Actress Takako Matsu has set a date for her first single in over two and a half years. "Kimi to Nara" will go on sale October 21, becoming her 22nd single.

Her last CD single was "Minna Hitori" in November 2006. In May 2007, she released the digital-only single "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara 97-07," commemorating the 10th anniversary of her debut song.

Matsu has been busy with several acting roles on stage and in film, but she made time in her schedule to record "Kimi to Nara" at a studio in Los Angeles. In addition to the title track, the single includes "Kitto Tsutaete" (the current ending theme song of the anime series "Kemono no Souja Erin") and a Japanese version of Hedy West's "500 Miles" with lyrics written by the late Kiyoshiro Imawano. Both "Kimi to Nara" and "Kitto Tsutaete" were written and composed by Matsu herself.