Music of the Maison Ikkoku series

This is a list of music of the "Maison Ikkoku" series. It lists individual theme and other songs, singles, as well as music, drama, and collection albums from the anime and live-action releases as well as game soundtracks. 
Theme songs.
"Maison Ikkoku" had an anime television series (96 episodes from March 1986 to March 1988), a live-action film (10 October 1986), an anime television film (February 1988), three OVAs (1988-1992), and a two episode live-action film series (2007-2008). For the most part, all of them had different theme and incidental music.
Television series themes.
The opening and ending theme songs in the anime television series changed periodically, and were sung by several different popular singers and groups from Japan and one from Ireland, including Anzen Chitai, Takao Kisugi, Kiyonori Matsuo, Kōzō Murashita, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Picasso, and Yuki Saito.
Live-action movie theme.
The live action film, released 10 October 1986 through Toei and Kitty Film in Japan, reused the two Gilbert O'Sullivan songs as themes. "Alone Again (Naturally)" and "Get Down" had previously been used as the theme songs for episode 24 of the anime television series on 3 September 1986. Outside of those two themes, the soundtrack for the film was composed by Joe Hisaishi.
Anime television movie theme.
"Glass Kiss", the theme song for , was sung by Rika Himenogi. It was released as a single on 3 February 1988 by Kitty Records. It reached #21 on the Oricon charts and sold over 260,000 copies.
OVA themes.
There were three OVAs released from 1988-1992. 
Live-action television film series.
The ending theme for the 2007-2008 two-part "Maison Ikkoku" television drama series was "Mamotte Agetai" by Yumi Matsutoya. The song was originally released on 21 June 1981 through Toshiba EMI. At that time, it reached #2 on the Oricon weekly charts and was ranked #10 for singles released in 1981. It sold over 695,000 copies.
The other music used in the drama series was composed by Yoshikazu Suo.
Character songs.
This section contains character songs, or songs sung by a voice actor from the series while in character.
Koisuru Ki-Mo-Chi.
 was released on LP, cassette, and CD by Kitty Records on 25 September 1987. It featured 15 tracks of incidental music, theme songs, and character songs. All vocals on the album are by Sumi Shimamoto in character as Kyoko Otonashi.
Party Album.
 is a drama album that was released on CD by Kitty Records on 21 December 1992. It featured 16 tracks, including 8 tracks of theme songs sung by cast members of the "Maison Ikkoku" anime television series.
Singles.
Listed in chronological release order.
Soundtrack albums.
Albums are listed in chronological release order.
Music Blend.
 was released by Kitty Records on LP and cassette on 21 September 1986, and on CD on 21 December 1990. It featured 26 tracks of incidental music, theme songs, and character songs. Vocal artists included on the album included Picasso, Yuki Saito, Sumi Shimamoto, and Takao Kisugi. This album contains almost the same content as "Music Cocktail", with the only difference being the first track.
Music Cocktail.
 was released on CD by Kitty Records on 21 December 1986. It featured 26 tracks of incidental music, theme songs, and character songs. Vocal artists on the album include Takao Kisugi, Picasso, and Sumi Shimamoto. This album contains almost the same content as "Music Blend", with the only difference being the first track.
Music Blend 2.
 was released by Kitty Records on LP, cassette, and CD on 1 July 1987. It featured 27 tracks of incidental music and theme songs. Vocal artists included on the album included Anzen Chitai, Kiyonori Matsuo, Picasso, and Yuki Saito.
Final OST.
 was released on LP, cassette, and CD by Kitty Records on 21 February 1988. It featured the theme song and 15 tracks of incidental music from the theatrical movie. The theme song vocal artist was Rika Himenogi.
Music Sour.
 was released on LP, cassette, and CD by Kitty Records on 21 December 1988. It featured 61 tracks of incidental music and instrumental versions of two of the theme songs. Twelve of the tracks were not included in the LP release.
Songs marked with ♦ are not on the LP.
Music Shake.
 was released on cassette and CD by Kitty Records on 21 December 1989. It featured 56 tracks of incidental music and theme songs. Vocal artists included on the album include Gilbert O'Sullivan and Picasso.
Theme Song Best+.
 was released on CD by Pony Canyon on 17 March 1999. It featured 14 tracks of theme and in-character songs from the TV series and theatrical film. Vocal artists included on the album included Anzen Chitai, Rika Himenogi, Takao Kisugi, Kiyonori Matsuo, Kōzō Murashita, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Picasso, Yuki Saito, and Sumi Shimamoto.
Definitive Theme & Character Songs.
 was released on CD by Pony Canyon on 19 August 2015. It featured two discs with a total of 63 tracks of theme songs, in-character songs, and background music from the anime TV series and film. Vocal artists included on the album included Anzen Chitai, Rika Himenogi, Takao Kisugi, Kiyonori Matsuo, Kōzō Murashita, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Picasso, Yuki Saito, and Sumi Shimamoto.
Drama albums.
Drama albums contain the audio track of TV episodes, films, and radio dramas.
Perfect Recording.
 was released on 21 March 1988 by Pony Canyon on LP and cassette, and on CD by Kitty Records. It featured 16 tracks of audio drama and theme songs. The music was composed by Hideharu Mori (of Picasso. The vocal artist for the theme song was Rika Himenogi.
Sound Theater.
There were 48 volumes in the original CD series, released by Kitty Records from 25 May 1990 to 25 July 1991. These contain the audio from the 96 anime television series episodes, similar to a radio drama, as well as guest segments with various celebrities.
 was released as a CD by Kitty Records on 25 June 1991. It contained audio from the "Side Story: Ikkoku Island Flirtation Story" and "Prelude, When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring" OVAs.
Music calendars.
Five music calendars were released between 1989 and 1993. All of them included a calendar, and three included a cassette or CD with a collection of instrumental or arranged music from the series. The 1991 release included original background musicand an original story with Sumi Shimamoto (Kyoko) narrating. The 1994 music calendar was released only on VHS and included a digest version of the anime TV series and a segment about Yotsuya's secrets.
Music Calendar 1990.
 was released on cassette by Kitty Records in November 1989. It featured 12 tracks of instrumental and arranged versions of theme songs, with some narration by Sumi Shimamoto.
Music Calendar 1991.
 was released on CD by Kitty Records in November 1990. It featured an original "Maison Ikkoku" story narrated by Sumi Shimamoto, and it used original background music.
Music Calendar 1992.
 was released on CD by Kitty Records on 25 December 1991. It featured 12 tracks of instrumental and arranged versions of theme songs.
Music Calendar 1993.
 was released on CD by Kitty Records on 21 December 1992. It featured 5 tracks of theme music arranged in a music box style.
Music Calendar 1994.
 was released on VHS by Kitty Records in December 1993. It featured a short segment delving into Yotsuya's secrets, as well as a digest version of the anime television series. The video is narrated by Shigeru Chiba.
Other.
There were two large collections, one collecting all of the songs released as CD singles, and one collecting all music used in the "Maison Ikkoku" TV series, the theatrical film, and all of the songs sung by voice actors while in character. They are listed in chronological release order. 
Forever Remix.
 was released on CD by Kitty Records on 25 July 1991. It featured 10 tracks of remixed theme and character songs. Vocal artists included on the album included Takao Kisugi, Kiyonori Matsuo, Picasso, and Sumi Shimamoto.
Original Dramatic Sound Track.
 is a pachinko/pachislot game soundtrack released on CD by Heiwa on 12 June 2012. It featured 10 tracks of music from games released by Heiwa and their subsidiary, Olympia. The album was only available from the Heiwa website for a limited time.
I'm So Glad I Met You OST.
 was released on CD by Olympia (a subsidiary of Heiwa) in 2010. It featured four tracks of music from the pachislot game.