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Trinity |
| "Urahara" | 5 | — | 214,000 |
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Non-album singles | |
| "Koe o Kikasete" | 5 | — | 326,000 |
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| "Dōkoku" | 1993 | 1 | — | 939,000 | Rise Me | |
| "Watashi wa Knife" | 6 | — | 187,000 |
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Non-album singles | |
| "Anata Shika Inai Desho" | 5 | — | 205,000 |
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| "Blue Rose" | 1994 | 8 | — | 305,000 |
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Expose |
| "Jaguar Line" | 8 | — | 244,000 |
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| "Ice Rain" | 8 | — | 414,000 |
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Purple | |
| "Moon Water" | 1995 | 14 | — | 172,000 |
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| "7" | 15 | — | 83,000 | Doing | ||
| "Chō" | 1996 | 15 | — | 73,000 | ||
| "Yū" | 26 | — | 73,000 | Non-album single | ||
| "Gekijō" | 10 | — | 424,000 |
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Dress | |
| "Blue Velvet" | 1997 | 8 | — | 267,000 |
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I'm Not |
| "Kama Sutra no Densetsu" | 29 | — | 37,000 | |||
| "Setsu Getsu Ka" | 1998 | 23 | — | 89,000 | Non-album singles | |
| "Kirara" | 6 | — | 384,000 |
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| "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 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
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Oricon Singles Chart |
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| "Akashiya Sanma-san ni Kiite Minai to ne" (Sanma Akashiya and George Tokoro featuring Shizuka Kudo) |
1999 | 30 | 30,000 |
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Oricon Singles Chart |
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| "A.S.A.P." (as Little Kiss) |
1997 | 3 | 498,000 |
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