Japanese dancer, actor and director (born 1975)
Toshio Matsumoto
Born (1975-05-27 ) 27 May 1975 (age 46) Nationality Japanese Other names Matsu Occupation Years active 1994– Notable work
Film Long Caravan Stage Taiyō ni Yaka rete Matsu bocchi Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Television Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana Children 1 Website Official website
Toshio Matsumoto [1] (松本 利夫 , Matsumoto Toshio , nicknamed Matsu (stylized as MATSU); born 27 May 1975, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa ) [2] is a Japanese dancer, actor and director. He is member and former performer of J-Pop group Exile .[3] [4] He was part of the first generation J Soul Brothers . Since 2016 he has been serving as the chairman of the Gekidan Exile Matsu-gumi.
Matsumoto is represented with LDH .
Participating groups [ ]
Group
Period of time
Ref.
Baby Nail
1994 ��� 1998
Hip Hop Junkeez
1998
[5]
J Soul Brothers
1999 – 24 August 2001
Exile
24 August 2001 –
Personal life [ ]
On July 22, 2013, Matsu announced his engagement to a non-celebrity woman after 7 years of dating.[6] The couple registered their marriage on January 1, 2014.[7]
On April 21, 2016, it was announced that the couple had welcomed their first child, a boy.[8]
Filmography [ ]
※His roles in bold are his leading roles
Stage [ ]
Year
Title
Role
2007
Taiyō ni Yaka rete
Masa
2008
Crown Nemuranai Yoru no Hate ni...
Martha
2009
Words –Yakusoku / Uragiri– subete, Ushinawa reshi mono no tame...
2010
Dance Earth: Negai
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Matsu bocchi: Laforet Mae made minna Isshodatta no ni...
2012
Matsu bocchi 02: Ginga yori Ai o komete
2013
Matsu bocchi 03: Position
2014
Utahime
Taro Shimanto
2016
Katana Maiki: Kabuki
Matsu bocchi 04: Doors
Films [ ]
Year
Title
Role
Ref
2009
Long Caravan
Kenzaburo Shibata
2013
Little Maestra
Masaru Arasawa
Shazai no Ōsama / King of Apology
Funaki
Hare no Chihare, Tokidoki Hare / Ties
Sadatora Ogata
2016
Kabuki Drop
2019
Sleep in the Shadows
Masato Tsujimura
2020
Wiseguy
[9]
TV dramas [ ]
Year
Title
Role
Network
Notes
Ref.
2011
Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana
Haru
TBS
Hagane no Onna Season 2
Asano Tatsuya
TV Asahi
Rokudenashi Blues
Ioka-sensei
NTV
Kamisama no Nyobo
Toshio Iue
NHK
2013
GTO Shōgatsu Special! Fuyuyasumi mo Nekketsu Jugyōda
Mizushima
KTV
[10]
Goen Hunter
Sakamoto Eikichi
NHK
2014
Dousousei: Hito wa, San-do, Koi o suru
Taro Kamakura
TBS
Tokkō Jimuin Minowa / Binta!
Bunta Minowa
YTV
2015
Keiseizaimin no Otoko
Eigo Fukai
NHK
Episode 1
2017
Utsubokazura no Yume / The Dream of Nepenthes
Keisuke Yoshioka
Fuji TV
2018
Osaka Kanjousen Part 3 / Osaka Loop Line Part 3
Kikawada
KTV
2019
Yakusoku no Stage
Mitsuo Nezu
YTV
60th Anniversary Special
Internet drama [ ]
Year
Title
Role
Website
2011
3-Mai-me no Bodyguard: Boku wa Kimi dake o Mamori nuku
Nozomi Mishima
Bee TV
TV programmes [ ]
Year
Title
Network
Notes
Ref.
2010
Shūkan Exile
TBS
MC
2012
Baka Soul
TV Tokyo
2016
Matsu bocchi
Fuji TV
MC; first crown programme, first solo MC
[11]
Advertisements [ ]
Radio [ ]
Year
Title
Network
Notes
Sessions 4
North Wave
2008
One Step Beyond
Japan FM Network
2011
Exile Ex-Press
Tokyo FM
Main personality
Voice acting [ ]
Year
Title
Role
2008
Examurai
Matsu
Music videos [ ]
Bibliography [ ]
Books [ ]
Year
Title
ISBN
2005
Love Music Dance
ISBN 978-4391131055
2016
Kizuna
ISBN 978-4344028760
Lyrics [ ]
Year
Title
2006
Exile "Why oh why...?"
Productions [ ]
CD jackets [ ]
Year
Title
2003
Exile "Choo Choo Train"
Exile "Eternal..."
Exile "Ki-zu-na"
Exile "O'ver"
DVD [ ]
Year
Title
Notes
2004
Exile EXPV 3
Director
Directorial theatre works [ ]
Year
Title
Ref.
2016
Kagerō
[13]
Films [ ]
Year
Title
Notes
2016
Kabuki Drop
General producer
References [ ]
External links [ ]
show Members
Albums Singles
"24karats Tribe of Gold"
"Burning Up"
"The Revolution "
"HIGHER GROUND"
Related topics
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Actors Athletes Models Former artists Related topics
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