was one of the three original members and original lead singer of the J-pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 band Dream

Dream (Japanese band)

Dream is a Japanese pop girl group signed to the Avex Trax since 2000 and Rhythm Zone since 2009.In 1999 Avex Trax organized a huge talent contest, called "Avex Dream 2000", with the aim of finding the right and talented girls for a new group. The result was dream, a three-piece group consisting of...

 also known as "Dream/DRM". During the time she that she participated in Dream, she was best known for her writing of the song "Night of Fire" until up to the last song "Sincerely: Ever Dream

Sincerely: Ever Dream

Sincerely: Ever Dream is the 13th and final single by the Japanese band Dream as a trio. It reached number 19 on the weekly Oricon charts and charted for four weeks. This song also is a reworking of "Sincerely" from the group's album Dear..., with new lyrics by graduating member Mai Matsumuro. A...

". She is also known for writing the lyrics to the Japanese version of BoA

BoA

Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....

's debut single, "ID; Peace B".

In 2006, Matsumuro launched a solo career, releasing digital singles and performing live at the clubs Vanilla and SHIBUYA DESEO.

Discography

While with Dream, Mai wrote the lyrics to these songs.

• "Reality" [2000.08.09]
• "Super Eurobeat Presents Night of Fire" [2000.09.20]
• "My Will" [2000.11.29]
• "Believe in You" [2001.02.28]
• "solve" [2001.05.23]
• "Our Time" [2001.08.08]
• "Stay: Now I'm Here" [2001.10.31]
• "Get Over" [2001.11.28]
• "Yourself" [2002.01.01]
• "Sincerely: Ever Dream" [2002.06.10]

iTunes songs

• "Destiny / Love-1|Destiny / Love-1" (iTunes exclusive) [2006.06.21]
• "Chiisa na Hikari" (小さな光) [2006.12.27]
• "Feelings '07" [2007.09.19]
• "Existence" [2008.03.19]
• "Koigoromo" (恋衣) [2008.05.07]
• "Dramatic" [2008.06.11]

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