Shizuka Kudo discography

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
Compilation albums	14
Video albums	6
Music videos	39
EPs	1
Singles	43
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

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales[upper-alpha 1][15]	Certifications
		JPN Oricon [16]	JPN Billboard [upper-alpha 2][17]
Mysterious	Released: January 21, 1988 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: LP, cassette, CD	3	—	233,000
Shizuka	Released: July 21, 1988 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: LP, cassette, CD	1	—	265,000
Joy	Released: March 15, 1989 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: LP, cassette, CD	1	—	416,000	RIAJ: Platinum[18]
Karelia	Released: October 4, 1989 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	2	—	293,000	RIAJ: Gold[19]
Rosette	Released: April 4, 1990 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	1	—	265,000	RIAJ: Gold[20]
Mind Universe	Released: March 6, 1991 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	1	—	247,000	RIAJ: Gold[21]
Trinity	Released: March 18, 1992 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	3	—	200,000	RIAJ: Gold[22]
Rise Me	Released: April 1, 1993 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	3	—	183,000	RIAJ: Gold[23]
Expose	Released: September 7, 1994 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	5	—	124,000	RIAJ: Gold[24]
Purple	Released: August 2, 1995 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	7	—	140,000
Doing	Released: May 17, 1996 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	16	—	52,000
Dress	Released: March 19, 1997 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	18	—	31,000
I'm Not	Released: April 29, 1998 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	19	—	29,000
Full of Love	Released: June 2, 1999 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	38	—	12,000
Jewelry Box	Released: July 3, 2002 Label: Extasy Japan Formats: CD	60	—	4,000
Tsukikage	Released: June 1, 2005 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download	86	—	3,000
Rin	Released: August 30, 2017 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download	21	30	4,000
Deep Breath	Released: June 12, 2019 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download	36	—	1,300[25]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Cover albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales[upper-alpha 1][15]
		JPN Oricon [16]	JPN Billboard [upper-alpha 2][26]
Shōwa no Kaidan Vol. 1	Released: October 30, 2002 Label: Extasy Japan Formats: CD	66	—	5,000
My Precious: Shizuka Sings Songs of Miyuki	Released: August 20, 2008 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download	20	24	13,000
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales[upper-alpha 1][15]	Certifications
		JPN Oricon [16]	JPN Billboard [upper-alpha 2][27]
Gradation	Released: November 30, 1988 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: LP, cassette, CD	2	—	616,000
Harvest	Released: December 6, 1989 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	2	—	419,000	RIAJ: Platinum[28]
Unlimited	Released: November 14, 1990 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	2	—	454,000	RIAJ: Platinum[29]
Intimate	Released: December 11, 1991 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	4	—	321,000	RIAJ: Platinum[30]
Best of Ballade: Empathy	Released: November 20, 1992 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, CD	6	—	180,000	RIAJ: Gold[31]
Super Best	Released: November 19, 1993 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: Cassette, MiniDisc, CD	6	—	234,000	RIAJ: Gold[32]
She: Best of Best	Released: December 16, 1996 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	8	—	142,000	RIAJ: Gold[33]
Best of Ballade: Current	Released: November 18, 1998 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	9	—	65,000
Millennium Best	Released: March 15, 2000 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	25	—	36,000
Shizuka Kudo Best	Released: December 5, 2001 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	—	23
Shizuka Kudo 20th Anniversary the Best	Released: August 29, 2007 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	25	—	19,000
20th Anniversary B-side collection	Released: March 5, 2008 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	94	—	2,000
My Treasure Best: Miyuki Nakajima × Tsugutoshi Gotō Collection	Released: February 18, 2015 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	22	18	13,000
My Heartful Best: Gorō Matsui Collection	Released: March 9, 2016 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	38	32	3,000
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions	Sales[upper-alpha 1][15]
		JPN [16]
Euro Shizuka Kudo	Released: September 20, 2000 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	72	3,000

Box sets

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Box set details	Peak chart positions	Sales[upper-alpha 1][15]
		JPN [16]
My Favorite Songs: Original Best	Released: October 30, 2002 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	—
Shizuka Kudo Original Album Collection	Released: October 30, 2012 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD	226	400

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales[upper-alpha 1]	Certifications	Album
		Oricon Singles Chart [15]	Billboard Japan Top Singles Sales [upper-alpha 3][34]
"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	RIAJ: Platinum[35]	Non-album singles
"Kōsa ni Fukarete"		1	—	586,000	RIAJ: Platinum[36]
"Kuchibiru Kara Biyaku"	1990	1	—	489,000	RIAJ: Platinum[37]	Rosette
"Senryū no Shizuku"		1	—	295,000	RIAJ: Gold[38]	Non-album singles
"Watashi ni Tsuite"		1	—	265,000	RIAJ: Gold[39]
"Boya Boya Dekinai"	1991	2	—	324,000	RIAJ: Gold[40]	Mind Universe
"Please"		1	—	191,000	RIAJ: Gold[41]	Non-album singles
"Metamorphose"		2	—	440,000	RIAJ: Platinum[42]
"Mechakucha ni Naite Shimaitai"	1992	4	—	282,000	RIAJ: Gold[43]	Trinity
"Urahara"		5	—	214,000	RIAJ: Gold[44]	Non-album singles
"Koe o Kikasete"		5	—	326,000	RIAJ: Gold[45]
"Dōkoku"	1993	1	—	939,000	RIAJ: 2× Platinum[upper-alpha 4][46] RIAJ: Gold[upper-alpha 5][47]	Rise Me
"Watashi wa Knife"		6	—	187,000	RIAJ: Gold[48]	Non-album singles
"Anata Shika Inai Desho"		5	—	205,000	RIAJ: Gold[49]
"Blue Rose"	1994	8	—	305,000	RIAJ: Gold[50]	Expose
"Jaguar Line"		8	—	244,000	RIAJ: Gold[51]
"Ice Rain"		8	—	414,000	RIAJ: Gold[52]	Purple
"Moon Water"	1995	14	—	172,000	RIAJ: Gold[53]
"7"		15	—	83,000		Doing
"Chō"	1996	15	—	73,000
"Yū"		26	—	73,000		Non-album single
"Gekijō"		10	—	424,000	RIAJ: Platinum[54]	Dress
"Blue Velvet"	1997	8	—	267,000	RIAJ: Gold[55]	I'm Not
"Kama Sutra no Densetsu"		29	—	37,000
"Setsu Getsu Ka"	1998	23	—	89,000		Non-album singles
"Kirara"		6	—	384,000	RIAJ: Platinum[56]
"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
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales[upper-alpha 1]
		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

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales[upper-alpha 1]	Certifications
		Oricon Singles Chart [15]
"A.S.A.P." (as Little Kiss)	1997	3	498,000	RIAJ: Platinum[57]

Footnotes

1. Physical CD sales figures provided by Oricon database are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.
2. Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart includes both digital and physical sales, while the Top Albums Sales chart only tallies physical sales.
3. Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart includes both digital sales and physical CD singles sales, while the Top Singles Sales chart only counts physical sales.
4. Certification for physical CD single sales.
5. Certification for digital download sales.

References

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    • 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.
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29. 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. Select 1990年12月 on the drop-down menu
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33. 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. Select 1997年1月 on the drop-down menu
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37. 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. Select 1990年2月 on the drop-down menu
38. 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. Select 1990年5月 on the drop-down menu
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42. 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. Select 1991年12月 on the drop-down menu
43. 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. Select 1992年2月 on the drop-down menu
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46. 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. Select 1993年3月 on the drop-down menu
47. 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. Select 2014年1月 on the drop-down menu
48. 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. Select 1993年6月 on the drop-down menu
49. 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. Select 1993年10月 on the drop-down menu
50. 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. Select 1994年3月 on the drop-down menu
51. 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. Select 1994年8月 on the drop-down menu
52. 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. Select 1994年12月 on the drop-down menu
53. 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. Select 1995年5月 on the drop-down menu
54. 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. Select 1996年12月 on the drop-down menu
55. 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. Select 1997年6月 on the drop-down menu
56. 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. Select 1999年2月 on the drop-down menu
57. ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold Disc Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 1997. Retrieved December 27, 2017. Select 1997年2月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• Official website
• Shizuka Kudo at AllMusic
• Shizuka Kudo discography at Discogs
• (工藤静香) discography at MusicBrainz