As a lyricist, Matsumoto Takashi has 52 championship singles as of 2010 (the first among all lyricists in history, including six singles for KinKi Kids), with a total of 4948 singles sold. Wan Zhang (the second greatest lyricist in history, the first being the deceased lyricist Ajiu Yu [real name Fukada Kimiyuki]). Such a brilliant record is a pyramid in the history of Japanese music.